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| Welcome to the fortnightly newsletter of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI). |
| 3rd Issue March 2023EditorialWe are excited that season two of our « Hierarchies of Development » podcast has already so many listeners! If you haven’t caught up with it yet or would like to get back to season one, no problem: all episodes remain available on all standard platforms. We are also happy that our blog has come to be read so widely! And we would like to remind you that the EJDR call for special issue contributions on « Race, (Anti-)Racism and Development » is still open until 11 March. Apart from that, our thematic focus is on green economy today, and as always there are some more picks and highlights from our member community. |
The Global South and the return of geopolitics
« When opening a newspaper or looking at news websites in early 2023, it is obvious that we are witnessing the return of geopolitics », writes Wil Hout from the International Institute of Social Studies in our latest blog from the EADI/CEsA Lisbon conference series: « While current news reports pay much attention to the geopolitical dimensions of great power interactions, the return of geopolitics is certainly as relevant for countries across the Global South as for those in the Global North ». This applies particularly to Africa where it is uncertain whether the continent will be able to benefit from this increased attention. Read the post
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| Podcast Season 2: Listen To Another New Episode! |
| Our latest podcast episode sheds the light on food and agrarian hierarchies. Podcast hosts Ingrid and Basile are joined by Maria Eugenia Giraudo from Durham University to discuss the political economy of soy in Latin America, the Argentinean national agrarian imaginary, and soy trade relationship between Latin American countries and China. And, of course, if you haven’t had the chance to listen to the previous episodes yet, they are all available on your favourite platform! Read more |
Another special issue of our journal, the European Journal of Development Research (EJDR) is out:
Under the title « Evaluating Complex Research for Development Programmes », the issue presents rich experiences of authors working across sectors and geographies, employing methodological innovation and navigating power as they reconcile tensions. They illustrate the challenges with (i) evaluating performance to meet accountability demands while fostering learning for adaptation; (ii) evaluating prospective theories of change while capturing emergent change; (iii) evaluating internal relational dimensions while measuring external development outcomes; (iv) evaluating across scales. Read more
Call extended to 15 April: Paris Doctoral Days (in French)
Together with some members in France, we are pleased to co-organise the doctoral days in Paris in October this year, aiming to promote synergies between young scholars in social sciences who contribute to critical research on development, both in the Global North and South. This year’s thematic focus is around the notion of « resilience », on the premise that different ways of understanding and/or criticizing « resilience » allow us to nourish a trans-disciplinary, critical debate on development. Read more
| Highlight: Annual Lecture On Indigenous Perspectives |
| Indigenous perspective on climate change, challenges and solutions: a decolonial learning journeyThis was the title of the annual lecture co-organised by two of our members in Norway: Ranjan Datta from Mount Royal University discussed the colonial history of climate change and the challenges it has created for indigenous communities. He also spoke about his use of indigenous methodology in research, which involves unlearning current methodological principles and relearning from the community’s perspective. Watch the lecture |
| Featured EADI Member: ECDPM |
| The European Centre For Development Policy Management (ECDPM) is an independent ‘think and do tank’ that wants to make policies in Europe and Africa work for inclusive and sustainable development. Alongside other publications, ECDPM has published a series of briefs around « Navigating green economy and development objectives » this month: Navigating green economy and development objectives: Opportunities and risks for African countries Navigating green economy and development objectives: Between ‘green’ and development narratives Navigating green economy and development objectives: The effects of external climate regimes on African economies Navigating green economy and development objectives: African energy transition opportunities and risks Navigating green economy and development objectives: The political economy of greening transport in East Africa |
As part of the Cascades project, ECDPM is co-hosting the conference « Cross-border climate change impacts and systemic risks in Europe and beyond » in Potsdam, Germany, in October 2023. The call for abstracts is now open until 30 April 2023. Read more
| Thematic Focus: Green Economy |
| Biomass and climate neutrality in 2050: managing scarcity to maintain productive and resilient ecosystems Pierre-Marie Aubert et al. – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) Low carbon strategies need to tackle the carbon footprint of materials production Antoine TEIXEIRA Julien LEFEVRE – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Most green funds do not have a sustainability impact Jan Fichtner, Robin Jaspert & Johannes Petry – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) The Bioeconomy in Argentina: Lessons for its Development and Sustainability Melisa Deciancio & Pablo Mac Clay – Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung ZEFTransition of the European power system within planetary boundaries Annabelle Moreau Santos Antoine GODIN – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Green hydrogen – new opportunities for sustainable development in the Global South? Rural 21 – Andreas Stamm – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Circular business models: policy enablers for plastic packaging alternatives in India Jenny To – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Industrial symbiosis and industrial policy for sustainable development in Uganda Review of Evolutionary Political Economy – Gergely Buda & Judit Ricz – Centre for Economic and Regional Studies CERS |
The EU, geopolitics and human development: Insights from Zambia, Kenya and Guinea
Katja Sergejeff, Ennatu Domingo, Pauline Veron – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)
Multi-dimensional inequalities, climate governance and livelihoods in sub-saharan Africa
Britta RENNKAMP Murray LEIBBRANDT – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Connections that matter: How does the quality of governance institutions help protect our Ocean?
Anita Breuer – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
Transitions: young children’s lived experiences of early learning and childcare from Covid-19 lockdowns to the present
Anoushka Gupta – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
Exportweltmeister: Germany’s foreign investment returns in international comparison
Hunnekes, Franziska; Konradt, Maximilian; Schularick, Moritz; Trebesch, Christoph; Wingenbach, Julian – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)
Researching Governance in Difficult Times and Places: Reflections from Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria and Pakistan
Development Policy Review – Shandana Khan Mohmand, Colin Anderson – Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
Navigating toward resilient and inclusive seed systems
PNAS – Ola T. Westengen, Sarah Paule Dalle, Teshome Hunduma Mulesa – Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric)
Beyond the Dormitory Labour Regime: Comparing Chinese and Indian Workplace–Residence Systems as Strategies of Migrant Labour Control
Work, Employment and Society – Charlotte Goodburn, Soumya Mishra – Department of International Development King’s College London (DID)
A Regional Insight into Sudanese Women’s Participation in the December Revolution
Yusra Elmobashir Abdalla, Hajir Hamad Bashir, Isalam Adam Omer Mohammed, Zeinab Onour Mohamed Adam Hanaa Inbrahiem Al Tirifi, Safaa Yasir Babiker, Amal Ahmad Hamed Batio – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI)
Read more about EADI Members
Calls
Call for Papers: Africa Drive for Democracy Conference 2023, 19-20 July 2023, Arusha
Deadline: 20 April 2023
Call for Contributions: The Routledge Handbook of Decolonisation
Deadline: 30 April 2023
Call for Applications for the international Alumni conference Development Cooperation in Times of Multiple Crisis, 16-20 October, 2023
Deadline: 21 May – Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE)
See more calls on the EADI website
Opinions
The need for South-centred theorisation in Development Studies
Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven – Development Studies Association (DSA) | Department of International Development King’s College London (DID)
World Water Day 2023: Why focusing on individual action alone is not enough
Mirja Schoderer, Jean-Carlo Rodriguez de Francisco – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
Four ways to rethink ‘resilience’ and its links to social protection
Carolina Szyp – Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
Are Senegal’s talibés religious scholars or child trafficking victims?
Shona Macleod – Department of International Development King’s College London (DID)
Addressing eco-anxiety among children – from environmental education to outdoor learning
Aurélia Chevreul-Gaud, Sylvia I. Bergh – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
Geopolitical risk: raw materials and technological dependence
Raquel Jorge Ricart – Real Instituto Elcano
The influence of media on trust in government and climate policies
Stephen P. Groff – OECD Development Centre OECD/DC
What is economic fitness and complexity?
UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology UNU-MERIT
Financing positive investments for biodiversity: what progress was made at the One Forest Summit?
Sébastien Treyer – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI)
Respecting Diversity through Joint Social Action: Experiences of Zambia
Njavwa Mbao – United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
The favela of Rocinha: decades of struggle have led to a rich political – and cultural – landscape
Thaisa Comelli – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
IPCC report: the world must cut emissions and urgently adapt to the new climate realities
Bronwyn Hayward – Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP)
Egypt’s Food System Under a Perfect Storm
Assem Abu Hatab – Nordic Africa Institute (NAI)
In pictures: Household surveys and behavioural games in rural Mozambique
Eeva Nyyssönen – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Western Balkans – Maintainting the EU accession lead over the Eastern partners?
Miloš Petrović – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)
Lack of justice compounds pain of palit-katawan victims
Mary Ann Manahan, Jean Enriquez, Janica Rosales – Ghent Centre for Global Studies (GCGS – UGent)
Book blog – Continental encampment?
Are John Knudsen, Kjersti G. Berg – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI)
See more blogs and opinions on the EADI website
Training
Politics courses for researchers: How do I get my message to politicians and administrators?
Swiss Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE)
OPHI Summer School 2023: Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis, Bogotá, 04–14 July 2023
Application deadline 04 April 2023 – Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House (ODID)
See more courses and trainings on the EADI website
Jobs
Post-Doc in Economics for a project on climate hazards and migration
Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) – Deadline: 02 April 2023
Departmental Lecturer in Migration and Development
Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House (ODID) – Deadline: 07 April 2023
Research Assistant (f/m/diverse) Effectiveness & knowledge management
German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) – Deadline: 07 April 2023
2 (Senior) Researchers (f/m/diverse) Megatrends Afrika
German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) – Deadline: 10 April 2023
Associate Professorship of Development Studies
Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House (ODID) – Deadline: 14 April 2023
Quantitative Researcher
Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House (ODID) – Deadline: 14 April 2023
SOC ACE Programme Manager and Deputy Director (Operations) – International Development
International Development Department, University of Birmingham (IDD) – Deadline: 14 April 2023
Responsable de recherche «Transition des systèmes alimentaires»
Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) – Deadline: 15 April 2023
Academic Assistant in Urban Socio-Spatial Development
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) – Deadline: 15 April 2023
Andrew W Mellon Associate Professorship of International Human Rights and Refugee Law
Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House (ODID) – Deadline: 17 April 2023
SOC ACE Communications & Policy Engagement Manager – International Development
International Development Department, University of Birmingham (IDD) – Deadline: 17 April 2023
Lecturer In Development Economics
Global Development Institute (GDI) – Deadline: 24 April 2023
Director of Policy Engagement – Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)
Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House (ODID) – Deadline: 27 April 2023
Student Research Assistant / Werkstudent*in (f/m/d)
International Security and Development Center gGmbH (ISDC) – Deadline: 30 April 2023
Senior academic staff/Postdoc – Workleader “Uneven, unsafe and insufficient water access: resource governance in a mineral rush
Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB) – Deadline: 11 May 2023
ETTG Director (20 hours/week)
European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) – Deadline: 01 May 2023
Postdoc on Youth Movements, Climate Change and Development
Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University (RUC) – Deadline: 15 May 2023
Doctoral scholarship holder development studies
Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB) – Deadline: 15 May 2023
See more job offers on the EADI website