Development Geographies Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
UK
Joined November 2014
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DevGRG/International Development Planning Review Paper Prize: Eligible scholars are asked to send a paper title, abstract, and maximum 4-page paper outline/summary to Dr Sarah Peck (DevGRG co-chair [email protected]) by 30th November 2026. Please see attached poster.
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For #DSA2027, we strongly encourage panels that bring together academic research with practitioner insights across all social science disciplines.
Have an idea on 'Development between hope and critique'?
Submit your panel proposal by 5 Nov:
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The DSA Gender and Development Study Group: building community beyond the conference, looks for organisations and institutions that can amplify its capacity to help drive critical discussions in the field of development.
Read more: buff.ly/fEUfgkM
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Can care build a better economy?
At @OpenUniversity’s annual lecture, Prof @N_Kabeer explores why tackling economic inequality, climate change, and gender disparity demands joined-up thinking.
🗓 Thu 22 Oct, 16:00 BST
📍 In-person & online
Register: buff.ly/TSeXEHd
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DevGRG/International Development Planning Review Paper Prize: Eligible scholars are asked to send a paper title, abstract, and maximum 4-page paper outline/summary to Dr Sarah Peck (DevGRG co-chair [email protected]) by 30th November 2026. Please see attached poster.
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📢 New semester, new conversations in Global Development.
We are excited to launch the SOAS Global Development Seminar Series for Semester 1, bringing together leading voices for talks and discussions on key issues shaping global development.
📅 Programme & register: shorturl.at/1SV6k
🤝 With: @SOASpolitics @SOASEconomics @SOASsfm @CAS_SOAS @royafrisoc @WRCHR_SOAS, @AdiBahadur, @RCClimate, @pritishbehuria and more.
Come along, join the conversation, and share with your networks!
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📢 Call for Panels for #DSA2027 is open!
Funding is critical for many to attend. DSA funds are limited, but we’ll share other sources of support in the coming months, plus tips from delegates who’ve found creative ways to fund their attendance.
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🇨🇴 The Fall 2026 issue of the NACLA Report marks the 10th anniversary of Colombia’s Peace Agreement, centering grassroots struggles for dignity, justice, and lasting peace
nacla.org/peace-from-below-t…
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OnlineFirst - "The spatial lives of a failed idea: US industrial policy after Fordism" by Chris Meulbroek:
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As we prepare for the SLAS 2027 Conference in Newcastle, revisit the keynote speeches from our 2026 conference at Leeds. Four talks on memory, social justice, and political change in Latin America.
Available on the SLAS YouTube channel.
youtube.com/@SLASMedia
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How do class struggle and urban development shape one another?
Drawing on critical urban theory and strands of 1970s Italian Marxism, Neil Gray explores this relationship in "Take Over the City".
📅 8 October | 6pm
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📢 #WereHiring: Senior Fellow, #GlobalHealth Policy
Join @CGDev to lead research and develop new policy ideas on the future of global health architecture, the role of MDBs, aid allocation, and more.
📍 London or Washington, DC
📅 Apply by Oct. 13
centerforglobaldevelopment.a…
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My department @UChicago is hiring! We are hiring at the junior level in climate politics, broadly defined and open subfield.
Review of applications begins end of October. I’m chairing the search. Please share widely!
Full details and job ad here:
apply.interfolio.com/194297
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We're hiring again @ucdpolitics! TWO permanent positions - open subfield - please spread the word widely! my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal…
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Really excited for the Sheffield Urbanism lecture series this year, 'Finance Urbanism in the Age of Crisis' - some great thinkers exploring some deeply important, contemporary issues for urban studies...
sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit…
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Wellcome Early-Career Awards
Welcome Trust is inviting applications from early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity.
Funding amount:
Your salary and up to £400,000 for research expenses. Certain costs do not count towards the £400,000 research expenses limit.
Funding duration:
Usually 5 years, but may be less for some disciplines, and may only be longer if held on a part-time basis.
Key dates: There are no deadlines for applications to this scheme. Applications can be submitted at any time.
wellcome.org/research-fundin…
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We’re hiring a Policy Fellow in Green Industrial Strategy & Green Finance at @IIPP_UCL !
This is a unique opportunity to join my team and contribute to research and policy work on how governments can accelerate the green transition through ambitious industrial strategy and innovative approaches to green finance.
If you’re working at the intersection of public policy, green industrial strategy, finance and economic transformation, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply here by 25 Sep 2026: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search…
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A refugee research fellowship in Oxford:
rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/new-career…
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📣 Call for Papers!
We are pleased to circulate a call for papers for a Journal-led Special Issue of Urban Geography, Comparative Urban Research at the Authoritarian Turn, edited by @nitin_bathla, Sarah Moser, and Julie Ren.
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
Latin American Scholars Grants
Up to 10 awards of £1,750 each supporting scholars based in Latin America to attend and present at the SLAS Annual Conference.
Deadline: 27 Nov 2026
Eligibility and submission here: shorturl.at/PL92c
