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| 1st Issue September 2023 |
| Editorial |
| This time we invite you to register for next month’s distinguished guest lecture on resettlement colonies and urban marginality in India and to a new EADI Working Group! We can announce that the last plenary video from our recent Lisbon conference is up for rewatching, and we’ve published two new blog posts over the last two weeks: one makes the case for rethinking development research project designs to achieve more equal grounds between Northern and Southern researchers. The other explores the role of green finance for phasing out fossil fuel-derived virgin plastics. In line with the new and alarming update on the transgression of six planetary boundaries, our thematic focus is on green economy today. |
| From our Blog |
What Is a “Development” Research Project? Transforming Ideas of Development through Development Research
“How can research projects be strategically designed to challenge the North-South Divide?”, ask the authors of our latest blog post. Further to reexamining the equitability of research partnerships, they come up with seven very practical proposals to help rethinking study designs in relation to empirical data, methods and theory. As a staring point, they suggest to appreciate knowledge that already exists locally and to critically exame and challenge when and why cases from the North and South tend to be treated differently. Read more
| Why might Green Finance and Sustainable Blended Finance be needed under the Global Plastic Treaty? « The proposed global plastic treaty seeks to end plastic pollution by regulating the entire lifecycle of plastics. To end global plastic pollution and decarbonize the global plastic economy, financial flows that fuel the global plastic industry must truly be tailored towards transitioning away from the current models of economic development, consumption, and overreliance on fossil fuel-derived virgin plastics – considering that 98 percent of plastics produced globally are fossil fuel-derived. This will require a 360-degree shift from the current mode of financing in the global plastic industry that encourages overreliance on fossil-fuel feedstock » Read more |
| New EADI Working Group |
| SDG localization and global cooperation in theory and practice This Working Group aims to understand the importance of the prioritization of strategies and practices on SDG localization, to analyze, evaluate and recommend new ways of working towards territorial approaches to sustainable development and development cooperation tailored to the specific local contexts in a comparative perspective. Read more |
| In this distinguished guest lecture (online), Karen Coelho will discuss how “Resettlement colonies” – sites of mass formal low-income housing – have emerged on metropolitan peripheries across India over the past two decades, redefining the social geographies and institutional practices of urban marginality. Built on lands of low economic value (flood-prone, hazardous or polluted), they house a concentration of vulnerable urban populations – informal workers or migrants from low castes, ethnic or religious minorities – that have been evicted from “slums” in the city. Read more and register |
| Save the date: 14 November, 15:00 CET (online) Latin America and its challenges under the new and disputed global order: Bringing Latin American structuralism to the forefront, with Víctor Ramiro Fernández |
| Latest EADI Video |
| Development Studies in Turbulent Times The closing plenary at our recent #NewDevRhythms conference centred around the question what Development Studies could do to understand and respond to the various facets of contemporary crises, while, as a discipline, facing numerous crises of its own. The panel brings forward non-European perspectives by representatives of Development Studies Associations from different parts of the world. Watch the video |
| Highlight: Towards Peace, Decent Work and Equality |
| aspirations, shared by humans everywhere. These critical outcomes—peace, greater equality, and decent work—can be achieved in our lifetimes and are instrumental to accelerating progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Get the report |
| Featured EADI Member: CSGD at Open University |
| New Research Hub on Poverty and Social Protection The Open University’s Centre for the Study of Global Development (CSGD) launched a new research hub on poverty and social protection. It aims to enhance our understanding of the experiences, drivers and dynamics of poverty and how social protection policies can meaningfully help to improve wellbeing. The hub will be organising a series of events over the next year: Reducing poverty and improving wellbeing: time for a new ‘human’ face? 28 Sep 2023 14:00 – 15:00 CEST, online. Read more and register Developing collaborative projects: why, how and with whom 24 Oct 2023 14:00 – 15:00 CEST, online: Read more and register |
| Thematic Focus: Green Economy Is green growth happening? An empirical analysis of achieved versus Paris-compliant CO2–GDP decoupling in high-income countries The Lancet Planetary Health – Jefim Vogel, Jason Hickel – Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds (SRI) Moving Europe and Africa towards more common ground on climate and energy Alfonso Medinilla, Afaf Zarkik, Larabi Jaïdi – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) Low-carbon Transition and Macroeconomic Vulnerabilities: A Multidimensional Approach in Tracing Vulnerabilities and its Application in the Case of Colombia Alvaro Moreno, Diego Guevara, Jhan Andrade, Christos Pierros, Sebastian Valdecantos, Antoine Godin, Devrim Yilmaz – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Global Study on New Eco-Social Contracts Isabell Kempf, Katja Hujo, Rafael Ponte – United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) Green and Digital Futures: Enabling Youth For ‘Just Transitions’ Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) Climate justice in trade Lorenzo Cotula – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Getting from Good Intentions to Effective Action: A Proposal for a Just Transition Partnering Implementation Model in South Africa Notiswa Libala, Andrew Boraine, Jessica Wilson – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Premium Members Publication Picks Mobilising (European) development finance for climate adaptation and resilience Pamella Ahairwe, San Bilal – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) Participation For, With, and By Girls: Evidencing Impact Tessa Lewin, Mariah Cannon, Vicky Johnson, Raisa Anna Philip, Priya Raghavan – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Post-war macroeconomic framework for Ukraine Becker, Torbjörn Eichengreen, Barry J. Gorodnichenko, Yuriy et al. – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) Overlapping governmentalities and the cosmo-politics of Mongolian water- and miningscapes Geoforum – Mirja Schoderer – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) “People Gathered by Sorghum”: Cultural Practices and sorghum Diversity in Northern Ethiopia Human Ecology – Tsedal Asres Wendmu, Tesfakiros Semere Gebrelibanos, Mallikarjuna Rao Kovi, Kristoffer Hofaker Ring, Hugo J. de Boer, Fetien Abay Abera, Ola Tveitereid Westengen – Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) Global Shifts: Business, Politics, and Deforestation in a Changing World Economy Open access book – Philip Schleifer – Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR) Prices behind electro-mobility – Contestation around and beyond price determination and setting in the lithium global production network and extraction in Chile Luisa Leisenheimer – Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE) Changing Geopolitics of the South Caucasus after the Second Karabakh War. Prospect for Regional Cooperation and/or Rivalry Siri Neset, Mustafa Aydin, Ayça Ergun, Richard Giragosian, Kornely Kakachia, Arne Strand – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) Comprehensive Overview of the Agricultural Sector in Jordan Nicolas Tremblay, Yasmine Harras-Pelletier – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Breastfeeding practice and rural-urban livelihood in Dodoma, Tanzania Kwalu Samwel Dede, Adalbertus Kamanzi, Leo de Haan – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) |
| Read more about EADI Members |
| Opinions Can Europe Defend Itself Without Economic Growth? Richard Wouters, Sven Biscop – Ghent Centre for Global Studies (GCGS – UGent) ‘We need a democratic economic strategy to overcome current global crisis’: Professor Alfredo Saad-Filho Department of International Development King’s College London (DID) Can ECOWAS still defend democracy in West Africa after the Niger coup? Martin Ronceray – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) The G20 Summit in New Delhi: Paving the way for the SDG Summit? Alma Wisskirchen, Axel Berger – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Revolutionizing agriculture in MENA: Tackling a water crisis and pollution with innovation Hadeel Hosney – IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (IHE Delft) Launch of the Humanitarian Studies Centre (HSC): “Humanitarian Studies is about dignity and it is about humanity” Dorothea Hilhorst – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) When ads get into our psyche: Materialism and its consequences for people and planet Amy Isham – Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) A new South is taking the wheel Sébastien Treyer – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) We must learn to navigate the distant future to save the climate Copenhagen Business School, Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC) ‘By sharing work we are moving forward’: Changing social norms around men’s participation in unpaid care work in Northern Uganda Lucia Rost – Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House (ODID) Social contracts and social dialogue: A missing link Laura Alfers – OECD Development Centre OECD/DC Just transition litigation: a tool for more just and sustainable economies Maria Antonia Tigre & Natalia Urzola – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Bridging boundaries through virtual well-being exchange Marleen Dekker & Madi Ditmars – African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) Researcher: Hemedti and Al-Burhan represent historical division in Sudan Redie Bereketeab – Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) Listening to Papenreye – the soundscape of an urban asylum camp Kari Anne Drangsland – Global Research Programme on Inequality GRIP See more blogs and opinions on the EADI website Calls Call for Abstracts 2023 DSAI Annual Conference Extended Deadline: 15 September 2023 – Development Studies Association Ireland DSAI Call for Applications: MIASA Publishing Workshop Deadline: 21 September 2023 – German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Request for Proposal – Nexus study – a research project on HDP Nexus Deadline: 24 September 2023 Call for Papers – Workshop Political Violence in Democracies Deadline: 29 September 2023 – Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR) Request for research proposals: Enterprise development for job creation, public revenue mobilization structural transformation and inequality Deadline: 10 October 2023 – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Irish Research Council (IRC) Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme 2024 Deadline: 12 October 2023 – Department of Food Business and Development UCC-FBD Call for Papers “Development archives: production, use and politicization” Deadline: 03 November 2023 – Sorbonne Development Studies Institute (IEDES) See more calls on the EADI website Jobs Position as a doctoral researcher Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung ZEF – Deadline: 17 September 2023 Postdoctoral Researcher for the Prince Claus Chair International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) – Deadline: 18 September 2023 Module Tutor: Introduction to Quantitative Methods Institute of Development Studies (IDS) – Deadline: 19 September 2023 Research Fellow in Geography Climate Justice in Development – Deadline: 20 September 2023 Visiting PhD Fellowship United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) – Deadline: 30 September 2023 Doctoral fellow Ghent Centre for Global Studies (GCGS – UGent) – Deadline: 06 October 2023 Director, U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) – Deadline: 15 October 2023 The NAI African Scholar Programme invites applications for the position: Senior Researcher Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) – Deadline: 19 November 2023 Professor in Governance and Development and Director International Development Department, University of Birmingham (IDD) – Deadline: 30 November 2023 See more job offers on the EADI website |