Global Development Institute Podcast
1) Why Study a PhD in Development Economics at GDI?
Listen to a discussion between Dr Osman Ouattara and two of our current PhD researchers, Mahtab Uddin and Matilda Kabutey-Ongor. In this episode they discuss their own research and the new pathway f...Show More
2) Alumni Discussion: Navigating Development Careers in the Twenty-First Century
In this episode, Dr Natalie Cunningham, Senior Lecturer in Leadership for Development at GDI, speaks to three UoM alumni about their experiences navigating the contemporary development and humanitaria...Show More
Alumni Discussion: Navigating Development Careers in the Twenty-First Century
57:41 | Nov 12th, 2025
3) In Conversation: Gindo Tampubolon on healthy ageing around the world
A conversation with Gindo Tampubolon, GDI's Reader in Global Health, to discuss his research on global healthy ageing and his work as a lead expert for the World Health Organization's Life Course & He...Show More
4) In Conversation: Luis Eduardo Pérez Murcia on home and internal displacement in Colombia
In this episode, we speak to GDI alumnus and research fellow Luis Eduardo Pérez Murcia about his recent open access book, A Long Journey Home: Losing and Remaking Home Following Conflict and Displacem...Show More
5) Flexible Embeddedness: In Conversation with Elisa Gambino
In this episode, Rory Horner speaks with Elisa Gambino about her latest paper 'Flexible embeddedness: how Chinese lead firms internationalise in Africa' with Costanza Franceschini. The ‘rise of the So...Show More
6) Unraveling African print textiles value chains - with Dr Fidèle Beletchei Ebia
Dr Elisa Gambino (GDI) interviews Dr Fidèle Beletchei Ebia, a postdoctoral researcher with Duke Africa Initiative, about her recent paper analysing how the rise of South-South value chains disrupts th...Show More
Unraveling African print textiles value chains - with Dr Fidèle Beletchei Ebia
15:16 | Aug 19th, 2025
7) A Feminist Commodity Chain Approach to Disinformation - with Anuradha Ganapathy
In this episode, we speak to PhD researcher Anuradha Ganapathy about her recent think piece 'Beyond Digital Platforms: Unpacking Disinformation Through a Feminist Commodity Chain Approach'. Anuradha d...Show More
A Feminist Commodity Chain Approach to Disinformation - with Anuradha Ganapathy
39:38 | Aug 12th, 2025
8) Financing the Ghanaian Cocoa Sector
In this episode, Sophie Van Huellen (Senior Lecturer in Development Economics at GDI) and Fuad Mohammed Abubakar (Head of Ghana Cocoa Marketing Company UK LTD and Simon Industrial Fellow) talk to Caro...Show More
9) In Conversation: Monika Verma on Securitisation and the Rohingya Community in India
In this episode, visiting postdoctoral scholar Monika Verma (Palacký University Olomouc) sits down with GDI's Ibrahim Efe to discuss her research on the securitization of migration in India, focusing ...Show More
10) Could a Global Minerals Trust support the green transition? Interview with Saleem Ali
As the world moves towards more sustainable energy sources and infrastructure projects, demand for critical energy transition minerals is surging. Given the uneven distribution of such resources, how ...Show More