Author: Tobias Denskus

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 &…

Hi all,This afternoon I am going to leave the virtual space & join colleagues to explore an exhibition in Malmö on dreams, images & mobile phones. In the…

Hi all,There seems to be some kind of sporting event going on in Qatar this week & a settler colonial holiday is celebrated in the US-enjoy if you…

Hi all,I’ll be quick as it’s getting a bit late in Sweden on this dark & cold Friday afternoon…this week we start with the meltdown of FTX, SBF…

Hi all,I enjoyed my short break in Berlin, including a first meeting with the advisory board of Engineers Without Borders Germany.I’m keeping this review #COP27 free, because there…

Hi all,Yesterday and today about 50 of our students in 11 groups presented the results of their 8 week-long #globaldev blogging projects so I’m still a bit dizzy…

Hi all,What a week, eh? But while the UK is descending into a Benny Hill-esque tragic-comedic state, it also means more bad news for #globaldev-in the UK, but…

Hi all,This week’s #globaldev review is a bit like a wedding outfit: We have something serious (crises in Sudan & Ethiopia), something old (10 years of conflict in…

Hi all,Hope most of you also had a normal week this week…enjoy this week’s #globaldev review on COP27, the IDB, UK, Germany, Australia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Greenland &…

Hi all,I have to start this week’s post similar to last week’s one-thanking Monica Mukerjee, Tara Todras-Whitehill & Ben Chesterton for taking the time to talk at our…

Hi all,NRC’s Giulio Coppi as well as Dante Licona & Léa Salwan from IFRC’s social media team joined our Glocal Classroom this week & it was such a powerful…

Hi all,A solid #globaldev round-up this week tackling Pakistan, climate change & lack of accountability, the forthcoming UNGA, bitcoin failure in El Salvador, Bill Gates bashing, the humanitarian…

Hi all,Just as the #globaldev community started to discuss the new UK government, including a new minister for development, another breaking news story may have appeared in your…

Hi all,First full teaching week, welcoming 150+ students to our courses with our team, happy days :).#Globaldev also happened this week, featuring the US, Ukraine, Equatorial Guinea &…

Hi all,After a little summer flu health break last week, Aidnography is almost back to the usual routines just as the new semester is about to start next…

Hi all,It’s this strange time of the year when my Swedish academic holidays are coming to an end while most of global academia looks at their calendar and…

Hi all,This final post before the traditional summer break until early August is filled with interesting stories from around the #globaldev world again! UN whistleblowers, MSF visual communication,…

As part of our application process for our MA in Communication for Development program we encourage applicants to submit a short application letter together with all the other…

Hi all,I addition to #globaldev news from Ukraine, Oxfam, Japan & Colombia there are a few really great new papers on ‘digital famine’, the future of development studies…

Hi all,It’s great to be back after wrapping up teaching for the semester & enjoying more than 20 of our MA students presenting their thesis work (some even…

Hi all,This week’s debate about MSF’s use of images in their communication is a important reminder that the industry has barely started to engage with the past, present…

Hi all,One of your favourite #globaldev newsletters is back-with UK aid, land reform, historical insights into China & Africa, philanthropy, racist professionalism, Marxism & classic photo op where…