Sameen Ali (with Sana Haroon) published an article, Creating an Oral History Archive of Government Work: The Women in Public Service in Pakistan Project, Oral History Review. More reflections on the archive and information on accessing it are available in this blog.

Bizuneh Yimenu published an article, Continuities and changes in electoral authoritarianism: evidence from Ethiopia, Regional and Federal Studies.

Sameen Ali published, Pakistan election: the military has long meddled in the country’s politics – this year will be no different, The Conversation.

Bizuneh Yimenu published, Oromia makes up a third of Ethiopia’s landmass and is key to its fortunes: expert unpacks its significance, The Conversation.

Episode 10 of the People, Power, Politics podcast is out! Listen to the Petra Alderman’s conversation with John Sidel (LSE) about the political economy of transport, telecommunications and infrastructure in the Philippines.

Sameen Ali provided expert commentary on the Pakistan elections to both BBC and Sky News. She has also provided expert commentary to inform NPR’s reporting on the election. She was also an invited panellist on France24’s The Debate program on ‘Revolving door politics? Shadow of military looms over Pakistan elections’.

Sameen Ali chaired a panel of experts on the Pakistan election organised by the Political Studies Association Politics of South Asia study group. A recording can be viewed here.

Iffat Idris and Sian Herbert from the GSDRC were invited by Chemonics UK to present their research on AF-PAK borderland security at the Professional Development Conference of the FCDO Conflict Cadre in London.

Congratulations to IDD PGR Mia Hyun who recently started a full-time role as Senior Regional Gender and Inclusive Development Advisor at USAID’s regional hub in Bangkok! Mia is providing technical advice and capacity building services to country missions across the Asia Pacific region to institutionalise gender and inclusive development across the programme cycle.