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| 2nd Issue March 2024 Editorial With the celebrations of our 50th anniversary ahead, a new open access book just released and more to come, these are busy times for us. After a very successful workshop for communication professionals, we’re now announcing another one for the coordinators of academic study programmes, for which the application deadline is 30 April. And we’d like to draw your attention to the call for panels for this year’s congress on global international relations in Kraków which we co-organise, and our « European Development Policy Outlook » blog series where we keep adding analyses from different European countries. And last but not least, there are a few interesting summer schools ahead, as well as many open vacancies in our field, so bear with us and scroll to the very bottom! New EADI Open Access Book Social Accountability Initiatives in Morocco, Tunisia, and LebanonThis Open Access Pivot represents the first extensive exploration of social accountability within the Arab world following the 2011 Arab uprisings. Drawing on insights from Development Studies, comparative politics, and Middle East studies, the authors explore the evolution of accountability as a governance concept, review theories on social accountability’s role in improving public service delivery, and categorize types of social accountability initiatives, highlighting respective strengths and weaknesses. Read more From our BlogFrom Development Policy to International Cooperation? Europe’s Evolving Agenda in a Geopolitical Era »The idea that the normative foundations of European development policy would be somewhat immune from geopolitics and national political shifts was always wishful thinking. As policy priorities are being rethought and rewritten, a more openly transactional and self-interested approach to foreign policy and economic relations is gaining momentum », write ECDPM’s Pauline Veron and Andrew Sherriff in our latest blog post from the European Development Poicy Outlook series, analysing possible future approaches for European development policy in a rapidly changing world. Read more From Content Production to Meaningful Engagement: A Collective Reflection on Communicating Development Research Online »The communications landscape around us is changing — seemingly at breakneck speed. Since our last meeting as EADI Research Communications Working Group more than five years ago, especially the online communications environment has all but been transformed. These changes are forcing us to reflect on how we are communicating and whether it’s sufficient, also from a social justice perspective. Lize Swartz has summarised the main takeaways from this encounter of development research communication professionals. Read moreTo the blog overview Call for PanelsGlobal International Relations: Challenges and DevelopmentsThis is the topic of the 2nd Congress of the Polish International Studies Association being held 6-9th November 2024 in Kraków (Poland), which we are very happy to co-organise. This is an opportunity to discuss the origins and contemporary dimension, development and criticism of the global international relations concept. Deadline is 31 March. Read more Forthcoming EADI EventsRenewing the Mission of EU Development Policy in Times of Global Polycrisis, Brussels, 16 AprilOn the occasion of not only our anniversary, but first and foremost the 60 years celebrations of our valued member and partner IDOS, this high-level policy debate brings together decision makers and experts to discuss the challenges the EU faces in addressing today’s polycrises, and to scope the possibilities for action. Read more Roundtable: Domestic Politics and Development Policy, Madrid, 25 April 2024 The goal of this closed-door event is to explore the existence, strength and functioning of the interconnections between countries’ domestic political contexts and their development policy. This is done in order to understand some of the elements that determine the levels of commitment, priorities, shifts and potential vulnerabilities of such development policy. Read more Development Studies and Policy Engagement: Building the Missing Link?, Madrid, 26 April 2024This public panel is set out to explore the nexus between the academic activity within the scholarly field of Development Studies, in this case in Europe, and its engagement with policy processes and decision-making. To that end, this session will begin by identifying the schools of thought that currently make up this area and different ways of thinking about engaging with policy processes. Read more 2024 Academic Coordinators Workshop, Bonn, 13-14 June 2024″Artificial Intelligence and Development Studies: Designing a Roadmap for the coming Years »: This workshop brings together academics, teachers, practitioners, and coordinators to discuss best uses of AI in the classroom, ethical issues around AI in education and new development challenges due to AI. Apply by 31 April. Read more See all events EJDR: Latest IssueOur Journal, the European Journal of Development Research (EJDR) has a new issue out, hot from the press, with two open access articles: ‘Mind the Gaps’: Exploring Regional and Gender Patterns in Threats to Ethiopian Adolescents’ Bodily Integrity The Impact of the Disability Allowance on Financial Well-Being in the Maldives: Quasi-experimental Study Browse the issue Highlight: Sustaining Tanzania’s Economic DevelopmentSustaining Tanzania’s Economic Development. A Firm and Household Perspective This book by UNU-WIDER addresses performance and strategies adopted by firms and households in Tanzania to navigate shocks and achieve sustainability. How successful have firms and households been in building resilience to sustain their growth and development? Has the ability to navigate successfully through shocks and a changing economic environment improved? What are the lessons for managing and recovering from shocks? Tanzania, like most countries, faces a challenging future but is better positioned to do so than it has been. Read more Highlight: Transnational Cooperation Transnational Cooperation – an Explorative CollectionThe present collection of short papers is an experimental, explorative and introspective German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) project on international and transnational cooperation for development and sustainability. It is the product of internal brainstorming discussions at IDOS in mid-2022 that aspired to conduct a preliminary, exemplary mapping of the use of “transnational lenses” and their understandings across various work strands at the institute. This might lead to new questions in our work, or it might simply be an attempt to look at our topics of interest with a different perspective. Read more Highlight: CSO FundingGovernment Funding of CSOs in a Rapidly Changing World: Evidence from six OECD-CountriesThis report summarizes the findings of a study on government funding (ODA) for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in six European countries (Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK), examining trends over the past five years. It highlights the impact of global crises such as COVID-19 and the Ukraine conflict, as well as shifts in development priorities and challenges to civic space. Read more Thematic Focus: Gender Gender studies in development research: a neocolonial agenda? Dennis Avilés-Irahola, Eva Youkhan – Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung ZEF Gender, education and a global view on the ‘crisis of care’ Saba Joshi – Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre, University of York (IGDC) Gender and corruption in the access to natural resources: Preliminary findings Ortrun Merkle, Matthew Price – UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology UNU-MERIT The lucky and unlucky daughter: Gender, land inheritance and agrarian change in Ratanakiri, Cambodia Journal of Agrarian Change – Alice Beban, Joanna Bourke Martignoni – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) Care and Ecofeminism: Consolidating Progress and Building Egalitarian Futures in Latin America Cecilia Güemes, Francisco Cos Montiel – United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) Women paying the cost of the climate crisis with their wombs: quantifying loss and damage faced by women battling drought, debt and migration Ritu Bharadwaj , N. Karthikeyan , Ira Deulgaonkar , Arundhati Patil – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Waiting and the gendered boundaries of work among India’s poor Economy and Society – Lucy Dubochet – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)Premium Members Publication PicksCovid Collective Learning Report Joe Taylor, Peter Taylor, Louise Clark – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Export Promotion or Development Policy? A Comparative Analysis of Soft Loan Policies in Austria, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands Livia Fritz, Werner Raza, Manuel Schuler, Eva Schweiger – Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE) The impact of public banks on Brazilian development Amanda Faria Oliveira – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) The EU’s Global Gateway and China’s Belt and Road: two strategies and two realities for the Southern Mediterranean In: Infrastructures, energy and digitalisation: pillars for the sustainable development of transport in the Western Mediterranean – Mark Furness – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Relational Harm: On the Divisive Effects of Global Health Volunteering at a Hospital in Rural Zambia Medical Anthropology – James Wintrup – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) Green hydrogen: The future of African industrialisation? Guide -Alfonso Medinilla, Koen Dekeyser – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) Recycling carbon taxes for reindustrialisation: addressing structural rigidity and financialisation in natural resource exporting countries Guilherme MAGACHO, Antoine GODIN, Sakir Devrim Yilmaz, Danilo Spinola – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) A just and sustainable lithium battery value chain: Delphi survey – results report Martín Obaya, Diego Murguía, Carlos Freytes, Tomás Allan – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) Muddy waters: on the problematic political ecology of the Atrato ruling, Colombia The International Journal of Human Rights – John-Andrew McNeish, Jenny Moreno Socha – Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) Read more about EADI Members Policy Publication Picks by Members Keys for sustaining Tanzania’s economic development Oliver Morrissey & Maureen Were – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Does Cash-Plus Programming Work in Contexts of Protracted Crises? Carolina Holland-Szyp, Jeremy Lind, Rachel Sabates-Wheeler – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Constellations of State Fragility: improving international cooperation through analytical differentiation Jasmin Lorch, Sebastian Ziaja, Jörn Grävingholt – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Moving towards gender justice Karen Wong Pérez, Giulia Nicolini – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Picks from International Partner Networks Call for case studies – Using foresight for impact Deadline: 29 March 2024 – International Science Council ISC Putting science on the agenda for post-crisis recovery Vivi Stavrou – International Science Council ISC El rol de la educación superior de cara a los desafíos sociales de América Latina y el Caribe CLACSO – The Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO |
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| TrainingsGraduate Professional Diploma Programme in Humanitarian WASH Application Deadline: 01 April 2024 – IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (IHE Delft) OPHI Summer School 2024: Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis, Rabat, 1-12 July 2024 Application deadline: 05 April 2024 – Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House (ODID) Cost Decoldev Summer School: Pluriversal Transition and Lived Utopias: Postdevelopment and Beyond, 22 -24 July 2024 Application Deadline: 07 April 2024 – Global Partnership Network (GPN) Complexity Summer School 2024,1-12 July 2024, Kraków, Poland Application deadline: 08 April 2024 – Centre for International Studies and Development CISAD Management of Development Projects, online: 27-31 May 2024 The Centre for Rural Development, Humboldt University, Berlin SLE Food system transformation & policy advisory: 03-07 June 2024 The Centre for Rural Development, Humboldt University, Berlin SLE Conflict Management and Conflict Transformation: 02-06 September 2024 The Centre for Rural Development, Humboldt University, Berlin SLE See more courses and trainings on the EADI website Opinions The poorest countries attract few foreign investments Jukka Aronen – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) The gendered burden of care in Sri Lanka’s polycrisis Iromi Perera – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Migration and the Racialisation of Space Rose Jaji – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) What can be done to address healthcare violations in Gaza? Jeff Handmaker – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) The End of an Exception? The Rise of Far-Right Populism in Portugal Filipe Calvão – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) Why it matters how we talk about the ‘global’ autocratisation trend Licia Cianetti,Petra Alderman – International Development Department, University of Birmingham (IDD) Sisters are doing it for themselves in biodiverse Belize Duncan Macqueen – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Can financial redistribution shape attitudes toward refugees? Helidah Ogude-Chambert – Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House (ODID) Early Childhood Development is Intricately Linked to Women’s Participation in Employment, Wellbeing and Social Capital 18 March 2024 – Kanupriya Jhunjhunwala – Network for international policies and cooperation in education and training NORRAG Exploitation minière en Afrique: enjeux fiscaux, sociaux et environnementaux 18 March 2024 – Julien Gourdon Economiste, Harouna Kinda, Hugo Lapeyronie – Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI) Maintaining ambition on energy renovation: a key issue for ecological planning 18 March 2024 – Andreas Rüdinger – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) Crisis in the Pa-O Region A renewed conflict-zone in Myanmar 18 March 2024 – Khun Oo – Transnational Institute TNI Illicit technology transfers to countries of concern: challenges for the international community Gonzalo de Salazar – Real Instituto Elcano Bukele’s State of Emergency in El Salvador Viviana García Pinzón, José Salguero – Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut (ABI) Jobs Lecturer Sewage and Sludge Treatment and Reuse IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (IHE Delft) – Deadline: 22 March 2024 Senior Research Fellow (P5), Maputo, Mozambique United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) – Deadline: 26 March 2024 Lecturer in Water Transport and Distribution IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (IHE Delft) – Deadline: 29 March 2024 Professeur·e en Géographie ou en Sociologie, IEDES Sorbonne Development Studies Institute (IEDES) – Deadline: 29 March 2024 Post-Doc Researcher with regional focus on South Asia/Southeast Asia Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut (ABI) – Deadline: 29 March 2024 Visiting PhD Fellowship United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) – Deadline: 31 March 2024 PhD within Sustainable harvesting of wild Animals in African forests and impacts on carbon stocks Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) – Deadline: 02 April 2024 PhD within Sustainable harvesting of wild plants in African forests and impacts on carbon stocks Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) – Deadline: 02 April 2024 PhD scholarship within Community-Oriented Policing and Post-Conflict Police Reform Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) – Deadline: 07 April 2024 Postdoctoral Researcher in the Project ‘Reparations in Development’ Governance and Inclusive Development, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (GID) – Deadline: 14 April 2024 PhD Position in Project ‘Reparations in Development’ Governance and Inclusive Development, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (GID) – Deadline: 14 April 2024 Junior Researcher in the Project ‘Reparations in Development’ Governance and Inclusive Development, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (GID) – Deadline: 14 April 2024 Full-time postdoctoral researcher in economics or related social sciences at CERDI to explore the role of economic inequality in the preparedness behaviors of populations exposed to disaster risk Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI) – Deadline: 15 April 2024 Lecturer in International Development Department of International Development King’s College London (DID) – Deadline: 16 April 2024 Professeur·e junior·e IRD au CERDI: analyse socioéconomique des catastrophes au Sud Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI) – Deadline: 22 April 2024 Research Fellow (P-4) Climate Change United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) – Deadline: 26 April 2024 Programme Officer, U4 Anti- Corruption Resource Centre Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) – Deadline: 30 April 2024 See more job offers on the EADI website Calls Call for papers: New Frontiers of Urban Informality Research Deadline: 05 April 2024 – Development Studies Association (DSA) Call for papers: “Tackling Debt Traps: Rethinking International Debt Architecture & Debt Sustainability Assessments Deadline: 15 April 2024 – Society for International Development (SID) See more calls on the EADI Website |