Dissertations
The dissertation gives students a chance to really focus on a particular development issue and utilise the research methods they have been learning about. All dissertations must be based on primary fieldwork, and this often involves trips overseas. There may be College and University of London funding available for this.
Below is a list of dissertation titles from past students:
2009 (click here for abstracts in pdf)
Athina Delimara: Post-fire decision-making in Greece: awareness and participation
Abbie Goodwin: Confronting consumption: tracing consumption patterns in Bermuda
Godfred Bonnah Nkansah: ICTs and Special Educational Needs in Ghana
Steven Jones: The effect of ‘capacity-development’ on local participation in drinking water governance: a case study of the rural municipality of Yélékebougou, Mali
Natasha Lee: Has gender been incorporated within NGO policy from 1986? An example from rural Uganda
Natalie Partridge: Recovery programmes for women – a comparison of pre- and post-tsunami established NGOs in Sri Lanka
Simrat Riyait: Hazard and its management in rural Jamaica2008 (click here for abstracts in pdf)
Andrew Brooks: Spinning and weaving discontent: labour relations and the production of meaning at Zambia-China Mulungushi Textiles
Gila Aispuro: Investigating the livelihood strategies of self-employed female food vendors in Puebla, Mexico
Isaac Tchuwa: The influence of ecological sanitation on bacterial water quality and hygiene conditions in rural communities of Nkhotakota, Malawi
Apiradee Worathongchai: The implementation of Sufficiency Economy Philosophy for urban community-based development: the case of Koy Ruk Tak Wa
Diana Safieh: In the name of security: the impact of the Separation wall on the basic rights of Palestinians in East Jerusalem
2007 (click here for abstracts in pdf from 1997 to 2007)
Stewart Anandappa: Fishing practices on the coral reefs of Hikkaduwa
Asma Yaqoob: Exploring NGO-community partnership in low-cost water and sanitation projects: a case study of Faisalabad
Bhuvan Verma: Aqua Puncture: exploring sustainability of rainwater harvesting in Delhi
Rui Mu: Health access and health insurance in Beijing
Ruth Davis: Treating HIV/AIDS in Mukono, Uganda: traditional and biomedical approaches?
Sarah Bell: Youth aspirations: the missing link between empowerment and participation in natural resource management?
Shahid Nadeem: Exploring potential of non timber forest products for improving livelihoods in Shishi Valley, Chitral, NWFP Pakistan
Thomas Eames: Sustainable tourism in Ladakh: with regard to the activities of the International Society and Culture (ISEC)
2006
Ross Muir: Consumed by Ethics? Understanding the UK Ethical Food Industry: Current Issues and Future Potential
Sylvanus Doe: The effects of fire on savannas and food security in northern Ghana
David Hollow: Radio for Education: The Challenges in Providing Effective Primary Education in Zambia Through Interactive Radio Instruction
David Edwards: Beyond the Environmental Debate: A Study of Project Drivers for Mbaula Improved Cookstoves in Rural Malawi
James Crawley: Information and Communication Technologies for Education. The Experiences of ICT Impact on Zambian Secondary Schools
Swatantra Gupta: Disability and Children in the Slums of New Delhi
Derek Kim: Modern Irrigation and Community Based Natural Resource Management in the Sana’a Basin of Yemen
Maricel Jarencio: An Exploratory Study of Plastic Management in Accra Metropolis, Ghana
David Bartolome: The Clean Development Mechanism, Contribution to Sustainable Development and Poverty Alleviation
Sian Aggett: Adelante Jovenes! Onwards Youth! Empowering Young Women in Honduras Through Participatory Video
2005
John Buah-Kwofie: The Extent to which Relevant Stakeholders were Involved in Ghana’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers Process
Colin Clark: Overcoming Crisis: A Case Study of Bali after the October 12th 2002 Bomb
Alexander Vesser: Unconnected Households and Small-scale & Corporate Water Business in Dar es Salaam
Atsushi Yagi: The Role of NGOs in Treatment and Prevention of Buruli Ulcer Control – Ghana
2004
Vanina Boix: British NGOs Criteria for Project Selection, Evaluation and Accountability. The case of British NGOs Involvement in Argentina
Gemma Carr: The Potential for Rain Water Harvesting in Jhikhu Khola, Nepal
Linda Cattermole: Decision Making: the Nature of Power and Influence The Role of Traditional Versus Government Village Based Structures in Bajo Society
Poonam Jusrut: An Assessment of the Actions Taken to Enhance the Interaction Between Coral Reefs and Tourism in Mauritius
Pek Lim: Land Use Impact on Water Quality at Selected Watershed in Malaysia
Matthew Stinton: The use of Social Capital as a Coping Strategy in a Community Affected by Natural Hazards, West Pokot, Kenya
Khulood Tubaishat: Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) plans as a means to reach the Millennium Development Goals: the case of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden – Comparison between Jordan and Yemen
Robertus Van Hout: Mexican Coffee Cooperatives in a Fair Trade Environment: An Exploratory Study of Inter-organisational Relations
Mandy Wallace: Changing the Bajo Gender Roles?: A View from ‘Beyond the Rural’
Matthew Weldon: An Examination of the Application of Intermediate Technologies within Rural Communities in Western Kenya
Clare Willey: Perceptions of Development. Case Study of the International School of Geneva
2003
Gareth Patterson: The Multi-faceted Relationships between Christians and Muslims in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Looking at the Potential for Discord through Private Religious Secondary Schools and their Interactions with the State
Ruth Payne: Voices from the Street: Street Girl Life in Accra, Ghana
2001
David Fricker: Forest Management in the Kakenauwe Nature Reserve, Buton Island, Indonesia
Jennifer Lunn: Postmodern Development: Reality or Rhetoric? An Investigation into Christian Missions in Calcutta
Alessandro Moscuzza: Low-Budget Tourism in Barbados: a Socio-economic Evaluation
Adam Shaw-Cotterill: Education and the Three C’S: Communication, Co-Ordination & Co-Operation in Education Sponsorship and Development in the Gambia
Julie Woodcock: “I’m not allowed to go there cause my mum can’t see me!”: Researching Children’s Outdoor Geographies: Accounts of Negotiation and Methodological Reflections
2000
Nassaer Abdi: Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems and on Mangrove Ecosystems in Djibouti-City and its Vicinity
Zaid Al-Nahi: Community Participation and the Management of Common Property Resources
Mohamed Eltayeb: Studies on the Biology, Ecology and Fisheries of Tectus dentatus (Kokian) In the Sudanese Red Sea
Cristina Nenciu: The Town of Eforie and the Local Agenda 21
Thomas Rutledge
The Formalisation of the Informal Economy in post-apartheid South Africa: Lessons from Managed Markets in Yeoville, Johannesburg
Nadia Islam: An Analysis of Reproductive Behaviour in Rural Sylhet: A Case Study of Voluntary Associatoin for Rural Development (VARD)
1999
Sofia Beg: Ethnic Communities and Arranged Marriages
Paul Broome: Regional Epistemic Communities and Environmental Regime Formation: The Problematic Infestations of the Noxious Floating Aquatic Plant, the Water Hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Pontederiaceae) on Lake Victoria, East Africa, and Riparian Efforts on Controlling them
William Bruce: Post-Modern Tourism? A Study of the Tourist Industry in Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia
Simon Kimber: Kano, Nigeria Ten Years On: The Woodfuel Debate Revisited
Wandile Nomquphu: Assessment of Groundwater Development Potential in the Upper Umtata River Catchment, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Nicholas Preston: An Investigation into the Teaching of the Development of the Third World in the United Kingdom’s Secondary Education Sector
Tanya Van Der Elst: Large Corporations and Environmental Policy in South Africa
Victoria Wood: When Prevention is the Only Cure AIDS in Barbados
1998
Richard Baker: Children of the Street: A Re-interpretation Based on Evidence from Durban, South Africa
Eve Billingham: More than just Child’s Play? An Investigation into how Simulation Games Influence Young People’s Ideas and Knowledge of International Trading and the Developing World
Daisuke Fujiwara: Low-income housing in Bankok: the slums and the low-income housing policies considered
Fiona Keefe: Towards a Cape of Good Hope: The City of Cape Town municipality and Local Agenda 21
Jonathan Latchford: ‘Kupigana Kwa Maisha’ The Mkahawa and Mamantilie Populations of Zanzibar’s Stone Town: Their Sectoral Characteristics and Potential for Formalisation
Peter Shelley: Oxfam 1942-1998: the charity of development
Ama Yeboah: Facilitating Participation in Participatory Forestry – The Potential Role of NGOs
A Look at the Efforts of Watala
1997
Polly Campbell: An evaluation of water management schemes in Guyana
Manon Evans: The Changing Nature of NGOs
Antoinette Finnegan: ‘Examine the Impact of a Population’s Programme and the Role which Local Variables have Played’
Russell Horgan: Social Empowerment of Low-Income Households in Lima
Abida Khan: Issues Related to Fertility Control: A Case Study of an NGO in Rural Lahore, Pakistan
Rosemary Leishman: A Paradox in Politics: The Position of Women and their Employment in Elected Bodies in Kerala, India
Dominic Rogers: Household Income in the Rawala-Kot District of Azad Kashmir: The Relevance of Agriculture
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