The impact of international migration on a country’s development is the focus of two international conferences taking place at Northumbria University next week. With speakers coming from across Europe and India to attend, the two International Migration and Inclusive Development in India events have attracted significant interest from experts in the field. Organised by Northumbria’sContinue reading “Free Event: International Migration and Inclusive Development in India”
Category Archives: Centre for International Development
Centre for International Development seminar, all welcome
‘Migration and Development: The Kerala Experience’ – Professor S.I. Rajan – Wed 10th October, 3-5, Squires Building 211 Professor S.I. Rajan As Professor and Chair of the Research Unit on International Migration at the Centre for Development Studies, Kerala, India, Professor Rajan has over two decades of research experience on migration and demographic Dynamics acrossContinue reading “Centre for International Development seminar, all welcome”
‘Haciendo Trámites’ – the everyday reality of fieldwork
Associate Professor Katy Jenkins reflects on waiting during fieldwork Trámites, only now do I fully understand the meaning of this quintessentially Peruvian activity. Having yesterday spent five hours traipsing between different local government and council offices, only now do I understand why trámites are approached with such trepidation and given such weight in the PeruvianContinue reading “‘Haciendo Trámites’ – the everyday reality of fieldwork”
Listening to the voices of Volunteers in Conflicts and Emergencies
Professor Matt Baillie Smith writes about his recent visit to Stockholm to share findings from the ViCE Initiative. When I packed my bags for our project conference in Stockholm on Volunteers in Conflicts and Emergencies (ViCE), I was mostly focused on the incredible stories volunteers have been telling us about living and volunteering in aContinue reading “Listening to the voices of Volunteers in Conflicts and Emergencies”
Women, mining and participatory photography
Dr Katy Jenkins reports on the first results of her Leverhulme-funded research project: After a nail-biting weekend of worried messages to and fro with my wonderful RA, Lexy Seedhouse, in Peru, finally the first photos from my participatory photography project arrived… Over 1,000 photos from 12 women, they’ve really got stuck into it! The project,Continue reading “Women, mining and participatory photography”