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| Welcome to the fortnightly newsletter of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI). |
| 1st Issue September 2026 Editorial We’re pleased to bring you a selection of new research exploring development in times of crisis and shocks, with contributions looking at everything from climate and economic disruptions to conflict, trade and changing global dynamics. And if these questions spark your interest, don’t miss our webinar series that is starting next week on “Global Cooperation in Times of Crisis” — an opportunity to come together, exchange perspectives and discuss how development thinking and practice can respond to an increasingly uncertain world. You’ll also find many new job opportunities to explore, while this week’s blog turns to decolonisation, offering food for thought on how we understand and practise development.From our BlogInverted Eurocentrism: The Consumption of Decolonization in the Global NorthIn our latest blog post, Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven argues that any radical decolonization agenda must be aligned with critique of and resistance to contemporary oppression. She also posits that the most dominant form of decolonial theory – the one that is now pervasive across global North universities as well as many institutions across the global South – does not lend itself to such radical critique and resistance. Read more here! To the Blog Overview EJDR Early Career Publishing Webinar, 24 SeptemberThis online seminar is addressed to early career researchers who would like to learn more about avenues of publication in international high standard development journals as our journal, the EJDR. The journal’s dedicated ECR initiative has been designed to assist with the understanding of the application process as a supported learning’ route. Authors whose manuscripts are eligible will benefit from initial internal EJDR feedback on the manuscript to strengthen the paper. Read more and register! EJDR New Issue: Research Across Regions, Markets and DevelopmentOur journal, the European Journal of Development Research (EDJR), always adds new open access articles. The latest ones are: – Caste Dominance in Agricultural Credit Markets, but for Whom? Evidence from India Read– ‘We All Need to be One and Listen to Each Other’: Institutional Complexity and the Prospects of Co-management in Ghana’s Artisanal Fisheries Read– The Digital Harvest: A Critical Review of Technology, Sustainability, and Equity in Post-pandemic Agri-food Supply Chains Read Highlight: Climate Change and Migration – Global Challenges and Local Mitigation StrategiesThis open-access volume explores the complex relationship between climate change and human mobility from interdisciplinary and international perspectives.Bringing together research on climate-induced migration, food security, human rights, climate justice, urban resilience, and local adaptation, the book offers valuable insights into both global challenges and practical responses.Read here! Thematic Focus: Development in Times of Crisis and Shocks Armed group taxation and trade: Smuggler perspectives from Northeast India Shalaka Thakur – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) The checkpoint is the state: How checkpoints drive marketisation, state predation and resistance in South Sudan Joshua Craze & Ferenc Dávid Markó – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) The Effect of Violent Conflict on the Socioeconomic Condition of Households in Nigeria: The Case of Kaduna State Daniel Tuki – German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)Beyond a Single Purpose: The Complex Reasons Behind International Sanctions Bohdan Bernatskyi – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) Navigating Shocks: The Ripple Effects of Shipping Route Closures Carsten Philipp Brockhaus, Julian Hinz, Charles Serfaty – Poverty Reduction, Equity, and Growth Network (PEGNet) Adaptive policies balancing trade, productivity and cropland increases can support Zambia’s nutrition security under future climate shocks Stewart Jennings, Andrew Challinor & Jennie I. Macdiarmid, et.al – Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) Premium Members Publication Picks Towards global health governance in the post SDG world Gerald Bloom & Kalipso Chalkidou – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Financialisation and the finance–production nexus in South Africa: Bidirectional dynamics in mining and manufacturing Yang Bai – Department of International Development King’s College London (DID) International Cooperation and Contestation in the Trump Era – How Can Countries Exercise Agency in a Fragmenting Order? Andy Sumner – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) The New International Economic Order: Historical Lessons and Contemporary Relevance Paul Stubbs – Austrian Foundation for Development Research ÖFSE Trade, treaties, and aid: insights into North-South trade in critical raw materials Frederik Stender, Tim Vogel – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Negative news, misinformation, and public support for development cooperation: Can evidence literacy education build resilience? Jens Eger, Anna Lotte Klennert – German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) ‘Wisdom, solidarity and investment from within’: medical manufacturing as an expression of sovereignty and solidarity in post-independence Africa Lauren Paremoer, Hamish William Ayton Evans, Anne Pollock – Department of International Development King’s College London (DID) Read more about EADI Members Policy Publication Picks by Members The Pitfalls and Opportunities for UK Trilateral Cooperation With India Barnaby Joseph Dye – Department of International Development King’s College London BRICS: Actors, Trajectory, and Critical Assessment Garcia – Austrian Foundation for Development Research ÖFSE Development Finance for Food and Nutrition Security: Delving Deeper into the Nexus George MAVROTAS – Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI) Financing of Social Protection OECD – OECD Development Centre OECD/DC Elections in Brazil: Whoever Wins Will Be Bound by the Rural Caucus Samuel Siewers – German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)Picks by International Partner Networks Call for proposals – Research Consultancy on Research and Innovation (R&I) International Cooperation Deadline: 27 September 2026 – International Science Council ISC Call for Applications – Bridging Policy and Practice: Building Strong Institutions for Inclusive Justice and Sustainable Peace Deadline: 26 October 2026 – Academic Council on the United Nations System ACUNS |
| Training Master in Cooperation and Development Deadline: 10 September 2026 – University of Pavia 3rd MethodsNET Conference 2026 Deadline: 30 September 2026 – Methods Excellence Network MethodNet Market Systems Development (MSD) to Reduce Poverty, 22–26 February 2027 ETH Zürich, Centre for Development and Cooperation (NADEL) See more courses and trainings on the EADI website Opinions What leadership for global stability? Signals from China Sébastien Treyer – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) Kenya’s Gen Z Movement – Fighting for Transparency and Accountability in Governance Martins Kwazema – Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) Teacher Education in Transition: What Are We Preparing Teachers For? Aisha Naz Ansari – Network for international policies and cooperation in education and training NORRAG Crisis as Curriculum? The Politics of Shifting Responsibility onto Children Sreehari Ravindranath – Network for international policies and cooperation in education and training NORRAG Taliban’s Hydropolitics and the International Engagement Dilemma Faizee Mohd H. – IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (IHE Delft) How Andy Burnham can start to repair UK aid with one simple change Tamsyn Barton – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) The Nepal-Tibet floods show why the UK must step up global climate action Lyla Mehta – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Between Shock and Opportunity: Hormuz and Deepening North Africa–Europe Relations Annabelle Houdret Mark Furness – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) The EEAS’s difficult teenage years and the challenge of reform Andrew Sherriff – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) The business of ruin: How Sudan’s war economy fuels an endless conflict and what to do about it Munzoul A. M. Assal – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) Why Sudan should revive sorghum and millet Alawia Osman Mohammed, Manal Mahgoub Elsheikh, Mohammed Idris Osman et al. – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) From farmland to housing: How war-driven displacement is transforming Kassala Magbola Abdo ALjabar Hissin, Mohamed Talib, Eman Ahmed Mohammed, et al. – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) The grammar of survival: Women on the frontlines of Al -Fasher Aya Khatir Haroun Nahar – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) Calls Call for abstracts: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights – Linking Research, Policy and Practice Deadline: 10 September 2026 – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Open Call for Roundtable Presentations: sharing of art initiatives and research by and/or with refugee communities Deadline: 14 September 2026 – Governance and Inclusive Development, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (GID) Call for Abstracts – Learning Innovations and Emerging Technologies Conference 2026 Deadline: 14 September 2026 – Network for international policies and cooperation in education and training NORRAG Call for Chapter Proposals: Multilateral Development Banks Deadline: 20 September 2026 – Development Studies Association (DSA) See more calls on the EADI Website Jobs PhD Candidate in the Macroeconomics of Flood Risk and Climate Adaptation Deadline: 17 September 2026 – Governance and Inclusive Development, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (GID) Teacher Eastern European Studies Deadline: 20 September 2026 – Governance and Inclusive Development, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (GID) Junior Researcher (MA) with a Focus on Financial Colonial History and an Expertise in Art and Artist Deadline: 20 September 2026 – Governance and Inclusive Development, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (GID) Intern for a research project on international capital flows Deadline: 24 September 2026 – Poverty Reduction, Equity, and Growth Network (PEGNet) 2 PhD Positions – Government Responses to Internal Displacement ERC project Deadline: 01 October 2026 – Governance and Inclusive Development, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (GID) Professor by Special Appointment of Dutch History & Heritage of Slavery – Repair & Social Engagement Deadline: 01 October 2026 – Governance and Inclusive Development, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (GID) Researcher – Water Governance Deadline: 07 October 2026 – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) PhD candidate within a multi-methods project on negation across languages Deadline: 12 October 2026 – Governance and Inclusive Development, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (GID) S-Professorship (W3) for ‘International Economics’ Deadline: 15 October 2026 – Poverty Reduction, Equity, and Growth Network (PEGNet) Assistant Professor in International Development (Quantitative Social Science) Deadline: 01 December 2026 – Department of International Development King’s College London (DID) See more jobs on the EADI website |