Author: Tobias Denskus

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 &…

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 &…