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| 2nd Issue March 2025 Editorial Today we’re happy to share a new blog post with you, on inclusive partnerships and key strategies for successful funding applications. The call for the NorDev25 conference on Solidarity, Social Justice and Sustainability is still open. We’ve got the usual compilation of new publications, calls and vacancies from our member community. From our Blog Building Inclusive Partnerships: Key Strategies for Successful Funding Applications In the realm of research and development, fostering inclusive global academic partnerships is crucial for addressing equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) considerations. These partnerships not only enhance the quality and relevance of research but also ensure that diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into collaborations. Inclusive partnerships help bridge gaps between different regions, disciplines, and communities, promoting a decolonial and more equitable approach to engagement between the Global South and Global North. Read more To the blog overview Call for Papers: NorDev25, 24-26 September Solidarity, Social Justice and Sustainability: Nurturing academic-civic solidarity, fostering social justice, and cultivating collaborations in an era of uncertainty This is the overarching theme of this year’s NorDev conference in which we are partner. There are 27 panels to which you can submit by 04 April Read more Highlight: Open Access Book Rethinking Migration: Challenging Borders, Citizenship and Race Open Access Book Editor: Bridget Anderson – Transnational Institute TNI This collection investigates how to rethink migration without reinforcing it as a problematic subject. The book illustrates that conceptually based, critical and creative thinking is as important for practice as it is for theory and can help us understand and respond to migration as a force that connects rather than divides. Publication Picks by Members Liminal Strategies in the Margins of International Politics: The State-Like Power of Non-State Greenland Ulrik Pram Gad, Kristian Søby Kristensen – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)The Social Importance of Researching Action-Oriented Circular Futures Brais Suárez-Eiroa – Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University (RUC) Perspectives from Civil Society in the Nordic Countries: Paving the Road to the Second World Summit for Social Development United Nations Research Institute for Social Development – United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) A Twin Transition or a policy flagship? Emergent constellations and dominant blocks in green and digital technologies Linnea Nelli, Maria Enrica Virgillito & Marco Vivarelli – UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology UNU-MERIT Understanding gender-based violence in critical mineral mining Abbi Buxton – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Strengthening Diagnostic Services in Latin America Requires Regional Leadership, Sustainable Funding, and Enhanced Data Sharing Bert Hoffmann, Jan Felix Drexler, Andrés Moreira-Soto et al. – German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Women’s off-farm employment and dietary quality in rural Africa. Chrispinus Mutsami, Martin C. Parlasca & Matin Qaim – Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung ZEF Connecting the Unconnected: Facebook Access and Female Political Representation in Sub-Saharan Africa Sophie Hatte, Jordan Loper & Taylor Thomas – Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI) Make ODA Great Again (MOGA) or Make ODA Functional Again (MOFA)? This Is the Question Jean-Michel Severino – Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI) Financing South Africa’s energy transition – Making the just aspects count more Phemelo Tamasiga, Youba Sokona & Elisabeth Hege – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) Premium Members Publication Picks Children of their time: The impact of world politics on United Nations peace operations S. Hellmüller, F. Badache – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) A ‘simple life’ as ‘good life’?: insights from Cuban and Ecuadorian return migration J. Voirol, V. Simoni – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) Migrant (farm)workers and farmers in China and Myanmar: a perspective from the sugarcane sector Chunyu Wang, Jingzhong Ye, Yiyuan Chen, Xiaobo Hua, Lu Pan, Yunan Xu, Jennifer C. Franco, Doi Ra, Sai Sam Kham & Saturnino M. Borras Jr. – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Towards Transformative Change: Grass-roots Innovations for Food Security During Crises in Brighton & Hove, UK Park, N.J.; Chapman, C.; Ripoll, S.; Cabral, L. and Thorpe, J. – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Towards a better understanding of growth corridors in Africa: a scientometric approach G. T. Mudimu, M. Brüntrup, A.-K. Hornidge – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Local Feminist Perspectives as Transformation Levers for Greater Gender Equality 20 March 2025 – J. Götze, S. Klingebiel, M. Khalid – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) show ‘Sowing and harvesting water’: Revisiting forest restoration in the Peruvian Andes through a multi-stakeholder analysis T. Christmann, I. Cjuno-Turpo, M. López-Aranda et al. – Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) Angus McNelly, Now We Are in Power: The Politics of Passive Revolution in Twenty-First-Century I. Amaral – Department of International Development King’s College London (DID) Claude Meillassoux em Moçambique: a propósito de uma carta a Marcelino dos Santos Macagno L. – Centre for African and Development Studies CESA-ISEG Read more about EADI Members Policy Publication Picks by Members Preventing Trafficking of Girls Through Empowerment and Information Strategy: A Case study of Nepal and Nigeria M. Ebubedike, D. Saraswati, F. Boateng – The Centre for the Study of Global Development, The Open University (CSGD & OU) Understanding Digital Rights: Definitions, Conceptions, and Myths Roberts T. – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Strengthening Public Employment Programmes in South Africa’s Social Protection Framework 06 March 2025 – Kate Philip – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Escaping Khartoum: Understanding forced displacement Samahir Elmubarak – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) |
| Jobs Visiting PhD Fellowship Deadline: 31 March 2025 – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Full professorship for Global Policy for Sustainable Development / Deputy Director of IDOS (m/f/d) Deadline: 09 April 2025 – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) 18-Month Postdoc on the project: Energy Futures & Techno-Political Transition – the case of Germany Deadline: 01 May 2025 – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) Research Associate (Natural Resources and Climate Change) Deadline: 17 April 2025 -Global Development Institute (GDI) See more job offers on the EADI website Opinions Las mujeres están en la primera línea de afectados por la crisis climática K. Batthyány – The Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO Sustainable Earnings in a Resilient Economic System: The Power of Groupthink in Channelling Finance Towards Sustainable Goals Aurelie Charles – Centre for Development Studies, University of Bath (CDS) Urban Perspectives: Through the Gender Lens Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) – Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) The United States and the Rio heritage: a turning point? Lucien Chabason – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) The Beijing Declaration 30 years later – where do we stand? Michelle Pleace – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Does it matter if it’s true or not? J. Doka – The Centre for the Study of Global Development, The Open University (CSGD & OU) Calls Call for applications: Water- Energy- Food (WEF) Nexus Training 2025 Deadline to apply: 13 April 2025 – IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (IHE Delft) Call for Papers: Fragile Lives 2025 HiCN Workshop « Gendery, Institutions and Fragility », Berlin, 30 September – 01 October 2025 Deadline: 06 April 2025 – International Security and Development Center gGmbH (ISDC) Call for Papers: Fragile Lives 2025 HiCN Workshop: 30 September – 01 October 2025 Deadline: 06 April 2025 – International Security and Development Center gGmbH (ISDC) Call for Papers: Industrial decarbonization and hydrogen: The politics and economics of sustainable structural transformation, Potsdam, 28-29 October 2025 Deadline: 27 April 2025 – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) See more calls on the EADI Website Training Decolonización y Cooperación The Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO Management of Development Projects, Online SLE Training: 06 October 2025 – 10 October 2025 The Centre for Rural Development, Humboldt University, Berlin SLE Conflict Management and Conflict Transformation – SLE Training in Person: 13 October 2025 – 17 October 2025 The Centre for Rural Development, Humboldt University, Berlin SLE See more courses and tranings on the EADI website The Polarization of Public Discourses as a “Meta” Grand Societal Challenge Dennis Schoeneborn & Bennet Schwoon – Copenhagen Business School, Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC) Zhavame: Navigating Tradition, Modernity, and Environmental Change Lu Chi – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) |