Professor of Political Economy of Development; Director of Research and REF Coordinator Professor Carlos Oya West Africa, Southern Africa, agrarian political economy; poverty; rural labour; development aid; research methods; China-Africa
Professor of Development Studies and International Relations Professor Gilbert Achcar Political economy and sociology of globalisation; global power structure and grand strategy; empire theory and US hegemony; politics and development of the Middle East and North Africa; sociology of religion; Islam and Islamic Fundamentalism; social change and social theory.
Professor of the Political Economy of Development Professor Christopher Cramer Africa: economics of Africa, political economy of development, political economy of war and peace in southern Africa, and the economics of cashew production, processing and trade
Senior Lecturer in Political Economy Dr Jonathan Di John Development economics, economic growth, institutional economics, taxation in less developed countries, the political economy of oil states, political economy of industrial policy in Latin America, especially of Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil.
Senior Lecturer, Sustainable Development Dr Annabel de Frece Research: development, environment, agriculture, gendered constructions, political economy and culture of food production
Professor in Conflict and Development Studies Professor Jonathan Goodhand South and Central Asia; complex political emergencies, humanitarian aid; NGO capacity building, aid, conflict and development
Reader in Gender and Development Dr Colette Harris Violence and conflict, governance, post colonial state building, Muslim societies, sexualities, (reproductive) health, migration, and community development/transformative education - all explored through a gendered lens. Central Asia, Latin America but currently focus mainly on West and East Africa.
Professor of Development Studies Professor Naomi Hossain Bangladesh; Food riots; Energy protests; Contentious politics; Politics of development; Disaster politics; Civil society; Social movements
Professor of Global Development Professor Michael Jennings Politics, governance, and civil society in sub-Saharan Africa; non-governmental organisations; faith and development; history of development processes and interventions; issues in international health and non-state actors in health delivery.
Senior Lecturer in Forced Migration Studies Dr Tania Kaiser East Africa, particularly Uganda and Sudan, West Africa; conflict and development; forced migration; refugees; humanitarian interventions
Reader in Migration, Mobility and Development Dr Anna Lindley Global migration dynamics, politics and experiences: displacement & refugees; transnationalism & remittances; Somali mobilities; UK immigration policy; detention; access to justice; civic mobilization.
Professor of Security and International Development Professor Zoë Marriage The political economy of security, DR Congo, demobilisation, emergency assistance to countries at war
Reader in Global Development & Political Economy Dr Alessandra Mezzadri International trade, global commodity chains; production networks and industrial systems; informality and processes of labour informalisation; inequality and social structures of oppression; gender, feminisms and reproduction; the political economy of the garment industry; the political economy of India
Professor of Development Studies Professor Peter P Mollinga South Asia, Central Asia; comparative political sociology of water resources and development; technology and agrarian change; boundary work in natural resources management; interdisciplinary social theory.
USAWA Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Ingrid Nascimento Aguiar Schlindwein Ingrid’s research interests are related to political economy, development aid and finance, international financial institutions, financialisation, Latin America and other emerging countries’ economy and public policy.
Senior Lecturer in International Development Dr Andrew Newsham Research: Vulnerability to climate impacts, climate change adaptation and locally held knowledge, the political economy of climate-compatible development, knowing and deciding for conservation and development.
Lecturer; Humanitarianism and Development Dr Sarah Njeri Dr. Sarah Njeri is a Lecturer in Humanitarian and Development at the Department of Development Studies.
Senior Lecturer in Development Studies Dr Paolo Novak Trans-nationality with particular reference to migration; refugee regime; borders and NGOs.
Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Development Dr Jon Phillips Research: Climate and development; political ecology; socio-natures; environmental justice; low carbon energy; extractive politics; infrastructural politics; sub-Saharan Africa
Reader in Labour, Social Movements and Development Dr Tim Pringle East Asia, labour relations in China and Vietnam, trade union reform in China and Vietnam, labour and social movements in China, labour migration in China.
Professor in Political Sociology and Development Studies Professor Navtej K Purewal Bordering logics; feminism; gender and social policy; reproductive rights; girls' education; coloniality; neoliberal development; South Asia; India and Pakistan
Senior Lecturer in Global Development, Peace & Conflict Dr Althea-Maria Rivas Humanitarian intervention, post-conflict reconstruction, the politics of global development, everyday violence in post-conflict settings, gender (in)security, violence and development, race, racism and development, peace and justice, emotion and conflict, the relationship between peace, forgiveness and justice, black and indigenous feminisms, feminist and decolonial theory and pedagogy, postcolonial conversations on resistance and development, research methods and ethics. Regional focus: Central Asia, West and East Africa.
Senior Lecturer in Development Studies Dr Matteo Rizzo Political economy of development, labour markets and informalisation, agrarian change, urbanisation, privatisation, aid effectiveness, Africa, Tanzania.
Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Development Dr Giuseppina Siciliano Research: political ecology, ecological economics, participatory decision-making, sustainability and societal transformations, environmental justice, human-environment interaction and development
Reader in the Theory and Politics of Development Dr Subir Sinha South Asia; social movements; civil society; the environment; institutions; agrarian questions; Marxist and postcolonial theory; Social theory in Development studies.
Centre Director and Programme Convenor Professor Thomas Tanner Climate change policy and planning, Anticipatory decision-making, Urban resilience, Policy processes, Political economy.
Senior Lecturer in Development Studies Dr Lisa Tilley Race, gender, class; Political Ecology & Economy; Population; Plantations; Extractives & resource frontiers; Environmental harm; Indonesia & Southeast Asia; The Colonial Question; Urban life
Emeritus Professor of Development Studies Professor Henry Bernstein East Africa and South Africa; sociology of development; agrarian political economy; social and political theory; food commodity chains; governance and development.
Emeritus Professor in Agrarian and Labour Studies Professor Jens Lerche India; labour, social movements and globalisation; labour and the ILO; labour and caste in India; agrarian political economy.
