Research output per year
Research output per year
Comparative political economy, state-society relations, politics of social policy, agrarian change, politics of land, Ethiopia, Rwanda
Current research interests include:
I convene:
MGDI 60391 Politics and Governance of Development
I also teach on:
MGDI 31101 International Development
MGDI 60502 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, state legitimacy, ideas in political analysis
Current PhD students:
Mohammed Ibrahim, Looking Beyond Proximate Benefits: Social Protection Implementation and Socio-Political Effects in Ghana (co-supervised with Sam Hickey)
Edward Ampratwum, How do localized forms of politics shape the implementation of social protection policy? (co-supervised with Sam Hickey)
Sam Stratford, Understanding how political settlements shape the decision-making processes behind the planning and construction of dams: lessons from Ethiopia and Uganda (co-supervised with David Hulme)
Bethany Coleman, Sustainable development for whom? The politics of future hydropower in Tanzania (co-supervised with David Hulme)
Kate Pruce, Investigating the politics of global policy transfer: the case of cash transfers in Zambia (co-supervised with Sam Hickey)
Clare Cummings, Against the odds: understanding why and how effective reform happens in Nigeria (co-supervised with Sam Hickey)
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, and ideas in political analysis.
Most of my field research has been conducted in Ethiopia, though more recently I have done work in Rwanda and Uganda, and I retain an interest in Peru and Latin America more broadly from past fieldwork.
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: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › 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
Thomas Lavers (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
Thomas Lavers (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Lavers, T. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Thomas Lavers (Consultant)
Activity: Consultancy, spin-outs, CPD & licensing › Consultancy & Services › Research
Tom Lavers (Peer reviewer of publications)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review › 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