EADI eNewsletter #3/1 2021 | Decolonising Development, Migration & More

5 mars 2021 LES INFOS-GEMDEV, Publications Infos Gemdev

1st Issue March 2021

Editorial
Thanks to our active community, we’ve got two new blog posts to share with you today. One makes the case that we first need to reclaim our economic story to address the crises of our time and draws on feminist and ecological economics. The other sheds the light of the Agadir Free Trade Agreement and discusses why it has failed. We are also quite excited that our first virtual dialogue in Spanish language is coming close, and that our first distinguished guest lecture on Agrarian Challenges in India is now available on YouTube. Our thematic focus is on Migration today. For more and other news from our community take a scroll.
From our Blog
COVID-19 and the Economic Stories of our Time
To tackle today’s global crises such as COVID-19, we need to reclaim our economic story, Simon Mair from the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP)writes: « People in power believe certain stories about the economy. They then act as though these stories were true. And so the stories become our reality. But only once we understand that the economy is inherently social and material can we begin to think about changing it. Recognising that the economy is made up of relationships between classes and systems we can begin to focus attention on shifting these relations. » Feminist and ecological economics, as well as proposals for universal basic income and universal basic services can lead the way. Read the post
Why Has the Agadir Agreement Failed?
« The Agadir Agreement is a Free Trade Agreement between Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan with the aim of coordinating sectoral policies and approximating legislation to better foster intraregional trade. However, when re-evaluating the performance of the agreement, it becomes clear that it has neither succeeded in fostering regional integration, nor in overcoming the structural weaknesses of Arab-Mediterranean economies.  What are the reasons of this ineffectiveness? Why is the agreement still subject to support and funding from policymakers? And why do proponents of ‘New Regionalism’ hold a rather myopic view which neglects the structural weaknesses of Arab-Mediterranean economies? » Read the post
To the blog overview
Reminder: Virtual Dialgoue in Spanish on 8 March
8 Marzo, 11.00 CET
Libertad, desarrollo humano y bienestar subjetivo: implicaciones para los estudios del desarrollo
Con Rafael Domínguez Martín: El objetivo de esta presentación es revisar críticamente el papel de la libertad como determinante del bienestar subjetivo a lo largo del proceso de desarrollo humano, entendido en el sentido sociológico de la teoría postmaterialista de la modernización y sus implicaciones para los estudios del desarrollo. Leer más
Now Online:  Agrarian Challenges in India
Watch Madhura Swaminathan from the Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, trace the trajectory of growth of Indian agriculture over the last 5 decades. In particular, the policies of the last two decades have neglected small farmers who still constitute the vast majority of rural cultivators. The lecture draws on official statistics as well as evidence from village-level.
Watch the video
To our YouTube channel
New: COST Action on Decolonising Development
We are happy that several members of our Executive Committee are engaged in the management of the new four-year project Decolonising Development hosted by Kassel University, which will work on reconstructing the concept and practice of development after its deconstruction. It aims for a resetting and diversification of the actors, structures, institutions and spaces in which knowledge about and for development is produced, shared contested and put into practice. A first blog post describes what the project can, and what it cannot achieve. Read more
Highlight: Land Policy for Agroecology in Europe
Roots of Resilience: Land Policy for an Agroecological Transition in Europe
This policy report by the Transnational Institute looks to support increased access to land for agroecology throughout Europe. This support is now more critical than ever in light of a number of alarming trends including increasing land concentration and land speculation, instances of land grabbing, the precipitous decline in the number of farmers and smallholdings, a generational challenge in terms of farm succession, massive biodiversity loss, a crisis in soil fertility, and the devastating impacts of intensive livestock breeding and industrial agriculture, to mention but a few. Read more
Thematic Focus: Migration
A Shifting Yet Grounded Transnational Social Field: Interplays of Displacement and Emplacement in African Migrant Trajectories Across Central America
2021/02 – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS); Population, Space and Place; Author(s): Heike Drotbohm, Nanneke Winters

Social Assimilation and Labor Market Outcomes of Migrants in China
2021/02 – Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF); ZEF Discussion Papers on Development Policy No. 304; Author(s): Shu Cai & Klaus F. Zimmermann

Migration and Homelessness: Measuring the Intersections
2021/02 – Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR); European Journal of Homelessness, Vol. 14(3); Author(s): Koen Hermans et al.

Navigating Through an External Agenda and Internal Preferences: Ghana’s National Migration Policy
2021/02 – German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE); research paper; Author(s): Nadine Segadlo
Does Information Save Migrant’s Lives? Knowledge and Needs of West African Migrants en Route to Europe
2021/02 – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS); DIIS Report 2021: 01; Author(s): Ida Marie Savio Vammen et al.

From Austria to Afghanistan: Forced Return and a New Migration Cycle
2021/02 – Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC); Study; Author(s): ali Ahmad

Diaspora and Knowledge Transfer – The Evidence
2021/02 – United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT); briefing paper; Author(s): Katie Kuschminder, Charlotte Mueller

The Emigration of Algerian Doctors: A Normal Phenomenon or a Real Exodus?
2021/02 – Graduate Institute (IHEID); International Development Policy; Author(s): Ahcene Zehnati

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Premium Members Publication Picks
Skills for Green and Just Transitions. Reflecting on the Role of Vocational Education and Training for Sustainable Development
2021/02 – Austrian Research Foundation for International Development (ÖFSE); research paper; Author(s): Margarita Langthaler, Simon McGrath, Presha Ramsarup

A Guide to Global Health Diplomacy Better Health – Improved Global Solidarity – More Equity
2021/02 – Graduate Institute (IHEID); research paper; Author(s): Ilona Kickbusch et al.

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Structural Transformation in Africa: Evidence for Action
2021/02 – German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE); research paper; Author(s): Julia Leininger, Christoph Strupat et al

What Is Unpaid Female Labour Worth? Evidence From the Time Use Surveys of Iran in 2008 and 2009
2021/02 – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS); Journal of Time Use Research; Author(s): Mahmood Messkoub, Nader Mehri, Mahmood Ghazi-Tabatabai
Getting the Message Right on Nature‐Based Solutions to Climate Change
2021/02 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; Global Change Biology; Author(s): Nathalie Seddon, Alison Smith et al

How European Financial Institutions Can Work Better Together for Sustainable and Green (Co-) Investment in Times of COVID-19
2021/03 – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM); research paper; Author(s): San Bilal

Understanding the Resource Curse: A Large-Scale Experiment on Corruption in Tanzania
2021/03 – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI); Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization; Author(s): Alexander Cappelen, Odd-Helge Fjeldstad et al.

Integrated Modeling of Extended Agro-Food Supply Chains: A Systems Approach
2021/02 – Department of Governance and Technology for Sustainability, University of Twente (CSTM); European Journal of Operational Research; Author(s): Firouzeh Taghikhah, Alexey Voinov et al
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Training
New Study Program: MSc International Development – Migration, Mobility and Displacement
Global Development Institute (GDI); Year of entry: 2021

Climate Change and Resilience in Food Systems. Free Online Course
Sustainability Research Institute

More courses and trainings on the EADI Website
Open Online Activities
Online Seminar: Imperialism and the Developing World With Atul Kohli
4 March, 16:30 GMT; Global Development Institute (GDI)

Unpaid Care Work and Covid-19: A Missed Opportunity to Recognise, Value and Take Action?5 March, 14:00 GMT; Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre, University of York

Online Seminar: The Tigray Armed Conflict: The State of Play and Dilemmas of International Intervention
5 March, 15:00 CET; Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

Understanding Developments in Participatory Governance
5 March, 18.00 – 20.00 CET; Centro de Estudos sobre Africa e do Desenvolvimento (CeSA)

Online Presentation: “The Irishwomen’s Liberation Movement: what it did and what it achieved”
8 March, 14.00 CET Maynooth University Social Science Institute (MUSSI)

Fish Night 7 – Gender Equality in the Seafood Value Chain
8 March, 15:00 GMT; International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Thinking Through the Crises #2 | the Women’s Strike
8 March, 17.00 CET; Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR)

Green Economy: The Solution or Part of the Problem?
9 March, 13.00 GMT; International Development Department, University of Birmingham (IDD);

Virtual Launch Event for the Research Network Sustainable Global Supply Chains
9 March, 14.00 CET; German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Electronic Payment Technology and Tax Capacity: Evidence From Uruguay’s Financial Inclusion Reform
9 March, 15,00 CET; Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI)

Online Panel Discussion: Covid-19 and Global Vaccine Inequality: Views From the Global South
9 March, 17.00 CET; Austrian Research Foundation for International Development (ÖFSE)

Covid-19 and Africa: How to Emerge From the Crisis?
9 March, 18.00 CET; Graduate Institute (IHEID)

Environmental Justice in Ireland
10 March, 09:30  CET (4 Sessions, each 90 minutes) Maynooth University Social Science Institute (MUSSI)

Relational Homes = Relational Futures. How Can Stories of Everyday Life Be Interpreted as Opportunities to Imagine and Prototype Alternative Futures?
10 March, 10:15 CET; School of Arts and Communication, University Malmö

Myanmar After the Coup
10 March, 12:00 CET; Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo (SUM)

Rethinking Forced Migration: Legacies of the Greek-Turkish Population Exchange
10 March, 17:00 GMT; Oxford Department of International Development (ODID)

Marked Absences: Locating Gender and Race in International Legal History
10 March, 12.15 CET; Graduate Institute (IHEID)

Horizon 2025-End of the Beginning: Development Cooperation in the Pandemic Age
11 March, 15.00 GMT; Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton

From Science to Practice: The Role of Research in Tackling COVID-19 and Achieving the SDGs
11 March, 16.00 CET; United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

Sussex Development Lecture: Covid-19 and Development: Debt Dynamics and Sustainability
11 March, 17.00 GMT; Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton

Does More Information Save Migrants’ Lives?
11 March, 16:00 CET; Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

Online Presentation and Panel Discussion: Does Democracy Aid work?
11 March, 16.00 CET; Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut, der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit gGmbH (DEval)

The Politics of Listening
12 March, 10:15 CET; School of Arts and Communication, University Malmö

Globalizing and Localizing Environmental Justice
12 March, 16.00 CET; International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)

African Leadership for a Sustainable Future: Stories to Inspire
12 March, 17.00 CET; ETH Zürich, Centre for Development and Cooperation (NADEL)

Online VIRTEU Roundtable Discussion: Institutional Corruption and Avoidance of Taxation
12 March, 17.30 GMT; Centre for Trust Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR);

Research in Progress Seminar: On Being Education Nomads in Contemporary Mongolia
15 March 13.00 CET; International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)

(Il)licit Economies in Brazil: An Ethnographic Perspective
16 March, 16.15 CET; Graduate Institute (IHEID)

Online Presentation and Discussion: Green Finance Going Global: Solution or Trap?
16 March, 16:00 CET; Mattersburger Kreis für Entwicklungspolitik an den österreichischen Universitäten

A Decade of War in Syria: What Have Humanitarian Agencies Learned?
16 March, 18.00 CET; Graduate Institute (IHEID)

Academic Flying and the Means of Communication
17 March, 14.00 CET;  Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo (SUM)

Decolonising Europe #13: Decolonising Queerness. Gender and Sexuality From a Decolonial Perspective.
17 March, 16.00 CET; Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR)

World Social Work Day 2021: Community Engagement for Social Justice
17-18 March; United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

Online Panel Discusion: The Indo-Pacific in the Post-Trump Era: Expectations and Challenges
18 March; Institute of International Relations (IIR)

Virtual Conference on “COVID-19: How Can the EU Support Its Partner Countries to Avoid and Resolve Debt Crises?”
19 March, 11.00 CET; European Think Tanks Group (ETTG)

Online Conference: Climate Risks and Policies. Towards Resilient Low-Carbon Economies
22-23 March; Poverty Reduction, Equity, and Growth Network (PEGNet)

More online offers by members on the EADI Website
Calls
Call for Papers: Loyola University Award for Research in Development Studies
2021/01 – Fundación ETEA para el Desarrollo y la Cooperación (Fundación ETEA); Deadline: 15 March

Call for Papers: Development, Learning and Education: Post-Pandemic Considerations; 6th Joint Nordic Development Research Conference, 21-22 June 2021, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
2021/02 – Norwegian Association for Development Research (NFU); The Association of Development Researchers in Denmark (FAU); Deadline: 9 April 2021

Call for Papers: Critical Reflections on Governance and Resilience in Small Island Contexts; Special Section for Small States and Territories 4(2), November 2021
2021/02 – Islands and Small States Institute (ISSI), University of Malta; Deadline: 12 April 2021

Call for Papers: Overseas Territories & Crown Dependencies: What Future in ‘Global Britain’?; Special Section for Small States and Territories 5(1), May 2022
2021/02 – Islands and Small States Institute (ISSI), University of Malta; Deadline: 31 October 2021

More calls on the EADI website
Jobs
Research Fellowship in Multi-Dimensional Impacts Of, and Responses to Indonesian Peatland Fires
2021/02 – Sustainability Research Institute; Deadline: 11 March

Tho­mas San­ka­ra PhD Scho­lar­ships
2021/02 – Global Partnership Network (GPN); Deadline: 17 March

Communications Officer
2021/03 – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM); Deadline: 18 March

Media Manager
2021/02 – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); Deadline: 19 March

Lecturer in International Development (Emerging Economies)
2021/01 – King’s International Development Institute (IDI); Deadline: 21 March

Director for the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre
2021/02 – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI); Deadline: 31 March

PhD Scholarship Within International Environment and Development Studies
2021/03 – Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Noragric); Deadline: 6 April

More jobs on the EADI Website
Opinions
Blog: Social Innovation for a Just Transition to Sustainability
2021/02 – Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP); blog post; Author(s): Fergus Lyon

Blog: The Energy Charter Treaty Is an Anti-Climate Agreement. Sign the Petition
2021/02 – Transnational Institute (TNI); blog post

Blog: The Farmers’ Protest in India: What’s It all About?
2021/02 – Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID); blog post; Author(s): Amrita Dasgupta

Blog: Informed Dissent or Misinformed Rebellion? Making Sense of India’s Farmer Protests
2021/02 – Graduate Institute (IHEID); blog post; Author(s): Lys Kulamadayil

Opinion: Remote Research and Disability Inclusion During the Pandemic
2021/02 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; Author(s): Anna Louise Strachan

Blog: How Does Our Perception of Animals Affect Ethics and Human Health?
2021/02 – Agence Française de Développement (AFD); blog post; Author(s): Marie Pele, Cedric Sueur

Blog: Hanging by a Thread: What’s Right – And Wrong – With the New German Supply Chain Law Meant to Protect Human Rights
2021/02 – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS); blog post; Author(s): Josephine Valeske

Blog: Populism, Do We all Mean the Same Thing?
2021/02 – Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR); blog post; Author(s): Matthijs Rooduijn

Blog: Can the Supply Chain Act Bring About Social Justice?
2021/02 – German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE); blog post; Author(s): Tim Stoffel

Blog: Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: How Can the European Union Move Forward?
2021/02 – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI); blog post; Author(s): Michel Colombier

Blog: Who Really Cares About the SDGs When It Comes to Nobody’s Responsibility?
2021/02 – Copenhagen Business School, Department of Intercultural Communication and Management (IKL); blog post; Author(s): Suhyon Oh

Blog: The Politics of Refugee Relief: UNRWA and the Ongoing Funding Crisis
2021/02 – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI); blog post; Author(s): Kjersti G. Berg and Jørgen Jensehaugen

Blog: Should We Expect a Post-Covid-19 Social Protection Epiphany in Latin America?
2021/02 – Global Development Institute (GDI); blog post; Author(s): Armando Berrientos

Blog: Repurchasing the Family Silver: Zambia Nationalises Its Copper Mines Again
2021/02 – African Studies Centre (ASC); blog post; Author(s): Duncan Money, Jennifer Chansa

Blog: Inter-Generational Partnerships and Youth, Peace and Security
2021/02 – Dag Hammarskjoeld Foundation (DHF); blog post

Blog: Detecting Global Income Inequality Trends and Why It Matters
2021/02 – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER); blog post; Author(s): Annalena Oppel

Blog: CBA15: Can Adaptation Be a Superhero in the ‘Super Year’ for Climate and Nature?
2021/02 – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); blog post; Author(s): Sam Greene & Umme Tania Sultana

Blog: Hope – A Useful Category of Analysis in Global South Research?
2021/02 – Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre, University of York; blog post; Author(s): Joseph Gascoigne

Blog: Insubordinate Youth and Resilient Elites: How the Second & Third Liberation Movements Performed in the Recent Elections in Namibia and Uganda
2021/02 – Institute for Development and Peace (INEF); blog post; Author(s): Markus Bayer

Blog: The Dasgupta Review – Strong Words but Short-Term Actions
2021/02 – Centre for Development Studies, University of Bath (CDS); blog post; Author(s): Nick Langridge

Blog: Unmasking the Human Smuggler
2021/02 – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS); blog post; Author(s): Gabriella Sanchez, Anne Blaabjerg

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