Lecture

The Double Tax and Unsung Stories - Black Women’s Voices in Activism and Economics

15:00 - 17:00 30 October 2025
Join us for a compelling afternoon of insight and inspiration as we mark Black History Month with two powerful voices in Black women’s activism and economic justice. We’re thrilled…

GDI Lecture: The Political Lives of Information - Janaki Srinivasan

16:30 - 18:00 5 November 2025
Speaker: Janaki Srinivasan, University of Oxford My talk will be based on my 2022 book, The Political Lives of Information: Information and the Production of Development in India,…

Reimagining New Towns: Delivering Growth and Place-Making for 21st Century England

17:00 - 18:30 10 November 2025
Join us for an exploration of the New Towns Taskforce Report to Government, a major contribution to the national conversation on housing and place-making. The event will explore how…

New Heritage Lecture – Jodrell Bank: The Unexpected Observatory

19:30 13 November 2025
Join Tim O'Brien, Associate Director of Jodrell Bank Centre of Astrophysics, as he travels back in time to tell the story of how Jodrell Bank came to be – a world-leading observatory…

The Rylands Lecture with Alberto Manguel

18:00 - 19:45 13 November 2025
Join us for the first annual The Rylands Lecture delivered by Alberto Manguel director of the Espaço Atlântida, in Lisbon, Portugal. Home to over 40,000 titles selected by Manguel,…

GDI Lecture: Fettered Development and Political Turmoil: 15 Years Since the Arab Spring, Gilbert Achcar

16:30 - 18:00 19 November 2025
Speaker: Gilbert Achcar, SOAS The political landscape in the MENA region looks bleaker today than ever before. This is in sharp contrast with the euphoria aroused fifteen years ago…

REF: AI? A seminar with Richard Watermeyer (University of Bristol)

14:00 - 15:00 20 November 2025
In this talk I will present emerging findings from a study of how generative AI (GenAI) is impacting the UK's Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029. By means of national consultation…

GDI Lecture: Tax and Development: The OECD Experience, Joseph Stead

16:30 - 18:00 26 November 2025
Speaker: Joseph Stead, OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration The Seville Commitment emphasized the pivotal role of tax revenues as the largest source of financing for development.…

The 3rd Brian Robson Lecture 2025: High Hopes, Hard Realities - Civic Universities at the crossroads

17:00 - 19:00 27 November 2025
Guest speaker: Prof John Goddard OBE Manchester alongside Newcastle, Sheffield, Leeds and Birmingham is one of the initial group of civic universities that evolved in the great Northern…

GDI Lecture: The Myth of Deindustrialisation and the Possibilities for Development within Industrial Civilisation

16:30 - 18:00 3 December 2025
Speaker: Andrew Fischer, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) This lecture draws from Celso Furtado's classic, Accumulation and Development: the logic of industrial civilisation…

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