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IKD and associate staff produce cutting-edge refereed journal articles, books, working papers, conference papers and policy documents.

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IKD associated OU Staff

PhD students (partial list)

  • Kate Sullivan
    Supervised by Rebecca Hanlin, Sue Oreszczyn and Julius Mugwagwa
    Assessing the use of research evidence in NGO decision making in rural Uganda and South Africa
  • Craig Walker
    Supervised by Helen Yanacopulos and Giles Mohan
    The effectiveness of public participation in institutional rebuilding in post-conflict situations
  • Helene Vannier Ducasse
    Supervised by Theo Papaioannou and Helen Yanacopulos
    Understanding Poverty and Inequality through Different forms of Exchange
  • Richmond Atta-Ankomah
    Supervised by Raphael Kaplinsky and Rebecca Hanlin
    China and Africa: Is there a winner/loser in commodities trade and investment?
  • David Botchie
    Supervised by Raphael Kaplinsky and Rebecca Hanlin
    Implications of China-Ghana Economic Relations on Poverty in Ghana
  • Andrew Agyei-Holmes
    Supervised by Raphael Kaplinsky and Rebecca Hanlin
    The Impact of Imported Chinese Commodities on Industrial Workers' Wages in sub-Saharan Africa
  • Elvin Nyukuri
    Supervised by Hazel Johnson, Sue Oreszczyn and Theo Papaioannou
    Climate Change Policy and Vulnerability among Indigenous Tropical Forest Communities in East Africa
  • Chantal Radley
    Supervised by Giles Mohan, Parvati Raghuram and Ben Lampert
    The Role of Migrant Communities in Country of Origin Development
  • Daniel Amankona
    Supervised by Giles Mohan and Kevin Collins
    The social and environmental impacts of large Chinese investment projects in Africa: the case of Ghana
  • Claire Vallings
    Supervised by Helen Yanacopulos and Hazel Johnson
    Destined to fail: Why do UN integrated missions under perform
  • Claudio Velasco
    Supervised by Hazel Johnson, Jo Chataway and James Smith
    Enhance the impact of research for development using the innovation system and collective action approach as theoretical framework

Visiting Professors and Visiting Fellows

  • Dr Meri Koivusalo
    Senior Research Fellow, STAKES
  • Prof Mariana Mazzucato
    Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex
  • Prof Lynn Mytelka
    Distinguished Professor, Carleton University, Canada
  • Prof Luigi Orsenigo
    Bocconi University, Milan and Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
  • Prof Banji Oyelaran Oyeyinka
    Director of Research, UN Habitats Programme, Kenya
  • Dr Paula Tibandebage
    REPOA, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  • Dr Watu Wamae
    RAND-Europe, Cambridge, UK
  • Prof Marc Wuyts
    ISS, Netherlands, and REPOA, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

External Fellows

Last updated: 10 June 2013

Open Research Online

Open Research Online (ORO) is a repository of IKD and other OU staff research publications and other research outputs.

IKD publications on ORO