This opinion piece reflecting on the 2026 Development Studies Association Ireland (DSAI) Annual Conference was prepared by the Geoformations team: Maeve McGandy, Researcher; Cynthia Mwende, Research Assistant; Ruby Paterson, PhD Scholar; and Susan Murphy, Principal Investigator. At a moment when…
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 in Costa Rica’s Pacific Region offered a case study for understanding how shifting funding conditions, across scales, influence the governance space in which NGOs engaged in climate-adaptation operate. The first instalment in this blog series traced adaptation aid in the…
This blog forms Part 1 of a two-part series reflecting on field research undertaken in Costa Rica’s Pacific Region. When tropical storm Sara hit the Pacific region of Costa Rica, infrastructure was damaged, roads were blocked, houses and businesses were…
Understanding the relationship between poverty and prosperity as looped rather than linear prompts reflection and reimagination of the meaning of prosperity and post-growth futures.