People

IDII Director

IDII Senior Research Manager

  • Simone Arthur
    Senior Research Manager for International Development
    FASS: Social Sciences & Global Studies

IDII ODA Partnership Manager

  • Isabel Llewellyn
    FASS: Social Sciences & Global Studies

IDII Secretary

  • Dawn Edwell
    FASS: Deanery

IKD Director

IKD Co-Director

Members

  • Professor of Economics
    FASS; Economics
  • Professor of Software Engineering
    STEM; Computing & Communications
  • Lecturer in Environmental Information Systems
    STEM; Engineering & Innovation
  • Senior Lecturer in Geography
    FASS; Geography
  • Dr Christine Blackmore
    Senior Lecturer in Environmental & Development Systems
    STEM; Engineering & Innovation
  • Professor of Enterprise and Organisation
    FBL; Open University Business School
  • Senior Lecturer in Law
    FBL; Open University Law School
  • Senior Lecturer in Government and Politics
    FASS; Politics & International Studies
  • Research Fellow in Education and International Development
    WELS; Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport
  • Reader in Social Enterprise
    FBL; Open University Business School
  • Senior Lecturer in Economics
    FASS; Economics
  • Senior Lecturer
    STEM; Development Policy & Practice
  • Lecturer in International Development Education
    FASS; Development Policy & Practice
  • Anna Colom
    Research Student
    FASS, School of Social Sciences and Global Studies
  • Lecturer in Social Work
    School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care
  • Lecturer in Nursing
    WELS
  • Senior Lecturer in International Development
    FASS; Development Policy & Practice
  • Senior Lecturer in Economics
    FASS; Economics
  • Paola De Munari
    Senior Project Manager
    International Development Office, OU
  • Senior Lecturer in Economics
    FASS; Economics
  • Emeritus Professor
    STEM; Engineering & Innovation
  • Professor of Design
    STEM; Engineering & Innovation
  • Professor of Earth Systems Science
    STEM; Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences
  • Senior Lecturer in Sociology
    FASS, Sociology
  • Matt Foster
    Director of International Development
    International Development Office
  • Professor Vincent Gauci
    Professor of Global Change Ecology
    STEM; Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences
  • Professor of Sociology
    FASS; Sociology
  • Professor Colin Gray
    Emeritus Professor of Enterprise Development
    FBL; Open University Business School
  • Dr Alison Jane Green
    Staff Tutor
    FASS, Economics
  • Research Fellow
    FASS; History
  • Senior Lecturer in Economics
    FASS; Economics
  • Senior Lecturer in English Language & Applied Linguistics
    WELS; Languages & Applied Linguistics
  • Senior Lecturer in Law
    Open University Law School
  • Emeritus Professor of International Development
    FASS; Development Policy & Practice
  • Lecturer in Sociology
    FASS, Sociology
  • Professor Satheesh Krishnamurthy
    Professor of Energy Technology
    STEM; Engineering & Innovation
  • Lecturer in International Development
    FASS; Development Policy & Practice
  • Lecturer in Economics
    FASS, Economics
  • Senior Research Fellow
    FASS; Development Policy & Practice
  • Professor of English Language & Applied Linguistics
    WELS; Languages & Applied Linguistics
  • Professor of Health Studies
    WELS; Health, Wellbeing & Social Care
  • Senior Lecturer in Economics & Personal Finance
    FASS; Economics
  • Professor of Economics
    FASS; Economics
  • Professor of Biology
    STEM; Life, Health & Chemical Sciences
  • Dr Gauri Misra
    Research Student
    FBL; Development Policy & Practice
  • Professor Bob Moon
    Emeritus Professor in Education (Teaching Studies)
    WELS; Education
  • Head of Discipline
    FASS, Economics
  • Senior Lecturer in Management
    FBL; Open University Business School
  • Professor of Computing
    STEM; Computing & Communications
  • Senior Lecturer, Children & Young People
    WELS
  • Research Student
    Faculty of Wellbeing, Education & Language Studies
  • Professor of Politics, Innovation & Development
    FASS; Development Policy & Practice
  • Senior Lecturer in Economics
    FASS; Economics
  • Senior Lecturer in English Language and Applied Linguistics
    Faculty of Wellbeing, Education & Language Studies
  • Professor Jo Phoenix
    Chair in Criminology
    FASS, Criminology
  • Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education & International Development
    WELS; Education, Childhood, Youth & Sport
  • Lecturer in Personal Finance
    FASS; Economics
  • Professor of Computing
    STEM; Computing & Communications
  • Professor of Geography and Migration
    FASS; Geography
  • Dr Tim Ray
    Senior Lecturer in Knowledge & Innovation
    FBL; Open University Business School
  • Senior Lecturer in Systems Thinking
    STEM; Engineering & Innovation
  • Dr Peter Robbins
    Reader in Sociology of Science, Technology & Development
    FASS; Development Policy & Practice
  • Professor Janette Rutterford
    Professor of Financial Management
    FBL; Open University Business School
  • Lecturer in Economics
    FASS; Economics
  • Lecturer in Economics
    FASS; Economics
  • Senior Lecturer in Economics
    FASS; Economics
  • Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Resource Management
    STEM; Engineering & Innovation
  • Lecturer in Geography
    FASS, School of Social Sciences and Global Studies
  • Senior Lecturer in Finance
    FBL; Open University Business School
  • Professor of Human Resource Management
    FBL; Open University Business School
  • Dr Janine Talley
    Staff Tutor
    WELS; Health, Wellbeing and Social Care
  • Lecturer in Finance FBL; Open University Business School
  • Senior Lecturer in Economics
    FASS; Economics
  • Professor of Analytical Science
    STEM; Life, Health & Chemical Sciences
  • Research Associate
    FASS; Development Policy & Practice
  • Professor of Innovation & Development
    FASS; Development Policy & Practice
  • Professor of Education and International Development
    WELS; Education, Childhood, Youth & Sport
  • Professor of Social Policy
    FASS; Social Policy & Criminology

PhD Students

  • Behi Barzegar
    FASS; Development Policy & Practice
    Supervisors: Rebecca Hanlin & Helen Yanacopulos
  • Alex Bud
    FASS; Development Policy & Practice
    Supervisors: Dave Wield, Giles Mohan & José-María Muñoz (Edinburgh)
  • José Bruno Fevereiro
    FBL; Open University Business School
    Supervisors: Dimitris Sotiropoulos, Andrew Trigg & Constantinos Repapis (Goldsmiths)
  • Ariane Hillig
    FBL; Open University Business School
    Supervisors: Dimitris Sotiropolous & Andrew Trigg
  • Carolyn Keber
    FBL; Open University Business School
    Supervisors: Dimitris Sotiropoulos & Janette Rutterford
  • FASS; Development Policy & Practice
    Supervisors: Giles Mohan, Parvati Raghuram & Ben Lampert
  • Graeme Smith
    FBL; Open University Business School
    Supervisors: Dimitris Sotiropolous & Andrew Trigg
  • Davide Villani
    FBL; Open University Business School
    Supervisors: Dimitris Sotiropolous & Andrew Trigg

Visiting & External Members

  • Innogen Institute, Edinburgh
    Visiting Research Fellow: FASS; Economics
  • Dr Roshan Boojihawon
    University of Birmingham
    Visiting Research Fellow: FBL; Open University Business School
  • Professor Joanna Chataway
    SPRU, University of Sussex
    Visiting Professor: FASS; Development Policy & Practice
  • Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
    Visiting Professor: FASS; Economics
  • Professor Norman Clark
    Visiting Emeritus Professor of Innovation Systems & Development
    FASS; Development Policy & Practice
  • Imperial College Londonl
    External Fellow
  • Innogen Institute
    External Fellow
  • Senior Lecturer in Development Policy & Practice
    FASS; Development Policy & Practice
  • Dr Joseph Hanlon
    Visiting Senior Research Fellow
    FASS; Development Policy & Practice
  • Emeritus Professor
    FASS, Economics
  • Visiting Professor
    FASS; Development Policy & Practice
  • Emeritus Professor
    FASS; Development Policy & Practice
  • Dr Meri Koivusalo
    Tampere University, Finland
    Visiting Research Fellow: FASS; Economics
  • Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose, UCL
    Visiting Professor: FASS; Economics
  • Dr Julius Mugwagwa
    Visiting Research Fellow
    FASS; Development Policy & Practice
  • REPOA, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
    Visiting Research Fellow: FASS; Economics
  • Dr Sue Oreszczyn
    Visiting Fellow
    STEM
  • Visiting Emeritus Professor of Design & Environment
    STEM; Engineering and Innovation
  • Professor of Social Entrepreneurship
    STEM; Engineering & Innovation
  • TCLab, Columbia University
    Visiting Professor: FASS; Economics
  • Dr Paula Tibandebage
    REPOA, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
    Visiting Senior Research Fellow: FASS; Economics
  • Dr Françoise Ugochukwu
    Visiting Research Fellow
    FASS; Development Policy & Practice
  • Dr Andrew Watkins
    SPRU, University of Edinburgh
    Visiting Research Fellow: FASS; Development Policy & Practice
  • Emeritus Professor of Environment & Development
    FASS; Development Policy & Practice

Contact us

To find out more about our work, or to discuss a potential project, please contact:

International Development Research Office
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
United Kingdom

T: +44 (0)1908 858502
E: international-development-research@open.ac.uk