Rachel Willis
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Global crises, development and development studies: still relevant after all these years
By Professor James Copestake Amid global turmoil and with sharp aid cuts biting around the world, what does development mean anymore? On September 11th current and former staff and students of development studies at the University of Bath met...
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CDS Blog - International development: past, present and prospects – a call to widen participation in the CDS 50th Anniversary conference in September.
by James Copestake 2025 may not be a good year for ‘celebrating’ fifty years of research into international development, but it seems very timely to be reflecting on ‘what next’. This will be front-and-centre during the Development Studies Association Conference...
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8 billion people: why trying to control the population is often futile – and harmful
In this blog, originally published in the Conversation, CDS member Dr Melanie Channon and Dr Jasmine Fledderojann of Lancaster University discuss population growth. The world’s population is expected to hit 8 billion people on November 15, according to the UN. Already...
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