Dr Paul Gilbert

BIOGRAPHY

Dr Paul Gilbert is a Senior Lecturer in International Development in the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex since 2017. Prior to this, he has taught at the University of Brighton (Human Geography), Brunel University (Anthropology) and the University of Birmingham (Gender & Development). Since 2018 he has been the Development Studies Pathway Lead at Sussex for the ESRC SeNSS Doctoral Training Partnership. Previously he has also acted as the Convenor of the PhD International Development (2018-2021), Convenor of the MA Environment, Development and Policy (2018-2021), elected Senator for the School of Global Studies (2020-2022) and Senate member elected to the University Council (2021-2022). He is also a Series Editor for the new Bristol University Press series 'Business, Finance & International Development', and a member of the Steering Group of 'Diversifying & Decolonising Economics'. Currently, his primary research focus is on the entanglements between public and private finance in development and social policy. He is a co-investigator on the ESRC-funded ‘Contractors & Consultants’ project, which is concerned with the role of for-profit actors in the administration of aid-funded projects (2021-2024). Another current focus involves a turn to archival research. This work concerns the intellectual history of development studies and the relationship between independence and liberation movements, and teaching/research in development studies.