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Book Launch Event

Book Launch Event: Horizontal Development: Shifting Power and Privilege in Aid

  Thursday 11th December 2025

16:00-18:00

OC1.09 (The Oculus)

Warwick Interdisciplinary Research Centre for International Development (WICID) and theCentre for Studies in Democratisation (CSD)Link opens in a new windowLink opens in a new windowjointly celebrate the launch of this new book through a panel discussion with all three authors. All welcome. Refreshments will be provided.

About the book:

Accessible and comprehensive, this book puts forth an innovative perspective on international aid, going beyond top-down attempts to centre local voices and practices. By providing an overview of newer iterations and overlooked practices in development, including citizen aid, technologies for development, and faith-based humanitarianism, the book explores the extent to which they disrupt existing models and potentially lead to more equitable grassroots-led approaches. The authors develop the concept of 'horizontal development' to examine how power and privilege operate in international and local horizontal development spaces. Examining challenges, they also highlight opportunities for doing things differently in light of prominent calls for decolonising aid and development.

Authors/Speakers:

    • Dr Shonali Banerjee, Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick
    • Professor Anne-Meike Fechter, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex
    • Dr Thabani Mutambasere, Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh
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