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2023

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Political Science

D-Index
50
Citations
14683
World Ranking
235
National Ranking
34

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

David Lewis is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research spans across interdisciplinary fields, primarily focusing on social sciences and materials science, with significant contributions to political science and international relations as well as sociology and political science subfields.

Their recent academic publications cover a range of topics that intersect geopolitical analysis, peacebuilding, climate change, and development studies. Some notable papers include:

  • Contesting liberal peace: Russia's emerging model of conflict management, 2022, International Affairs
  • Rethinking the Bangladesh state, 2020, Contributions to Indian Sociology
  • Rural mechanization for equitable development: Disarray, disjuncture, and disruption, 2021, Development Policy Review

Additionally, they contributed to research addressing climate change and disability in the context of social vulnerability, featured in Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness (2020).

Their work covers key research topics such as:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics
  • Peacebuilding and International Security
  • Global Peace and Security Dynamics
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies

David Lewis has frequently collaborated with several coauthors across their research projects, including:

  • George F. S. Whitehead
  • Firoz Alam
  • Paul D. McNaughter
  • Íñigo J. Vitórica-Yrezábal
  • Paul O'Brien

Their publication record includes work published in a variety of venues, with a frequent presence in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • International Affairs
  • Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
  • Urban Geography
  • Contributions to Indian Sociology

David Lewis's research reflects a combination of social science inquiry into international relations and political dynamics alongside technical studies in materials chemistry, demonstrated by their substantial contributions to crystallography and solubility research captured in materials science publications.

Best Publications

  • Development Brokers and Translators. The Ethnography of Aid and Agencies

    David Lewis;David Mosse

  • Albiglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (Harmony Outcomes): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial

    Adrian F Hernandez;Jennifer B Green;Salim Janmohamed;Ralph B D'Agostino

  • Anthropology, development, and the post-modern challenge

    Katy Gardner;David J. Lewis

  • The management of non-governmental development organizations

    David Lewis

  • Non-Governmental Organizations and Development

    David Lewis;Nazneen Kanji

  • Reluctant Partners? Non-Governmental Organizations, the State and Sustainable Agricultural Development

    John Farrington;Anthony Bebbington;Kate Wellard;David J. Lewis

  • Livelihood resilience in the face of climate change

    Thomas Tanner;David Lewis;David Wrathall;Robin Bronen

  • Civil Society in African Contexts: Reflections on the Usefulness of a Concept

    David Lewis

  • Bangladesh: Politics, Economy and Civil Society

    David Lewis

  • The management of non-governmental development organizations : an introduction

    David Lewis

  • Nongovernmental Organizations, Definition and History

    David Lewis

  • Book Review Striking a Balance: A Guide to Enhancing the Effectiveness of Non-Governmental Organisations in International Development. By Alan Fowler. London: Earthscan, 1997

    David J. Lewis

  • Practice, power and meaning:Frameworks for studying organizational culture in multi-agency rural development projects

    David Lewis;Anthony J. Bebbington;Simon P. J. Batterbury;Alpa Shah

  • Development NGOs and the Challenge of Partnership: Changing Relations between North and South

    David Lewis

  • Encountering Order and Disjuncture: Contemporary Anthropological Perspectives on the Organization of Development

    David Lewis;David Mosse

  • Moving forward research agendas on international NGOs: theory, agency and context

    David Lewis;Paul Opoku-Mensah

  • New roles and relevance : development NGOs and the challenge of change

    David Lewis;Tina Wallace

  • Non-Governmental Organizations and the State in Asia: Rethinking Roles in Sustainable Agricultural Development

    John Farrington;David J. Lewis

  • On the difficulty of studying ‘civil society’: Reflections on NGOs, state and democracy in Bangladesh

    David Lewis

  • The Fiction of Development: Literary Representation as a Source of Authoritative Knowledge

    David Lewis;Dennis Rodgers;Michael Woolcock

  • National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)

    Tullia Hamilton;Norman Spengler;Florian Blaess;Rebecca Dibb

  • Exploring Civil Society : Political and Cultural Contexts

    Marlies Glasius;David Lewis;Hakan Seckinelgin

  • Theorizing the organization and management of non-governmental development organizations

    David Lewis

  • Using Life Histories in Social Policy Research: The Case of Third Sector/Public Sector Boundary Crossing

    David Lewis

  • International perspectives on voluntary action: reshaping the third sector

    David Lewis

  • The Aid Effect: Giving and Governing in International Development

    David Mosse;David Lewis

  • Policy arena: Moving forward research agendas on international NGOs: Theory, agency and context

    D. Lewis;P. Opoku-Mensah

  • Practice, power and meaning: frameworks for studying organisational culture in multi-agency rural development projects

    David Lewis;Anthony J. Bebbington;Simon Batterbury;Alpa Shah

Frequent Co-Authors

Louise Stoll
Louise Stoll University College London
Pam Sammons
Pam Sammons University of Oxford
Anthony Bebbington
Anthony Bebbington Clark University
Jim Deuchars
Jim Deuchars University of Leeds
Joshua D. Clinton
Joshua D. Clinton Vanderbilt University
Edward S. Mocarski
Edward S. Mocarski Emory University
Cornelius F. Boerkoel
Cornelius F. Boerkoel University of British Columbia
Wenwei Tu
Wenwei Tu University of Hong Kong
Kari C. Nadeau
Kari C. Nadeau Harvard University

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