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Cambridge contains a large number of individuals and organisations working in international development.

This page tries to link to as many of these as possible. If we have missed your organisation or group, please so that we can remedy this.

There are a large number of NGOs and societies concerned with international development. Those with websites involved with the Humnaitarian Centre have links on the right hand side of this page. Click here to see a summary of what they do.

In addition, a large number of academic research and teaching groups touch on international development issues. These include:

Cambridge University Faculty of Education

  • Research Outcomes on Educational Outcomes and Poverty (RECOUP)

  • Centre for Commonwealth Education

Cambridge University Engineering Department

  • Centre for Sustainable Development

Cambridge University Department of Biological Anthropology

  • Human Epidemology Nutrition Growth Ecology Research group

Cambridge University Development Studies Committee

Cambridge University Centre for African Studies

Cambridge University Centre for Risk in the Built Environment

Cambridge University post-conflict post-crisis group

Cambridge University Faculties of Geography, Land Economy, Economics, and Politics, Psychology, Sociology and International Studies all include individual researchers and Phd students working on humanitarian themes.

Transforming Business

Lauterpracht Centre for International Law

Von Hugel Institute

  • Capability and Sustainability Centre

  • Centre for Educational Research and Development

Cambridge also has a flourishing community of academics and practitioners working on environmental issues - visit the Cambridge Environmental Initiative for more details.

In addition there are many individual researchers and consultants living in and around Cambridge.

To search for Cambridge University academics, visit the  International Department Directory of Expertise

participating organisations:

Afrinspire,
Addenbrooke's Abroad,
Aptivate,
Architectures Sans Frontieres,
Ashanti Development,
Bridges to Belarus,
Cambridge to Africa,
Camvol,
CBM-UK,
CUID,
Development in Action,
Engineers Without Borders,
ELST,
Global Poverty Project,
Harambee Centre,
Hoveraid,
Kenya Education Partnerships,
kiwanja.net,
Menelik Education,
The Mountain Trust,
Naarii,
NECT,
New Foundations,
Oxfam Cambridge,
RedR Cambridge,
Shelter Centre,
SOS Children's Vilages,
SSSK,
VSO Cambridge,
WDM Cambridge