Key Facts

• We are an interdisciplinary group which includes economists, sociologists, geographers, scientists, engineers and political scientists, all working at the cutting edge of development, locally, nationally, and globally
• DPP tutors are recruited with both experience and an academic background in development

Our mission is to sustain a globally leading and distinctive analysis of development by:

• building up, through research and teaching, knowledge, capabilities and creativities that can be harnessed for global social justice
• exploring the economic, social and political significance in sub-Saharan Africa of the southern rising powers, notably China, India and Brazil
• identifying innovative, more inclusive, growth paths to meet the needs of low-income economies