Join IGDC for the Lake Chad Basin and Sahel (LCB&S) Security and Development Early Career Knowledge Exchange Conference

Join IGDC and YESI’s Climate Change Network for a joint workshop on Climate Neutrality and Adaptive Behaviour

Join UFBA and IGDC for a film screening on audiovisual community collaborations in Bahia, Brazil.

Join the IGDC and the ISC in celebrating their global health research partnership

Will 2023 be the year in which historic responsibility for climate change is finally acknowledged by the world’s major polluting nations?

Join ARISE and CHORUS consortia for a webinar to discuss the importance of employing an intersectional and gendered lens when looking at health and wellbeing in informal settlements.

IGDC is hosting a seminar on "Inequalities in knowledge systems"

IGDC and the Department of History are hosting a webinar on “The Anthropocene Globe”

IGDC and ISRF are hosting a webinar on “Rethinking recovery in Latin American landscapes: knowledges, conservation and justice.”

We are delighted to announce a one-day online workshop of invited speakers from the field of Business for Peace at the School for Business and Society, University of York.

The private and public sectors, civil society, academia, NGOs must all come together to ensure that we realise the ambition enshrined in the various SDGs. Goal#17 in effect is the load-bearing goal of the SDGs.

Join us on Wednesday 5 October when Professor Naomi Hossain will give a lecture on the moral economy of the global crowd

Hear from researchers working on African postcolonial and/or decolonial processes. We are looking to share and compare the experiences in these two continents.

Join us to explore the effectiveness, and potential consequences, of the framing of planetary environmental challenges as ‘emergencies’.

Our speakers with backgrounds in Brazilian Environment and Society studies, reflect how diverse scientific fields are tackling these crises.

Dr Saba Joshi chairs a roundtable with four scholars and development practitioners discussing their work relating to LGBTQI inclusion in International Development

Using recent British political developments as a jumping-off point, this roundtable brings together experts to challenge assumptions about links between security, migration, and development made by Britain, the EU and beyond.

Join us for a lively panel discussion presenting the history and principles of Thai Baan and discussing the process of conducting Thai Baan research using two case studies that have applied Thai Baan research approaches.

Co-hosted by Research Theme Champions and IGDC, engaged scholars from the Global South who are also involved in the COP present their perspectives on what COP means for future research agendas and research priorities.

For this IGDC Research Away Day, Chris West (SEI-Y) will introduce the University’s work on the Sustainability Code of Practice to date, and we will reflect on the implications of adopting more sustainable research practices for the IGDC community

Alex Jacobs, Director of the Joffe Charitable Trust discusses how the UK and its network of offshore centers play a central role in global illicit financial flows.

A panel of expert speakers provide their unique professional and personal experiences and perspectives to discuss the concept of hope and its role in human society.

Professor Heaven Crawley explores the challenges of ‘walking the talk’ when it comes to decentering migration research.

Dr Ariadne Collins discusses how de-centring whiteness from its position as an automatic, oppositional counterpart to blackness can make space for greater recognition of the role played by the environment in processes of racialization.

Dr Tuhiwai Smith discusses decolonising research methods and provides reflections regarding the practical conduct of social science research methods as well as her best-selling book Decolonising Methodologies Research and Indigenous Peoples

British Institute for East Africa collaborate with the IGDC, University of York, University of Cambridge and University College London for a UKRI-funded online conference and COP26 Workshop on Building Transformational Pathways to Adaptation

The Urbanisation and Health Network in collaboration with ''CHORUS'' (Community-Led Effective Urban Health Systems), present talks and a panel discussion with speakers from multiple institutions around improving health in urban areas

Tallulah Lines (IGDC) and Jayanthi Lingham (WICID) chair a panel exploring the impact of unpaid care work on women and girls by discussing how feminist and women’s movements challenge non-recognition and the challenges presented by Covid-19.

In the context of Black History Month in the United States, Professor Henrice Altink and Dr Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven host a round table to explore how race is dealt with across three distinct disciplines.

IGDC's Research Away-Day discusses the theme of Hope following a discussion around inclusive research

Urbanisation and Health Network Inaugural Meeting

Dr Sara De Jong will discuss and explore how migrants and refugees have been affected by Covid-19 with our guest speakers Emily Arnold-Fernandez, Niamh Ni Bhriain, John Grayson, Dr Adriana Marcela Velasquez Morales and Dr Pia Riggirozzi.

Papiya Mazumdar is joined by a panel of speakers discussing the current health system constraints in low middle income countries and will provide their opinions on the present and future agendas in global health initiatives.

Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven chairs a panel discussion surrounding the economic and financial consequences of the current Covid-19 pandemic on women and how it has exacerbated gender inequality.

Jessica Omukuti discusses COVID-19's projected impact and climate justice implications as well as exploring the economic downturn from emerging from COVID-19 adversely impacting communities and households in the Global South.

In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, the 22nd Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics conference originally scheduled to be held in Milton Keynes, UK on 3-5 July has been moved online.

Christine Wallace chairs a panel discussion to explore the impact of Covid-19 on the Global Development industry and discuss the challenges presented by Covid-19 to the business of development.

Dr Philip Roberts and Dr Indrajit Roy discuss the implications of global power shifts that are likely to emerge due to Covid-19 with our invited guest speakers, Dr Harsh Mander and Dr Sabrina Fernandes.

Join us for a lively discussion on contemporary politics in Brazil with our invited speakers, ex-politicians Maurício Rands and Cristovam Buarque.

In this interactive and interdisciplinary panel discussion, five panelists will discuss the practicalities of carrying out global development research in a sustainable, carbon-neutral way. This event is part of One Planet Week 2020.

In the first Research Seminar of 2020, on 21 January Dr Eleanor Jew will discuss her research in south-west Tanzania, where growing tobacco has shaped the region since the 1960s, and will shape the future too.

During this presentation, Professor Enrique Peruzzotti from Universidad Di Tella will address three major questions in relation to the perils of contemporary forms of populism in Europe and the Americas.

A one-day workshop, organised by the Department of Politics and the Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre (IGDC), at the University of York on Tuesday, 10 December 2019.

Dr Colin Reilly, University of Essex highlights the role that language policy can have within sustainable development.

In this presentation, PhD candidate Nathan Einbinder will explore the context and potential of Indigenous development in the Maya-Achí territory of Guatemala.

Are you or know of any PGR students working on international development related research? We invite you to join the PhD Global Development Network.

As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, we invite you to attend an exciting panel discussion on the role of health and healthcare in developing sustained peace in Colombia.

As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, we invite you to take part in an exciting climate change negotiation game! You will work in teams to take on the roles of ambassadors for different countries to achieve zero carbon emissions.

Former top IMF economist presents his plan for an improved global system for handling international debt.

Professor Crewe's seminar will address the ethnographic and interdisciplinary study of political institutions and its contribution to theory, as well as how we can de-centre control over research through meaningful collaboration.

The IGDC would like to invite both staff and post docs to a welcome back lunch to meet its members to discuss projects and events on global development for the coming year.

What are the drivers and effects of the changing nature of debt markets in an African context?

Andrea C. Bianculli from IBEI will be presenting her research on regional regulatory governance

The second international workshop that forms part of a White Rose Collaboration funded project on Contested Territories.

On July 11 and 12th, the IGDC and Africa Network at York will host a workshop, ‘Cyclone Idai: response, recovery and future risks.’ focusing on disaster planning, climate adaptation and energy infrastructure networks.

Professor Mfutso-Bengo proposes the new LEGS framework for equitable and efficient allocation of healthcare resources in Africa as a complementary framework to the WHO building blocks for health systems strengthening.

This workshop will focus on the political-economic and environmental impacts of the expansion of the natural resources economy in Latin America by bringing together academics and civil society representatives from the UK, Europe and Argentina.

Examining the roots and social implications of the “new” philanthrocapitalism, exploring how it diverges from earlier approaches to philanthropy during the late nineteenth century.

In Ethiopia, the confluence of an extractive regime, high-modernist vision and state transformative agenda have brought into sharp focus the capacity of governments to enforce such visions unhindered.

Roger Few and Mark Tebboth, from the School of International Development, University of East Anglia share their experiences of undertaking interdisciplinary research on environment and development issues.

This case study speaks to policy issues of global significance; the increasingly complex networks of production, exchange and consumption that shape local agricultural practice, and that generate multi-scalar environmental impacts.

Part of the series 'Health and Urban Environment', co-hosted with YESI and SEI.

Come join us to discuss the role of The University in conceptualising, driving and achieving the aims of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Come join the IGDC Finance for Development Network Focus Group kickstart the horizon scanning process to define the key research questions to explore "systemic failure in finance for development".

Guest speaker from Sheffield, Dr Tom Goodfellow will be presenting some of his research findings from his ESRC-funded project entitled 'Urban development amid the 'new scramble' for Africa'.

Please join us for a joint IGDC-ASTRA Research Seminar by Professor Hana Ross, from the University of Cape Town (South Africa).

A panel of Politics academics discussing their experience working in higher education and the challenges they have faced as women.

The Stockholm Environment Institute is leading a new partnership bringing together African and European researchers, practitioners and community members interested in air pollution in low-resource settings in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Exploring sustainability, resilience, security and complexity within the water-energy-land-food nexus.

Tools, tips and tricks to use Twitter more effectively and efficiently for research

Discussing the difficulties of translating the discourse of human rights across contexts.

An interdisciplinary seminar focusing on Disabled People in the Public and Private Sphere

What can we learn from research partnerships between researchers and NGOs?

Celebrating international diversity and global development here at the University of York, featuring international entertainment, an expert judging panel, guest speakers and the opportunity to view all of the shortlisted photographs.

A workshop on financial inclusion will take place at the University of York on the 21st November 2018.

Join the IGDC in a debate around the political and psycho-social interventions for lives disrupted in Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond.

We would like to invite you to be part of an interdisciplinary networking event.

The University of York is delighted to host an event on Monday 8 October 2018 with senior officials from the East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community

Join the IGDC in a debate around the psychology of social norms: implications for the ontogeny and institutional development of prosocial behaviour

GCRF QR Internal Funding Application Support Drop-in Session

The IGDC and YESI are co-hosting a lunchtime seminar featuring visiting scholars, Anthony Nwajesus Onyekuru, Esther Oluwafunmilayo Makinde, Jon Ensor and Joanne Morris from the Stockholm Environment Institute.

Generating recommendations for external funders on strategic interventions that could help the spread and use of information about international health systems experience – with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa.

To discuss ways in which the IGDC and Development Pathways can work together, looking at key Thematic Areas for Collaboration

Strengthening research synergies in global health and international development

The Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre (IGDC) invites you come and particate in an afternoon of activities and a debate about interdisciplinary research for development