DPU Blogs

The DPU produces engaging blogs written by staff, students, alumni and partners on a range of relevant and topical subjects

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What specific processes produce and reproduce epistemic injustices? What strategies to co-produce actionable knowledge are most fruitful to challenge them?

Part of the MSc Environment & Sustainable Development Insights from Practice blog series.

24th July 2020

Coronavirus and the State of Non-recognition: The Case of Somaliland – PART 2

Part 1 of this article dealt with the background regarding Somaliland’s non-recognition and is available here (link)

Average expected reading time 7 minutes

20th July 2020

Coronavirus and the State of Non-recognition: The Case of Somaliland – PART 1

This is the first of a two-part article. Part 2 is available here (link)

Average expected reading time 6 minutes

Introduction: background to Somaliland non-recognition

20th July 2020

Re-educating the educated

Part of the MSc Environment & Sustainable Development Insights from Practice blog series.

“The paradox of education is precisely this – that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated” (James Baldwin, 1963)

Part I: Epistemic Injustice and Education

17th July 2020

The impact of COVID-19 on night-time economies, arts and culture

Part of our Post COVID-19 Urban Futures series.

As the pandemic continues to disrupt urban life, city governments have to think about how to support their night-time economies (NTEs).

30th June 2020

Working remotely: Implications on the fate of smaller cities, towns and villages in the New economy.

Part of our Post COVID-19 Urban Futures series.

This article is about imagining the future of smaller cities, towns and villages through the lens of economic geography three months into a global lock-down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

5th June 2020

Has the pandemic reinforced what we know about disaster risk management?

Part of our Post COVID-19 Urban Futures series.

The possibility of emerging infectious diseases impacting on our societies is increasing, as our relationship with nature is changing due to climate change, land use change, and humans encroaching on the habitat of wild animals. Additionally, the global spread of emerging infectious diseases is more possible due to the increase in world travel, the global transport of food and intensive food production methods.

29th May 2020