DevNet connects academics, students and development practitioners to facilitate the exchange of ideas, information and research.
The Aotearoa New Zealand International Development Studies Network links people and organisations involved and interested in the broad field of international development in Aotearoa New Zealand and the wider world…
DevNet’s conferences have been held biennially since 1998. Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest, regular conference on international development, provides a great opportunity for people from Aotearoa, the Pacific and others to learn from each other and from international experts. Keynote speakers have…
eSocSci is an interactive knowledge space for communicating social science research and bringing together people who have common research interests in Aotearoa New Zealand. It includes an eLibrary of working papers on topic related to a variety of topics including migration, health, education…
Director of the Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, MA, USA
Director of the Governance and Civil Society Unit at the Ford Foundation
Should the NZ government have mentioned the SDGs more than 33 times since they came into play 4 years ago? Are we really doing enough?
NZ turns in development report card to UN, emphasising wellbeing framework
A good standard of living, but problems with outcomes for Māori and Pacific people, sole-parent households and people with disabilities, UN told.The latest NZ NGO sector review has some interesting findings e.g. while in 2017, the country receiving the most development assistance was PNG, in 2018 it was South Sudan. 47% of NGOs used the rhetoric of the SDGs e.g. 'no one left behind', but far fewer integrated the SDGs into their work. Read more here...
New Zealand aid - where are we going wrong?
Kiwi aid organisations are battling declining donations and fewer partnerships - why are so many positive about their future?A bit of alternative development reading for those who might be interested! Or if you have other recommendations, please post them in the comments...Check out this Alternative Economics Summer Reading list - kudos to @DivDecEcon for their leadership in diversifying and decolonising economic thought - there's lots to dive into here.
d-econ.org/2019/06/29/an-alternative-economics-summer-reading-list-2019/
A big thank you to MFAT for administering Field Research Awards for over 20 years! These awards have enabled Masters and PhD students doing development-related research to do fieldwork in a wide range of countries linked to the NZ aid programme - here's a recent pic of FRA recipient, Ruby McGruddy, in the field in Samoa.Really nice to see current and past IDS Massey students connecting. Lovely picture here of Ruby McGruddy and Sam Hoskins catching up in Samoa. Ruby is undertaking her fieldwork component where she is exploring natural disasters, mental health and service responses, specifically looking at what happened in the 2009 Samoan tsunami, and Sam is working for VSA as Programme Manager.
DevNet 2020 conference dates announced! The next DevNet conference will be hosted by Massey University from 2-4 December 2020. If you have any burning suggestions for themes or sessions, please contact @ReginaNZ1 https://t.co/3nbKhOg24i
Did you make it to #DevNet2018? If not, good news - you can see many of the presentations if you click the link below! And if you did come along and present, hopefully you'll now find your presentation among the other wonderful presentations on this site: https://t.co/CJIKbLAzk4
