Author: Tobias Denskus

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,…

Hi all,This is a quite a bleak newsletter this week, unfortunately. In Sudan, Somalia & Afghanistan crises continue; even Mayotte, a tiny French outpost between Madagascar & Mozambique,…

Hi all,Can Andrew Mitchell save UK #globaldev?Can we engage with the Taliban?Can AI empower marginalized people?Can economic development deliver in the future?And what about Sollywood?!?Answers to the…

Hi all,A new post on humanitarian career challenges, news from Sudan & on reduced ODA spending, stories on migration, limited spaces for journalists, the complexities of transactional sex-plus…

Marielys Padua Soto originally posted a list of “10 things you should know” in a post on LinkedIn and she kindly expanded the list and allowed me to…

Hi all,As many Easter breaks are wrapping up, I’m happy to share the usual eclectic mix of food for thought, discussion & re-discovery – from the Peace Studies…

Hi all,Any weekly review post that features a link to Robert Chambers’ work is a good post ;). More seriously, lots of new research, reflections & reporting from humanitarian…

Hi all,Back from short trips to Austria & Germany-as a proud co-supervisor of a freshly minted doctor & inspired board member of an alumni association of the German…

Hi all,From the closure of Nairobi’s iconic Hilton Hotel to palliative care in Uganda, a dodgy app by US immigration & how universities can prepare students better for…

Hi all,This week’s link review is almost a double-feature: New #globaldev readings, but also a longer section on gender & feminism right in time for next week’s International…

Hi all,Honduras, Kenya, Indonesia, China-and four very different environmental challenges, all linked to consumerist lifestyles & vague promises of ‘development’ contribute to a broader theme in this …

It is only February and we already have another case of “how did this get through peer review??!!” in social science #highered. The piece in question is an…

Hi all,Sometimes a picture says more than those proverbial 1000 words and before we delve into the not-so-great news from around the #globaldev & #highered worlds let’s think…

Hi all,A great week of teaching is coming to its close-colleagues from Brazil, the US, Pakistan, the Netherlands & Finland joined us virtually in our Glocal Classroom in…

Hi all,This week’s curation takes from Afghanistan to Ethiopia, Somalia, Myanmar, Dubai & Zimbabwe with a little sprinkling of USA(id) & Davos!And then there are more insights into…

It’s always great when readers contact me about a potential guest post! So when Dipankar Datta, Country Director Somalia, Norwegian Church Aid, asked whether I would like to…

Hi all,This week’s not-so-good news from Lebanon, Ethiopia, North Korea & Syria found a positive counterpart with powerful, hopeful stories from women contributing to change-from Vanuatu, Sweden, Sout…

Hi all,Davos came & went, but there are also other important stories from Afghanistan, Brazil, on faux carbon offsets, value/poverty chains, peace intermediaries & much more!And another brand…

Based on another recent conversation on LinkedIn-this time far more productive and polite compared to my previous experience, I want to expand a little on the answer I…

Hi all,Welcome to the first link review of 2023!Unfortunately, we start where we left off: The climate crisis, Afghan refugees, toxic UN work cultures & challenges around localization;…

Welcome to 2023 and one of the first “proper” blog posts in a while-I hope more will follow this year!A few years ago there was a little bit of a…

Hi all,This is the final weekly #globaldev post for 2022. A special section on ‘localization’ & articles on EA, greenwashing & countries like Haiti or DRC in crisis…

Hi all,I’m looking forward to the weekend like anybody else & leave you with a fresh #globaldev review that features articles that are as absurd, shocking, unsurprising &…