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You will be pleased to know that we have moved up from 8 in 2015 to 6 this year in the QS world ranking for Development Studies.This is a remarkable result and a great tribute to the tremendous efforts of the whole team of teachers and administrators. It's a fantastic result!Professor Peter Nolan

You will be pleased to know that we have moved up from 8 in 2015 to 6 this year in the world ranking for Development Studies.This is a remarkable result and a great tribute to the tremendous efforts of the whole team of teachers and administrators. It's a fantastic result! Professor Peter Nolan

The Cambridge Central Asia Forum, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the Cambridge University Uzbekistan Society and the Cambridge University Kazakhstan Society has, for the 12th year in a row, organised the spring festival, Navroz. This festival, celebrated by the countries of Central Asia, Eurasia, the M…

Dr Sophie Chapman has just published an article about Kenyan climate change law and sustainable development in the Carbon and Climate Law Review. Together with colleagues at the Kenyatta University School of Law (KUSOL), law firm Anjarwalla and Khanna and the Queensland Institute of Technology (QUT), Dr Chapman discusses how legal frameworks influe…

As Head of Department at POLIS I wish to express my profound shock and sadness at the death of our student Giulio Regeni.  Our very deepest sympathy goes out to Giulio’s family and his many friends.On Friday, following consultation with the Mistress of Girton, Giulio’s college, I wrote to the Egyptian Consul General in London to convey our sense of…

The Inexorable Evolution of Financialisation: Financial Crises in Emerging Markets, Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, December 2015The book is also part of Macmillan’s finacialisation series where leading experts such as C. Kindleberger, J. Eatwell, T. Palley, A.Gamble, P.Arestis are published and republished.Since the 2007 financial crisis, discussio…

Together with colleagues in Kenya, Cambodia and Australia, Dr. Sophie Chapman has recently published 2 articles in a special issue of the Carbon and Climate Law Review (CCLR).  The articles address key issues regarding the implementation of an international climate change policy called “REDD+” at the national level (“REDD+” stands for Reducing Emis…

Dr Terry van Gevelt and colleagues at the Department of Land Economy have published the first study linking 'traditional authority' and current levels of deforestation in Africa in the journal of Land Use Policy.University of Cambridge Press ReleaseLink to journal article

Professor Barry Rider OBE (1976), Fellow Commoner and Professor of Law, has been awarded the Order of Honour (First Class) by the Government of the Republic of China. The Gold Cluster in the Division of Justice has only been awarded on three previous occasions. The citation states this honour is bestowed by order of the President of the Republic of…

On Wednesday 8 July Dr Fennell gave a well received talk to the Global Food Security Initiative. More information about the programme can be found here. A podcast of the talk will be shortly available on the Global Food Security Initiative. Global Food Security Initiative

Members of the Central Asia Forum had a busy year taking part in various projects in India and Kazakhstan. Their activities have been documented in main newspapers. Please find below links to the press coverage.Business StandardFinancial ExpressNews HeadlineTengrinews

The students and staff at The Centre of Development Studies had the pleasure of having coffee and a chat with Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen when he visited the Centre in May 2015

Dr Ksenia Gerasimova has published an article entitled "The Importance of Sustainable Environmental Management in Central Asia: Old Legacy and New Challenges" In the Journal: Cambridge Central Asia Reviews, 2014, Vol. 1, Issue 1, pp. 27–42Publisher: Cambridge Scientific Publishers

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Here are details of the newly published article by PhD student Spencer Thompson:Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213297X15000038Title: "Towards a social theory of the firm: Worker cooperatives reconsidered"Abstract: "This paper argues that the predominant economic theories of the firm neglect the importance of cooperation ba…