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Welcome to the fortnightly newsletter of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI). |
| 2nd Issue October 2024 |
| Editorial |
| Back from our research communications workshop in Paris, we find that the role of communications in research cannot be overestimated, and are therefore very happy to offer an online blogging workshop open for everyone. As an appetizer, we’ve got two new blog posts for you today: one pointing to colonialism as elephant in the room of the climate change discourse, and the other warning of the growing securitisation of European development policy. And: a project we’re involved in is coming to a close and is inviting to its final conference end of November. |
| From our Blog |
| Colonialism’s Blind Spot in Climate Change Solutions: Why Feminist Approaches Are Falling Short »Despite its role as a key driver of climate change through centuries of extractivist activities, economic expansion, and the dominance of Western ways of knowing, coloniality is frequently overlooked in mainstream environmental debates », writes Bernadette P. Resurrección in our latest blog: » Coloniality, capitalism, racism, and heteropatriarchy all overlap and reinforce one another, creating a web of exploitation that affects both people and the planet. Addressing the climate crisis, therefore, requires tackling these systems together, rather than in isolation » Read the post |
| EU Development Policy in the Security Trap »The new EU Commission is forcing EU development policy under the yoke of its security strategy », writes OEFSE Director Werner Raza in his analysis: « By overestimating its global negotiating power, it risks not only to harm Europe’s long-term interests, but to exacerbate geopolitical tensions. » He concludes: » « Without a willingness to cooperate as equal partners and to make amends for colonial crimes and climate damage, Europe will find it difficult to forge constructive relations with the Global South. Given the current political agenda of the new Commission, it will unfortunately take some more time before this realization becomes the guiding principle of politics » Read the post |
| Online Workshop Academic Blogging on 02 December |
| If you enjoy reading academic blogs and would like to learn how to boost your own blogging skills, this one’s for you! Experienced blog editor Lize Swartz will share tips and tricks, as well as the do’s and don’ts of writing academic blog articles. By the end of the workshop, participants will know what academic blogging is, why it is useful and important, and how to go about drafting an academic blog article. Read more and register by 24 November |
| Megatrends Lecture, Bonn, 29 October |
| Between Hope and Disillusion: How Young People in Africa and Europe Shape Politics in a Crisis-Ridden WorldThis year’s Megatrend Lecture asks: How do young people act and engage in an era of upheaval? How does the political establishment address young peoples’ concerns, especially in Africa, where young people constitute the biggest electoral group? Are we witnessing new forms of lasting political engagement, or do we enter an age of disillusion? Read more and register until 25 October |
| ADAPTED Final Conference, 25-28 November 2024 |
| We are proud to be partner in the ADAPTED project, a European joint doctorate around ending poverty worldwide as the overarching goal of the SDGs. As partnership of five European universities, seven African partner universities and prominent European development organizations and think tanks, ADAPTED addresses a significant gap in our understanding of the factors influencing poverty reduction. Results of the research activities between 2021 and 2024 will be discussed during the final conference in in Cape Town, South Africa. Interested researchers and practitioners are invited to participate in the SDG Forum on 26 November 2024 (online or in person) and / or in the Dissemination Day on 28 November 2024 (in person). Read more |
| Highlight: Decolonising Economic Development |
| The Role of Development SectorResearchers from our members at King’s and SOAS in London have compiled this report for BOND, the UK network for organisations working in international development. The report lays out what a framework for decolonisation entails, building on anti-colonial, post-colonial and anti-imperialist scholarship, primarily originating in lower-income countries. It suggests that a Eurocentric approach to economic development ignores the common historical processes that produce both the markers of development and aspects of underdevelopment on a global and national scale. Read more |
| Thematic Focus: Oceans |
| Transnational Intersectionality at Sea: Gender, Appearance, Ethnicity, Age, and Marine Knowledge Production Ocean and Society – Ramona Hägele, Anna-Katharina Hornidge – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Following a Deep-Sea Channel. Sensory Landscape and Experiential Knowledge in Science-Making on a Research Vessel Nature and Culture – Ramona Haegele – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Sustainable Blue Tourism in the Western Indian Ocean: Trends, Challenges, and Policy Pathways Judy Kepher Gona, Paul Baraka, Angelo Sciacca, Giulia Balestracci, Joshua Rambahiniarison, Lucy Atieno – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) China’s dual signalling in maritime disputes Australian Journal of International Affairs – Esther Song – German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Assessing the management costs of future high seas marine protected areas: an initial methodological approach Klaudija Cremers, Alexandra Oliveira Pinto, Julien Rochette – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) Monitoring, control and surveillance of future high seas MPAs: what role for emerging technologies? Klaudija Cremers, Alexandra Oliveira Pinto, Frank Okoth-Menya, Julien Rochette – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) |
| Premium Members Publication Picks |
| Migrant work and the future of food cultivation in the Netherlands Karin Astrid Siegmann – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Navigating Africa’s democracy agendas: A guide for civil society engagement Martin Ronceray, Nneka Okechukwu – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) De jure and de facto inclusivity in global governance Review of International Studies – Jack Taggart, Sebastian Haug – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) In Quest for Meaning: Towards a Common Understanding of the 2030 Agenda? Steve Borchardt, Jean-Baptiste Jacouton, Michele Maroni, Luisa Marelli – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Neighbourhoods of the Worst Forms of Child Labour: Centring Children’s Experiences and Perceptions Mariah Cannon, Kriti Bhattarai, Surojit Kundu, et al. – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) The subaltern strikes back, or how Ukraine is claiming agency from Russia and the European Union European Security – Fabienne Bossuyt, Louise Amoris, Mykola Riabchuk – Ghent Centre for Global Studies (GCGS – UGent) Demystifying Sovereignty: Totem and Taboo of Migration Control in International Law American Journal of International Law – Vincent Chetail – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) Refugee journey infrastructures: Exploring migration trajectories from South Sudan to Uganda Population, Space and Place – Cathrine Talleraas, Marta Bivand Erdal, Marianne F. Larssen, Andreas F. Tollefsen – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) Winners and losers: Class dynamics and social protection in Pakistan International Journal of Social Welfare – Zahid Mumtaz, Keetie Roelen – The Centre for the Study of Global Development, Open University (CSGD & OU) |
| Policy Publication Picks by Members |
| A purpose-oriented, multi-stakeholder and multi-evidence-based biodiversity global review: rationale, modalities & gaps Juliette Landry, Marcel Kok, Roos Immerzeel – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) Towards a data-driven UK semiconductor strategy Steven Rolf, Joseph Baines, Julian Germann and Sean Starrs – Department of International Development King’s College London (DID) Meeting Report: Mpox and Discrimination in African Settings Diane Duclos, Hayley MacGregor – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) New forms of International partnerships to reduce negative spillover effects in support of global sustainability Axel Berger, Grayson Fuller, Jorge Gómez-Paredes et al. – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Accelerating Daily Carpooling in the French Overseas Territories Alexandre Sautter, Guillaume Ficat-Andrieu, Julien Casals, Elodie Soundrom, Mathieu Verdure – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) |
| Picks from International Partner Networks |
| The ‘publish or perish’ mentality is fuelling research paper retractions – and undermining science Nham Tran – International Science Council ISC Who shapes the future of science? Examining the stark gender imbalance in scientific leadership Léa Nacache – International Science Council ISC Independencia Hispano-americana y lucha de clases O. Beluche – The Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO Del laberinto de la soledad a los senderos de la compañía: ulturas políticas en el México actual R. Ramírez Gallegos, J. Guijarro, G.Gallardo – The Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO |
| Calls Call for papers: Researching Global China – Innovations and Challenges: 25-26 February 2025, Milton Keynes, UK Deadline: 08 November 2024 – Development Policy and Practice, the Open University (DPP) Call for Panels: DSA 2025: Navigating Crisis. Dangers and Opportunities in Development, hybrid, Bath, UK, 25–27 June 2025 Deadline: not stated, but before early December – Development Studies Association, Centre for Development Studies, University of Bath Call for Papers: CIRIEC Research Conference Bordeaux 2025 Deadline: 15 January 2025 – Groupement d’Intérêt Scientifique pour l’Étude de la Mondialisation et du Développement (GEMDEV) Call for Papers. For Vol 1:1 of the SAQAN Journal for Quality Assurance in Higher Education International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education INQAAHE See more calls on the EADI Website Opinions Israel needs critical friends Irene van Staveren – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Navigating Identity: Black French Women and Natural Hair Justine Noëlle Bosset – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) A savvier approach for meaner times: The EU’s external promotion of democracy Amandine Sabourin, Sara Gianesello – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) Adapting to climate change: co-constructing solutions on the ground Ian Scoones – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Germany’s new Arctic guidelines: a case for knowledge diversification Charlotte Gehrke, Dorothea Wehrmann – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Challenges for Change in Myanmar Transnational Institute TNI Evidence for Education Policy Reforms: Between Global Agendas and Local Reality Rasha Sharaf – Network for international policies and cooperation in education and training NORRAG COP16: springtime for biodiversity? Juliette Landry – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) GDI Research Digest: Probing Prevalent Development Narratives Louisa Hann – Global Development Institute (GDI) |
| Trainings Shaping Futures: African-European Network on Development and Sustainability Academy (May-November 2025) Application deadline: 10 November 2024 – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Empowered Futures. A Global Research School Navigating the Social and Environmental Controversies of Low-Carbon Energy Transitions Appplication deadline: 15 November – Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) CERES PhD Programme in Development Studies, November 2024 – June 2025 International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) PhD Development Studies Application Deadline: 20 January 2025 – Global Development Institute (GDI) See more courses and trainings on the EADI website Jobs Senior project manager for IIED Europe Deadline: 25 October 2024 – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Lecturer in International Development (Climate and South East/East Asia) Deadline: 29 October 2024 – Department of International Development King’s College London (DID) Postdoctoral position for the impact performance measurement project led by the Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) Deadline: 10 November 2024 – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) Scholarship in the POLONEZ BIS-2 project Centre for International Studies and Development CISAD See more job offers on the EADI website Opinons continued Indigenous Peoples are the real solutions to the nature and climate crises Krystyna Swiderska – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Trump vs Harris: where they stand on immigration Eric, Sigmon – Real Instituto Elcano Pledge first, Think Later! How Giving Pledges Increase Donations to Cost-Effective Charities Janek, Kretschmer – Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Maastricht (FASOS) |