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Find out what's been happening in the School of Environment, Education and Development.
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GDI ranked in the world’s top 10 for Development Studies
4 Mar 2020
The Global Development Institute (GDI) has retained its position as one of the top 10 places to study in the 2020 QS World University rankings. The ...
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Report calls on leaders to “think big” to tackle UK’s severe regional inequality
28 Feb 2020
An independent inquiry into the UK’s severe regional inequality has said that Government must learn the lessons of the past and “think big” if ...
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MUI talks, papers and awards round-up
27 Feb 2020
Awards and appointments Stefan Bouzarovski was appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the ‘UiO:Energy’ strategic priority area at ...
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New book explores China's impact on the Global South
16 Jan 2020
In the early 2000s, Chinese demand for imported commodities ballooned as the country continued its breakneck economic growth. Global markets in ...
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Prof Khalid Nadvi becomes Managing Director of Global Development Institute
14 Jan 2020
Prof Khalid Nadvi has taken up the role of Managing Director of the Global Development Institute. Khalid follows on from Diana Mitlin who completed ...
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Poet joins psychologists to fight the erosion of school playtime
10 Jan 2020
The poet Michael Rosen has joined forces with the British Psychological Society (BPS) to make the case for stopping the erosion of school playtime.
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Lukasz Stanek receives Andrew W. Mellon Foundation research grant
16 Dec 2019
Lukasz Stanek has received a research grant from the Canadian Centre for Architecture, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, to work on the ...
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Alumnus Jamie Peck wins Distinguished Scholarship Award
10 Dec 2019
We are delighted to hear that Manchester alumnus Jamie Peck has been awarded the 2020 AAG Distinguished Scholarship Award by the American ...
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Merit Scholars graduate from the Global Development Institute
10 Dec 2019
The first class of the Global Development Institute (GDI) Merit Scholars graduate as part of the winter 2019 graduating class. The students were ...
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'Putting the Body of Manchester on Display' project receives John Rylands Research Institute (JRRI) funding
6 Dec 2019
Stephen Walker’s project 'Putting the Body of Manchester on Display' has received funding from the JRRI Digital Humanities grant to run from ...
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TOSSIB project receives £499,993 in funding
6 Dec 2019
Dr Deljana Iossifova has been awarded funding under the Royal Society’s Challenge-led Grants Scheme to lead research on Sustainable Sanitation ...
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SASSI project receives £519,880 in funding
6 Dec 2019
MARG's Dr Deljana Iossifova has been awarded funding under the international scheme Towards a Sustainable Earth (UKRI, NSFC and JST) for the ...
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UK among countries threatening overseas species through renewable energy demand
6 Dec 2019
A new study has shown that the UK is one of the main countries threatening biodiversity loss overseas through its demand for renewable energy.
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Experts call for more inclusive growth in Greater Manchester
21 Nov 2019
Experts are calling for Greater Manchester’s leaders to commit to more ‘inclusive growth’ - economic prosperity that creates opportunities and ...
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University of Manchester festival to set the agenda for sustainability research
13 Nov 2019
A festival of ideas at The University of Manchester’s Sustainable Consumption Institute is set to lay down a marker for sustainability research in ...
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Long read: How mega infrastructure projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America are reshaping development
6 Nov 2019
First published in The Conversation on 31 October 2019. Huge investments in infrastructure are redefining global development, from China’s Belt...
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‘Lighthouse city’ Manchester demonstrates smart city progress at Triangulum conference
30 Sep 2019
Manchester was one of the ‘lighthouse cities’ under the spotlight at the Triangulum International Conference in Stavanger, Norway, last week ...
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Abolishing private schools is admirable, but won’t make choosing a state one any easier for parents
27 Sep 2019
Labour have voted on plans to abolish private schools by removing their charitable status and redistributing their wealth to the state sector. At the...
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The Clean Development Mechanism will not solve our waste problem
24 Sep 2019
Researchers from The University of Manchester and the University of Cape Town have embarked on a project to find out what happens to the people who ...
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Teacher guidance based on Manchester research launching in primary schools
20 Sep 2019
A new guide for teachers about how to support children in developing their social and emotional skills has been released to every primary school in ...
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EU recognises Manchester academic as an ‘ordinary hero’
9 Sep 2019
Professor of Geography Stefan Bouzarovski has been recognised by the European Union for his work tackling energy poverty. Stefan is one of only four...
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Urban Studies Foundation announce latest three-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
16 Aug 2019
Early-career urban scholars are invited to contact us with expressions of interest in a joint application to join MUI on one of the latest Urban ...
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Three GCRF Post-Doctoral Fellows join GDI
8 Aug 2019
The Global Development Institute has three new Global Challenges Research fund (GCRF) Post-Doctoral Fellows who will be based at the Institute over ...
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GDI Merit scholar becomes General Secretary of Students’ Union
8 Aug 2019
GDI Merit Scholar Kwame Kwarteng has taken up his role as General Secretary of The University of Manchester Students’ Union. He was elected as ...
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Music festivals let people try out more sustainable lifestyles
25 Jul 2019
Summer is the time of music festivals - and a new study published in the scientific journal Geoforum has suggested that they offer an opportunity ...
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LOOPER project update
25 Jul 2019
The LOOPER project is implementing interventions designed in partnership with the community to test perceptual traffic calming and aesthetic uplift ...
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A vegan meat revolution could help save the planet
14 Jun 2019
A few years ago, convincing meat-free “meat” was nothing more than a distant dream for most consumers. Meat substitutes in supermarkets lacked ...
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Net zero emissions by 2050, says UK government – now what?
12 Jun 2019
What a difference a year makes. This time in 2018, the long hot summer was weeks away. Saddleworth Moor was not yet on fire. Greta Thunberg’s ...
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Why supermarkets need to go ‘plant-based’ to help save the planet
12 Jun 2019
Veganism is arguably the biggest food trend of the moment. This has led to a massive expansion of meat-free brands and own-label offerings. In fact, ...
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Four new fellowships for MUI researchers
10 Jun 2019
Four new fellowships for MUI researchers have been announced. Helen Zheng, Constance Smith and Tom Gillespie have all been awarded fellowships to ...
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Round up of papers, awards and external engagement, Apr-May 2019
31 May 2019
A selection of papers, talks and external engagement from recent weeks. Awards Stefan Bouzarovski has been appointed to the European selection ...
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University part major UK non-communicable disease prevention project
29 May 2019
Professor Cecilia Wong from the School of Environment, Education and Development’s Manchester Urban Institute is part of a partnership that has ...
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Bob Hawke, the 'environmental PM', leaves a huge ‘what if’ on climate change
17 May 2019
Since the news broke of his passing, Bob Hawke has been feted as the “environmental prime minister”. From saving the Franklin River, to ...
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NGO Explorer tool aims to connect the UK’s development charities
30 Apr 2019
To address this gap, Professor Dan Brockington of the University of Sheffield and Dr Nicola Banks of The University of Manchester set out to map and ...
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Experts find the origins of Europe’s climate hidden in shrimp shells
12 Apr 2019
An international team of geographers has found indications that the climate we have in Europe today began 5000 years ago, hidden in the shells of ...
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MUI partnering on £4million EU IGNITION project
8 Apr 2019
Partners across the city-region have signed a multi-million-pound European contract for a project which looks to develop innovative ways of financing...
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SEED colleague recognised with Lifetime Achievement Award
5 Apr 2019
Professor Noel Castree, Director of Research for the School of Environment, Education and Development and a Professor of Geography, has been named as...
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Forgotten maps of Manchester slums restored and available to view
2 Apr 2019
A new project has repaired, photographed and shared online forgotten maps of Manchester’s slums, which had been overlooked for the last 130 years.
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Geography professor given lifetime achievement award for literature contributions
2 Apr 2019
A Manchester academic is to receive an award for his significant contributions to scientific literature. Professor Noel Castree, Director of ...
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Round up of MUI papers, awards and external engagement, Feb-Mar 2019
1 Apr 2019
A selection of Manchester Urban Institute papers, talks and external engagement from February and March 2019. Awards Tanja Bastia has taken up ...
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Call for papers - Urbanisation, gender and the global south: A transformative knowledge network
1 Apr 2019
A first call for papers for the Feminist Explorations of Urban Futures International Conference has been made by the Urbanisation, gender and the ...
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Project aims to ensure that digital platforms like Uber treat workers fairly
28 Mar 2019
A team including researchers from The University of Manchester has created the world’s first ever rating system for working conditions in the ...
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Trade wars are growing – and developing countries are shaping the agenda
15 Mar 2019
At the heart of the current US trade war with China is tariffs on imports like steel, sorghum and silicon chips. But, with the growing role of ...
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Why the meat industry could win big from the switch to veggie lifestyles
7 Mar 2019
One of the largest meat processors in the UK, supplying supermarkets across the country with beef, pork, and lamb, has launched a plant-based meat ...
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Oxford University Press highlights MUI paper in 'Highly Cited Articles'
4 Mar 2019
A paper by Manchester Urban Institute (MUI) colleagues has been included in Oxford University Press's list of its most cited articles from ...
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Work begins on Manchester Urban Observatory
4 Mar 2019
The Manchester Urban Observatory website is now live. Work has started on the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)/UK ...
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Bangladesh is booming, but authoritarianism could burst its bubble
28 Feb 2019
Bangladesh has been a development success story in recent years. The country made remarkable progress in poverty alleviation prior to the Millennium ...
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UK may struggle to maintain influence at the UN after Brexit, study finds
20 Feb 2019
The UK needs to demonstrate its added value to the United Nations and adopt a principled and values-driven foreign policy if it is to maintain its ...
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Double NERC success for MUI
15 Feb 2019
This week NERC announced awards for eight two-year research projects with two based in MUI. Two colleagues from the Manchester Urban Institute ...
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Workshop | Urban platforms and the future city
15 Feb 2019
Urban platforms and the future city: Transformations in infrastructure, governance, knowledge, and everyday life Digital platforms like Amazon, ...
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