Author: Tobias Denskus

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…

Hi all, I almost felt overwhelmed by the amount of interesting readings, reports and articles that made it into this week’s review-there is *a lot* of interesting stuff…

Hi all, In the end, I managed to pull a new link review together for this week! Quite a few examples of development communication #fails, but also encouraging pieces…

At the end of August I started curating interesting resources that linked hurricane Harvey to broader questions of international development and humanitarian issues (Reading #Harvey through a #globald…

Hi all, Before I’m heading to Pretoria for a week to participate in the kick-off workshop of the new Swedish-South African University Network, I’m sharing my regular Friday…

Hi all, Link review #250 should be an occasion to pause and reflect for a moment-just not this week which is far from over yet and it has…

Hi all, If you happen to be in Tallinn, Estonia early next week, I’d love to catch up at and around the DigitalisingDevelopment event which I will be…