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Staff

Staff

Name Department Key words and interests Website
Amy Barnes School of Health and Related Research Global Health Governance, Sub-Saharan Africa Profile Page
Andy Bradford Geography Urban agriculture University of Sheffield Urban Agriculture Research Portal
Christopher Bramall School of East Asian Studies Famine, Rural Industrialization Growth, Inequality and poverty. Area of interest: China Profile page
Shana Cohen Sociological Studies Social services, social change in connection to international development. Area of interest: Morocco Profile page
Stephen Connelly Town & Regional Planning Sustainability, governance, stakeholder engagement Profile page
Bob Deacon Sociological Studies Globalisation, welfare and policy Profile page
LJ Ferguson Politics Political Economy; Feminist Approaches to development policy and practice; Tourism Profile page
Duncan French Law International economic and environmental law Profile page
Jean Grugel Geography Democratization, citizenship, rights, children's rights and governance in the developing world.
Area of interest: Latin America
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Daniel Hammett Geography Geopolitics, citizenship, education, Southern Africa Profile Page
Graham Harrison Politics Governance and street level beuracracy. Area of interest: Tanzania Profile page
Tony Heron Politics Global politics of economic liberalisation Profile Page
Allison James Sociological Studies Concepts of childhood, children’s perceptions & children’s welfare. Profile page
Graham Jones ScHARR Health, well-being and development processes. Profile page
Chuma Kuppuswamy Law Art facilitation to explore bioethics and indigenous knowledge Profile page
Paula Meth Town & Regional Planning Gendered, social and economic marginalization. Area of interest: Africa Profile page
Paul Mosley Economics Reform, international aid, political economy and poverty Profile page
Pat Noxolo Geography    
Jonathan Perraton Economics Economic Globalisation and its Policy Consequences Profile page
Tarang Sharma HEDS/ ScHARR   Profile page
Deborah Sporton Geography Population geographies and human dimension of environmental change Profile page
Abrar Suleiman Economics Aid policy, agriculture and poverty Profile page
Chasca Twyman Geography Human dimension of global environmental change. Area of interest: Africa Profile page
Andrew Tylecote Management School Technological change in China Profile page
Afua Twum-Danso Sociological Studies Convention on the Rights of the Child particularly in developing countries. Area of interest: Ghana Profile page
Herman Wasserman Journalism Studies Global journalism ethics, journalism in emergent democracies and media. Area of interest: Africa Profile page
Glyn Williams Town & Regional Planning Poverty & participation; state power & political practices; & environmental governance. Area of interest: India Profile page
Qi Zhou Law Law and Economics; Regulation; Contract Law Profile page
Melanie Knight - Cross-Cutting Income Capture Officer for environment and energy     m.knight@sheffield.ac.uk
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Postgraduate students

Name Department Key words and interests Website
Romualdo Anselmo dos Santos Politics Fighting corruption in Brazil: institutional and social capital analysis of effectiveness of governmental initiatives Profile page
Darlington Ashamole Politics    
Olga Biosca Economics Debt enforcement incentive mechanisms in Mexican microfinance contract design. Trade-offs and poverty implications. Thesis title = Micrfinance non-financial services in Chiapas, Mexico Profile Page
Margi Bryant Geography Environment-development issues, participatory governance and volunterring, postcolonial theory, East Africa. Thesis title = Natural Allies? Conservation, communities and international volunteering in Kenya. Profile Page
Elizabeth Carabine Geography and Animal and Plant Sciences Impacts of climate change on semi-arid grasslands: scales of interaction and livelihood security  
Sarah Charlton Town and Regional Planning Urban dwellers and the state: An exploration of rationalities using the case of low-income housing in Johannesburg  
Nathan Cooper Law Internal Agendas and External Norms in the Provision of Water in South Africa Profile page
Asa K. Cusack Politics Regionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean Profile page
Dalia Gouda Town and Regional Planning The Impact of Social Capital on the Operation of Water User Associations  
Faith Ikioda Geography Investigating Gendered Spaces: Culture and Economy in Nigeria's Informal Economy. A Social Capital perspective Profile page
Sumanaratne Bala Manage Economics A study of rural poverty in Sri Lanka with special emphasis on the impact of reducing the role of the state under the structural adjustment programme  
Dama Mosweunyane Politics The Impact of Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) on Sustainable Development in Botswana Profile page
Liberty Mupakati Geography Reparation and Inequality through different Diasporas: The case of the Zimbabwean Diaspora in the United Kingdom and South Africa Profile page
Peg Murray-Evans Politics Regionalism Profile Page
Adegbola Ojo Geography Geodemographics for the Millennium Development Goals: New Ideas for Nigeria and the Philippines Profile page
Louisa Shilton Politics Contemplating the Self: A Lacanian Post-Development Reading of Participatory Development Profile page
Jewellord Nem Singh Politics States, markets and social movements: Political economy of natural resource extraction in Brazil and Chile Profile page
Joerg Wiegratz Politics The cultural political economy of embedding neoliberalism in Uganda: an analysis of changes in moral norms and trade practices in the rural economy since 1986. Profile page
Gregory White Social Studies Responsibility and justice: ethical approaches to human rights in global social policy.
My project aims to question the field of development in delivering justice and human rights – both in terms of ethics and moral language.
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