Global Aid Rethink - episode six

Global Politics and Development Working Group convenors, Melita Lazell and Ivica Pertrikova, have launched a new podcast series — Global Aid Rethink — which is now live on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! The series will be of particular interest to Global Politics and Development working group members and BISA more widely.

With global development aid at a crossroads this series invites thoughtful, and sometimes uncomfortable, conversations about what aid is really doing, and what it could be. From aid as soft power or neocolonialism, to shifts in UK/US policy, we take a step back to examine the complexities within this topic.

This final episode was recorded to coincide with the Working Group's ‘Future of Development Aid’ roundtable at the #BISA2025 in Belfast. Alongside Dr Jack Taggart (Queen's University Belfast), they reflect on recent aid cuts, shifting priorities, and the barriers to building a more equitable and sustainable approach to development cooperation.

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