Author: Tobias Denskus

Hi all, This is really a great link review if I may say so myself! 🙂Quite a dialectical discussion on positive & negative examples of communicating development, opportunities…

Hi all, Just another busy week at ComDev with feedback on MA thesis proposals, lectures & a workshop with students on their experiences with communication for development-but, there’s…

Hi all, Let’s make it short and sweet: Happy Friday! Enjoy lots of interesting readings on development, ICT4D, detoxing your tech mind & decolonize our thinking! New from…

Initially I wanted to include these reflections in my annual blogging review post. In the end I decided against it partly because I felt a bit like a…

Hi all, Welcome to this week’s link review!Development news: Aid agencies & holes; WFP’s data handling problem; sexual harassment in the UN; the World Bank’s ‘Doing Business’ ranking…

I was in the process of writing a short response to NPR’s Goats & Soda invitation to comment on How Are Poor Countries Portrayed By Aid Groups And…

Hi all, This is a slightly shorter review this week, but it seems that many writers are still getting back to their desks after the holidays; this is…

Hi all, Happy New Year! Welcome to the first link review of 2018! We are reviewing some developments of 2017, add a few challenges that will be with…

In my first annual reflection on my development blogging engagement in 2011 I stated quite plainly: Development blogging has become part of narrative writing for those who work…

Hi all, Welcome to one of the final link reviews of 2017! It’s an interesting mix this week featuring public lectures, (visual) communication of development & #MeToo reflections…

Hi all, Happy Friday-the holidays are almost here :)! Development news: #AidToo; Ed Sheeran, War Child & well-deserved radiator awards; against charity; visualizing life in the camps in…

Hi all, Your fresh Friday food for thought! Development news: Humanitarian crises in 2018; an excellent long-read about the protracted crisis in and around Chad; NGOs blocked from WTO…

Hi all, After a lot of food for the body for most who celebrate Thanksgiving, here’s your weekly food for mind & soul ;)!Development news: Protracted conflict &…

If you do Twitter right (full disclosure: I also follow Only in Russia and The Dodo) it can be an awesome space for global development debates. There are…

Hi all, It has been a loooong week-as you probably guessed by the delayed publication of this week’s review.However, as always there is plenty of food for thought…

Sussex University recently organized a Decolonising Development Studies event.I submitted a short input for discussion, but unfortunately was unable to attend the event in person. Below is a…

Hi all, Not much to report-the first part of the semester is done and lost of assignments are ready for reading and grading… Development news: Humanitarian Evidence Week;…

Hi all, Greetings from Tbilisi where an excellent ComDev teaching seminar is coming to its end! It is also Friday-so there area links, readings, tweet & more to…

Hi all, Another full round-up of great readings this week! Development news: The WHO-Mugabe communication #fail; How cash helps in Puerto Rico; the UN’s ceremonial beehives; data risks…

Hi all, Development news: The UN & the Rohingya crisis; Africa is too expensive for manufacturing; how Angelie Jolie almost had a dinner date with Joseph Kony; Hungry…