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| Welcome to the fortnightly newsletter of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI). |
| 1st Issue December 2025 Editorial Before slowly wrapping up our activities for this year, we’d like to remind you that the survey on future priorities of our work is still open until Christmas, and we’d really love to hear your opinion! The open call for abstracts for our flagship event next year closes a few days before on 21 December. In the meantime, we’ve not been idle: we’ve got two new blog posts, a new working group, and had a very interesting roundtable last week about the uncertain future of global development, which is now available to rewatch. From our Blog The Challenges of Decolonising Sustainability and the Environment in Development Studies « While engagement with sustainability and the environment may seem like a neutral way to describe relationships between humans and nature, the roots of sustainable development are in reality deeply shaped by the legacies of colonisation and coloniality. » In this blog, Lyla Mehta delves into the colonial history of environmental protection, suggests pathways towards decolonising Development Studies and calls out remaining challenges. Read more Three Ideal Types for the Future of Development Cooperation « What is ultimately at stake is the system’s limited capacity to respond to the profound transformations reshaping the international landscape », writes José Antonio Alonso, adding that a new narrative is not enough to solve the crisis of development cooperation. To explore possible trajectories, he proposes three ideal types of development cooperation instead, which don’t aim to reflect reality, but rather to highlight a referential model for analysis. Read more To the Blog Overview New Video: Global Development at a Crossroads Global development cooperation faces profound uncertainty. Declining aid budgets, rising nationalism, and geopolitical rivalry are eroding shared principles that once underpinned collective action on poverty, inequality, and sustainability. This online roundtable brought together leading voices from the Global North and Global South to debate competing visions, ground rules and emerging forms of internationalism. Watch here New EADI Working Group: Development Humanities We’re happy to announce a new EADI Woking Group which you are cordially invited to join! it will explore the potential of radical interdisciplinarity in the context of ‘development’ and aims to Initiate discussions and scholarly engagement with a cohort of scholars across Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Possible topics are e.g. decolonizing development, innovative methodologies, artistic citizenship, the importance of narratives in the social sciences. Read more See all EADI Working Groups Highlight: Africa’s Development Dynamics 2025 Infrastructure, Growth and Transformation « Infrastructure can be the engine that powers Africa’s economic transformation and helps it achieve the ambitions of Agenda 2063 », concludes this report by the OECD: « To achieve this in the face of pervasive financial constraints, policymakers should prioritise the highest-return infrastructure projects, foster stronger public-private partnerships, gather investment data, and better manage social and ecological risks » Read more Thematic Focus: Food and Agriculture  Agroforestry uptake: Tactics that smallholder farmers use to overcome barriers to adoption Duncan Macqueen, Elaine Springgay – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) From innovation to exnovation: insights from post-growth food enterprises in Australia Ecological Economics – Sabrina Chakori, Nicola Grigg, Katharina Biely et al. – Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI) Assessing the impact of global change on flood dynamics and rice submergence susceptibility in the Kilombero floodplain, Tanzania Frontiers in Earth Science – Marc Tuschen, Stefanie Steinbach, Hnin Phyu Sin, Mariele Evers – Department of Geography, University of Bonn (GIUB) PeaceFIELD1 Report Prepared for the Project: “Promoting the Management of Social, Political and Institutional Environment to Diminish Agrarian Conflict in Polochic Valley, Guatemala” Neil, T. 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Ferguson, Paulina Rebolledo Guzmán et al. – International Security and Development Center gGmbH (ISDC) Standing on shifting ground: Epistemological contradictions between markets and eco-cultural values of sustainability in smallholder farming in Mbeya, Tanzania Current Research in Environmental Sustainability – Saymore Ngonidzashe Kativu – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Browse the Member Publications Database Premium Members Publication Picks Home-country effects of outward foreign direct investment: A systematic review of empirical and policy evidence International Business Review – Jan Knoerich, Daniel Benson – Department of International Development King’s College London (DID) Gender Differences in Multidimensional Poverty in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Journal of International Development – Francesco Burchi, Daniele Malerba – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Hijacking legality: Corruption and property creation in Brazil’s frontiers Political Geography – Joachim S. Stassart, Flávia Mendes de Almeida Collaço, Dário Cardoso Jr., Renato Morgado – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) Critical Mining Asset Control and Geoeconomic Fragmentation: What Is Left for Developing Countries? Hugo Lapeyronie, Gregor Semieniuk, Etienne Espagne – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Targeting Social Assistance in Protracted Crises: Lessons from Ethiopia, Niger and Nigeria Fred Merttens – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Poverty and stigma in urban Bangladesh: conceptual contributions and empirical explorations Journal of Poverty and Social Justice – Keetie Roelen, Brigitte Rohwerder, Saklain Al Mamun, Maheen Sulta – The Centre for the Study of Global Development, The Open University (CSGD & OU) Read more about EADI Members Policy Publication Picks by Members Sudan and our collective responsibility to protect Philippe Van Damme – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) Social Protection, Livelihoods and Climate Resilience in Conflict-Affected Settings Jeremy Lind, Carolina Holland-Szyp, Rachel Sabates-Wheeler et al. – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Critical minerals in EU trade discourse: navigating a trilemma in times of geopolitical competition German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Carbon market integrity: How to move beyond the limitations and uncertainties? Tom Jouvet, Djedjiga Kachenoura – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) From Cairo to Luanda: A 25-Year Parliamentary Reflections of AU-EU Relations ETTG – Iliana Olivié, IDaniele Fattibene Jeggan Grey et al. – Real Instituto Elcano et al. How to unlock US$1.3 trillion in resilience finance: Using risk assessment to drive investment and impact Ritu Bharadwaj, N Karthikeyan – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Picks from International Partner Networks Trust in science: Ethical responsibilities for scientists and universities Robert French – International Science Council ISC Call For Inputs: Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment at the Service of the Right to Education, UN Commissioner for Human Rights Deadline: 25 January 2026 – Network for international policies and cooperation in education and training NORRAG The Insider Podcast: Season 2 – Progress Reimagined: Putting Societies at the Heart of European Research European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities (EASSH) |
| Jobs Associate Professorship in Development Economics Deadline: 08 December 2025 – Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House (ODID) Offre de consultance – mission de suivi et évaluation du projet du PCDI – année 2025/2026 Deadline: 18 December 2025 – Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI) Lecturer in Health Economics Deadline: 08 January 2026 – Department of International Development King’s College London (DID) See more jobs on the EADI website Opinions The Global Gateway’s missing ingredient: Adding peace to the mix Inge Brees – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) World Social Summit reflections: Poverty reduction and climate resilience Andrew Shepherd – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) The Relevance of Food Systems for Sustainability Transformations Michael Brüntrup, Aiveen Donnelly, Lukas Kornher, Tekalign Sakketa – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Farming against the odds: How local synergies are sustaining agriculture amid conflict and displacement in Eastern Sudan Hussein M. Sulieman – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) Staying in Place: Climate-Induced Male Out-Migration and the Well-Being of Women Staying in Rural Uttar Pradesh, India Gao Wang – Governance and Inclusive Development, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (GID) Critical minerals: reflections on the G20 Leaders’ Summit Lorenzo Cotula, Lindlyn Moma – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Mobility without protection: Cross-border migration and HIV risks in South Asia Miguel Niño-Zarazúa – SOAS University of London SOAS Booming Addis Ababa Jon Abbink – African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) G20: a platform where world powers (still) talk to each other about sustainable development? Céline Kauffmann – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) The G20 without the US: multilateralism after hegemony? Miguel Otero Iglesias – Real Instituto Elcano Calls Call for Papers: The geography of women’s labour force participation Deadline: 22 December 2025 – Development Studies Association (DSA) Request for research proposals: Green fiscal policies, climate change and the just energy transition in the Global South Deadline: 20 December 2025 – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Call for Articles: « Crises of Care » Development Journal Deadline: 26 January 2026 – Society for International Development (SID) See more calls on the EADI Website Training International Online School in Forced Migration 08 -12 December 2025, 16 – 20 March & 22 – 26 June 2026 – Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House (ODID) Future Leaders Programme 12, London, 24–27 February 2026 Application deadline: 05 December 2025 – SOAS University of London SOAS Advanced Master in Development Studies – Three Specialisations Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB) MSc in Global and Development Studies Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University (RUC) MSc Sustainability, Environment and Development, University of Leeds Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds (SRI) MSc in Development Policy and Politics (with Mo Ibrahim Foundation Internship) International Development Department, University of Birmingham (IDD) MA in Development Studies (MADS) International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) See more courses and trainings on the EADI website Opinion continued Moving away from traditional aid—or are we moving back? Göran Holmqvist – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Unequal Fields: How Agricultural subsidies are reinforcing income gaps in farming Imre Fertő – Centre for Economic and Regional Studies CERS |