International Development Research Group

Description

The Faculty of Social Sciences and Law’s International Development Research Group has been established as a thematically diverse but theoretically and methodologically inclusive group. It champions interdisciplinary research and reaches out to other Faculties within the University and beyond. The group brings together social scientists who work on the problems of the social world as well as those who study the linkages between the social and natural worlds. The themes explored by the members are focused on the Global Challenges confronting society currently and in future. While group members predominantly draw on the challenges faced by the Global South, it also recognises and encourages researchers that work on the implications of the actions and decisions carried out within the Global North.

The group exists to offer an intellectual space for colleagues across the Faculty and the University inclined towards International Development. It is an instrumental place to think innovatively, and benefit from the wealth of collective knowledge the group has. It is a supportive research group where members can share fresh analysis, new research ideas, publications or come to network and collaborate for new research bids. In pursuing this goal, and to disseminate up-to-date research findings to the wider public, the group organises public lectures from time to time.