The academic obsession to write about #Brexit
Yes, I am acutely aware of the irony that a written blog post with this title entails, but the quality and quantity of responses from the academic community after the UK referendum have been quite...
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Hi all,Even if I may sound a bit repetitive, but this week once again features some most excellent food for weekend thoughts! Development news: More dignified fundraising images lead to fewer...
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In Congo’s Shadow (book review)
As some regular readers of the blog may know, I do review aid worker’s memoirs, broadly interpreted, as part of my ongoing research in this emerging field of writing popular narratives of development....
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Hi all,Even if it is finally summer in Sweden, there is no break for great readings! Enjoy a sunny weekend-and put critical readings on your devices before you head out :) ! Development news:A powerful...
View ArticleAs the Rio 2016 Olympic Games kick off-12 suggestions for stereotypical...
As the Olympic Games in Rio are about to kick off, global media will once again have an opportunity to combine fairly apolitical reporting with some of the usually stories that are supposed to bring...
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Hi all,Development news: Aid delivery & kidnapping-the complexities of the humanitarian system; Social accountability and the risk of another buzzword; the business sector will not ‘fix’...
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Expat Etiquette (book review)
One of the overarching aims of my blog is to engage critically and academically with new, different and alternative approaches to writing and communicating ‘development’. I believe that how we read,...
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Hi all,Development news: Arms industry does well on refugee and terrorism threats; The hopelessness of Australian refugees in Nauru; hungry children in Northern Nigeria; the future of INGOs; how to...
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Hi all,TGIF! Time for a fresh link review from the wonderful world of development, digital culture and higher education! Development news: The #allmalepanel gets a thorough feminist academic treatment;...
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Today We Drop Bombs, Tomorrow We Build Bridges (book review)
It is the 2016 World Humanitarian Day today and publishing a review of Peter Gill’s Today We Drop Bombs, Tomorrow We Build Bridges: How Foreign Aid Became a Casualty of War is a fitting contribution to...
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Hi all,Happy World Humanitarian Day, happy Friday and happy reading with this week's link review!Development news: UN admits role in Haiti cholera epidemic; World Bank economist writes reflective blog...
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This Present Darkness (book review)
As my academic summer break is coming to its end, I am keen on sharing another book review with you. This Present Darkness: A History of Nigerian Organised Crime is one of the most extraordinary books...
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Hi all,Development news:JK Rowling takes on voluntourism; MSF, Kayla Mueller and caring for humanitarian aid workers; let’s talk fraud, NGOs! The overworked nonprofit employee is the new normal; are...
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Communicating development in a post-factual world: How to win against the...
This weekend the Daily Mail/Mail on Sunday was quite chuffed: This makes conservative commentator Ian Birrell quite happy, of course, and he is quick to compliment Priti Patel, the UK’s Secretary of...
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Hi all,Development news: UN’s humanitarian balancing acts in Syria; Basra, a dystopian city; NIKE & the women in Vietnam; is paying workshop participants wrong?; how to develop organizational...
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Hi all,I can't believe that this is already post no. 444 - and we are only one review away from the epic 200th anniversary! Development news: Why appoint an American to run the World Bank? Black Lives...
View ArticleWhat I learned from curating thousands of #globaldev articles
My first ever link review in November 2011 featured 3 international development links on study advice for MA programs, sanitation & hygiene and facilitating social change. When my 200th link review...
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Hi all,This is officially the 200th link review, but last week's post already marked the official anniversary of curating development, ICT4D and higher education content since 2011. So we are pretty...
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Apply to our Communication for Development online part-time flagship MA program!
Dear all, These are exciting times at our Communication for Development program! The autumn semester with almost 150 students across all our courses is well underway and we just concluded our Transit...
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Hi all,Welcome to another link review-this time at bit more balanced between the 3 parts-so do scroll down to the end ;)!Development news: Lacking punishment for attacking aid workers; EU links...
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