In addition to migration discussed in last week's blog, the changing politics of land use in the Zambezi valley is another dimension that has affected the incidence of trypanosomiasis over time.
25 April 2016
On World Earth Day Nathan Oxley takes stock of how we view the world, 50 years on from the first image of Earth from space was beamed back home, invigorating the environmental movement.
22 April 2016
The blossoming of Chinese and Indian investments in other emerging countries is a contemporary and frequently discussed topic. With these growing business partnerships, what kind of new development thinking is derived from them?
20 April 2016
In last week's blog, we saw how 'structural violence' and deep patterns of inequality and marginalisation, affected by patterns of social difference - of gender, age and ethnicity - have influenced who gets exposed to trypanosomiasis.
18 April 2016
In March, researchers, knowledge brokers and funders gathered in Pretoria, South Africa to share lessons and experiences on how a decade of ESRC-DFID research support has impacted on poverty reduction.
15 April 2016
Today the Mastercard Foundation and the Institute of Development Studies have launched the Matasa Fellows Network and are welcoming applications to join.
14 April 2016
This newly launched Matasa Fellows Network will develop cohorts of African researchers with the skills and commitment to bring research into policy processes that address the challenges of young people and employment in Africa.
14 April 2016
When Safaa, a child in Cairo, was diagnosed with HIV her life became shaped by isolation and stigmatisation. With around 500 HIV+ children living in Egypt, can storytelling help health services and communities tackle discrimination and meet SDG targets?
14 April 2016
In Guatemala, ownership and use of mobile phones is affecting how and what families to choose to eat. As part of our Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility series, Alma Olivet looks at the impact of mobile phones in people's food security.
12 April 2016
What do land, politics and flies have to do with each other? If you live in the Zambezi valley quite a lot, as I will explain in a short series of blogs over the next few weeks.
11 April 2016
Shandana Mohmand looks a different approaches to comparative studies.
8 April 2016
On Sunday 13th March, the 'Low Carbon Innovation in China: Prospects, Politics and Practice' project held the closing workshop of its research package on urban e-mobilities at the Shenzhen Graduate School of Tsinghua University.
5 April 2016
