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Simukai Chigudu giving a lecture in a lecture theatre

IGSD Annual Lecture 2025: Simukai Chigudu

For this year鈥檚 Annual Lecture IGSD welcomed award-winning author Prof Simukai Chigudu (University of Oxford), whose lecture was entitled 'When Will We Be Free? On Hard Histories, Decolonisation, and Rethinking Development'
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Launch of Gender Justice in Digital Innovation toolkits

Two key toolkits, for Gender Analysis in IT and Data Science, and for Gender-Just Co-Design in Digital Innovation, were launched recently.

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UN International Day for Rivers

IGSD supported this student-run action day 鈥 the UN International Day of Action for Rivers. Despite the global Sustainable Development Goal 14 鈥 Life below Water, rivers are increasingly affected by sewage discharge, pollution and littering.
The cover for the book Unfair ID

ISRG and IGSD host Professor Silvia Masiero

The Information Systems Research group (ISRG) in the School of Information, Journalism and Communication (IJC) and the Institute for Global Sustainable Development (IGSD), were pleased to co-host a seminar by Prof Silvia Masiero (University of Oslo).
A group photo from the ICTD conference

IGSD co-hosts ICTD2024 in Kenya

Prof Dorothea Kleine and IGSD are co-hosting the international conference on information and communication technologies for development (ICTD2024) in Nairobi, Kenya.
Paula Meth and Tom Goodfellow giving a presentation

New Book: Living the Urban Periphery

IGSD celebrated the publication of Prof Paula Meth and Prof Tom Goodfellow鈥檚 (with co-authors) new book: Living the Urban Periphery (2024, Manchester University Press).
Tom Goodfellow next to the logo for the Forgeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

IGSD Fellow appointed to FCDO

IGSD Fellow Prof Tom Goodfellow has been appointed to be a Senior Research Fellow with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
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New Frontiers of Urban Informality

On Thursday, 12th September, urban researchers and practitioners convened at the University of 葫芦影业's ICOSS Building for the international workshop 鈥淣ew Frontiers of Urban Informality.鈥

Lauren Rea holding a certificate with a colleage at an award ceremony

IGSD Fellow Prof Lauren Rea wins Impact Award

The Great Latin American Women project is a pioneering initiative that brings together the expertise of creative industries professionals, educators, and academic researchers.
Handbook on Livelihoods in the Global South

Handbook on Livelihoods in the Global South

A new handbook has been published, with IGSD member and PhD researcher Henry Staples contributing a chapter.
IGSD - Digitial Reset Report, Press Conference Note Taking

International Report released on Digitalisation and Sustainability
IGSD Launch event attendees

IGSD Officially Launches New Name and Mission

Institute for Global Sustainable Development (IGSD) is the new name for SIID, and it was launched at a Summer Event and Networking Fair on 20 June
Facilitation Toolkit

UoS Knowledge Exchange project launches Facilitation Toolkit to support community video-makers

UoS Knowledge Exchange project launches Facilitation Toolkit to support community video-makers
Time and Space

A Panel Event on Time and Space in Displacement: 25 January at 5-6:30pm

IGSD will host Prof. Shahram Khosravi, Dr Ann-Christin Zuntz, and Karam Yahya for an intriguing discussion on time and space in displacement.