Author: Tobias Denskus

One of the most influential global development bloggers announced his retirement from blogging and aid work recently and since I was socialized to some extent in German academia…

There is a folder with close to 1,000 Emails in my Outlook that documents the process of publishing our Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality from Silke’s first idea…

As I briefly mentioned in the 500th anniversary post at the beginning of December, my weekly Links I Liked post will take a break in the new year.I…

Hi all,500, eh?In the spirit of my curated link review this will not be a special weekly feature of interesting readings-and then again it will be…as the year…

Hi all,Capitalism suggests that today is Black Friday in connection with another holiday in the US, so why not treat yourself to some free readings instead ?!?News…

Hi all,A truly global set of readings from Canada, Brazil, South Africa, Tuvalu, Myanmar, India, Kenya, on topics such as influencer well-building to long term effects of baby…

Hi all,Glad to be back with a fresh curation of #globaldev links! USAID with little impact, climate refugees in Tuvalu, the challenges of growing megacities like Mexico-City &…

Hi all,Migration, carbon offsetting, politics around UN jobs, deforestation, urbanization & impact of thinks tanks + World Bank reports are only some of the topics this week; and…

Hi all,This week’s #globaldev review ends on a paper from 2018 that introduces the concept of ‘oxygen of amplification’ which seems particularly relevant in the last few days.The…

Hi all,My favorite quotes from our alumni meeting last week were from a student who described our course far better organized than meetings she has experienced in the…

Hi all,Another busy week with stories from Sudan, Myanmar, Venezuela, Mozambique, Jamaica, India, the US & Uganda & people that deserve our attention, compassion + engagement from young…

Hi all,Migration, conflict, drugs, greenwashing, the political economy of humanitarianism, transitional justice, NGOs vs civil society, reparations & a thirst for numbers – big issues featured in news…

Hi all,Last week I received a very nice message on LinkedIn from a reader whose Masters thesis research was inspired by something she read in my weekly #globaldev review-a…

Hi all,Welcome to a fresh round of #globaldev readings-and an extra warm welcome to our new students who are hopefully getting inspired from these contemporary readings on a…

Hi all,Our summer break is definitely ending when more than 100 students will commence their studies in our program next week; in the meantime we are looking at…

Hi all,I hope many of you are still on or about to leave for Global Northern summer holidays and I hope even more so that you are in…

Hi all,Me & the blog are officially on our summer break, but some interesting readings have been piling up so I want to share them as well as…

As a new minister for development and trade takes over #globaldev in Finland, it is time to take a closer look at how profoundly the foundations of Nordic…

Hi all,Botched biodiversity projects in Guinea, harmful algorithms in Jordan, tea pickers destroying machines in Kenya, sugar & global health in Barbados, plus stories about UN leadership &…

Hi all,AI & ChatGPT, fast fashion, weaponization of social media, refugee protection & many challenges for humanitarian aid in Ethiopia, Somalia, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh & Myanmar are so…

As AI, ChatGPT & broader discussions on the tools & technology behind it enter the digital #globaldev discussion sphere, I started a curated collection of articles & podcasts…

Hi all,Welcome to another review after the weekly tour-de-Internet to highlight some great #globaldev readings; global governance, human rights, US arms sales, UN peacekeeping, the capitalistic histor…

Hi all,Welcome to a this week’s edition of ‘around the #globaldev world in (well, not quite…) 80 links’!#globaldev news, insights from global organizations, commentary, reports & more!Happy critical…

Hi all,When it comes to failing the Syrian people entities from the Arab League to the IOM & the Australian government feature in this week’s newsletter; the Taliban,…