David Seddon is a noted British

Development Studies Development studies is an interdisciplinary branch of social science. Development studies is offered as a specialized master's degree in a number of reputed universities around the world. It has grown in popularity as a subject of study since the ...

academic, activist and consultant. For many years, he was a professor (Professor of Politics & Sociology) in the Department of Development Studies at the

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. He has worked as a consultant for international institutions including the

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ILO The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is one of the firs ...

and NGOs such as

Christian Aid Christian Aid is a relief and development charity of 41 Christian (Protestant and Orthodox) churches in Great Britain and Ireland, and works to support sustainable development, eradicate poverty, support civil society and provide disaster rel ...

OXFAM Oxfam is a British-founded confederation of 21 independent non-governmental organizations (NGOs), focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International. It began as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief ...

and

War on Want War on Want is an anti-poverty charity based in London. War on Want works to challenge the root causes of poverty, inequality and injustice through partnership with social movements in the global South and campaigns in the UK. War on Want's slo ...

. He was for many years a member of the Labour Party before defecting to the

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. Among his academic research, particularly noteworthy is his work on

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

Selected publications

* Blaikie, P., Cameron, J., & Seddon, D. (2017). Understanding 20 years of change in West-Central Nepal: Continuity and change in lives and ideas. In ''Development'' (pp. 465-480). Routledge. * Walton, J. K., & Seddon, D. (2008). Free markets and food riots: The politics of global adjustment. John Wiley & Sons. * Seddon, D., Adhikari, J., & Gurung, G. (2002). Foreign labor migration and the remittance economy of Nepal. Critical Asian Studies, 34(1), 19–40. * Seddon, D. (Ed.). (1978). Relations of production: Marxist approaches to economic anthropology. Psychology Press. * Powell, M., & Seddon, D. (1997). NGOs & the development industry. Review of African Political Economy, 24(71), 3-10.

References

1947 births Living people Academics of the University of East Anglia {{British-bio-stub Himalayan studies