Education: PhD, University of Liverpool 1993

Career: Giles Mohan is Senior Lecturer in Development Studies in the Department of Development Policy and Practice at The Open University. Since 1993 he has taught Geography and/or Development Studies at the University of Liverpool, the University of Central Lancashire, the University of Portsmouth and The Open University. His research interests include the political economy of aid in Africa, focusing particularly on Chinese involvement and the politics of structural adjustment, the developmental impacts of the Diaspora, based on both theoretical work and case studies of the Ghanaian Diaspora in the UK and its linkages to Ghana, decentralized local development in the Third World, and the problems and potentials of participatory development. Dr Mohan has also acted as consultant to recent Open University/BBC productions African School, Indian School, Comic Relief and the Reith Lectures. He is co-editor of the journal Review of African Political Economy (see url below) and a member of the Editorial Boards of Political Geography, Geography Compass, and the International Development Planning Review.

Publications include: Participation: From Tyranny to Transformation? (co-editor) 2004, The Politics of Transition: State, Democracy and Economic Development in Africa (co-editor) 2004; numerous book chapters and articles in professional journals

Contact details: Address: Department of Development Policy and Practice, Faculty of Technology, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, England; Tel: +44 (0)1908 653654; Fax: +44 (0)1908 654825; Email: g.mohan@open.ac.uk ; Website: http://dpp.open.ac.uk/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03056244.asp/ .