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| 1st Issue May 2025 Editorial Today we’re happy to announce two new outputs from our « Share Your Decolonising Story » Project, as well as two new blog posts – one of which also resonates well with this project. We’re also pleased that the special jubilee issue of our journal, the EJDR is out, and that we’ve got extraordinarily many vacancies and calls to share. From our Blog “Vulnerable Research” in a Time of Climate Change and Coloniality « Rather than defending academia in its current form, this is an opportunity to demand that it finally changes to reflect the world as it is now, rather than as it was. Embracing vulnerable research moves our work to being part of the global acts of resistance, against climate change, imperialism and genocide. » Our latest blog discusses academia’s complicity in reproducing forms of harm it aims to study. Read more The EU Deforestation Regulation: Chances for Inclusive Sustainable Forest and Agricultural Commodity Chains? « Although the private sector is far from doing enough reduce its share in deforestation, it could serve as a paramount lever if pushed towards effectively halting the expansion of the agricultural frontier into forests ». This blog explores challenges, opportunities and points of critique of the EU’s deforestation regulation. Read more To the blog overview Decolonising Stories: New Text and Podcast Out We’re happy to share two new stories from our « Share Your Decolonising Story » project: Read about Rhina Colunge-Peters’ experience of belonging to different places embedded in the larger web of life. Read the story Listen to Marine Gauthier (Graduate Institute, Geneva) talk about her experience working in international organisations and her growing discomfort with being perceived as an ‘expert’. Listen here NorDev Early Bird Registration Closes on 15 May! NorDev25: Solidarity, Social Justice and Sustainability, 24-26 September 2025, Ås, Norway We’re proud partners of this year’s NorDev conference held at our premium member Noragric and highly recommend making use of the early-bird registration which ends on 15 May. The theme of the conference is “Solidarity, social justice and sustainability”: Nurturing academic-civic solidarity, fostering social justice, and cultivating collaborations in an era of uncertainty”. Read more News from the EJDR Our Journal, the European Journal of Development Research (EJDR) is now open for submissions on Snapp – Springer Nature’s peer review system The following articles from our jubilee special issue are available open access until the end of May: Academic Debate and Self-Criticism: Embracing Diversity at the Core of Development Studies The Decolonization of Development Studies and International Relations in Central and Eastern Europe: A Polish Perspective of Living Between the Core and Periphery Varieties of Universalism and Their Discontents: The Future of Development Studies Plural Futures of/for Development? The Case for Global and International Development, and Against All Inequalities Everywhere The EJDR is EADI’s Journal. Read it Now! Post-Development From the Global South We’re proud and happy to see that one of the panels at our recent general conference has led to the publication of this book: « Post-Development from the Global South. Radical Alternatives or Ambivalent Engagements? », which takes reader from abstract post-development theory right into the heart of communities directly impacted by development. Read more Book Launch Event on 16 May, 13.00 CET Post-development calls for radical alternatives to development, but how do these ideals sit with the day-to-day reality of marginalised communities struggling with poverty, precarity, and the deprivation of human rights? Join on zoom Featured EADI Member: Institute of Development Policy The Institute of Development Policy (IOB) at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, is the partner for our next General Conference! It is a multidisciplinary institute involved in academic teaching, scientific research and service to the community in the area of economic, political and social aspects of development policy. Dossier on the Situation in Eastern DRC: In the light of the ongoing conflict in the Kivus it is worth mentioning that IOB has put together a dossier which brings together all pieces featuring its researchers with their analyses on the conflict from different angles Read more Member Podcast Picks  As many of our members run interesting podcast, we will recommend some of them here from time to time. Today’s picks are: Between the Lines (IDS): The empathy fix: why poverty persists and how to change it. Listen Global Aid Rethink: The end of Aid? Listen Global Development Institute Podcast: Nigeria’s Urban Heritage Listen Highlight: Gender in African Cities This report by the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC), led by the Global Development Institute, draws on ACRC’s political settlements framing to reveal the interconnectedness of youth, gender and insecurity with dynamic urban (in/formal) political processes that shape, and often constrain, opportunities for youth. We argue that using a youth-gender-(in)security lens, advanced by a lived experience methodology, can help to centre agency and counter harmful gender stereotypes. It draws together existing but disparate analyses to synthesise existing knowledge on the gender, youth and (in)security nexus in African cities and to propose future directions for research. Read more Thematic Focus: Debt Imperial durabilities of debt: indigeneity, racial capitalism and the ‘tribal’ figure in finance Globalizations – Tanushree Kaushal – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) Currencies under pressure: how currency fluctuations and climate risks impact debt sustainability in SIDS and LDCs Ritu Bharadwaj N. Karthikeyan Balakrishnan Ananda Kumar – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) From Debt Reset to Growth Onset? Sovereign Debt Restructuring and Firm Performance in Developing Countries Quentin Dufresne, Marin Ferry & Luc Jacolin – Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI) Class and kinship in problem debt. Navigating the “debt maelstrom” in the Netherlands Focaal – Burgt, H.G.J. van der; Beuving, J.J.; Gesthuizen, M.J.W.; Meijl, A.H.M. van – Department of Anthropology and Development Studies (CAOS) How to deal with the current debt crisis of developing countries? Jürgen Zattler – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) How can the global sovereign debt architecture work better for African countries? Abel Gwaindepi – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) Premium Members Publication Picks High Ambitions, Low Emissions? Europe’s Green Industrial Policy and the Global South ÖFSE (ed.) – Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE) Technological Autonomy or Global Integration: Navigating Vaccine Dependency in LMICs Anabel Marín, Jose Morales – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) The impact of black economic empowerment on the performance of listed firms in South Africa Journal of Comparative Economics – Matthias Busse, Nina Kupzig, Tim Vogel – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Taxation and Business Development in Zanzibar Insights from a Business Survey Viola Asri, Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Lucas Katera, Samwel Nassary, Ahmed Saadat – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) Emerging migrant workers and aspiring capitalist farmers in the aftermath of the land rush in Ethiopia Agriculture and Human Values – Moges Belay – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) What would it take for a ‘no-stop’ border in Africa? Bruce Byiers, Amanda Bisong – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) Working with interviews in Process Tracing Evaluation Methods European Evaluation Society – Gabriela Camacho Garland, Derek Beach, Johannes. Schmitt – German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) Reimagining Data Governance for AI Peter Addo, Adam Zable, Andrew Zahuranec, Stefan Verhulst – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Read more about EADI Members Policy Publication Picks by Members The NDICI-Global Europe mid-term review exercise in sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons for the future Philippe Van Damme – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) Social protection for economic inclusion in Latin America: the potential of comprehensive programming Thaís de Carvalho, Keetie Roelen – The Centre for the Study of Global Development, The Open University (CSGD & OU) From Global Governance to Nationalism: The Future of AI GIGA Focus Global – Sara Bazoobandi, Sangeeta Mahapatra, Tetiana Schipper et al. – German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) The impact of international economic sanctions on informal employment Ali Moghaddasi Kelishomi, Roberto Nisticò – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) A Multi-dimensional Approach to the Post-COVID-19 World for Panama OECD – OECD Development Centre OECD/DC From conflict to resilience: tackling climate, debt and food insecurity in Somalia Ritu Bharadwaj N. Karthikeyan Balakrishnan Ananda Kumar et al. – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) The crisis of multilateralism and African peace operations Corine van Emmerik & Peter Albrecht – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) Central European Populism: Is there a convergence around climate change, gender- and immigration-related policies? Katarzyna Kochlöffel, Petr Kratochvíl, Jan Kovár et al. – Institute of International Relations (IIR) Picks from International Partner Networks Rethinking science in a complex world- insights from Craig Calhoun Craig Calhoun – International Science Council ISC Applications open for round two of the Asia-Pacific Academic Mentoring Program Deadline: 25 May 2025 – International Science Council ISC Feminismos en el nudo de ultraderechas y neoconservadurismos radicales M. Valdivieso, A. Carosio (Coord) – The Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO Economía política de las energías renovables en América Latina L. Alonso Serna, E. Talledos Sánchez (Coord) – The Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO Devenires anticapitalistas: sociabilidades, territorios y autonomías Experiencias desde el sur global L. García Corredor, P. Ariel Becher, M. Regina Cano Orúe (Org.) – The Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO |
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| Jobs Postdoctoral Fellow in Environment and Energy Economics (F/M/D) Deadline: 09 May 2025 – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) Director, UNU-WIDER (D1) Deadline: 13 May 2025 – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Directeur Executif (F/H/D) Académie de droit international humanitaire et des droits humains à Genève Deadline: 19 May 2025 – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) Teaching Fellow in Global Development Deadline: 20 May 2025 – School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV) W1 Professorship in Development Economics with a focus on Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, or Asia (f/m/d) Deadline: 22 May 2025 – German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Research Assistant (Administrative tax data | Big Data) Deadline: 25 May 2025 – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d) – Comparative politics with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa Deadline: 26 May 2025 – German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Lecturer in Politics and Development Deadline: 28 May 2025 – Global Development Institute (GDI) Doctoral scholarship holder economics and development Deadline: 05 June 2025 Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB) See more job offers on the EADI website Opinions What does solidarity mean in practice? Deepta Chopra – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Last chance for a fundamental reform of German development policy? Heiner Janus, Armin von Schiller – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) What can be Learned from the Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Handling of Trump? Jonas von Hoffmann – German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Can cash-plus health insurance lift poor families? Martin Paul Jr. Tabe-Ojong, Emmanuel Nshakira-Rukundo – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) The EU in a new geopolitical world order K. R. McNamara – Real Instituto Elcano The fragility of trust: How the termination of US foreign aid undermines humanitarian efforts in Zimbabwe Chimbidzikai – African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) Listening, learning, and taking action: A community’s journey to clean water O. Afolabi – Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) Did COVID-19 vaccination in Africa progress quicker than we thought? Y. Markhof – UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology UNU-MERIT Becoming Norwegian, Becoming Herself: Muslim Immigrant Women, Workfare Logics, and the Reinvention of Identity through Entrepreneurship Sarah A Tobin – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) How to use LinkedIn to share your research S. Baily – Global Development Institute (GDI) On Indigeneity in Settler Colonial States T. Todorova – Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre, University of York (IGDC) The Disaster Loop – Another catastrophe in Myanmar TNI – Transnational Institute TNI Cruel Colonial Re-imaginings H. Ogude-Chambert – Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House (ODID) Calls Call for Articles « Pan-African Feminist Labour Narratives » Deadline: 09 May 2025 – Society for International Development (SID) Call for Articles « Religion, Faith, and Development: Navigating Emerging Trends, Challenges, and the Future of Secularism » Deadline: 15 May 2025 – Society for International Development (SID) Agri4D – Call for Abstracts Deadline: 26 May 2025 – Swedish Development Research Network SweDev Challenges and prospects for ‘green’ industrial policy in the Global South – Open call for research papers and summer school Deadline: 30 May 2025 – Transnational Institute TNI Call for Submissions: NORRAG Policy Insights « The Triple Nexus at 10: What We’ve Learned and Where We Go From Here. » Deadline: 31 May, 2025 – Network for international policies and cooperation in education and training NORRAG Call for essays on fascism and the Right for State of Power 2026 report Deadline: 02 June 2025 – Transnational Institute TNI Swedish Political Science Conference (SWEPSA) – Call for Abstracts Deadline: 13 June 2025 – Swedish Development Research Network SweDev Global Development Awards Competition 2025 Deadline: 18 June 2025 Call for Submissions – GDI Conference on “Palestine & Social Justice: Decolonisation and Development Studies” Deadline : 30 June 2025 – Global Development Institute (GDI) Appel à communication : JSEB 2025 Deadline : 01 August 2025 – Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI) See more calls on the EADI Website Training CERES PhD Training – March-June 2025 Research School for International Development CERES Training: Introduction to Docker – 14 May 2025 International Institute for Geo-Information Sciences and Earth Observation (ITC) MSc Policy, Behaviour and Data for Global Development Starting September 2025 – School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV) Master Globalización y Desarrollo Instituto de Estudios sobre Desarrollo y Cooperación Internacional: Universidad del Pais Vasco (HEGOA) Master Desarrollo y Cooperación Internacional Instituto de Estudios sobre Desarrollo y Cooperación Internacional: Universidad del Pais Vasco (HEGOA) Máster Globalización, Desarrollo y Cooperación (XXXIII edición) Preinscripción hasta el 7 de noviembre – Món-3, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas (Món-3) See more courses and tranings on the EADI website Opinion continued The missing social infrastructure: financing housing justice as a strategy to advance global agendas P. Sevilla Núñez, A. Apsan Frediani – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Debunking Microfinance M. Duvendack – School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV) Decarbonizing freight transport: beyond technologies, the issue of systemic policies L. Harry-Villain – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) Frelimo and the fate of Mozambique: Part 2 Pedro Alarcón – Copenhagen Business School, Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC) The contour project climate bridge: Bottom-up and top-down in action Beatrice Kundael Sumari & David Lyndorff Paris – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) |