EVENT – The ESID Annual Adrian Leftwich Memorial Lecture with Professor Catherine Boone
30th October 2019 ESID and the Global Development Institute are delighted to be welcoming Professor Catherine Boone, Professor of Comparative
WATCH: Final plenary of the ESID conference – Moving the politics and development agenda forward
28/10/19 For the closing plenary of the ESID Conference we were delighted to be joined by Head of Profession for
WATCH – Conference plenary on 'The politics of recognition and democratisation'
14 October 2019 One of the many highlights of our recent conference was a plenary featuring keynotes from Afrobarometer's Emmanuel
International bestselling author James Robinson delivers keynote on his new book The Narrow Corridor
11 October 2019 At the ESID conference we were lucky enough to have Professor James Robinson, author with Daron Acemoglu
WATCH – Lant Pritchett's conference keynote
8 October 2019Watch the University of Oxford's Lant Pritchett deliver his keynote to the ESID conference - 'The difficult dynamics
Heather Marquette's paper to the ESID conference, on 'Rethinking organised crime and development'
8 October 2019 Heather Marquette is Professor of Development Politics at the University of Birmingham and Senior Research Fellow at
WATCH – Prerna Singh's acclaimed conference keynote
7 October 2019There was much glowing feedback for the ESID conference, and one of the most highly praised moments came
WATCH – Opening plenary of the ESID flagship conference – From Politics to Power
4 October 2019 If you missed ESID's recent flagship conference, or want to catch it again, here is the opening
Podcast with Duncan Green – What are the headlines of nine years of research into Effective States and Inclusive Development?
https://soundcloud.com/globaldevinst/sam-hickey-research-findings-on-effective-states-and-inclusive-development At the end of ESID's recent amazing three-day conference Duncan Green sat down with our Research Director, Sam Hickey, and asked
Spotlight on Sam Hickey and the forthcoming ESID Flagship International Conference – From Politics to Power
6 September 2019 Please can you tell us about your role with ESID and how it came about? I
Universidad del Pacífico presenta libro 'Gobernanza de las industrias extractivas: política, historia, ideas'
8 July 2019 For all non-Spanish readers, this blog is about the launch of the Spanish version of the book, Governing
EVENT – Comparative workshop in Zambia: Pockets of Effectiveness
8 July 2019 Our researchers are in Zambia this week for workshops on pockets of effectiveness A major challenge for
WATCH: Leading ESID experts present main findings in Cape Town
16 April 2019 Leading experts Tim Kelsall, Sam Hickey and Brian Levy recently presented ESID's main findings at The Mandela
LIVE STREAMED EVENT – Anthony Bebbington speaks at Oxfam America on Extractive Industries, Inclusion, Rights and Climate
Political Settlements and Extractive Industries: Implications for Inclusion, Rights and Climate When: Thursday, 4 April, 2019 12 - 2pm Where:
EVENT – Discussion on ESID's findings at University of Cape Town
If you are able to be in Cape Town this Thursday, don't miss the opportunity to join our leading researchers, Prof
PODCAST – Dr Tom Lavers presents: The politics of distribution in Ethiopia's 'developmental state'
19 March 2019 Social protection expert Dr Tom Lavers gives a presentation to The African Studies Centre at The University of
The politics of distributing social transfers in Ethiopia
5 March 2019 ESID researcher Dr Tom Lavers is currently in Ethiopia disseminating our work on social protection.
PODCAST – The ESID Annual Adrian Leftwich Memorial Lecture with Prof Yuen Yuen Ang
12 November 2018 The 6th ESID Annual Adrian Leftwich Memorial Lecture was a fascinating one on how the
PODCAST – Professor Victoria Lawson lecture on re-politicising poverty
7 November 2018 Head of the Relational Poverty Network and Professor of Geography at The University of Washington, Seattle, Prof
Summary of the ESID Annual Adrian Leftwich Memorial Lecture – How did the West get China wrong?
Professor Yuen Yuen Ang 31 October 2018 For decades, Western observers expected that as China’s economy liberalises
Poverty and social injustice: why are people advocating a ‘relational’ approach? (and what does that mean anyway?)
18 October 2018 Chris Lyon The Effective States and Inclusive Development workshop: “Rethinking social justice and the public realm: what
Workshop: Rethinking social justice and the public realm: what can relational approaches offer?
Rethinking social justice and the public realm: what can relational approaches offer? On Thu 1st and Fri 2nd November ESID