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| 1st Issue October 2025 Editorial Today we’re happy to share another podcast from our « Decolonising Knowledge for Development » project and, for all podcast fans in your rows, we’d like to remind you of our « Hierarchies of Development » podcast which showcases a wealth of research and perspectives. We’ve got two new blog posts out and a new issue of our journal with most of the articles open access. Our thematic focus is on gender today.From our BlogDevelopment Cooperation at a Tipping Point: How do Policy Norms Break?This blog argues that the return of Donald Trump to the US presidency is more than a shift in one country’s policies: » It marks a potential normative tipping point in global development cooperation. To explain this, we set out four key arguments that together describe how norms break, what replaces them, and why it matters. » Read the post Legitimacy at the Core: Transformative Green Industrial Policy for a Just Mineral Extraction »The transition to a green economy is not just a technocratic challenge; it is fundamentally political. Political sustainability will not come from managing dissent but from recognising civil society as a co-architect of the future ». Our latest blog explores what’s needed to govern mineral extraction truly democratically and inclusively. Read the post To the Blog Overview New Decolonising Knowledge Podcast OutTaking Stock: Decolonising Knowledge in Development Studies, with Laura Camfield and Mariz TadrosListen to Mariz Tadros (IDS) and Laura Camfield (Kings’ College London) in conversation about decolonising knowledge, including experiences in contexts where they are indigenous or non-indigenous scholars, and alternatives to the current development knowledge ecosystem. ListenTo the « Decolonising Knowledge for Development » Page EJDR : October Issue OutIn the latest issue of our journal, the European Journal of Development Research, most of the articles are open access, for example:The Future of Sustainable Development Goals and Culture: Addressing Missing Dimensions from Four Cosmovisions African Ubuntu, Latin-American Buen Vivir, Buddhist Happiness and Nordic Sami ArbediehtuWhite Savior Narratives in International Development: A Discourse Analysis of the Kony2012 Campaign by Invisible ChildrenBrowse the issueThe EJDR is EADI’s Journal. Read it Now! Highlight: Internet Shutdowns in AfricaTechnology, Rights and PowerThis open access book authored entirely by African researchers and co-edited by Tony Roberts from IDS provides ten in-depth case studies of state-sponsored internet shutdowns across all regions of Africa. In so doing, it offers the first-ever comparative analysis of how African states use internet shutdowns as tools to close civic space, suppress opposition, and maintain power. . Ultimately, the book provides a unique comparative assessment of the dramatic economic, social, and political consequences of shutdowns – some intentional and some unintended. Read more Thematic Focus: Gender  Decolonizing and feminizing citizenship otherwise: enfleshment from the borderlands of (non)being Globalizations – Sara C. Motta &Tiina Seppälä – Global Development Studies at the University of Helsinki GHANA: Gender impact of promoting the cashew value chain Karin Gaesing – Institute for Development and Peace (INEF) Feminist Organizing Toolkit for Diaspora Organizations VIDC et al. – Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC) Evidence Generation from the Gender and Nutrition Sensitive 1,000 Days in Social Cash Transfer pilot. Final report Inka Barnett, Cleopas Sambo, Jean-Pierre Tranchant – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Understanding Backlash Against Gender Equality: Evidence, Trends and Policy Responses UNRISD – United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) Women in Science: Experiences of Academics in Switzerland Annalisa De Cia, Sara Hellmüller & Elizabeth Mesok Khan (Eds.) – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) Corruption as a Gendered Barrier: Informal Institutions and the Limits of Democratization in North Macedonia Milka Muratovska, Ina Kubbe & Ortrun Merkle – UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology UNU-MERIT Browse the Member Publications Database Premium Members Publication Picks Legitimacy in 21st-Century Polylateralism The Case of Global Health Funds Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations – Roosa Lambin, Nicola Yeates, Sophie Mackinder et al. – The Centre for the Study of Global Development, The Open University (CSGD & OU) Role of Trade Unions in International Development and Diplomacy Niranjan Nampoothiri – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) The many faces of the Chinese Communist Party’s outreach in Europe Asia Europe Journal – Julia Bader, Christine Hackenesch – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Continental Containment: Crafting Middle East “Host States” In: Refugee Governance in the Arab World. The International Refugee Regime and Global Politics (Open access book) – Are John Knudsen – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) Less effort for extra benefit? Evaluating the impact of conservation agriculture on resource saving and returns across regions and farming systems in Zambia Ecological Economics – Clifton Makate, Gerard Cornelissen, Gibson Simusokwe et al. – Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) EU Raw Material Partnerships: Mutual Benefits or Green Extractivism? A critical analysis of the EU’s Strategic Partnerships on Raw Materials, with a focus on Kazakhstan, Chile, and Rwanda Karin Küblböck, Simela Papatheophilou, Bernhard Tröster, Leo Ulrici – Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE) Behind the Veil of Cultural Persistence: Marriage and Divorce in a Migrant Community The Economic Journal – Catherine Guirkinger, Jean Philippe Platteau, Zaki Wahhaj – Department of International Development King’s College London (DID) A shared agenda to advance health sovereignty through Africa-EU-Global Fund partnerships Philomena Apiko, Katja van der Meer – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) Data Analytics for a Just Transition. Distributional Impacts of Environmental Policies (Indonesia) Ru’san Nasrudin, Cathal O’Donaghue, Muhamad Hanri et al. – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) The Costa Rican National Evaluation System Thania de la Garza Navarrete – German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) Read more about EADI Members Policy Publication Picks by Members Climate Change and Social Protection in Protracted Crises Carolina Holland-Szyp, Jan Selby – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) The next generation of EU partnerships: Making Clean Trade and Investment Partnerships (CTIPs) work for climate, industry and development Sarah Jackson, Sara Benedetti-Michelangeli, Alfonso Medinilla et al. – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) Promoting female employment in partner countries: priorities for development cooperation Alexander Stöcker, Tina Zintl – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) BMZ Support for Protected Areas: Synergies and Tensions Carolin Wicke, Anna Sting, Amélie Gräfin zu Eulenburg – German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) La place des banques multilatérales régionales par rapport à la Banque mondiale : pourquoi est-ce différent en Afrique ? Matthieu Boussichas & Clara Pugnet – Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI) Advancing nature-based solutions in tropical forests Mike Speirs, Mikkel Funder & Marie Ladekjær Gravesen – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)Picks from International Partner Networks Call for Submissions: What will Shape the Future of International Cooperation in Education? Deadline: 10 November 2025 – Network for international policies and cooperation in education and training NORRAG Atlas da Justiça Climática na América Latina e no Caribe Enara Echart Muñoz, Lara Sartorio Gonçalves, Rubens de S. Duarte, Breno Bringel, Carlos R. S. Milani, Caio Samuel Milagres (Eds) – The Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO Strengthening digital maturity: a practical toolkit for science organizations International Science Council ISC Universities, freedom of speech, and freedom and responsibility in science Robert French – International Science Council ISC Curso virtual: Entender el colapso. Alternativas en tiempos de policrisis Registration deadline: 10 November 2025 – The Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO |
| TrainingWhen disaster meets conflict MOOC – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Local Economic Development MOOC – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Introduction to Economic Theories MOOC – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Earth Economics MOOC – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Trade & investment: Evidence-based policies for development MOOC – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) See more courses and trainings on the EADI website Opinions Dams for development? Unpacking tensions in the World Bank’s hydropower policies The Conversation – Barnaby Joseph Dye, Udisha Saklani – Department of International Development King’s College London (DID) One million voices, one vision: strengthening governance for grassroots producer organisations Stephen Mwangi – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) “There is No Poem More Succinct Than That”: Poetry and Hope in the Wake of an Antiracist Protest Magi Young – Development Policy and Practice, the Open University (DPP) What Common Agricultural Policy for 2028-2034? Elsa Régnier, Aurélie Catallo & Pierre-Marie Aubert – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) Does index insurance work? Insights from eight experiments in agriculture Pauline Castaing & Jules Gazeaud – Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI) What is the way forward for the crisis-ridden World Trade Organization? Axel Berger – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Calls Call for Panels and Abstracts / Papers and Posters: Development in the Interregnum: Past, Present, and Future(s) Deadline extended to 14 October 2025 – Development Studies Association Ireland DSAI Call For Papers: Fractured Connections in the Caribbean – 18 June 2026 – 19 June 20216 Deadline: 30 October 2025 – Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung ZEF Call for Papers: Measuring Peacebuilding Effects Deadline: 31 October 2025 – International Security and Development Center gGmbH (ISDC) Call for 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 papers: the geography of women’s labour force participation Deadline: 14 November 2025 – Development Studies Association (DSA) See more calls on the EADI Website Jobs Research Assistant, Consultant contract (full-time or part-time) Deadline: 12 October 2025 – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Researcher on climate and health in vulnerable urban settlements Deadline: 15 October 2025 0 International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) PhD on Youth Movements, Climate Change and Development Deadline: 09 November 2025 – Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University (RUC) See more jobs on the EADI website Opinion continued Do your national elites create value, or siphon it off? A novel index supplies insight Tomas Casas-Klett – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) |