Global Aid Rethink - Ivica Petrikova and Melita Lazell

<p>Global Aid Rethink aims to rethink the current global aid landscape; politically, historically and ideologically.With funding for development aid at its lowest for decades and the sustainable development goals related to aid significantly off-track, the question of whether we should give aid at all remains divisive as ever – and this podcast is not afraid to ask the difficult questions.</p><p>Hosted by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivicapetrikova/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ivica Petrikova</a>, an Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations atRoyal Holloway, University of London, and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-melita-lazell/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Melita Lazell</a>, Associate Professor in Political Economy and Development at the University of Portsmouth, delivers in-depth conversations with policymakers, practitioners and academics.</p><p>Key themes up for discussion in the series include recent developments in the UK and US, aid as soft power, as neocolonialism, as extraction and in practice.</p><p>Global Aid Rethink publishes fortnightly, on Tuesdays, from 22nd April 2025 to 1st July.</p><p>This podcast was generously funded by the<a href="https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and-education/industry/working-with-us/social-science-impact-accelerator/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ESRC-funded Royal Holloway Social Science Impact Accelerator</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>