Publications

• Richard Batley (Professor Emeritus) published an article with André Aquino (University of São Paulo) on ‘Pathways to hybridization: Assimilation and accommodation of public financial reforms in Brazil’, Accounting, Organization and Society.

• Niheer Dasandi published an article (with Marina Romanello et al.) on ‘Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change in Europe’, The Lancet Public Health.

• Emeka Thaddues Njoku published an edited book with Scott N. Romaniuk on ‘Counter-terrorism and civil society: Post-9/11 progress and challenges’, Manchester University Press.

• Emeka Thaddues Njoku published an article on ‘The state of terrorism research in Africa’, Critical Studies on Terrorism.
  
  
• Emeka Thaddues Njoku published an article (with Isaac Dery) on ‘Spiritual security: an explanatory framework for conflict-related sexual violence against men’ in International Affairs.
  
  
• Sanne Weber published a book chapter on ‘The Personal and Socio-Economic Dynamics of Resilience and Transitional Justice in Colombia’ in the Open Access volume Resilience, Adaptive Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice: How Societies Recover after Collective Violence, edited by Janine Clark and Michael Ungar, published with CUP.

• Sanne Weber published a co-authored article on ‘Towards Ethical International Research Partnerships in Gender-Based Violence Research: Insights From Research Partners in Kenya’, Violence Against Women.  

 Other news 

• Nic Cheeseman won a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship for his research project: ‘Re-thinking African Politics: Ideology, Political Thought and the Power of Ideas’. 

• The Development Leadership Programme (DLP) has released its bi-monthly roundup of leadership news in development: ‘Leadership Observatory Issue 17’.

• Jonathan Fisher, Idayat Hassan and Nic Cheeseman won a Facebook Research Award for their project: ‘Shutdown: Understanding the closure of social media space in West Africa’.

• Rebecca Gordon published ‘Leadership for Inclusion: What skills and qualities do parliamentarians need to be able to promote inclusive change?’, and held a webinar to discuss the findings on 23^rd September 2021. The report sets out findings from interviews with political leaders involved in successfully implementing inclusive change legislation for gender-based violence and LGBTQ+ and disability issues. It outlines key skills and qualities used in pushing through legislative change, and provides recommendations for how we can better encourage these in politics.

• Eric Nang (Doctoral researcher with IDD/Birmingham Law School), as part consortium of ECRs, has won a £13399 grant with the Farming for Climate Justice (F4CJ), a collaboration between the Centre for Agroecology, Water & Resilience (CAWR) at Coventry University, the Bio-Economy Research Chair at the University of Cape Town (UCT), and funded by the British Council Researcher Links Climate Challenge. 

• Merisa Thompson wrote an extended blog with Fiorella Picchioni (Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich) for the DSA’s Women and Development Study Group: ‘What Happens to ‘Gender’ in Food and Agricultural Research? Mapping Four Broad Trends’.

• Merisa Thompson won a £7157 BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant for her project: ‘Intersections of Gender, Race and Class: The Impact of Colonial Legacies on Contemporary Food and Agricultural Policy in the Caribbean’.

Upcoming Events

• On Tuesday 16th November (09:00-10:30), IDD are delighted to welcome Dr Sarah Philips (Associate Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney) to discuss her latest book: ‘Where There Was No Aid: War and Peace in Somaliland’. Register here to attend: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/172091308737
  
• On Tuesday 23rd November (13:30-15:00), IDD’s PGRs are organising a panel debate on: ‘“Chinese Development Cooperation in the New Era” and its impact in the Global South’. Speakers include: Obert Hodzi (University of Liverpool); Ruben Gonzalez-Vicente (Universiteit Leiden); Wanjing Kelly Chen (Hong Kong University). Register here to attend: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/172099352797