Devex is working with the University of Birmingham to provide Individual Professional Membership to students and IDD graduates at no charge.
Does transitional justice actually achieve its aim of promoting reconciliation in societies that have suffered from mass violence? How can transitional justice seek to foster social cohesion in divided communities? Huma Haider recently presented on these issues at the International Studies Association Annual Convention in New Orleans (17-20 February): Theory vs. Policy? Connecting Scholars and Practitioners.
Politics in Kenya, relief work in Haiti and the surprising impact of public space on violence in El Salvador… Visit IDD’s new blog and join in the discussion.
The dinner offered IDD alumni an opportunity to interact with current staff and students and share their experiences in terms of life at the University, entering the workplace and developing a career.
In post-conflict and fragile environments there are two overwhelming and arguably contradictory needs – to provide basic services and to build effective, legitimate states. A groundbreaking article by Richard Batley and Claire Mcloughlin (Development Policy Review, February 2010) suggests how both needs may be met.
All doctoral research applications which have been received by IDD by 01 March 2010 will be considered for a limited number of partial fee and full fee bursaries offered by the University.
Heather Marquette will be in India 28-29 January 2010 at the University of Hyderabad, contributing to a workshop on 'Religions, Values and Public Policy in Contemporary India'.
IDD’s Moustafa Osman, travelled to Haiti on 16 January to support the humanitarian aid response for the many affected people. He has only just come back from an aid mission to the north of Yemen due to the Sa'ada war.
Drawing on the most up to date literature and expert input, the Governance and Social Development Resource Centre has published two guides for policymakers on the topics of violent conflict and social exclusion. Like all the GSDRC’s resources, these are freely available online.
For the sixth year running, CSSD is directing a prestigious Chevening Fellowship programme on ‘Democracy, the Rule of Law and Security’. CSSD will host 14 Fellows for three months from 12 January.
Is the Rwandan Government’s attempt to enhance national unity by stigmatising references to ethnicity in fact fostering exclusion? How do elites affect election outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa? Dr Danielle Beswick and Dr Tom Hewitt presented findings from their research projects at a conference on ‘Democratization in Africa’ (Leeds, December 2009).
Professor Richard Batley and Claire Mcloughlin were among the team of experts invited to advise the OECD’s Partnership for Democratic Governance on this issue and to contribute to an OECD Handbook for policymakers.
This GSDRC issues paper by Research Fellow Huma Haider addresses key issues in designing and implementing community-based approaches to peacebuilding.
This article by Richard Batley and Rebecca Shah reviews the arguments for promoting private investment in infrastructure as a basis for poverty reduction in developing countries.
The upcoming ECPR Joint Sessions will be held in St Gallen, Switzerland. The Third World Politics Standing Group will sponsor a workshop at the Joint Sessions
Applications are welcome for our taught Masters degree programmes to start in September 2010.
21 - 23 July 2010 A major event organised by the Religions and Development Research Programme, this conference will bring together research findings that address three central questions and explore their policy and practice implications.
Research from the University of Birmingham has revealed that the global financial crisis could lead to more conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Huma Haider, a research fellow at the Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, recently published an article on return in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Puls Demokratije (Pulse of Democracy). She argues for the depoliticisation of refugee / IDP policies, insisting on the right of refugees and displaced persons to freely choose their own durable solution.
This topic guide provides practical guidance for designing, implementing and evaluating decentralisation reforms and local government practices to ensure they are as effective as possible. It also synthesises and presents current debates on the impact of decentralisation and local government on poverty reduction, service delivery and conflict as well as providing links to cutting edge research and recent case studies.
