Globalisation, Transnationalism and Development
Contact: Dr. Brigitte Le Normand (Director) and Dr. Mahardhika Sjamsoeoed Sadjad (Academic Secretary)
The Globalisation, Transnationalism and Development (GTD) research programme brings together research conducted within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences that focuses on the Global South using a transnational perspective. The Global South refers to developing countries as well as recently emerging economic powers such as China and India. While its geographic grounding is the Global South, GTD’s research approach centres on exploring North – South and South – South linkages and flows of people, goods, capital and ideas. Researchers use a transnational perspective to investigate such linkages, giving GTD its distinctive profile. A commonality is that research is strongly grounded in empirical, primary data collection work using mixed methods ranging from anthropological qualitative fieldwork to sociological quantitative surveys.
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Key research themes
- Transnational Migration and Mobility
- Politics of the Transnational Production of Knowledges and Cultures
- Environmental Justice and Sustainability
- Activism & Power in a Globalized World
- Gaps and Tensions in Development: Local Agency within Global Structures
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Read all about our research achievements of 2024 in the newly published annual research report
- Researchers
In-depth interviews with colleagues who have been appointed via the sector plans, and highlights the key achievements
Us and them: Indonesia’s migration policy
- Researchers
Mahardhika reveals the hidden struggles of refugees in Indonesia, challenges migration myths and exposes climate injustices.
Prestigious European grant for two UM researchers
- UM news
Two researchers from Maastricht University (UM) have received a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council.
Valentina Mazzucato awarded NWA-ORC grant
With a consortium, she will research how early action and adaptation can effectively build on local at-risk population
Lauren Wagner receives NIAS fellowship
Lauren will spend February-June 2025 in Amsterdam at NIAS among a group of international fellows who are working indep
