Alumni Conversation: Taio Gardey on Farming Out of Poverty
In this episode, Taio Gardey, GDI alumnus and Executive Director of Farming Out of Poverty (FOOP), discusses the realities of working on the ground in Sierra Leone. We discuss tricky decisions he's ha...
21 Huhti 26min
Alumni chat: How has the SEED Changemakers programme shaped your university and graduate life?
In this episode, we chat with five recent graduates about their time with the SEED Changemakers programme. Participants include: Laura AcostaIfe AgboolaPatrick CaskieEddie GrovesThando MatheAs well as...
24 Maalis 35min
Taxation and Development in Ghana and West Africa
In this episode, Dr Mohammed Ibrahim is joined by Dr Alex Moyem Kombat, Head of Research and Policy of the Ghana Revenue Authority and two GDI PGRs, Anifat Ibrahim and Mohammed Damba to discuss domest...
24 Maalis 48min
Using data to map forest changes
In this latest episode from the Sustainable Forest Transition Project, Prof Johan Oldekop (GDI) speaks to Sarah Castle (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Matt Fagan (University of Maryland Baltimor...
16 Helmi 1h 5min
The Impact of Storytelling, with Uma Kothari
Welcome to a new mini-pod series from the Global Development Institute’s Research for Transformation Lab. Based at the University of Manchester, the Lab is an initiative where we explore all things re...
21 Tammi 16min
How can different ways of understanding the world help us tackle the climate emergency? Blanche de Moidrey and Kalani Foster
In this episode, we catch up with two of GDI's second-year PhD students, Blanche de Moidrey and Kalani Foster, to discuss how their research projects relate to the broad themes of indigeneity and know...
20 Tammi 38min
Why Study a PhD in Development Economics at GDI?
Listen to a discussion between Dr Osman Ouattara and two of our current PhD researchers, Mahtab Uddin and Matilda Kabutey-Ongor. In this episode they discuss their own research and the new pathway f...
25 Marras 202548min
Alumni Discussion: Navigating Development Careers in the Twenty-First Century
In this episode, Dr Natalie Cunningham, Senior Lecturer in Leadership for Development at GDI, speaks to three UoM alumni about their experiences navigating the contemporary development and humanitaria...
12 Marras 202557min
