Author: Tobias Denskus

Hi all, Development news starts with 2 powerful pieces on orphanage tourism and a sustainable future for global volunteering; how aid became big business; #allmalepanels and introducing female…

Hi all, It’s Friday again-and it has been quite a busy week link-wise! Development news: In addition to the story of the week that MSF pulls out of…

I never planned this when I started my blog, but it is interesting how one of the themes that keeps (re-)emerging here is topic of how new forms…

Hi all, Your Friday and weekend deserve some new, critical reading suggestions! Development news on Thomas Friedman’s ‘just ask two people’ journalism; Barbie Savior is fun-so what? @UN…

As part of my engagement with popular and public (re)presentation of development issues, I have commented throughout the years on how mainstream media, e.g. CNN, NYT, BBC, the…

Hi all,After a busy week of teaching, blogging and ranting about #allmalepanels let’s enjoy the new week with fresh food for thought! Development news features a great think-piece…

At least my tweet on the recent high-level World Bank Global Infrastructure Forum 2016 made it into the top 5 tweets for the hashtag #investininfra: Nothing says “inclusive…

It is an interesting coincidence that just as I am finishing Dan Lyons’ book Disrupted-My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble (review in the New York Times, my own…

Hi all, Time for some fresh reading recommendations for the upcoming weekend! Development news on exploitative immersive experiences; why you should be smarter than becoming a volountourist in…

There is always space for more snark, memes, satire or ironic commentary on development-related topics, so it is worth documenting a great teachable moment that happened on facebook…

Hi all, Many of us will be celebrating Easter and/or enjoy a long weekend of sorts so this is a good opportunity to catch up with some interesting…

There has been a constant flow of recent critical writing about traditional development and communication approaches* – often in the context of the current European refugee situation. As…

Hi all, After the recent link review #175 anniversary, the blog passed another milestone: This is blog post #401! Development news with humanitarian issues in post-quake Japan; 10…

These are exciting times at our Communication for Development program! As the spring application window for ComDev programs and courses is now open until 15 April 2016 we…

Hi all, Even though the 175th edition of my link review is more like a ‘small’ anniversary, it is a good moment to go back 75 reviews and…

Hi all, Development news features a new aid poem; UNESCO’s app fail on freedom of expression; how traditional organizations struggle with social media in emergencies; child sponsorship works!…

News about Matt Lee and his stand-off with UN officials reached me through Twitter on Saturday morning local time and has since gained some momentum, including a longer…

Hi all, Let’s start the week with some fresh readings! Development news features: Wyclef Jean’s ‘Ask me Anything’ disaster; the troubling comfort of aid lives in Geneva; UK…

Hi all, This first link review of the new term gives me the pleasure to welcoming all our new & returning ComDev students! It just so happens that…