David Hulme#
| Membership Number: | 4030 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
| Elected: | 2015 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.bwpi.manchester.ac.uk/about/staffspotlight/davidhulme |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2015 - Executive Director, Global Development Institute, (GDI) University of Manchester
- 2013 – Professor of Development Studies; Executive Director, Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI), University of Manchester; CEO, Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre (ESID); CEO, Brazil in Africa Research Programme (IRIBA)
- 2010 – Professor of Development Studies; Head of Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM); Executive Director, Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI), University of Manchester; Associate Director, Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC); CEO, Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre (ESID)
- 2009 – Professor of Development Studies; Executive Director, Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI), University of Manchester; Associate Director, Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC)
- 2007 – Professor of Development Studies, Leverhulme Professorial Research Fellow (2006-2009), Associate Director Chronic Poverty Research Centre (2005-2010), Associate Director ESRC Global Poverty Research Group (to 2007), Associate Director Brooks World Poverty Institute (from 2006)
- 1997- 2006 – Professor of Development Studies; Director and Founder of Chronic Poverty Research Centre (2000-2005); Joint Director and Co-founder for ESRC Global Poverty Research Group (from 2002); Acting Director IDPM (01 to 05 2001); Acting Director of Research SED (2003-2004)
- 1992-1997 Director of Institute for Development Policy and Management (1992-1997), Professor of Development Studies (1995), Reader (1992-94)
- 1985-1992 Senior Lecturer (1990-92) and Lecturer (1985-89), Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester; Course Director MA in Development Administration and Management and MA in Economics and Management of Rural Development
Fields of Scholarship
- Rural development
- Poverty analysis and poverty reduction
- Global governance and International Relations
- International Development
- The politics of state effectiveness
- Civil Society, NGOs and Development
- Climate change (especially Bangladesh)
- Foreign Aid
- Microfinance
Honours and Awards
- 2014 President of the Development Studies Association of the UK and Ireland 2014 to 2017 Elected
- 2013 Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences appointed
- 2013-2016 Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester (£1.3million) - academic leader for negotiations with the R and E Brooks Foundation
- 2011-2017 DFID Research Programme Consortium (£6.25 million) -CEO of Effective States and Inclusive Development’ Research Centre, ESID
- 2010 Fellow of the Human Development and Capabilities Association Elected to a five year fellowship
- 2006-2009 Leverhulme Research Professor on Global Poverty, University of Manchester (£150,000 research fellowship)
- 2005-2010 DFID Research Centre Grant for Chronic Poverty Research Centre (£7.5 million)
- (CPRC) a research partnership of universities and research institutes in Africa, Asia, Europe and the UK
- 2005 Researcher of the Year, University of Manchester
- 2002-2007 Joint Director, ESRC Global Poverty Research Group (£2.4 million
- 2000 -2005 Founder-Director, DFID Chronic Poverty Research Centre (£2.5 million)
