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| Welcome to the fortnightly newsletter of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI). |
| 2nd Issue September 2025EditorialToday, we’re looking for a new colleague at the EADI secretariat in Bonn, Germany! And we are happy to share our new reflection paper which explores the potential of social science fiction as methodology in Development Studies. Our blog discusses the role the Asia-Pacific countries can play in the current crisis of global governance, and we cordially invite you to two EADI-sponsored events. Vacancy Note Senior Executive (50 – 80%)We’re looking for a Senior Executive starting 01 November 2025 with a focus on conference and event coordination. The successful candidate will join our small and dynamic office, where everyone plays an important role and has an impact. The new colleague will cooperate closely with the Executive Director and perform a variety of tasks at the heart of the association, such as the organization of scientific conferences, events, outreach activities, project development and administration. Read more New Reflection Paper on Social Science FictionReimagining the Methodological Horizon: What Can Social Science Fiction Offer Development Studies?Laura Camfield and Andy Sumner examine the potential of social science fiction (SSF), an approach combining social science analysis with narrative and imaginative techniques of science fiction to explore the human consequences of global income inequalities. They argue that SSF could enable scholars to develop new conceptual and theoretical ideas about past, present, and possible future social orders. Read more and download the paperSee all EADI Papers From our BlogAsia-Pacific Middle Powers: Holding the Line in Global Development GovernanceIn our latest blog Taekyoon Kim argues that, in the current turbulent times, » the Asia-Pacific middle powers – Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and South Korea – are emerging as pivotal actors. Though not great powers, their democratic credentials, developmental histories, and diplomatic agility position them to uphold inclusive governance and connect the Global North and the Global South at a time of global fragmentation. » What are the risks and opportunities? Read moreTo the Blog Overview Forthcoming EADI EventsTrauma-informed Participatory Research in Displacement Studies. Public Lecture by Dr Jasmin Lilian Diab, The Hague, 09 October 2025This lecture will explore the integration of trauma-informed and participatory approaches in displacement research, emphasising their ethical inseparability and the need to implement them as a unified methodological framework. Focusing on displacement contexts like Lebanon, it highlights how traditional research practices have often been extractive and reinforcing power asymmetries Read more Activating Gender Justice, Lisbon, 13 – 14 NovemberJoin us for a transformative event in Lisbon that brings together early-career and senior researchers, practitioners, and activists working on gender justice issues in the Global South. We will focus on advancing intersectional and transformative understandings of gender within Development Studies but also on building a strong and proactive community of researchers for future spaces such as the upcoming EADI/IOB Conference. Read more and registerTo the Event Calendar Early Career Researcher Support at the EJDRDid you know that our journal, the European Journal of Development Research (EJDR) has a specific early career researcher support system in place to help publish high-quality original papers? As these researchers may not always be familiar with the review processes, the early career initiative has been designed to assist with the understanding of this process. It is a ‘supported learning’ submissions route for early careers authors, to help fulfil their potential. The EJDR has even created a video on this initiative, providing step-by-step comments and guidance on how to structure a strong international development academic paper. Read moreThe EJDR is EADI’s Journal. Read it Now! Highlight: Justice in Global Economic GovernanceNormative and Empirical Perspectives on Promoting Fairer GlobalisationThis open access book edited by researchers from IDOSstudies global economic governance using an innovative structure to juxtapose normative arguments with empirical analysis. Chapters investigate the most important areas of global economic governance, including trade, investment, finance, labour and taxation. Bringing together leading scholars in political philosophy, international relations, economics and international law, the book sheds new light on the justice of political decision-making, the distribution of benefits and burdens of the global economy, and intergenerational justice in global economic governance. Read more Featured EADI Member: ISDC and Fragile LivesThe International Security and Development Centre (ISDC) in Berlin has the mission to conduct research to improve lives and livelihoods shaped by violent conflict, fragility and humanitarian emergencies, and it happens to be the host of this year’s EADI research communications workshop. It is also co-organiser of the Fragile Lives 2025 Conference, which will take place from 30 September to 01 October in Berlin. With an impressive line-up of speakers, there’s still the opportunity to join! Read more Thematic Focus: Urban Development  Negotiating green urbanism: Colonial legacies, governance contradictions, and resistance in Nairobi’s informal settlements Urban Political Ecology – Valentine Opanga – Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung ZEF Caring Communities and Urban Cultures of Care for Older People in Austria, Hungary, and The Netherlands Public Urban Cultures of Care – Valentin Fröhlich, Dóra Gábriel & Florian Pimminger – Centre for Economic and Regional Studies CERS An urban refugee dividend? Rethinking humanitarian aid as WASH investment in Jordan Lucy Earle Loan Diep Deena Dajani et al. – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)New urban frontiers Urban Geography – Tom Gillespie, Claire Mercer – Global Development Institute (GDI) Exploring transportation mode choices and air quality concerns: Insights from a diverse urban sample International Journal of Sustainable Transportation – Behnam Tajik, Rosemary McEachan, Amy Hough et al. – Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre, University of York (IGDC) Urbanization without structural transformation – Evidence from Nairobi metropolitan area Joshua Magero – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Premium Members Publication PicksDevelopment cooperation at a tipping point: how, why and through what mechanisms do policy norms break? Andy Sumner, Stephan Klingebiel – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Ending Child Labour – Implementation of SDG 8.7 Simela Papatheophilou, Bernhard Tröster – Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE) Implementing EU development and trade finance enhanced coordination under the Global Gateway strategy San Bilal, Laure Blanchard-Brunac, Andreas Klasen – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) Conservation Agriculture and sustainability of smallholder farms in Zimbabwe: Insights from a nationwide survey Land Use Policy – Clifton Makate, Benjamine Hanyani-Mlambo – Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) “I had to adjust my character so I was able to help”: how community volunteers in rural Zimbabwe developed as educators in a context of crisis and school closures Journal of Educational Change – Alison Buckler, Alison Twiner, Tom Power – The Centre for the Study of Global Development, The Open University (CSGD & OU) Development as Erasure: Palestine, Genocide and ‘Reconstruction’ Development and Change – Rafeef Ziadah – Department of International Development King’s College London (DID) Contested Airport Land in the Global South In: Contested Airport Land Social-Spatial Transformation and Environmental Injustice in Asia and Africa. (Partially open access) – Sneha Sharma, Irit Ittner, Isaac Khambule et al. – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) Food Systems Interventions for Nutrition: Lessons from 6 Program Evaluations in Africa and South Asia The Journal of Nutrition – Lynnette M Neufeld, Stella Nordhagen, Jef L Leroy, Noora-Lisa Aberman, Inka Barnett et al. – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. Evaluation of the Development-Policy Area of Intervention Jan Tobias Polak, Mira Fey, Denise Hörner et al – German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) The Impact of the Green Transition on Jobs in South Africa Katherine Davidson, Ariane De Lannoy, Joanna Grotte et al. – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD)Read more about EADI Members Policy Publication Picks by Members Iran in the Aftermath of the Twelve-Day War GIGA Focus Middle East – Eric Lob, Diba Mirzaei – German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) ICJ climate opinion: implications for investment treaties Lorenzo Cotula Jesse Coleman – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) COP30: Addressing implementation Céline Kauffmann, Marta Torres Gunfaus, Maiara Folly et al. – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) Harvesting change: Innovative strategies for delivering food systems adaptation finance for local-level impact Daniel Adeniyi – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) Social Assistance and Poverty Reduction Amidst Multiple Crises Andrew Shepherd, Vidya Diwakar, Judith-Ann Walker, Kareem Abdulrasaq, Michael Turnwait – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Climate mainstreaming in environmental treaties Annabelle Olivier, Jean-Frédéric Morin – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Multimodal transport hubs – Good practice guidelines Leticia Pinheiro Rizerio Carmo – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD)Picks from International Partner Networks Call for Applications: Youth Rising Creative Workshop for Academic Freedom 2025, 31 October – 01 November Deadline: 26 September 2025 – Network for international policies and cooperation in education and training NORRAG Strengthening digital maturity: a practical toolkit for science organizations International Science Council ISC A tool to plan an online or a hybrid conference International Science Council ISC Dificultades de la transición energética. Geopolítica y transporte O. Ugarteche Galarza, D. Bonilla (Coord) – The Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO |
| Training Visiting PhD Fellowship Application deadline: 30 September 2025 – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) See more courses and trainings on the EADI website Opinions Five lessons the UK can learn from Italy’s asylum accommodation crisis Paolo Novak – SOAS University of London SOAS Unlocking the middle tier: learning through dialogue Kris Stutchbury, Jennifer Agbaire, John Phiri, Kalaluka Kalaluka – The Centre for the Study of Global Development, The Open University (CSGD & OU) Montreal Protocol: lessons for future climate actions Aparajita Banerjee – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Missile diplomacy: The strategic implications of the Doha strike Mari Norbakk – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) From ambition to uncertainty: Gender equality in the EU’s new Global Europe instrument Sara Gianesello, Mariella Di Ciommo, Katja van der Meer, Sophie Desmidt – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) Debating uncertainty: from a politics of control to a politics of care Ian Scoones – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) At the Nile’s confluence: Taps run dry and outbreaks of disease kill thousands Gofran Ahmed, Mohamed Abdelgadir – IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (IHE Delft) ‘Peace is not the responsibility of a few, but the opportunity of all’ Alexa Madrid – Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (DHF) ‘Resentment is fuelling the rise of the right.’ Walden Bello & Teun Dominicus – Transnational Institute TNI We made poverty history. So why are we still here? Nicola Banks – Global Development Institute (GDI) If multiculturalism has failed, then what about integration? Jörg Friedrichs – Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House (ODID) Happy birthday Sustainable Development Goals – May your life exceed 2030 Elisabeth Hege & Damien Barchiche – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) A faltering process: Unpredictable funding undermines the development of ambitious African climate plans Ole Winckler Andersen & Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)Calls Call for Registration: 11th Annual Life in Kyrgyzstan (LiK) Conference, 10-11 October 2025, Bishkek International Security and Development Center gGmbH (ISDC) Call for Papers for a Workshop on Fostering Sustainable Finance and Investment for Just and Resilient Transitions in the Global South Deadline: 28 September 2025 – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Call for Panels and Abstracts / Papers and Posters: Development in the Interregnum: Past, Present, and Future(s) Deadline: 30 September 2025 – Development Studies Association Ireland DSAI Call for Panels DSA 2026: Reimagining Development. Power, Agency, and Futures in an Uncertain World, Dublin & Hybrid, 08-10 July 2026 Deadline: 20 October 2025 – Development Studies Association (DSA) Call for Manuscript: Journal of Development Effectiveness: For a Special Issue on Rigorously measuring the effects of peacebuilding approaches Deadline: 31 October 2025 – Red Española de Estudios del Desarrollo (REEDES) Red Española de Estudios del Desarrollo (REEDES) Call for Manuscripts: Dance Chronicle – For a Special Issue on South Asia’s Courtesan, Hereditary, and Temple Performers: Expanding Discourse and Disrupting Histories Deadline: 01 November 2025 – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) Call for Good Practices on School and Culture Collaborations for Citizenship Education No Deadline – Higher Institute for Labour Studies (HIVA) See more calls on the EADI Website Jobs W2 Professorship for Urban and Regional Geography Deadline: 28 September 2025 – Department of Geography, University of Bonn (GIUB) Director Deadline: 05 October 2025 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Research Assistant (f/m/diverse), Department “Transformation of Economic and Social Systems” No deadline, rolling basis – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) See more jobs on the EADI website |