Governance and Local Development - GLD

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GLD is dedicated to international collaboration and scientifically rigorous research in an effort to promote human welfare globally. The Governance and Local Development Institute aims to explain variation in governance and local development in an effort to promote human welfare globally. It seeks to develop insights into the role of state and non-state actors, to consider the relationship between

local level factors (e.g., poverty, gender relations, elite dynamics, ethnic diversity, etc.) and governance, and to provide policy-relevant findings based on scientifically rigorous research. The institute is committed to disseminating findings in the international and domestic communities through academic publications, policy briefs, public presentations, and social media, as well as on-the-ground workshops in cooperation with local partners. Professor Ellen Lust is the founder and director of GLD since its conception at Yale University in 2013. The institute moved to the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2015 and has now grown to include a complete research team, a data team, and a program management and communications team. GLD also offer internships, program fellowships, short-term grants, and a community for scholars working on issues related to the GLD mission. GLD has developed a tool that allows us to compare governance and development outcomes both sub-nationally and cross-nationally, called the Local Governance Performance Index (LGPI). This tool has so far been implemented Tunisia and Malawi, and in the next few years the LGPI will be used in Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia and other countries providing measures. GLD research has been supported by The Swedish Research Council, The Swedish Research Council FORMAS, The Moulay Hicham Foundation, The University of Gothenburg, Yale University, The World Bank, The Research Council of Norway, The Chr. Michelsen Institute, and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Please turn to GLD’s website (http://gld.gu.se) for more information on our research projects, our team of collaborators, reports, working papers, videos, podcasts, PowerPoint presentations and available data. You also can find information on short-term research grants, open positions (when available) you can apply for to do research, and an opportunity to subscribe to receive updates when new resources are made available. And let us know if you have any questions, suggestions or comments.

19/03/2026

🎙️ New Governance Uncovered Podcast Episode! 🎙️

This episode features an interview with Tufts University Professor Pearl Robinson, conducted by Anna Mwaba, Assistant Professor of Government at Smith College, and Tumi Makgetla, Senior Lecturer in Political Studies at the University of Cape Town.

Professor Pearl Robinson is a trailblazing scholar of African politics, former president of the African Studies Association, and a lifelong advocate for amplifying voices of African descent in the academy. Her career spans decades of fieldwork, institution-building, and engaged the African Continent and diaspora. In this episode, the first of a two-part conversation, they discuss the formative experiences that drew Professor Robinson to political science, including a transformative year in Bordeaux and two years in the Peace Corps in rural Niger, her influential mentors at Columbia, and her hard-won wisdom about navigating the profession.

You can find a shortened version of the interview in the Spring 2026 APSA Comparative Politics Newsletter.

Listen to the podcast here: https://on.soundcloud.com/RFeNvDEXZli6bpKp3T

16/03/2026

Do you want to experience being part of an international research team that values transparent research, rigorous methods, and collaboration among scholars, policymakers, and civil societies? Apply for an internship at GLD! Besides learning new skills, you'll gain valuable work experience from a research environment and enhance your employability by getting the chance to put your academic knowledge into practice. We are looking for highly motivated, flexible, and self-driven people who want to work in a fast-paced research environment. We are currently offering two data science internships for the fall semester.

Read more and apply here: https://bit.ly/4sCWHj8

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