It's been a while since I last posted - lots of things to do, and I also wanted to take some time to think further about what I want to do with this site. I had initially thought about building a space for more voices than just mine,
I work professionally on the topics of migration, refugees, and technology, so when I recently had the opportunity to experience German specialist medicine I took the time to make mental notes of the demographics of the staff where I was treated. You'll see why, from my kidney'
With the U.S. government deciding its best to just stop doing development cooperation and humanitarian aid, I've been curiously watching the ways that other high-income countries react. Have they stepped into the gap, courageously doing what they can to make sure that life-saving aid arrives where it&
Note: This is one of a number of early posts I'm writing to sort of set the scene (you'll notice the other earlier posts are also fairly broad and offer open ended questions). Since I want to have others contribute I thought it'd be
Something I've been thinking about when it comes to what's next politically is how we reckon with the past without being prisoner to it. I don't think the vast majority want to be endlessy re-litigating the American Civil War, Colonialism, and the over-arching politics
After the Second World War the idea of politics as an aesthetic or retail process receded. Bureaucracy and party systems took shape globally around, broadly speaking, a Western democratic form or a Communist centralized authority form. Before everyone yells at me for being reductive, I am aware that I am
Note: This is one of three posts that will set the agenda for this site. This particular post is meant to define what 'development' means, and is for the non-experts who are joining the discussion. If you're already an expert you might enjoy reading this anyway!
This is a new idea, so this publication will evolve in the coming months as I figure out what works, what's fun to write about and feature, and see who wants to chip in with insights! Anyway, this is me on a beach in Ghana, and I will