Isla Thomson's podcast addresses her concerns on the rhetoric surrounding LGBTQIA people in development industry.

IGDC Co-Director, Dr Indrajit Roy has been awarded departmental funding to develop and consolidate an interdisciplinary York Hope Consortium

Professor Henrice Altink discusses how systems of slavery and human trafficking have taken many forms across the globe from early human settlements to the present during US National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month

We are delighted to offer a PhD scholarship for researchers commencing their PhD in October 2022.

The IGDC is looking to appoint two new Lecturers in Development Politics.

The IGDC is seeking to appoint a part-time Communications Specialist to join the team.

The IGDC is seeking to appoint a part-time Research Support Officer to join the team.

IGDC Co-Director, Professor Piran White and Dr Papiya Mazumdar, together with collaborators from the region, highlight the often-overlooked human cost of climate change and call for the international community to be guided by local priorities and focus on human rights.

Professor of Modern History Henrice Altink discusses how the countries responsible for most of the CO2 emissions should divert more money to help these geographically and economically vulnerable communities adapt and survive.

Sara de Jong critiques the UK Government for dragging its feet on helping those left behind in Kabul amid reports of Afghan interpreters' family members being killed.

Anna Clark talks about her experiences as an intern for the IGDC and the BA in Global Development while adjusting to life in the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Jappe Eckhardt explores the risks attached to the UK joining the CPTPP as the UK Government begins negotiations.

PhD Students Joseph Gascoigne, Alankrita Anand, and Young-Gil Kim outline their challenging experiences during the Covid-19 Pandemic as researchers and reflect on lessons learned for the future.

Ingrid Kvangraven outlines her recent research exploring the changes to how GDP is measured over the years, disproportionately benefited countries in the west, including the UK.

IGDC Co-Director, Sara de Jong discusses the renewed concern about the plight of interpreters in Afghanistan as the US and Nato military plan their withdrawal from the region.

In the lead up to COP26, IGDC Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dr Jessica Omukuti, examines if enough has been done by The Green Climate Fund to facilitate just transitions through its funded projects for global South countries.

Henrice Altink examines how race and colour relations have affected employment and staff-guest relations in the Jamaican hotel sector since independence.

Mexican feminist art collective Las Iluministas and UK online gallery Pink-Collar Gallery are coming together to invite artists and activists who identify as women and as feminists.

A workshop on publication skills for female PhD students and ECRs from West Africa who work on gender inequality in the arts and humanities and social sciences.

Frances Thirlway and Noreen Mdege consider patterns of tobacco use and cessation among people living with HIV in Uganda in relation to the literature on masculinities

Tallulah Lines explores how although that vote was lost for sexual and reproductive rights in Mexico the decision will allow the movement to take the fight to the Supreme Court.

As Covid-19 territorializes the world, the remote communities of Sumapaz manage through a rural network of care.

PhD Student Joseph Gascoigne addresses how the idea of hope should be considered in academic research

IGDC Director Jean Grugel shows why more still needs to be done to guarantee reproductive rights in Latin America

IGDC supports The Development Studies Association's statement to the government for steps to be taken to support the distribution and the expansion of production capabilities of the Covid-19 vaccine in low-income countries in the global South.

IGDC Research Associate, Dr Hanne Cottyn, is awarded funding by the ISRF's seventh Political Economy Research Fellowship for her project to unravel Lake Poopó’s “more-than-human” histories.

Jesse Machin, Doctoral Researcher, explores the ideas and discussions raised by our panellists in our webinar 'Migrants and refugees facing Covid-19: UK and global concerns'

IGDC Research Associate, Hanne Cottyn talks about the virtual music festival held in November 2020, in a collaboration between researchers at York and at the Colombian Instituto Humboldt of the IGDC project on Colombian páramos.

IGDC PhD student, Lilian Saka, heads to Zambia to start her fieldwork, analysing the role of regional politics in reproductive health policy in Africa.