Spring/Summer 2017 Welcome to the Spring/Summer 2017 edition of IDD’s e-Newsletter, in a new format. If you haven’t seen the 2015-16 Annual Report please click here to read up on our news. Below is an update, with new staff, research awards and books. Dr Fiona Nunan (Head, IDD)

Welcome to new staff IDD is delighted to welcome six new staff members: Professor Nic Cheeseman, Professor David Hudson, Dr Niheer Dasandi, Dr Mary Menton, Dr Susan Dodsworth and Dr Rosita Armytage. READ MORE >

New research awards IDD has secured four new research awards since the end of 2016 in natural resource governance, corruption, census politics and democracy. READ MORE >

Paul Jackson appointed as Director of the Sustainable Development Programme of the British Academy IDD is delighted to announce that Professor Jackson has been appointed Programme Director for 18 months, to oversee the commissioning and work of social science research that contributes towards achieving the SDGs. READ MORE >

DLP contributes to International Development Committee inquiries DLP researchers have given evidence at two recent inquiries of the UK Parliament's International Development Committee. Heather Marquette and Alina Rocha Menocal shared findings on Tackling corruption overseas, highlighting the importance of policy coherence and of understanding why people resort to corruption. Suda Perera shared insights on how to improve stability and development in the Democratic Republic of Congo. READ MORE >

GSDRC part of new five-year DFID ‘Knowledge for Development’ initiative GSDRC researchers are part of a team providing an expanded suite of knowledge services for the UK Department for International Development. Many K4D publications will be available on the GSDRC website, alongside other recent reports on topics including youth unemployment and violence, and urban governance. READ MORE >

New books from IDD staff We’re pleased to note that two edited books are published by Routledge in February/March by IDD staff: Making Climate Compatible Development Happen by Fiona Nunan (ed.) and Hybridity: Law, Culture and Development Nick Lemay-Hébert and Rosa Freedman (eds.). READ MORE >

IDD graduate reports on her dissertation on student-led activism in South Africa Erika Bojarczuk exhibited photos and text from her MSc dissertation on student-led activism in Cape Town at the end of 2016 and reports on her experience in an IDD blog. READ MORE >

IDD graduate reports on his dissertation findings on aims to reach carbon neutrality in Ethiopia Steve Baines carried out fieldwork in Ethiopia in 2016, asking whether economic development can be decoupled from increased carbon emissions. He has since presented his findings to Oxfam UK and others. READ MORE >

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