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| Welcome to the fortnightly newsletter of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI). |
| 2nd Issue July 2025 Editorial Apart from two new blog posts, we’re happy to share our third methods innovations podcast, an image collection from our recent 50 anniversary conference and a paper resulting from the EnerSHelF project we were part of. We’d like to remind you of the open call for panels for our flagship conference next year, and the call for our October workshop in Kraków which will close by the end of the month. And: if you’re looking for a job in Denmark, there are quite a few openings at the moment. From our Blog Trumpist Before it was Cool: How the Czech Far Right Drove Aid Cuts from Fringe to Mainstream « The ultimate challenge for the development community (..) is to counter the quietly mainstreamed far-right narratives », writes Ondřej Horký-Hlucháň in our latest blog: « To do so, we need to repoliticise the debate about the largely technocratic development aid system earlier than our “Trumpist” rivals in an increasingly hostile and contentious geopolitical environment. » He demonstrates on the Czech example how aid cuts can be easily initiated from a few parliamentary benches. Read more Navigating the Tipping Point: Four Futures for Global Development Cooperation « The global development cooperation system has reached its tipping point—a moment when the accumulated pressures of geopolitics, norm contestation, and institutional change demand a fundamental rethinking of purpose and practice », write Stephan Klingebiel and Andy Sumner. « The challenge now is to rebuild legitimacy, restore multilateral credibility, and navigate the new realities of a multipolar world. » Read more To the blog overview Third « Innovating Methods » Podcast Out Using Audivisual Methods in Person and Remotely for Participatory Research This podcast features a conversation with Sonja Marzi, from Radboud University, Nijmegen, in the Netherlands. We discuss her innovative work with participatory and audiovisual methods, focusing on how these approaches can help capture the complexity and sensitivity of research participants’ lived experiences. Listen EADI 50th Anniversary Conference Photo Gallery Our 50th anniversary conference in May was a blast! Uniting former EADI Presidents and representatives and the current EADI community for two days, it was truly a space to reflect on the past and look into the future, which was the motto of the event (see the programme here). Whether you were there or not, check our image collection for impressions or memories. Visit the gallery New Paper from the EnerSHelF Project Do you remember the « Energy Supply for Healthcare Facilities in Ghana (EnerSHelF) » Project we were part of? We’re happy to share a belated paper from this project published in the journal « Energy Research & Social Science »: « Determinants of institutional change towards a sustainable energy transition in Ghana: A political economy analysis of solar photovoltaics » Read the paper News from the EJDR We’re happy to announce a forthcoming special issue of our journal, the European Journal of Development Research, on Climate Evidence Reviews. Two open access articles are already available online with more articles to be added over time. The most accessed EJDR article in 2024 with 8250 accesses is also related to climate change: A Protocol for the Review of Examples of Transformational Change in the Energy and Public Health Sectors to Inform Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Interventions And: in 2024, the impact factor of our journal went up to 2.6, which is great news! Welcome to the Centre of African Studies Edinburgh! We’re proud to welcome the Centre of African Studies at the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Edinburgh, to the EADI family! in its own words, it is « the largest centre of African studies in Europe and regularly appear at the top of UK good university guides ». It delivers a range of high-quality masters programmes on campus and online, as well as prestigious PhD programmes that attract students from across the world. Read more Highlight: Wellbeing and Policy. Evidence for Action This open access book co-edited by Marie Briguglio, Islands & Small States Institute, University of Malta, is an essential reading for anyone interested in progressing towards a wellbeing economy including policy-makers, academics, and students in economics, public policy, public administration, and behavioural and political science. As wellbeing becomes an increasingly explicit policy goal in countries across the world, the demand for evidence upon which to base intervention is growing. This book surveys and synthesizes recent developments in wellbeing science and policy to highlight key lessons learned and to offer actionable insights for policy-making. Read more Highlight: GRIP Annual Lecture with Jason Hickel The Struggle for Development in the 21st Century: Capitalism, Imperialism and Eco-Socialism How exactly do dynamics of capital accumulation and unequal exchange in the contemporary world actively prevent development in the global South? How and why are billions of people subjected to needless deprivation? In this lecture, anthropologist Jason Hickel presents his exciting new work on global inequality. Watch the lecture Thematic Focus: Natural Resources Mining Legitimacy: Governing the Politics of Resource-Based Green Industrial Policy Anabel Marin, Santiago Cunial – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Political dynamics around transboundary gas extraction in the Dutch and German North Sea Maritime Studies – Irit Ittner – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Counting and Profiling Coal Mining Industry Jobs. A Guideline to Using Administrative Data Haroon Bhorat, Lisa Martin, Jabulile Monnakgotla, François Steenkamp – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Determinants of export diversification in resource-dependent economies: The role of product relatedness and macroeconomic conditions Structural Change and Economic Dynamics – Beatriz Calzada Olvera, Danilo Spinola – Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies From mines to markets: gravity model insights on critical raw material trade Frederik Stender, Tim Vogel – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Pathology of Plenty: Natural Resources in International Law Lys Kulamadayil – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) Critical Minerals: Estimating Price Elasticity of Supply Using Mine-Level Data Vertier P., Jacolin L., Mien É., Léon F. – Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI) Agrarian transformation and artisanal and small-scale chrome mining on Zimbabwe’s Great Dyke geological formation Journal of Rural Studies – Grasian Mkodzongi, Joseph Mujere – Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) Premium Members Publication Picks Social protection and coloniality: learning from the past and present: framework paper Keeti Roelen, Roosa Lambin, Arsène Brice Bado – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Fever pitch: Coloniality and contention within community health’s yellow fever response in Kenya Global Public Health – Kathy Dodworth, Brenda N. Mukungu – Department of International Development King’s College London (DID) Farmer-farmworkers: cross-border wage labor in northeastern Vietnam-southwestern China region Agriculture and Human Values – Bao-Nguyet Dang – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Leveraging International Trade for the Ecological Transition: Quantifying the Drivers of Planetary Boundaries Gabriel Santos Carneiro, Etienne Espagne, Guilherme Magacho – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Climate, Peace and Security: Cascading Risks and Conflict Prevention Tools Kathryn Cheeseman – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Integrating tribes in African constitutionalism: a pathway to innovative democracy. Cases from Sudan, Namibia, and Botswana Sami Abdelhalim Saeed – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) Read more about EADI Members Policy Publication Picks by Members Effective aid programming in the next MFF (Part 1): Graduation and differentiation Philippe Van Damme – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) Effective aid programming in the next MFF (Part 2): Simplification and governance Philippe Van Damme – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) The International Criminal Court, Netanyahu, and Berlin’s Dilemma GIGA Focus Global – Maxine Rubin – German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Opportunities in EU water policy: making the most of the EU Water Resilience Strategy German Advisory Council on Global Change – Jörg E. Drewes, Anna-Katharina Hornidge et al. – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Beyond « dichotomania ». Drawing new Worlds for Global Policies Jean-David Naudet, Thomas Melonio, Rémy Rioux – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Boosting domestic savings for sustainable growth in sub-Saharan Africa Rose W. Ngugi Kunal Sen – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) China and Russia challenge the Arctic order Patrik Andersson – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) Picks from International Partner Networks Share your experience: Global survey on participation in scientific organizations International Science Council ISC Call for proposals to strengthen science-policy nexus across Asia Deadline: 25 August 2025 – International Science Council ISC Jujuy: el laboratorio de la represión Eli Gómez Alcorta, Valeria Vegh Weis – The Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO |
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| Jobs Professor of European Politics Deadline: 01 August 2025 – Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University (RUC) Part-time Lecturer with expertise in Global, International and Development Studies Deadline: 03 August 2025 – Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University (RUC) Un·e postdoctorant·e en économie du développement Deadline : 31 August 2025 – Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI) Postdoc position in Farmers’ perceptions on Feed Ingredients from organic Waste for Green Transition Deadline: 31 August 2025 – Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University (RUC) Senior Researcher Position: Peace Research Deadline: 01 September 2025 – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) Senior Researcher in European Foreign and Security policy Deadline: 15 September 2025 – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) See more job offers on the EADI website Opinions What Would “Positive Development Studies” Look Like? Richard Heeks – Global Development Institute (GDI) To address recurring crises, we must attempt global development policy reforms Chimwemwe Salie Hara – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) A strong external budget: A strategic necessity in the MFF negotiations Alexei Jones – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) Bringing tax expenditures into the debate on financing for development Christian von Haldenwang – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) “Be My Guest”: Trust as Economic Capital in Sudanese Displacement African Arguments – Abdel Mageed Yahya, Mari Norbakk – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) “I didn’t choose to be an activist, resistance is the only option I have to survive in Tunisia” by Miriam Mona Mukalazi & Isabella Costa (VIDC Global Dialogue), based on an interview with Rayhan Jlidi – Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC) Beyond digital rights: Why the development community must reclaim agency in AI Caroline Khene, Moinul Zaber – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Reflections on capabilities in decisions to migrate or stay T. Dubow – UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology UNU-MERIT 1,5 °C: El Umbral Crítico del Calentamiento Global y sus Implicaciones para el Futuro del Planeta IDHUS – Instituto para el Desarrollo de Sociedades Humanas Instituto IDHUS Compromiso de Sevilla: commitments to be implemented—now S. Treyer, D. Barchiche, B. Katoka – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) Calls Call for Abstracts IHS Urban Research Day (URD) Deadline: 18 August 2025 – Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) Call for papers WIDER Development Conference: Growth, governance, and geopolitics in a fractured world order, 18-20 March 2026, New Delhi Deadline: 01 September 2025 – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Call for Panels and Abstracts / Papers and Posters, « Development in the Interregnum: Past, Present, and Future(s) », Dublin, 15-16 January 2026 Deadline: 30 September 2025 – Development Studies Association Ireland DSAI Governing Planetary Defense: Politics, Ethics, Law in the Global Response to an Asteroid Threat Deadline: October 2025 Institute of International Relations (IIR) See more calls on the EADI Website Training Autumn School: Indigenous Knowledge and Practice: an optimistic response to the global funding crisis. 03-04 September 2024, Maynooth, Ireland Development Studies Association Ireland DSAI Course on Food Security: How to Measure and Improve, 20 September – 01 October 2025 ETH Zürich, Centre for Development and Cooperation (NADEL) Master International Cooperation and Emancipatory Education (online) Instituto de Estudios sobre Desarrollo y Cooperación Internacional: Universidad del Pais Vasco (HEGOA) Máster Globalización, Desarrollo y Cooperación (XXXIII edición) Món-3, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas (Món-3) Master in Cooperation and Development, Pavia Application deadline extended to 08 September 2025 – Center for Global Strategic Engagement (GLOBEC) See more courses and tranings on the EADI website Opinion continued Postcard from Spain: Chilly development finance discussions in scorching Sevilla Adam Moe Fejerskov, Marie Kolling, Sarah Kristine Poppelkvist – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) Building bridges with Palestine: DSA 2025 reflections on what higher education can and must do Sandy Nofyanza – Global Development Institute (GDI) New deforestation regulations must consider smallholder farmers Duncan Williamson – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Nature, Livelihoods, and Vector-Borne Diseases in Uganda: The Need for Interdisciplinarity Maureen Nabatani – Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung ZEF A roadmap to $4 trillion agreed at 43°C. Key takeaways from the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development Kunal Sen, Marie-France Boucher – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Climate change takes its toll on Spain W. Chislett – Real Instituto Elcano |