EADI eNewsletter #4/1 2023 | Development Studies and the Status Quo, Great Gatsby & More

Welcome to the fortnightly newsletter of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI).
  1st Issue April 2023 Editorial At the moment we are putting together the last bits and pieces of the preliminary programme for our general conference in July which will be published very soon. We also look forward to the last meeting of our current Executive Committee in Budapest next week and the attached public conference on 20 April. So if you happen to be around on that day, please do come along! Our latest blog post argues that Development Studies must support critiques of neoliberalism, and with the episode released this week, season 2 of our « Hierarchies of Development » podcast is complete. From Our Blog Development Studies cannot become an apology for the status quo « Development Studies must always be critical, or it becomes just an apology for the status quo, for exploitation, for the reproduction of inequality within and between nations, and for the destruction of the conditions of life on Earth », writes Alfredo Saad-Filho from the Department of International Development at  King’s College, London. « Today, Development Studies faces a neoliberal modality of capitalism whose prosperity relies on speculation, despoliation, extraction and fraud, and which may be sliding into permanent economic underperformance, new forms of fascism and environmental collapse. It is urgent to advance a transformative agenda from within Development Studies. » Read the post To the blog overview Podcast Season 2 Now Complete: Check Episode 4! This fourth and last episode of season two of the « Hierarchies of Development » podcast once again sheds the light on food and agriculture, this time with Itishree Pattnaik from the Gujarat Institute of Development Research, India. Hear about feminisation of agriculture in India, cross-state comparisons between Gujarat and West Bengal as well as ways forward to make the work of women in agriculture more visible. All episodes are available on your favourite platform. Listen Highlight: Great Gatsby and the Global South Intergenerational mobility, income inequality, and development In the Global South economic mobility across generations or intergenerational economic mobility is in and of itself an important topic for research with consequences for policy. It concerns the ‘stickiness’ or otherwise of inequality because mobility is concerned with the extent to which children’s economic outcomes are dependent on their parents’ economic outcomes. This open access book presents a new estimate for a developing country, namely Indonesia; it discusses the ‘Great Gatsby Curve’ and highlights the different positions of developed and developing countries. Read more Featured EADI Member: CEsA We are proud and happy that our member and partner for the upcoming general conference in Lisbon has decided to join the ranks of our premium members! The Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA) at the ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon, is one of the oldest research centres dedicated to Development Studies in Portugal. Founded in 1983, it is a private, non-profit association. With more than 100 researchers, CEsA is dedicated to economic, political, social and cultural research in the area of Development Studies, with a focus on countries in Africa, the Asia-Pacific Region, and Latin America. Read more Thematic Focus: Tax and Taxation Strategic Investment Tax Incentives in Africa: The Case of Tax Holidays in Uganda
Ronald Waiswa, Solomon Rukundo – Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

Catch Them If You Can: the Politics and Practice of a Taxpayer Registration Exercise
Max Gallien, Giovanni Occhiali, Vanessa van den Boogaard – Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

Sanction-busting through tax havens
Kerim Can Kavakli, Giovanna Marcolongo, Diego Zambiasi – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Fiscal dependence on extractive revenues. Measurement and concepts
Kyle McNabb – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Tax and sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa. Beyond accountability and responsiveness
Alex Adegboye, Abrams M.E. Tagem – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Tax expenditures in OECD countries: findings from the Global Tax Expenditures Database
Christian von Haldenwang – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

La taxation des carburants de l’aviation civile comme source de financement à destination des pays vulnérables
Alou Adessé Dama – Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI) Premium Members Publication Picks The sustainability transition requires extended and differentiated North-South cooperation for innovation – UNCTAD Background Paper
UNCTAD Background Paper – Andreas Stamm – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

The EU, geopolitics and human development: Insights from Zambia, Kenya and Guinea
Katja Sergejeff, Ennatu Domingo, Pauline Veron – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)

Opinion Monitor for Development Policy 2022. Development engagement in times of global crises and challenges
Sebastian H. Schneider, Nora Sassenhagen, Jens Eger, Martin Bruder – German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval)

Study of the value chain of the tourism sector in Angola as an alternative economic, social, and environmental development strategy under the Prodesi programme
Eduardo Moraes Sarmento – Centre for African and Development Studies CESA-ISEG From Climate Change to Sustainable and Inclusive Economies: A Policy Agenda
Critical Sociology – Alfredo Saad-Filho, Fernanda Feil – Department of International Development King’s College London (DID)

The inconsistency of EU sanctions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Hypocrisy or careful policy making? A systematic literature review
Nina M. Brehl – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)

Navigating toward resilient and inclusive seed systems
PNAS – Ola T. Westengen, Sarah Paule Dalle, Teshome Hunduma Mulesa – Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric)

Power, Poverty, and Knowledge – Reflecting on 50 Years of Learning with Robert Chambers
IDS Bulletin – Stephen Thompson, Mariah Cannon (eds.) – Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

Sport for development and peace
David Blough, Emmanuel Rivat – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Read more about EADI Members
Calls Call for Papers: Global Policy Seminar for a New Eco-Social Contract, Bonn, 29–30 August 2023
Deadline: 30 April 2023 –  United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

Call for papers WIF 2023: Academic Research Conference on Investment in Sustainable Development, 16–17 October 2023, Abu Dhabi
Deadline 30 April 2023 –  United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

The political ecology of Payments for Ecosystem Services: Assessing the value frameworks underpinning 15 years of PES research and practice (Track 16), ISEE Conference, Santa Marta, Colombia, 23-28 October 2023
Deadline: 02 May 2023 –  Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB)

Conjonctures de l’Afrique Centrale 2024: Call for papers
Deadline: 05 May 2023 –  Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB)

Call for research proposals Advancing the Inequality Agenda Through Collaborative Research
Deadline: 05 May 2023 –  The Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

Land grabbing and land deals – call for grant applications: 25 LDPI grants available to researchers in/from the Global South
Deadline: 31 May 2023 –  International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)

Call for essays on energy for State of Power 2024 report
Deadline: 5 June 2023 –  Transnational Institute TNI

See more calls on the EADI website Opinions Emerging research priorities in a post-pandemic world
Sophie Marsden, Peter Taylor – Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

The achilles heel of Kenya’s growing digital economy

Ennatu Domingo – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)
Why a serious climate strategy is almost impossible in the UK’s current political system
Steven R. Smith – Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP)

Development aid, influence and governance: a road map
Iliana Olivié & María Santillán O’Shea – Real Instituto Elcano

Niger Delta communities caught in vicious cycle
Jackson Tamunosaki Jack – Nordic Africa Institute (NAI)

Beyond Speculation
Tomaso Ferrando – Global Research Programme on Inequality GRIP

The developing world is facing a new debt crisis. What can we do about it?
Iikka Korhonen, Kunal Sen – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Migration in African intermediary cities: why multi-stakeholder partnerships are key to inclusive action
Janina Stürner-Siovitz & Lasse Juhl Morthorst – OECD Development Centre OECD/DC

I know what you did last summer: are destination conferences a problem?
Lize Swartz – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)

Spring Meetings in Washington: step 1 for the reform of the international financial institutions
Élise Dufief et al. – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI)

Experience of Conflict and Prosocial Behaviors
Neil Ferguson – International Security and Development Center gGmbH (ISDC) Training PhD Scholarships in Marketing and Management
Deadline: 22 May 2023  –  Department of Food Business and Development UCC-FBD

Open call for application 2023/2024: Master in Cooperation and Development
Deadline:30 June 2023  –  Center for Global Strategic Engagement (GLOBEC)

See more courses and trainings on the EADI website Jobs Project Coordinator, Choosing Islamic Conservatism, (Maternity Cover)
Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House (ODID) – Deadline: 20 April 2023

University Assistant (post doc)
Department of Development Studies – Deadline: 21 April 2023

Senior Lecturer in International Development
Department of International Development King’s College London (DID) – Deadline: 25 April 2023

PhD Research Assistant (F/M/D) – Global Governance Center
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) – Deadline: 30 April 2023

Research assistant
Department of Government Uppsala University – Deadline: 05 May 2023

Evaluator*in für die „Analyse des multilateralen Engagements der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit“
German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) – Deadline: 14 May 2023

UNICORE project 5.0 – University Corridors for Refugees. University of Turin offers 2 scholarships
Department of Cultures, Politics and Society, University of Turin (CPS) – Deadline: 19 May 2023

Doctoral scholarship holder ERC-funded Starting Grant project “InfoCitizen” Brazilian case
Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB) – Deadline: 24 May 2023

Doctoral scholarship holder ERC-funded Starting Grant project “InfoCitizen” Kenyan and Tanzanian cases
Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB) Deadline: 24 May 2023

Doctoral scholarship holder ERC-funded Starting Grant project “InfoCitizen” Brazilian and German cases
Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB) – Deadline: 24 May 2023

Postdoctoral Researcher ERC-funded Starting Grant project “InfoCitizen” 1
Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB) – Deadline: 24 May 2023

The Transnational Institute (TNI) seeks two additional Supervisory Board members
Transnational Institute TNI – Deadline: 31 May 2023

See more job offers on the EADI website Opinions continued

From sea change to tidal wave: Can One World Together sweep away the inequalities in the aid chain that undermine grassroots-oriented civil society organisations and action?
Nicola Banks & Chibwe Masabo Henry – Global Development Institute (GDI)

Civil society organisations are key to creating better land policies: lessons from Zambia
Jesinta Kunda – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

See more blogs and opinions on the EADI website