by GDI | Jul 23, 2025 | Comment
A lecture by Tom Gillespie at Cornell AAP explores the scale of the 21st-century urban housing challenge. Abstract The 21st-century urban housing challenge has prompted state actors in both the Global North and South to adopt increasingly interventionist approaches to...
by GDI | Jul 22, 2025 | Comment
By Rose Pritchard and Timothy Foster The Just Earth Observation for Conservation (JEOC) project explores how Earth Observation technologies and data are changing biodiversity conservation and what this means for people living in or near protected areas. We work in...
by GDI | Jul 7, 2025 | Comment
By Dr Helen Underhill How does meaningful impact emerge over time in global conservation and development research? A recent discussion among researchers and practitioners within GDI highlighted just how complex, relational, and often invisible this work can be....
by GDI | Jul 2, 2025 | Comment
By Richard Heeks (First posted on the ICTs for Development Blog) Development studies has long grappled with the pressing realities of global inequality, poverty, conflict, and environmental degradation. As a field rooted in critical inquiry, it often focuses on...
by GDI | Jun 10, 2025 | Comment
By Edwin Rwigi and Anifat Ibrahim At 3:41 p.m., I sent a WhatsApp message, “Hi Lucilla*. I live in the outskirts of the city, and I would like to avoid the traffic out of the CBD if I can help it. Should I still be on standby? I’m at the moment at Java Kenya-Re close...
