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  • IDRN Development Challenges Competition
    Do you want to make an impact in the field of international development? Do you want to bridge gaps between disciplines, and between academia and practice? Do you want to make your research relevant and applicable? Sign up now to join the … Continue reading → […]
  • Arnold Timmer, UNICEF visits UBC
    Before the break, Arnold Timmer, Nutrition Specialist in UNICEF regional office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, came to UBC to speak as part of the IDRN/Liu Institute/Green College Millennium Development Goals speaker series. He gave an open lecture on his thoughts on … Continue reading → […]
  • Go Global International Service Learning Program
    A message from the Go Global program at UBC: Do you want to participate in meanginful projects led by community partners around the world? Are you interested in connecting your learning in classroom to international issues and perspectives? f you … Continue reading → […]
  • New Journal Announcement: Rethinking Development and Inequality
    A new journal that may be of interest to  IDRN members accepting submissions for its first issue. Rethinking Development and Inequality: An International Journal for Critical Perspectives is published by the recently formed Academic Network for Development and Inequality Research … Continue reading → […]

IDRN @ UBC

The International Development Research Network (IDRN) is an initiative of the Liu Institute for Global Issues, located at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

The network exists to better leverage the vast contextual knowledge and experience that exists across diverse UBC departments, and beyond. We want to generate a robust dialogue within the UBC development community, through regular events and web-based collaboration. A strong sense of community will enable grad students, faculty and research staff to reach out to each other for advice and support, crossing the disciplinary divides that isolate us. As our community grows, we also seek to create and strengthen links with like-minded development organizations in other parts of the world.

We aim to create opportunities for on-line and face to face networking and  collaboration. To this end, our website, currently under construction, is being designed to provide a venue to find and start conversations with others working on similar and related international development issues. Because face-to-face events provide excellent opportunities for first conversations and to initiate conversations, we also host regular events on UBC campus, including panel discussions, speakers, film showings, workshops, conferences field debriefings, and more informal networking socials.

If your work relates to international development, we invite you to join, connect and collaborate.

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