The international development sector has faced repeated calls for its decolonisation over several years, both in theory and practise. However, hegemonic understandings of development and who it should serve continue to dominate. Despite not being a new debate, too often there are issues with sources of funding, power dynamics in methodology and bias in profiling of research. There is an urgent need to reflect on what is understood by decolonising development and how we can undertake research through a decolonisation lens.

In this episode, we reflect on what decolonising development means and how we should be rethinking our research practises to truly make an impact within the communities we operate, and elevate the voices needed to build for the future.

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