Encountering Context: Reflections from a Pilot Visit to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Introducing the pilot visit, situating the study: In September of 2025 I embarked on a pilot field visit as part of my doctoral research journey. Travelling from Dublin…
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Localisation and Locally Led Development in the Post-consensus Era: Transformation, Stagnation, or Annihilation?
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Assemblage Thinking and Methodological Reorientation in Development Studies
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The Paradox of Participatory Empowerment: Analysing Horizontal Power Dynamics in Rural Uttar Pradesh
This blog features a guest post by Fionn Casey Ó Siochrú drawing on postgraduate field research carried out in rural…
A New Brussels Consensus? Qatargate and the (Re)articulation of EU International Development Cooperation Governance
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Shifting Aid, Shifting Ground: How NGOs are Adapting in Costa Rica’s Pacific Region
This blog forms Part 2 of a two-part series reflecting on field research undertaken in Costa Rica’s Pacific Region. At Geoformations, our work…
Researching NGOs & Climate Adaptation amid Global Aid Shifts: Field Reflections from Costa Rica’s Pacific Region
This blog forms Part 1 of a two-part series reflecting on field research undertaken in Costa Rica’s Pacific Region. When…
How my time as a Visiting Researcher with GEOFORMATIONS shaped my doctoral research
My research journey: When I first reached out to Dr. Susan Murphy, recognising our shared research interests and having followed…