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| 2nd Issue March 2026 Editorial Today we’re happy to announce that early bird fee is open until 30 March for the upcoming EADI/IOB general conference in Antwerp this summer, and we look forward to seeing many of you there! In the weeks before the conference, we will be holding a couple of virtual dialogues for which you can register now. And our latest blog post explains « Why We Must Embrace Uncertainty ».Benefit from the early bird fee!The early bird fee for our flagship conference is open until 30 March 2026! Of course, all EADI members pay a reduced fee. We offer a variety of 70 seed and harvest panels, roundtables and plenary sessions, as well as dedicated early career sessions. To the registration From our BlogRethinking “Development”: Why We Must Embrace UncertaintyCan Right-wing populism be seen as a result of “development” failure? Will a more effective, efficient liberal state, supported by markets and with strong evidence-based expertise, come to the rescue? In our latest blog, Ian Scoones makes a case for a different approach: « Policies should not dictate precise plans that never work but instead offer a framework within which different people can deliberate, experiment, improvise and innovate, creating new solutions along the way that can be shared and expanded ». Read moreTo the Blog Overview Dudley Seers Lecture with Joyeeta GuptaSharing our Earth: Contributing to the Writing of a Global Constitution, 30 June 2026, 19.30 CESTWe are happy to announce that, in connection with the upcoming EADI/IOB Conference, Joyeeta Gupta from the University of Amsterdam will be holding the renowned Dudley Seers Lecture which will also be live-streamed. She argues that we need to move towards a different model of multilateral cooperation which is guided by universal and yet plural principles by which we are all, or at least the majority are, willing to live by. Read more Upcoming Virtual EventsWe’ve added a few interesting webinars over the coming months, so we invite you to check what’s in it for you! For example, « Historical Trauma and Its Development Implications Across Generations » on 13 May, or « Green Economy and Rural Livelihoods in Africa: Policies and Implementation Pathways » on 28 May. We’re constantly adding new events, so stay tuned in! MoreSee all EADI Events Rewatch: Feminist Participatory GrantmakingRights Justice Action. For All Women and Girls: Reflections and Practices on FPGDecision-making in grantmaking processes is often done in closed boardrooms, far away from communities that are at the forefront of intersecting crises. In feminist participatory grantmaking (FPG), communities are treated as active partners who can provide significant insights, expertise, and lived experience that support more effective decision-making, promote robust conversations, and foster mutual accountability. Watch the webinar EJDR – Early Career Initiative Article CollectionIn line with the commitment of The European Journal of Development Research to support the publication of articles of scholars in early career paths the editors are delighted to highlight such research with this specially dedicated open-ended online collection which includes all articles accepted under the EJDR Early Career Researcher Initiative.Please see the collection of articles here. Highlight: Advancing Racial Equity in DSThis report by the British Development Studies Association offers the clearest, most honest account of what racially minoritised early career researchers experience within Development Studies today with clarity about where our practice misses the mark of our intention. Participants of a related worksshop consistently described precarity as a structural, racialised condition rather than an early-career inconvenience. Fixed-term contracts, short funding cycles and opaque progression routes intersect with visa regimes, class and gender to create unequal risk. Read more and download the report Highlight: Open Access Book: Legal MobilizationAssessing the Potential and Limits of Law-based Civic Advocacy This book by Jeff Handmaker from the ISS discusses the strategic potential of law-based, civic-led advocacy and surveys how legal mobilization can serve as a form of counterpower to state and corporate-led lawfare. It covers a variety of pressing issues such as the struggle for migrants’ rights in the Netherlands and the global push for Palestinian rights, as well as legal battles in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. It also examines ‘lawfare blowback’, the hegemonic use of law by governments, companies and other non-governmental actors seeking to disrupt the efforts of advocates. Read more Premium Members Publication Picks Managing Macroeconomic Vulnerabilities in Vietnam’s Energy Transition: A Multidimensional Policy FrameworkAchilleas Mantes, Brian Hartley, Gaëlle Le Treut – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Resilience from Below: Rethinking Development in Northern Kenya’s Pastoral DrylandsThe Journal of Development StudiesRahma Assan, Tahira Mohamed, Ian Scoones et al. – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Drought-Driven Water Insecurity in an Emerging Indian Megacity: A Coupled Multi-Agent Systems Approach for Policy Evaluation Earth’s FutureAnkun Wang, Christian J. A. Klassert, Raphael Karutz et al. – Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE) Equity, Benefit-Sharing and Financial Architecture in the International Seabed Area Greenpeace ReportHarvey Mpoto Bombaka, Ben Tippet – Department of International Development King’s College London (DID) Energy at the Edge of the State. Extractivism, Agropastoralism, and the Making of Frontiers In: Societal Transitions to Sustainability (open access book)Shayan Shokrgozar, Usman Ashraf, David Singh – Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) Return and Reintegration: Evaluation of the BMZ’s support to promote sustainable reintegration of returnees from Germany in their countries of originJohannes Erler, Lena Heller, Lea Jechel et al. – German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) Country-led evaluation to achieve the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development GoalsAda Ocampo, Nea-Mari Heinonen, Dirk Hoffmann, Thomas Rossmueller – German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) The Three-Points Sponge Policy approach; toward an enhanced multi-level resilience strategyFrontiers in WaterFrans Van De Ven, Chris Zevenbergen et al. – IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (IHE Delft) Powerful but dysfunctional? The Group of 77 and UN multilateralism Third World QuarterlyMax-Otto Baumann, Anna Novoselova – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Countering Backlash: Reclaiming Gender Justice. Synthesis Report of Research Over Six YearsJerker Edstrom, Tessa Lewin, Sohela Nazneen, Chloe Skinner – Institute of Development Studies (IDS Read more about EADI Members Policy Publication Picks by Members The Politics of Translocality Megatrends AfricaCaitlin Blaser Mapitsa, Lena Gutheil – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Zimbabwe’s shrinking civil society space: How human rights organisations altered their advocacy strategiesGodfrey Kanyenze – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) Troubled waters: Europe’s subsea telecommunications networkSasha Pearson – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) Beyond projects: the role of development partners in institutionalising renewable energy innovations: lessons from the Global SouthJoshua Philipp Elsässer, Harald Fuhr, Anna Fünfgeld et al. – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) The ramifications of aid cuts on refugee lives: case of the Differentiated Assistance (DA) model and the Shirika Plan in KenyaFred Ikanda, Michael Owiso – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Automation and Inequality: Social Safety Nets in the Age of AI GIGA Focus GlobalTetiana Schipper – German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Food security implications of armed conflict in the middle east and the strait of hormuz blockageBernardina Algieri, Lukas Kornher & Joachim von Braun – Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung ZEF EU Agricultural Development Policies in North AfricaIrene Carpentier, Clément Steuer, Jan Daniel et al. – Institute of International Relations (IIR) |
| Calls 3rd MethodsNET Conference | Call for Proposals Now Open Submission Deadline: 06 May 2026Methods Excellence Network Call for abstracts: Austrian Launch of the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report 2026 Countdown to 2030: Access and equity International Conference on inequity in education, Vienna, 25 September 2026 Deadline: 30 AprilAustrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE) Call for papers: International and Financial Dimensions of Critical Minerals, 10-11 June 2026, Lima Deadline: 03 April 2026Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI) Call for abstracts: Atlas Convention 2026: « From Ideas to Impact: Translating Knowledge into Inclusive Growth, Cape Town, 07-08 September 2026 Deadline: 24 April 2026 Call for Abstracts: 2026 SANORD Conference Deadline: 10 April 2026Swedish Development Research Network SweDev See more calls on the EADI Website Opinions What an Urban Lens Can Tell Us About VenezuelaErika Garcia Fermin – Global Development Institute (GDI) Looking for the AI in inclusive AIAnuradha Ganapathy – Global Development Institute (GDI) What I have learnt in 50 years of engagement with urban issuesArif Hasan – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) How LDCs and SIDS are building finance tools to take adaptation projects to scaleAnaa Hassan & Samson Mbewe – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) The missing link in water stewardship: why gender equity is not an add-onHester le Roux – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) When test design meets reality: Lessons from measuring young people’s skills in MozambiqueHanna Berkel & Juneque Francisco Saguate – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) How automation is reshaping social mobility in ChinaWenjun Wang – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Ramaphosa and a stable electricity system in South Africa: the devils are in the detailMark Swilling – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) GDI Digest: Forget the hype – how is AI really changing the world?Louisa Hann – Global Development Institute (GDI) Empowering Human Potential: Rethinking Employability in the New Collar EraLujia Feng – Global Development Institute (GDI)Training Development and International CooperationInstituto de Estudios sobre Desarrollo y Cooperación Internacional: Universidad del Pais Vasco (HEGOA) Globalisation and DevelopmentInstituto de Estudios sobre Desarrollo y Cooperación Internacional: Universidad del Pais Vasco (HEGOA) Societies in Crisis: Humanitarian Action and Policy ResponsesInternational Institute of Social Studies (ISS) See more courses and trainings on the EADI website Jobs PhD in International Development StudiesApplication Deadline: 31 March 2026 – Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE) The IEE is seeking a research fellow Application Deadline: 06 April 2026Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE) Researcher within International Environment and Development Studies Application Deadline: 07 April 2026Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) PhD within International Environment and Development Studies with a focus on Arctic politics Application Deadline: 07 April 2026Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) PhD within International Environment and Development Studies Application Deadline: 14 April 2026Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) Call for Applications: 1 PhD + 2 postdoc positions in ERC research project ShockAge Application Deadline: 19 April 2026Department of Development Studies, University of Vienna See more jobs on the EADI website Opinion continued ICARRD+20 and the emerging global coalition behind the 4Rs. Land Redistribution, Recognition, Restitution and RegulationJun Borras – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) | Transnational Institute TNI The African Union’s crisis diplomacy on the US-Israel war with IranUeli Staeger – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) War on Iran, Turmoil in Sudan: Geopolitics at the Red Sea FrontierMunzoul Assal, Liv Tønnessen – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) Hizbollah – farewell to arms?Are J. Knudsen – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) The EU and China in Africa: Is it better to compete or work together?Mariella Di Ciommo, Poorva Karkare, Pauline Veron – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) |