#DevelopmentStudies — Bluesky Posts

@cddmanchester.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

A graphic image showing a new Geoformation blog post titled "Doing things right, or doing the right things?" Researching organisational learning & strategy in INGOs by Akila Munir (MDP Graduate)

New Geoformations Blog
Are we doing things right or doing the right things?

The study asked: How does organisational learning shape strategy in INGOs?
The research showed that; Read at: 🔗 geoformations.eu/doing-things...

#DevelopmentStudies #INGOs #Geoformations

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Richard Heeks

1 month ago

Understanding Development Project Implementation: An Actor-Network Theory Perspective YouTube video by CDDManchester

Why do so many development projects fail?

We know surprisingly little about what actually happens during implementation. My new video explains how actor-network theory reveals the hidden politics of project practice: youtu.be/pl0mjAKH-ik

#ICT4D #DevelopmentStudies

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1 month ago

Image graphic of Ruby Paterson showcasing her published Geoformations blog on "Encountering Context: Reflections from a Pilot Visit to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania."

New Geoformations Blog

“Encountering Context” by Ruby Paterson (PhD) reflects on her pilot fieldwork in Dar es Salaam,Tanzania and how being in place reshapes research questions, methods, and assumptions.

🔗 geoformations.eu/encountering...

#DevelopmentStudies #Geoformations

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1 month ago

The image is an invitation to visit the geoformations project website and explore the project outputs and publications at: https://geoformations.eu/outputs-publications/

Geoformations publications are now on our website🌍
Explore papers, blogs, and governance maps that examine how development governance is being reshaped by power, relationships, and uncertainty.

Not final answers. Shared thinking.
🔗 geoformations.eu/outputs-publ...
#DevelopmentStudies #Geoformations

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2 months ago

#OpenAccess! ARTIC SILK ROADS: An Anthropology of the Unbuilt, edited by Natalia Magnani and Matthew Magnani has now been published.

Find out more: bit.ly/3La0O60

#Anthropology #EnvironmentalStudies #DevelopmentStudies #SustainableDevelopmentGoals

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2 months ago

Publication announcement featuring authors Susan P. Murphy and Maeve McGandy, focusing on locally led development and reforming international development cooperation

New Geoformations publication 📘

Susan Murphy & Maeve McGandy analyse how institutional donors are engaging with localisation and locally led development amid today’s global polycrisis.

Read more at: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#LocallyLedDevelopment #DevelopmentStudies #Geoformations

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2 months ago

A NEW AFRICAN ELITE: Place in the Making of a Bridge Generation by Deborah Pellow is now available in paperback!

Find out more here: bit.ly/4p7cmop

#Anthropology #MobilityStudies #DevelopmentStudies

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@cddmanchester.bsky.social

3 months ago

#OpenAccess! INTEGRATING STRANGERS: Sherbro Identity and The Politics of Reciprocity along the Sierra Leonean Coast by Anaïs Ménard is now available in paperback!

Find out more here: bit.ly/3JylBj2

#Anthropology #PoliticalAnthropology #DevelopmentStudies

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Richard Heeks

3 months ago

Pragmatist-Critical Realism as a Development Studies Research Paradigm Learn how combining critical realism and pragmatism can produce a more-powerful research paradigm in development studies This short video summarises “pragmatist-critical realism” and explains the four-step methodology through which it can be operationalised. It summarises the journal paper, “Pragm

Pragmatist-Critical Realism as a Research Paradigm

Combining #CriticalRealism and #Pragmatism can produce a more-powerful research paradigm for #DevelopmentStudies

📺 This short video explains how plus a four-step operationalisation methodology:

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APPLICATION The Summer School Planning and Design for the Just City will take place from 6 to 17 JULY 2026 at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of the Delft University of Technology in the …

3 months ago

PROPHETIC HISTORIES: Time, Theology, and Theocracy in Solomon Islands by Jaap Timmer has now been published!

Find out more here: bit.ly/43h9eOR

#Anthropology #AnthropologyOfReligion #DevelopmentStudies

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Urbanism Now

@urbanismnow.com

3 months ago

TU Delft’s Summer School Planning and Design for the Just City is accepting applications for students in architecture, planning, engineering, and related fields. January 15.

#urbanism #urbanplanning #PhDgrants #developmentstudies #regionalstudies

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3 months ago

#OpenAccess! THE GIRL IN THE PANDEMIC: Transnational Perspectives, edited by Claudia Mitchell and Ann Smith is now available in paperback!

Find out more here: bit.ly/3WgCKR2

#GenderStudies #DevelopmentStudies #Sociology #SustainableDevelopmentGoals

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3 months ago

EMBRACING CHANGE IN COASTAL SRI LANKA: Local Strategies in a Global Context by R.L. Stirrat has now been published!

Find out more here: bit.ly/4hic8bU

#DevelopmentStudies #PoliticalAnthropology #EconomicAnthropology #Anthropology

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4 months ago

✨ Join IOB’s Advanced Master’s in Development Studies: global classroom, field experience, and real-world impact. 🌍 VLIR-UOS scholarships are back – this is your final chance!
🔗 uantwerpen.be/development-studies

#DevelopmentStudies #GlobalDevelopment #SustainableDevelopment #Scholarships

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Opportunities For Youth(OFY)

4 months ago

Be part of the conversation on migration, finance, and knowledge systems at #EADI2026 🌱
📅 Submit your abstract by 21 Dec 2025
👉 Explore more: https://loom.ly/rrhGi2k

#DevelopmentStudies #GlobalSouth #ClimateAction #KnowledgeJustice
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@ofygh.bsky.social

4 months ago

PhD Fellowship on Youth Movements, Climate Change, and Development at Roskilde University - Opportunities for Youth The Department of Social Sciences and Business at Roskilde University (RUC) is inviting applications for a three-year PhD fellowship beginning March 1, 2026,

Roskilde University — 3-Year PhD Fellowship (Youth, SDGs, Activism)
Start: Mar 1, 2026
Deadline: Nov 9, 2025
wp.me/p23f03-h3f
#PhD #CallForApplications #YouthActivism #DevelopmentStudies #Sustainability #SDGs #RUC #ResearchOpportunity #GlobalSouth #OpportunitiesForYouth

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@lynneriennerpub.bsky.social

4 months ago

💙 Thanks to your support, IOB will run its Master’s programmes in 2026–2027, fully accredited and internationally recognized. High-quality education, research, and social impact remain at our core. 🎓 Apply from 15 Nov: 👉 https://loom.ly/loFRYp0

#SaveIOB #GlobalEducation #DevelopmentStudies

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4 months ago

Our Fall 2025 catalogs are here! 🍁
Explore new and recent titles in Development Studies, International Relations, US Politics & Policy, Africa, and Asia!

📚 Browse now: www.rienner.com/catalogs
#AcademicPublishing #IR #PoliticalScience #DevelopmentStudies

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Durham University Anthropology

@durhamanthropology.bsky.social

5 months ago

Selfie of Prof Jo Setchell standing in a mountainous landscape on a blue-skied, sunny day.

Congratulations to our Prof Jo Setchell, appointed to the REF (Research Excellence Framework) 2029 sub-panel on #Anthropology and #DevelopmentStudies!

This expert sub-panel will assess #research quality in Anthropology and Development Studies, across UK higher education institutions.

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