Reading Economics: The Role of Mainstream Economics in International Development Studies Today (SWP 24)

What is the role of the economics discipline in teaching and studying international development today? This paper draws upon experiences of teaching and reading economics with students in interdisciplinary international development studies. The main conclusion is that economic literacy is a key ingredient in development studies. This paper discusses different interpretations of what economic literacy may entail and why this literacy is important. It concludes by suggesting a number of paths to achieve the necessary level of understanding

Volunteerism: perspectives from international development studies students

Este artículo examina las perspectivas variadas del ‘voluntariado’ a través de un enfoque de investigación. Para terminar esta investigación, un grupo de estudiantes de los estudios de desarrollo internacional (EDI) en la Universidad de Trent funcionó como participantes de investigación. El campo de EDI es muy interdisciplinario y muchas veces hay discrepancias entre perspectivas porque los estudiantes vienen de diferentes antecedentes académicos, por lo que los estudiantes de EDI son candidatos excelentes para una investigación como ésta. A cada estudiante se le pidió a crear un ‘mapa mental’ para expresar su propia definición del voluntariado. Los datos recogidos se utilizó para ilustrar cómo las percepciones del voluntariado comparan y contrastan, particularmente a las opiniones de la autora. Esta investigación se amplió aún más, examinando cómo factores como la edad y el género afectan las percepciones del voluntariado.This paper examines the varying perspectives of ‘volunteerism’ through an investigative approach. In order to complete the investigation, a small class of international development studies (IDS) students at Trent University acted as research participants. Because IDS is so interdisciplinary, there are often discrepancies between perspectives as students hail from different academic backgrounds, thus making IDS students prime candidates for such an experiment. Each student was asked to create a ‘mind map’ to convey their personal definition(s) of volunteerism. The data collected was used to illustrate how different perceptions of volunteerism compare and contrast, particularly to the author’s own perceptions. This investigation was expanded further, examining how factors such as age and gender affect perceptions.Proyecto de Innovación Docente ReiDoCrea. Departamento de Psicología Social. Universidad de Granada

Assessing privatization in Uganda

A Thesis submitted to the Department of International Development Studies (IDS) for the Award of a Degree of Doctor o

Ethics of Development

A 10,000 word introduction to issues of ethics and development, written for undergraduate students of international development studies and curious general readers. It is intended to help readers to: 1. Understand development ethics as an essential dimension of international development studies, for explanatory work and self-awareness as well as for evaluation and policy design. 2. Recognize issues for values-sensitive thinking about development: in conceptualizing costs and benefits, considering who bears them, and asking which types of change process are legitimate. 3. Become alert to which issues, identities and interests get considered and which get downgraded or ignored. 4. Connect to relevant tools in development ethics for description, analysis, evaluation, and action

Education and development

A conference paper illustrating the structure and nature of the Faculty of Education at the University of Zimbabwe.Center for International Development Studies, University of Osl

Medicine and development

A conference paper detailing the structure and nature of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Zimbabwe in the early 1980s.Center for International Development Studies, University of Osl

Food, nutrition and development

A conference paper documenting the nature and structure of the curriculum of the master of science in food technology at the University of Zimbabwe.Center for International Development Studies, University of Oslo

Citizenship and the Politics of Civic Driven Change

Nation states are premised on the legitimizing presence of a polity comprised of citizens. The politics of this relationship is central to discourse on how societies evolve. Yet in the discipline of international development studies the topic remains peripheral. Reasons can be found in conceptual confusion, in selectivity in donor thinking and policies towards civil society and in the growth-driven political economy of NGO-ism. Remedies for the political lacunae are being sought through a concerted focus on people's rights, citizenship and qualities of leadership that all show valuable progress. This chapter will examine a comprehensive complement to such efforts referred to as civic driven change (CDC). Originating in a grounded empirical approach, the constituent principles and elements of CDC offer a lens that can both sharpen and deepen insights and advance analysis of civic agency in socio-political processes. As an ontologically grounded normative proposition, CDC allows exposure and examination of 'uncivil' forces stemming from contending claims on citizenship. These factors are typically ignored or denied in an historical harmony model of societal change. A CDC narrative is illustrated by reference to contemporary examples of citizen action that play out at multiple sites of governance

GLI Weekly, February 28, 2023

Sustainable Chefs survey -- GLI Advising Group -- International Development Studies Minor and Graduate Certificate -- Mansfield Dialogues: A Question of Respect: Bridging Divides with Pollsters Celinda Lake and Ed Goeas -- UM Humanities Institute film screening: Aftersu