Short Articles, blogs and media
(Authored by me unless otherwise stated)
The power of private philanthropy in international development. Developing Economics, 10 May 2021 (with Arun Kumar)
Brexit Political Ecology by Bill Adams on Thinking Like a Human features my Sociologia Ruralis article Brexit and the politics of the rural, 27 January 2020
Behavioural Nudges: Mildly Paternalistic or a Threat to Economic Justice for the Poor? Next Billion, 21 May 2018
Philanthrocapitalists meet the world’s poor: International Development in the fintech era, Critical Macro Finance, 19 January 2017 (with Daniela Gabor)
What can we learn from distance learners?, Devex, 4 April 2016 (with Ellen Roberts)
Trade, sustainability and global governance, Wicked Issues, 4 April 2016
GM crops and the developing world: opposing sides miss the bigger picture, The Conversation, 12 November 2015
Financing the sustainable development goals: reflections on FfD3, Wicked Issues, 17 August 2015
Private finance and the post-2015 development agenda, Open Democracy, 23 May 2015
GM crops: is opposition to Golden Rice wicked? Interviewed by Karl Mathiesen for his ‘eco-audit’ of Golden Rice in The Guardian, 14 October 2013
Investing in Food Security? Philanthropcapitalism, biotechnology and development, Open Democracy, 18 July 2013
‘Golden Rice’ and the GM Crop debate, STEPS Centre, 24 June 2013
‘Golden Rice’: a golden opportunity?, STEPS Centre, 20 April 2011
Video: Seeds and sustainability
STEPS Centre, University of Sussex
Between 2007 and 2011 I was member of a research team that explored alternative pathways for maize-based farming systems in Kenya in the context of climate change. We produced this short film on our findings:
Seeds and sustainability: Maize Pathways in Kenya from STEPS Centre on Vimeo.
