News and Events
Behavioural and Experimental Development Economics
A new four-part seminar series showing the potential of behavioural and experimental economics to improve our understanding of poverty and development begins at the School of International...
How does conflict affect economic performance?
Pieter Serneels presented his work coauthored with M. Verpoorten (K. University Leuven) 'How does conflict affect economic performance. Microevidence from Rwanda.' at the Economics Department of...
How utilities can help consumers save energy
A new paper by Elissaios Papyrakis, Frank Hemmes (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) and Pieter van Beukering (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), published in Consilience, shows that feedback through web...
The future of girls' education and gender equality
The importance of girls' education and gender equality is discussed by Dr Nitya Rao in a new article featured on the official blog of The United Nations Girls’ Education...
Why running a charity is a lot harder than running a company?
This semester’s Inside Business Seminar series is kicked off by Joe Saxton, a School of International Development alumnus and founder of nfpSynergy. NfpSynergy is a research consultancy...
Postgraduate Visit Day, School of International Development on 18 January
How to evaluate the impact of International Development? A talk on Postgraduate Taught Programmes and the MSc in Impact Evaluation. Ben D’Exelle will talk on the MSc in Impact Evaluation ...
Climate Change, Natural Hazards and Health in Mexico
A new book has been published by El Colegio de Mexico in collaboration with DEV. The book is edited by Alfonso Mercado and Boris Graizbord of El Colegio, together with Roger Few. DEV has...
Leading global news agency forges links with DEV media course to provide internships
The Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency which specialises in globalisation and development issues has linked up with the the School of International Development to provide internship...
Chevening bursary now available for MA in Media and International Development
The Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) is offering a Chevening bursary to covers fees, accommodation and subsistence for a student studying Media and International Development (MAMID) in...
International university cooperation in development research - meeting global challenges
DEV PhD students Ben Taylor, Jake Lomax, Aidy Halimanjaya, Citlalli Becerril-Tinoco and Camilla Addey were invited to the University of Ruhr in Bochum (RUB) on the occasion of the D-Day –...