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| 2nd Issue April 2026 Editorial Today we are happy to share the very first post in our EADI/IOB Conference blog series. We’re also excited about the ongoing discussion about the future of development policy on the blog! And if you happen to be a student in Development Studies or related field, you are cordially invited to take our survey on the future of teaching. It’s anonymous and won’t take you long. And don’t forget to check our upcoming events and those of our Working Groups! From our Blog Geostrategic Axes and Transitions in Development Cooperation « Not only have the sources of aid’s legitimacy weakened », writes Jose Antonio Alonso, « but so too have the power structures, doctrinal underpinnings, and value system upon which the aid architecture has traditionally rested. In this context, the risk is twofold: either development cooperation slides into progressive irrelevance, driven by the reluctance of some and the indifference of others; or, alternatively, it fragments into a disordered mosaic of disparate practices, lacking a shared framework or common normative horizon. » Read more Reversing Agrarian Change and Restoring Hope in Ghana’s Mining‑Affected Communities « Reversing agrarian change is not simply an environmental task; it is a social and economic one. By restoring degraded soils, creating inclusive pathways into farming and embedding local governance and market linkages, we can make farming attractive again and secure the future of rural Ghanaian communities. » Our first blog post related to the upcoming EADI/IOB 2026 conference discusses what’s needed to restore land destroyed by mining and provide sustainable agrarian livelihoods. Read more To the Blog Overview Future of Teaching Development Studies – Student Survey We have launched a consultation process for a Perspective Paper on Development Studies, with a practical focus on how it can be taught in a changing world. This short survey seeks to gather student perspectives, and its findings will inform the paper and support practical recommendations on curriculum design, skills development, pedagogy, and guidance on digital tools and AI. Read more and participate Next EADI Webinar on 13 May Historical Trauma and Its Development Implications across Generations By connecting historical analysis with contemporary development debates, the webinar aims to highlight why understanding historical trauma is essential for interpreting current development challenges and for designing more context-sensitive research and policy responses. Read more and register See all EADI Events Events by EADI Working Groups Our joint Working Group with DSA on Land, Labour and Food is organising an interesting webinar series! On 30 April, there will be a book talk on « Climate Shocks and Pastoralist Migration in South Sudan » Recordings of previous webinars are also available here and here. See further upcoming events on the Working Group page Our Working Group on Latin American Development Studies is co-organising an international seminar « Dependency Theory: Contemporary Relevance and Challenges in the Current Global Crisis » from 11 to 13 May 2026. It takes place at the Center for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and online. Register here News from the EJDR – April Issue Out! A new issue of our journal, the European Journal of Development Research (EJDR) is out! It includes the following open access articles: The Fear of Critical Race Methodologies Read Localisation and Locally Led Development in the Post-consensus Era: Transformation, Stagnation, or Annihilation? Read Social Science Fiction and Development Studies: Expanding the Imaginative and Methodological Horizon Read Browse the issue here Highlight: Gender Economics in the Global South This open access book by UNU-WIDER provides an overview of cross-cutting edge research in the economics of gender inequality in the Global South, while offering a snapshot of women’s living conditions using recent worldwide available data. The evidence reviewed encompasses a large set of possible solutions to end gender inequality, from policy reforms to ban discriminatory practices and grant equal rights to men and women, to anti-poverty programmes, as well as interventions facilitating women’s access to formal education and the labour market. Read more Featured Member Podcasts  ECDPM Europolis: « What Does the War in Iran Mean for Europe and its Partners? »: Listen ISS The Good Humanitarian: « Can Humanitarians ever be Neutral? » Listen SOAS Global Development Podcast Series: « China for African Industrialisation? » Listen Thematic Focus: Agriculture Colonial legacies of agrarian violence, and persistent struggles to end it Jun Borras, Maria Malaya de la Tierra – Transnational Institute TNI A scoping review of UK evidence for the impacts of regenerative agriculture practices on net greenhouse gas balances Agricultural Systems – Isobel Tomlinson, Ruth Wade, Jennifer Hodbod et al. – Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds (SRI) Easing and de-risking the transition to agroecology for self-reliance and resilience in humanitarian contexts Barbara Adolph, Sidsel Koordt Vognsen, Rigendra Khadka et al. – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Leading barriers to climate-smart agriculture uptake in Kenya: a process-tracing approach with Bayesian updating to emphasise farmers’ perspectives Regional Environmental Change – Amanda Lenhardt, Ryan Kopper & Amrita Saha – Department of International Development King’s College London (DID) China’s agricultural footprint in Africa – scale, patterns, and implications In: China as a global development actor (book chapter) – Assem Abu Hatab, Franklin Amuakwa-Mensah – Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) Policies for the Future of Farming and Food in Romania OECD Development Centre OECD/DC Premium Members Publication Picks Industrial overcapacities, with a focus on China Stefan Mayr, Lia Musitz, Simela Papatheophilou et al. – Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE) Landscape, stand and tree characteristics influence the distribution of lightning damage in Central African forests Functional Ecology – Bianca Zoletto, Masha T. van der Sande, Peter van der Sleen et al. – Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) Dataset development in earth system governance: Learnings, stakes, and pathways for impact Earth System Governance – Jean-Frédéric Morin, James Hollway,, Yixian Sun et al. – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Does Climate Change Vulnerability Matter for the Allocation of Adaptation Finance? An Empirical Analysis of Donors and Instruments over the Period 2019–2023 Sosso Feindouno – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) What goes up, must come down: speculation-encouraging institutions and house price cycles across countries Socio-Economic Review – Engelbert Stockhammer, Ben Tippet, Karsten Kohler – Department of International Development King’s College London (DID) Non-Trade in the MENA Revisited: A Gravity Model Analysis Economies – Libby Lahar, Binyam Afewerk Demena, Peter A. G. van Bergeijk – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Strengthening Coordination between the Productive Safety Net Programme and Humanitarian Assistance Providers in Response to Acute Shocks Yihunbelay Teshome, Mulugeta Tefera Taye – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Photovoice Handbook Ebubedike, Margaret; Akanji, Tajudeen; Mala, Abdulaziz and Afu, Isaiah Kunock – The Centre for the Study of Global Development, The Open University (CSGD & OU) Read more about EADI Members Policy Publication Picks by Members Beyond the Presidency: The Power of Congress in Latin America GIGA Focus Latin America – Mariana Llanos, Milagros Campos & Magna Inácio – German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Strengthening European development policy: the case for Team Europe 2.0 Svea Koch, Julian Bergmann, Benedikt Erforth et al. – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Expert insights on displacement in times of polycrisis Bjarnesen, Angela Muvumba Sellström, Johannes Tarvainen – Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) The EU in a changing threat landscape at sea: Six priorities for revising strategic action Jessica Larsen – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) The Rise of Far-Right Leadership in Chile and Latin America: Regional and Global Effects Simon Kaack & Leslie Wehner – Institute of International Relations (IIR) Picks by International Partner Networks Call for input: Science priorities for the next UN Secretary-General Deadline: 10 May 2026 – International Science Council ISC What could a dedicated international panel to tackle inequality achieve? Megha Sud, Karina Batthyány – International Science Council ISC The Social Value of Innovation – A Global Comparative Advantage for Europe Position Paper – European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities EASSH La política de la protesta en Costa Rica durante el siglo XXI Alejandro Alvarado Alcázar – The Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO Perspectiva democrática de la modernización china Seis perspectivas de la modernización china Jiang Hui & Lin Jianhua. – The Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO |
| Calls Call for papers: IIPPE Agrarian Change Working Group June 18-19, 2026, Online Deadline: 25 April 2026 – School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV) Call for visiting fellows 2027 Deadline: 03 May 2026 – African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) Call for papers – The West-African Digital Transformations Forum Deadline: 03 May, 2026 – Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI) Call for Papers – Occhialì. Rivista sul Mediterraneo Islamico Deadline: 10 September 2026 – Red Española de Estudios del Desarrollo (REEDES) Red Española de Estudios del Desarrollo (REEDES) See more calls on the EADI Website Opinions The consequences of international aid cuts Andrew Sherriff – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) Lebanon crisis: Life as an international student when your home country is at war Romy Massaad, Aya Abou Ghalyoum – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Urban transitions need bio-based materials—here’s why Babette Never, Alexander Stoecker – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Defining Safe Work in a Hotter and More Humid World 20 April 2026 – Robbin Jan van Duijne – Governance and Inclusive Development, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (GID) Development Cooperation and the Shrinking Space for Democratic Debate Nadia Molenaers – Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB) The coming fuel and food shockwave: How global disorder could deepen global inequality Andy Sumner – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Rendre le financement climatique accessible à tous en Tanzanie Silvia Baur-Yazbeck, Mariadorin Shayo, Derick Kiwia – Groupement d’Intérêt Scientifique pour l’Étude de la Mondialisation et du Développement (GEMDEV) Transitioning away from fossil fuels: How can the Santa Marta conference create a snowball effect? Marta Torres Gunfaus, Hélène Van Rossum – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) Training African Studies (MA) Application deadline: 15 May 2026 – African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) See more courses and trainings on the EADI website Jobs Research and Innovation Associate in African History Deadline: 27 April 2026 – Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House (ODID) Coordinador/a en terreno del proyecto “Hacia el fortalecimiento de una política sectorial agropecuaria y de desarrollo rural territorial en Guinea Ecuatorial. Fase II” Deadline: 27 April 2026 – Red Española de Estudios del Desarrollo (REEDES) Red Española de Estudios del Desarrollo (REEDES) Departmental Lectureship in Politics Deadline: 01 May 2026 – Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House (ODID) Assistant Professorship « International Politics » (W1) Deadline: 03 May 2026 – German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Senior Economist – Climate Transition and European Industrial Policy and Development Partnerships Deadline: 03 May, 2026 – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) Departmental Lecturer in Technology and International Development Deadline: 05 May 2026 – Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House (ODID) Researcher / Senior Researcher Deadline: 11 May 2026 – Institute of International Relations (IIR) Global Partnerships Manager Deadline: 11 May 20226 – SOAS University of London SOAS Doctoral Researcher (f/m/diverse) Power, Knowledge, and Servitude at Sea (POESIS) Submerged Dependencies Deadline: 17 May 2026 – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Doctoral Researcher (f/m/diverse), Power, Knowledge, and Servitude at Sea (POESIS) Extractive Dependencies Deadline: 17 May 2026 – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Head of Knowledge Exchange, Enterprise and Impact Deadline: 18 May 2026 – SOAS University of London SOAS See more jobs on the EADI website |