Call now open for 2 visiting fellowships in IGDC starting 1 March 2023. Closing date for applications 6 January 2023

IGDC offers a PhD programme allowing students to explore a global challenge in substantial detail through an interdisciplinary lens

The Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre has refocused its vision to meet changing global development challenges

IGDC Co-Director Henrice Altink joins us for this blog in World Water Week to discuss the issue of droughts in the Caribbean and lack of access to the most basic but most essential commodity: water

Indrajit Roy, IGDC Co-Director and Senior Lecturer in Politics, updates us on his recent article on the subject in this blog

IGDC member Sangeeta Chattoo from Sociology and Karl Atkin also from the Sociology Department at the University of York, in collaboration with ASHWINI, Gudalur Adivasi Hospital, (Tamil Nadu) in India, have been involved in an exciting project, developing a ‘minimally safe practice toolkit’ for improving outcomes in sickle cell disease.

One of the key topics of the Consortium is Hope and social change: What are people’s sources of hope in our uncertain times? In particular this explores examples of collective action, social movements and civic solidarity that construct hope.

As a Centre, effective partnership working is essential to help enable us to meet our core values of inclusivity, responsibility, sustainability and integrity.

IGDC Co-Director Dr Sara de Jong shares with us powerful words, facts and images that provide an insight into the unfortunate reality faced by Afghan interpreters and other local staff.

IGDC Member João Nunes chaired our recent webinar on Recovery from Crisis and shares in this blog details of this fascinating event where he was joined by guest speakers from the University of São Paulo and University of Campinas

IGDC Member Paul Kerswill explains in this blog how his book 'Urban Contact Dialects and Language Change: Insights from the Global North and South' came about and what it covers.

The Paramunos interactive platform provides a co-created space to share content on educational, research, and cultural practices aimed at caring for the páramo near the city of Bogotá, Colombia