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| Welcome to the fortnightly newsletter of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI). |
| 1st Issue December 2022 |
| Editorial |
| Today we’d like to remind everyone that the call for abstracts for our flagship event, the 2023 EADI/CEsA Lisbon Conference « Towards New Rhythms of Development« , closes on 18 December, so please check all our seed and harvest panels to see where your research fits in! We’ve also published our very first blog post in the conference series with more featured topics to come that are up for discussion in Lisbon. In case you’re interested in research practice collaboration and have missed our recent online roundtable on the topic, grab a nice hot drink and rewatch in online. And before the year comes to a close, we’ve got some interesting vacancy announcements from our network at the every bottom. Our thematic focus is on water today. |
| From our Blog: Kicking off the #NewDevRhythms Series |
| Radical Alternatives or Ambivalent Engagements? Development Understandings from the Global SouthThe very first post of our « Towards new Rhythms of Development » blog series calls for more nuanced views in the discourses on development understandings from the Global South: while many post-development proponents make the case for southern alternatives such as Buen Vivir, Ubunto or Swaraj, Alba Castellsagué and Sally Matthews see « several important questions arise in relation to the idea of using Global South concepts and practices to build alternatives to development ». Are Global South communities really rejecting development? Do they use alternative concepts on the ground, and if so, how? And what would be the role of researchers in articulating these alternatives? Read the postand/or submit an abstract for the related conference panel |
| Video: Roundtable on Research Practice Collaboration |
| The cooperation between researchers and practitioners during different stages of the research process has the potential to benefit both society and research supporting processes of transformation. In this roundtable authors from the recent commentary collection on this topic in the EJDR, discuss such collaborations from various perspective, starting with political economy. Watch the roundtable on our YouTube channel |
| EJDR: December Issue is out! |
| Highlight: Minimum Access to Critical Earth Systems |
| Impacts of meeting minimum access on critical earth systems amidst the Great InequalityThis nature-paper led by researchers from the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research focuses on just access for the most disadvantaged to resources and services for either a dignified life beyond mere survival or an escape from poverty. It defines minimum just access levels, shows the impacts of achieving such just access levels on critical Earth systems and discusses these in the context of the Great Inequality and the implications for redistribution. Read the paper |
| Thematic Focus: Water |
A Multicriteria Analysis of Groundwater Development Pathways in Three River Basins in Sub-Saharan Africa Imogen Bellwood-Howard, John Thompson, Mohammad Shamsudduha, Richard G. Taylor et al. – . – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) The Contribution of Transpiration to Precipitation Over African Watersheds Water Resources Research – S. A. Te Wierik, J. Keune, D. G. Miralles, J. Gupta, Y. A. Artzy-Randrup, L. Gimeno, R. Nieto, L. H. Cammeraat – Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR) Virtual Water, International Relations and the New Geopolitics of Food Water International – Eckart Woertz – German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) When International blueprints hit local realities: bricolage processes in implementing IWRM in South Africa, Mongolia and Peru Water Alternatives – Evelyn Lukat, Mirja Schoderer, Sofia Castro Salvador – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) On capturing human agency and methodological interdisciplinarity in socio-hydrology research David J. Yu et al. – School of Arts and Communication, University Malmö (K3) Water ATMs and Access to Water: Digitalisation of Off-Grid Water Infrastructure in Peri-Urban Ghana Godfred Amankwaa,Richard Heeks and Alison L. Browne – Global Development Institute (GDI) |
| Premium Members Publication PicksReframing the climate debate: The origins and diffusion of net zero pledges Global Policy – Hermine Van Coppenolle, Mathieu Blondeel, Thijs Van de Graaf – Ghent Centre for Global Studies (GCGS – UGent) The Global Gateway and the EU as a digital actor in Africa Chloe Teevan, Ennatu Domingo – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) From locked-down to locked-in? COVID-induced social practice change across four consumption domains Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy – Simona Zollet, Julia Siedle , Miriam Bodenheimer, Steven R. McGreevy, Caroline Boules, Clemens Brauer – Governance and Technology for Sustainability, University of Twente (CSTM) Constructing healthcare services markets: networks, brokers and the China-England engagement Globalisation and Health – Brian Salter, Yiming Dong, Ben Hunter – Department of International Development King’s College London (DID) Expert adoption of composite indices: A randomized experiment on migrant resettlement decisions in Bangladesh Ivar Kolstad, Azreen Karim, Päivi Lujala, Arne Wiig – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI)Global biodiversity scenarios: what do they tell us for biodiversity-related socioeconomic impacts? Julien CALAS, Antoine GODIN, Julie MAURIN, Etienne ESPAGNE – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Key Considerations: Supporting Better Governance of Flood Relief Efforts in Pakistan Shandana Khan Mohmand, Miguel Loureiro – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Safeguarding research staff “in the field”: a blind spot in ethics guidelines Research Ethics – Lennart Kaplan, Jana Kuhnt, Laura E Picot, Catherine Fallon Grasham – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) The Weaponisation of Economics – Global Challenges Special Issue The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) Assessing the Potential for Private Sector Engagement in Integrated Landscape Approaches: Insights from Value-Chain Analyses in Southern Zambia Land – Pauliina Upla, James Reed, Kaala B. Moombe, Benjamin J. Kazule, Brian P. Mulenga, Mirjam Ros-Tonen, and Terry Sunderland – Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR)Read more about EADI Members |
| Training Bergen Summer Research School 2023: Childhood: Nurturing care for building the future Apply by 01 February 2023 – UiB Global University of Bergen Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Deadline: 13 December 2022 – School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV) International Development: Scholarships for Students from various Southern countries School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV) Online training: Planning and Monitoring of Projects 20. – 24. February 2023 – ETH Zürich, Centre for Development and Cooperation (NADEL) Online Training: Evaluation of Projects and Programmes 20 – 24 March 2023 – ETH Zürich, Centre for Development and Cooperation (NADEL) Online Training: Gender and Economics 19. – 23. June 2023 – ETH Zürich, Centre for Development and Cooperation (NADEL) International Development: Full Fees Scholarship Deadline: 30 April 2023 – – School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV) The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Scholarship Deadline: 02 June 2023 – School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV) Advanced Master of Governance and Development Deadline: 1 February 2023 – Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB) Advanced Master of Development Evaluation and Management Deadline: 1 February 2023 – Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB) Advanced Master of Globalisation and Development Deadline: 1 February 2023 – Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB) See more courses and trainings on the EADI websiteOpinionsWhy Africa is a key diplomatic battlefront for Ukraine Heba Habib – Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) The EU in Sharm-El-Sheikh: Good cop at a bad COP? Svea Koch, Niels Keijzer, Steffen Bauer – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) From COP27 on climate to COP15 on biodiversity: decisive political framings Sébastien Treyer – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) Enhancing biodiversity through livestock keeping Ian Scoones – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) COP decision on loss and damage: two steps forward, one step back Ritu Bharadwaj & Tom Mitchell – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Ethiopia’s digital economy is blooming, but needs investment Ennatu Domingo – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) How to close the gender care gap in Sub Saharan Africa OECD Development Centre OECD/DC “Women, Life, Freedom” a new revolutionary era in Iran Homa Bazafkan – Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC) ‘One nation in two countries’ and anything in between: Transnational lived citizenship and the complex answers to the question ‘where do I belong?’ Tanja Müller – Global Development Institute (GDI)CallsDSA2023 Call for Panels extended to 6 December Development Studies Association (DSA)See more calls on the EADI websiteJobsPostdoc / Research Associate, 80% full-time equivalent (FTE) (50% FTE on a permanent basis + 30% FTE time-limited to two years) Department of Geography, University of Bonn (GIUB) – Deadline: 07 December 2022 Data and Marketing Insights Officer International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) – Deadline: 12 December 2022 Research and Communications Advisor (f/m/diverse) INTERFACES German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) – Deadline: 13 December 2022 Development Manager, Agricultural and food policies program Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) Two PhD Positions: Degrowth, Circular Economy and the Metabolism of City Regions Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR) – Deadline: 16 December 2022 Senior Policy Officer, Coastal and maritime tourism Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) – Deadline: 16 December 2022 Senior research fellow in agricultural economics Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) – Deadline: 31 December 2022 UEA Social Sciences Faculty / Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships 2023 Deadline: 05 January 2023 Three PhD Studentships: The Sustainable Forest Transition (SFT) project Global Development Institute (GDI) – Deadline: 05 January 2023 4 PhD Candidates for Research Project ‘Political Animals’ Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR) – Deadline: 07 January 2023 Full Professor – Institutions, Inequalities and Life Courses Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR) – Deadline: 08 January 2023 Research Associate with the Sustainable Forest Transitions Project (two posts available) Global Development Institute (GDI) – Deadline: 30 January 2023 See more job offers on the EADI websiteOpinions continuedTagging with meaning: good life, racoons, and why hashtags matter Anastasia Loukianov – Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) Fintech and domestic savings. A perfect match coming true in sub-Saharan Africa Josphat Machagua – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Coping with a ‘code red for humanity’ needs creative multilateral approaches Edit Morin-Kovacs – Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (DHF) Germany, the Indo-Pacific and the war in Ukraine Manisha Reuter & Frederic Grare – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) See more blogs and opinions on the EADI website |