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The Development Policy and Practice Group carries out research in development studies and development management and co-hosts the ESRC INNOGEN Research Centre on innovation in life sciences which is run jointly with the University of Edinburgh.
The group has extensive networks within and outside the University. In the UK the group works closely with academics from a range of development studies institutes and with a consortium of non-governmental organisations. Internationally, it has research and teaching collaborations with staff and institutions from more than 20 countries. It has developed a facilitative capacity to bring people together to work in new programmes, courses and research.
We offer three research degree programmes: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Master of Research (MRes).
Key facts
- The Group is recognised for its internationally excellent research on innovation and development and for its growing research profile in other areas.
Further information
If you have an enquiry specific to this research area please contact:
- Name:
- Courtney Courtnage
- Email:
- p.j.courtnage@open.ac.uk
- Phone:
- +44 (0)1908 655799
For general enquiries please contact the Research Degrees Team via the link under 'Your questions' further down the page.
Publications
Research publications by Open University staff are available through Open Research Online (ORO), the university's repository of research publications and other research outputs. ORO can be searched or browsed by staff name or subject.
The following list, generated from ORO, provides a flavour of the most recently published work in Development Studies:
- Levidow, Les; Papaioannou, Theo and Birch, Kean (2012). Neoliberalising Technoscience and Environment: EU Policy for Competitive, Sustainable Biofuels. In: Pellizzoni, Luigi and Ylönen, Marja eds. Neoliberalism and Technoscience. Theory, Technology and Society. Ashgate, (In press).
- Levidow, Les (2012). Generating regulatory futures: From agbiotech blockages to a bioeconomy? In: Howlett , Michael and Laycock, David eds. Regulating Next Generation Agri-Food Biotechnologies: Lessons from European, North American and Asian Experiences. Genetics and Society. London, UK: Routledge, pp. 15–33.
- Levidow, Les; Birch, Kean and Papaioannou, Theo (2012). EU agri-innovation policy: two contending visions of the bio-economy. Critical Policy Studies, 6(1), pp. 40–65.
- Levidow, Les; Birch, Kean and Papaioannou, Theo (2012). Divergent paradigms of European agro-food innovation: the Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy (KBBE) as an R&D agenda. Science, Technology & Human Values (In Press).
- Levidow, Les and Psarikidou, Katerina (2012). Making local food sustainable in Manchester. In: Viljoen, Andre and Wiskerke, Johannes S. C. eds. Sustainable Food Planning: Evolving Theory and Practice. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers, pp. 207–220.
- More publications relating to Development Studies
OU research degree areas
- Acoustics
- Art History
- Business and Management
- Chemistry and Analytical Sciences
- Children, Young People and Families
- Classical Studies
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- Design
- Development Studies
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Economics
- Education and Educational Technology
- English
- Geography
- Health, Social Work and Social Care
- History
- Languages and Applied Linguistics
- Life Sciences
- Materials Engineering
- Mathematics
- Music
- Philosophy
- Physics and Astronomy
- Planetary and Space Sciences
- Politics and International Studies
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Social Policy and Criminology
- Sociology
- Statistics
Your questions
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- research-degrees-team@open.ac.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)1908 654882
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