Research output per year
Research output per year
Comparative political economy, state-society relations, politics of social policy, agrarian change, politics of land, politics of energy and infrastructure
Current research interests include:
I convene:
MGDI 60391 Politics and Governance of Development
I also teach on:
Development Fundamentals, Global Development Challenges, Development Fieldwork
Past employment
2014-16 Researcher, International Labour Organization (ILO)
2013-16 External Professor, University of Geneva
2013-14 Research Fellow, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
2006-08 Research Analyst, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
2004-06 Research Officer, ESRC Research Group on Wellbeing in Developing Countries (WeD), University of Bath
Education
2013 PhD in International Development and Social Policy, University of Bath
2008 MRes in International Development, University of Bath
2004 MSc in International Development, University of Bath
2001 BSc (Hons), University of Bristol
I am interested in supervising PhD research on a range of topics related to the politics of development, in particular: the politics of land, agrarian transformation, the politics of social policy, the politics of energy and infrastructure
Completed PhD students:
Mohammed Ibrahim, Social Protection, State Capacity And Citizenship Building In Ghana: Do Quasi-Universal Insurance And Targeted Social Assistance Policies Generate Different Feedback Effects?
Edward Ampratwum, Investigating The Politics Of Implementing Social Protection: State Formation And Local Power Configurations In Ghana
Kate Pruce, Investigating the politics of global policy transfer: the case of social protection in Zambia
Clare Cummings Understanding power, culture and institutional change; an alternative approach to political settlements analysis
Current PhD students:
Anna Thurlbeck, The Politics of Revenue Sharing Under Federalism: An Exploration of Nigeria’s Revenue Formula
Maria José Ayala Molina, The political and social economy of care work in Latin America: A case study on the National Care Policy in Paraguay
Md Imran Hossain Bhuiyan, The politics of environment and labour in the manufacturing industries of the global south: evidence from the leather sector in Bangladesh
My research focuses on the comparative political economy of development. Through most of my work I have used public policy as a lens for analysing state-society relations, both how politics shapes policymaking and how the implementation of policies, in turn, transforms state-society relations. This broad interest has led me to conduct research on a range of topics, including: land tenure and land use, agrarian transformation, agricultural production systems, social policy and social protection, energy and infrastructure, industrial policy, and ideas in political analysis.
Most of my field research has been conducted in Ethiopia, though I have also worked in Ghana, Peru, Rwanda and Uganda.
I welcome enquiries from potential PhD students working on issues related to my own work. See the 'Opportunities' tab.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Hulme, D. (PI), Anderson, K. (CoI), Bottacin Busolin, A. (CoI), Dimova, R. (CoI), Foster, T. (CoI), Harou, J. (CoI), Imai, K. (CoI), Larkin, A. (CoI), Lavers, T. (CoI), Mancarella, P. (CoI), Mutale, J. (CoI), Panteli, M. (CoI), Sen, K. (CoI) & Whittington, D. (CoI)
1/10/17 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
Lavers, T. (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
Lavers, T. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Lavers, T. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Lavers, T. (Peer reviewer of publications)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review › Research
Lavers, T. (Consultant)
Activity: Consultancy, spin-outs, CPD & licensing › Consultancy & Services › Research
Hickey, S. (Participant), Hulme, D. (Participant), Sen, K. (Participant), Lavers, T. (Participant), Savoia, A. (Participant), Behuria, P. (Participant) & Yanguas Gil, P. (Participant)
Impact: Political impacts, Societal impacts
Lavers, T. (Contributor) & Hickey, S. (Contributor), Mendeley Data, 12 May 2021
DOI: 10.17632/f5mszzsvcp.1, https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/f5mszzsvcp
Dataset
24/06/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
21/06/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
14/06/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
31/05/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment