Dr Vandana Desai
- Editor of research journal
Progress in Development Studies (Journal)
Vandana Desai (Member of editorial board)
1999 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of research journal
Urban World (RCUES) (Journal)
Vandana Desai (Member of editorial board)
May 2009 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of research journal
- Invited talk
Ethical Challenges and Dilemmas: working with poor communities
Vandana Desai (Speaker)
21 May 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
From Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals
Vandana Desai (Speaker)
14 Oct 2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Guest Lectures
Vandana Desai (Speaker)
Mar 2010 → Mar 2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Guest Visiting Lecturer
Vandana Desai (Speaker)
1 Aug 2011 → 30 Aug 2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Looking back and forward: emerging trends and patterns in international development
Vandana Desai (Speaker)
4 Sep 2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Professional Social Development conference
Vandana Desai (Speaker)
25 Nov 2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Visiting Guest Lecturer
Vandana Desai (Speaker)
1 Nov 1995 → 30 Nov 1995Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
- Membership of peer review panel or committee
Academic Assessor, ESRC-DFID Education and development: (External organisation)
Vandana Desai (Participant)
15 Jul 2015 → 25 Aug 2015Activity: Membership › Membership of peer review panel or committee
Academic Assessor, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (External organisation)
Vandana Desai (Participant)
1 Feb 2016 → 27 Feb 2016Activity: Membership › Membership of peer review panel or committee
National Priorities Research program (NPRP) of the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) (External organisation)
Vandana Desai (Participant)
2008 → 2014Activity: Membership › Membership of peer review panel or committee
New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Cooperation in Europe (NORFACE) (External organisation)
Vandana Desai (Participant)
Mar 2009Activity: Membership › Membership of peer review panel or committee
- Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel
European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes Working Group (External organisation)
Vandana Desai (Participant)
Jul 2012Activity: Membership › Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel
- Membership of research network
Development Areas Research Group (DARG) (External organisation)
Vandana Desai (Participant)
2006 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of research network
Development Studies Association (DSA) (External organisation)
Vandana Desai (Participant)
1992 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of research network
Political Studies Association (PSA) (External organisation)
Vandana Desai (Participant)
1998 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of research network
Royal Geographical Society (RGS) (External organisation)
Vandana Desai (Participant)
2015Activity: Membership › Membership of research network
- Examination
A cost effectiveness comparison of alternative microfinance models as service delivery mechanisms
Vandana Desai (Examiner)
2006Activity: Examination
Community Participation in the low-income settlements of Bogota
Vandana Desai (Examiner)
2007Activity: Examination
Critical Reflections on Local Ownership of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for poor communities in Pakistan: whose discourse, whose rights, whose burden?
Vandana Desai (Examiner)
4 May 2016Activity: Examination
Examining the role of grassroot organisations in developing sustainable forest management in Vietnam
Vandana Desai (Examiner)
2011Activity: Examination
Fluid Governance: Scalar politics in the South African waterscape
Vandana Desai (Examiner)
7 Nov 2014Activity: Examination
From Kitchen to the Stage: Women negotiating empowering spaces through self-help groups in Kerala
Vandana Desai (Examiner)
Mar 2014Activity: Examination
Local perspectives on changing rural livelihoods and natural resources in the Chhattisgarh Plains, India
Vandana Desai (Examiner)
2011Activity: Examination
Micro-credit programmes and its impact in rural Bangladesh – a case of Grameen Bank'
Vandana Desai (Examiner)
2005Activity: Examination
Rewriting Widowhood: Intersectionality, Well-being and Agency amongst Widowed Women in Nepal
Vandana Desai (Examiner)
21 Jul 2016Activity: Examination
Social capital in poor communities: A case study from rural northern Peru
Vandana Desai (Examiner)
2010Activity: Examination
- Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Public Lecture/debate/seminar
LSE Symposium on ‘International Media Portrayals of Cities in the Global South
Vandana Desai (Panel participant)
16 May 2012Activity: Other › Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Public Lecture/debate/seminar
Public Engagement: Inspiring, encouraging and supporting Postgraduate Researchers
Vandana Desai (Panel participant)
27 Feb 2014Activity: Other › Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Public Lecture/debate/seminar
- Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Industrial engagement
Advisory Panel of CREPA (Le Centre Régional pour l'Eau Potable et l'Assainissement à faible coût - African Regional Center for Water and Sanitation)
Vandana Desai (Panel participant)
Apr 2011 → Apr 2013Activity: Other › Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Industrial engagement
Elected on Advisory Council of Think Global (Development Education Association - DEA), London
Vandana Desai (Participant)
Sep 2007 → Sep 2013Activity: Other › Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Industrial engagement
Gender Adviser to the Diversity Unit of the British Council
Vandana Desai (Contributor)
2008 → 2012Activity: Other › Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Industrial engagement