EADI eNewsletter #4/3 2021 | Social Science Research and Covid, Migration & More

3 mai 2021 LES INFOS-GEMDEV, Publications Infos Gemdev

3rd Issue April 2021

Editorial
Today we are happy to announce our very first virtual dialogue in French on 18 May and would like to remind you that there are only a few days left to register for the EADI/ISS General Conference with the early bird fee! We’ve got two new blog posts which reflect on how embeddedness in hierarchical, patriarchal and colonial underpinnings affects PhD research, and how the role of the Indian State has changed over the last decades. The thematic focus of today’s publication picks is on migration, and once again we’ve collected a broad range of online events from our member community, as well as vacancies, open calls and blogs.
From our Blog
Why Positionalities Matter and What They Have to do with Knowledge Production
« All three of us were travelling with colonial baggage that we carried due to either being from the West or having been educated in the West, and the fact that we were all sent as part of an uncomfortable and institutionally asymmetric constellation of knowledge hierarchies in which it is always the Westerner, the Western-educated, or the Western-affiliated who has the authority to produce legitimate knowledge. » Read Julia Schöneberg, Arda Bilgen, and Aftab Nasir reflect on how their embeddedness in hierarchical, patriarchal and colonial underpinnings affected them during their PhD research. Read the post
State and Development: What Has Changed in India?
In this post Anthony P. D’Costa discusses the changing role of the Indian state over the last decades by pursuing three broad threads: « the changing nature of the relationship between state and capital and the mediating role of society in influencing developmental outcomes; the seemingly contradictory roles of the state in undertaking major state-sponsored social programs and the opening of greater spaces for the market; and the dynamic relationship between state and the form of democracy under changing political regimes. » Only lately under the currently ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Indian state has « turned to an “electoral autocracy”, a far cry from the accommodative state that believed in protecting people’s rights, pursued social inclusion, and relied on a pluralist, democratic foundation of India. » Read the post
To the blog overview
Virtual Dialogue on 18 May (French Language)
Entre terrain de jeux géostratégiques et aspiration à maitriser son développement: quel futur pour l’Amérique centrale?
Avec Hélène Roux: Fondée sur l’étude de divers conflits socio-environnementaux (barrages hydroélectriques ; complexes touristiques ; extraction minière ou programmes de conservation), la présentation porte sur le décalage entre les orientations liées au développement provenant « du haut » (les institutions supranationales, les États nationaux) et les aspirations provenant « du bas » (les populations concernées). Read more and register
EJDR: Latest Open Access Articles
Our Journal, the European Journal of Development Research (EJDR) has two new open access articles:
Read more open access arcticles
Featured EADI Member: AISSR
The Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) unites all social science research of the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The research programme focuses on the functioning of contemporary societies and their interrelationships from historical, comparative, and empirical perspectives. The research programme is organised into thematically focused groups with an anchor in one or more of the disciplines Sociology, Geography, Planning & Development Studies, Political Science and Anthropology. Read more
Congratulations! AISSR’s Joyeeta Gupta receives  €2.5 million for research on divesting from fossil fuels. Her research will look into the roles of the various different stakeholders and develop tools to help them all move towards climate-resilient change and inclusive development. Read more
You can also watch Joyeeta Gupta discuss the connections between inclusive development and environmental issues in a recent EADI virtual dialogue. Watch the video
Highlight: Social Science Research and COVID-19
Academics and researchers working in International Development face a number of predicted changes to the research environment and landscape in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, especially in relation to fieldwork conducted in middle-and lower-income countries. This working paper by the Global Development Institute (GDI) in Manchester is designed to provide researchers and research teams with an understanding of how to manage these changes at all stages of the research process, placing a particular focus on issues of safeguarding and collaborative research. Read more
Thematic Focus: Migration
Outsourcing Oppression. How Europe Externalises Migrant Detention Beyond Its Shores
2021/04 – Transnational Institute (TNI); research paper; Author(s): Mark Akkerman

Involuntary Migration, Inequality, and Integration: National and Subnational Influences
2021/04 – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER); Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies; Author(s): Rachel M. Gisselquist

‘Madmen, Womanizers, and Thieves’: Moral Disorder and the Cultural Text of Refugee Encampment in Kenya
2021/04 – Oxford Department of International Development (ODID); Africa, 91(1); Author(s): Hanno Brankamp

Redefining Humanitarianism in the Making: Grassroots/Volunteer Organisations in Samos (Greece)
2021/04 – Graduate Institute (IHEID); research paper; Author(s): Yaël Parrotta
‘Assisted’ and ‘Voluntary’ Return? Implementation of AVRR Schemes in Afghanistan
2021/04 – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS); research paper; Author(s): Rabia Salihi

Danish Desires to Export Asylum Responsibility to Camps Outside Europe
2021/04 – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS); research paper; Author(s): Martin Lemberg-Pedersen et al.

Migration, Smuggling and the Illicit Global Economy
2021/04 – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS); Public Anthropologist 3 (2021): 1-7; Author(s): Luigi Achilli & Gabriella Sanchez

Migrants and Access to Health Care in Costa Rica
2021/08 – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS); World Development; Author(s): Koen Voorend, Arjun S. Bedi, Rebeca Sura-Fonseca

View more publications on Migration
Premium Members Publication Picks
Green Transitions in Africa–Europe Relations: What Role for the European Green Deal? (ETTG Paper)
2021/04 – German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE); European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM); research paper; Author(s): Christine Hackenesch, Maxiilian Högl, Gabriela Iacobuta et al.

Taking the Gender Agenda Forward in EU Programming
2021/04 – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM); research paper; Author(s): Chloe Teevan, Lidet Tadesse Shiferaw, Mariella Di Ciommo

Crime, Inequality and Subsidized Housing Evidence From South Africa
2021/04 – Graduate Institute (IHEID); research paper; Author(s): Elena Roxana Manea, Patrizio Piraino, Martina Viarengo

Teacher Wages, the Recruitment of Talent, and Academic Achievement
2021/04 – Agence Française de Développement (AFD); research paper; Author(s): Matteo Bobba, Gianmarco Leon et al.

Cabinda Separatism
2021/04 – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI); Author(s): Inge Amundsen
Education and Work: Children’s Lives in Rural Sub‑Saharan Africa
2021/04 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; ACHA Working Paper; Author(s): M. Dunne, S. Humphreys, C. Syp

The Political Economy of the Next Pandemic
2021/04 – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS); research paper; Author(s): Peter van Bergeijk

The Imperial Maize Assemblage: Maize Dialectics in Malawi and India
2021/04 – Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Noragric); Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo (SUM); The Journal of Peasant Studies; Author(s): Jostein Jakobsen, Ola T. Westengen

Reaching the Poorest and Most Vulnerable: Addressing Loss and Damage Through Social Protection
2021/06 – German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE); research paper; Author(s): Mariza Aleksandrova, Cecilia Costella
Read more about EADI Members
Calls
Call for Papers: Rare Voices in Economics Conference Geneva, 13-14 September 2021
2021/04 – Graduate Institute (IHEID); Deadline: 27 May

Call for Abstracts: Financing Urban Resilience Through Land Value Capture, 9 June
2021/04 – Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS); Deadline: 15 May

Contestations of CSR Across Time, Space, and Experience … and a Call for Papers
2021/04 – Copenhagen Business School, Department of Intercultural Communication and Management (IKL); Deadline: 21 June

More calls on the EADI website
Open Online Activities
How Misinformation on Social Media Shapes Our Politics: Insights From India
30 April, 15.00 CET; Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR)

The Interaction of Law and Politics in Norm Implementation
3 May, 12.15 CET; Graduate Institute (IHEID)

The Impact of the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) Programme on Multidimensional Poverty of Refugees in Turkey
3 May, 15:00 GMT+1; Oxford Department of International Development (ODID)

Filling and Operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – A Way Out
4 May, 16.00 CET; Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF)

Redrawing the Map of Global Capital Flows: The Role of Cross-Border Financing and Tax Havens
4 May, 16.15 CET; Graduate Institute (IHEID)

Taking Action: NGO Responses to Kenya’s Neglected Boy Child Debate
4 May, 16.15 CET; Graduate Institute (IHEID)

Online Lecture: Does Dual Citizenship Reproduce Inequalities? (With Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey)
5 May, 16:00 GMT;  International Development Department, University of Birmingham (IDD)

The Rise of the Refugee Research Industry: Some Reflections
5 May, 17:00 GMT+1; Oxford Department of International Development (ODID)

The Everyday State and Urban Governance: A Study of Emerging Patterns in Political Mediation in Ahmedabad, India
6 May, 12.30 CET; Graduate Institute (IHEID)

What’s Happening in Myanmar? From Putsch to Popular Protest
6 May, 14.00, GMT+1; NUI Galway

Nepal as Quasi-Colony? An Energohistorical Approach to Nepal-India Relations
6 May, 14:00 CET; Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo (SUM)

In the Eye of the Covid Storm: How Can Media Hold Governments Accountable?
6 May, 16.30 CET; Graduate Institute (IHEID)

Online Conference: Transformative Research – The New Imperative in Science?
7 May; Swiss Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE)

The Battle of Youth Continues: Shifting the Policy Narrative From Security to Peace
7 May, 14.00 GMT; Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton

Centring the Voices of the African Diaspora in Europe
7 May, 14:00 CET; Nordic Africa Institute (NAI)

The Role of Africa in Chinese Foreign and Development Policy
11 May, 08:30 CET; UiB Global, University of Bergen

The Poverty of Cyber Norms?
11 May, 12.30 CET; Graduate Institute (IHEID)

Dr. Chika Watanabe: Playing Through the Apocalypse – Preparing Children for Mass Disasters in Japan and Chile
11 May, 13:00 GMT+1; Global Development Institute (GDI)

Negotiating Belonging in a Changing Europe. Interdisciplinary Approaches
11 May, 16.00 CET; Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR)

Expert Workshop: Potentials and Challenges of a Future AU-EU Trade Agreement
12 May, 14.00 CET; German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Next Generation EU and European Financial Integration
12 May, 16.00 CET; Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR)

What It Takes… to Be a Sustainable Business
13 May, 13:00 GMT; Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP)

Book Launch: Why Do Some Armed Groups Respect the Rules of War, While Others Don’t? Why Do Some Armed Groups Demobilize Child Soldiers, but Others Don’t?
14 May, 15.30 CET; Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR)

More online offers by members on the EADI Website
Jobs
Research Assistant for UN Security Council Related Project, Temp Position
2021/04 – Nordic Africa Institute (NAI); Deadline: 2 May

Head of the African-German Leadership Academy
2021/04 – German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE); Deadline: 16 May

Project Associate — Critical Infrastructure Resilience and Emergency Preparedness
2021/04 – United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS); Deadline: 16 May

Assistant Professor in Anthropology
2021/04 – Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR); Deadline: 21 May

Lecturer in International Development (Emerging Economies)
2021/04 – King’s International Development Institute (IDI); Deadline: 30 May

Lecturer in Development Economics
2021/04 – King’s International Development Institute (IDI); Deadline: 30 May

More jobs on the EADI Website
Opinions
Blog: Talking Transdisciplinarity
2021/04 – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); blog post; Author(s): Alexandre Chausson & Lydia Cole

Opinion: Carbon Market Emissions Cap: Set the Limit!
2021/04 – Agence Française de Développement (AFD); Author(s): Christian de Perthuis

Blog: Oil: From a Lifetime of Damage-Limitation to Outrage
2021/04 – Global Development Institute (GDI); blog post; Author(s): David Little

Blog: Another War in the Horn? Rising Tension at the Ethiopia-Sudan Border
2021/04 – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI); blog post; Author(s): Lovise Aalen

Blog: Economic Integration Into Host Communities in Times of Covid-19: How to Ease the Impact of Covid-19 on Displaced Populations in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
2021/04 – Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut, der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit gGmbH (DEval); blog post; Author(s): Jana Kuhnt, Kirsten Schüttler

Blog: Local Manufacturing for Health in Africa in the Time ofCovid-19: Experience and Lessons for Policy
2021/04 – Global Development Institute (GDI); blog post; Author(s): Tanja Bastia

Blog: Europe Shouldn’t Underestimate the Global Appeal of China’s Vaccine Diplomacy
2021/04 – German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE); blog post; Author(s): Jacob Mardell

Blog: Climate and Biodiversity: Coordinating Ambitions and Concrete Strategies for Transformation
2021/04 – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI); blog post; Author(s): Sébastien Treyer

Blog: Conservation Agriculture: Latest Experiences From Zimbabwe
2021/04 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; blog post; Author(s): Ian Scoones

Blog: Gender and Climate Change Adaptation Responses in Kenya
2021/04 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; blog post; Author(s): Eunice Wangari

Blog: From Possession to Property: How the Commodification of Land Affects Youth Participation in Farming in Ghana
2021/04 – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS); blog post; Author(s): Gertrude Aputiik

Blog: Women and Conflict in West Africa and Beyond
2021/04 – OECD Development Centre (OECD/DC); blog post; Author(s): Diene Keita

Blog: Will the Taliban Gain From Negotiations?
2021/04 – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI); blog post; Author(s): Arne Strand, Astri Suhrke

Opinion: COVID-19 Has Transformed Somaliland’s Remittance Lifeline
2021/04 – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS); Author(s): Mohamed Aden Hassan et al.

Blog: Norway’s New Plan on Climate Adaptation and the Fight Against World Hunger
2021/04 – Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo (SUM); blog post; Author(s): Ingrid Ågren Høegh & Dan Banik

Opinion: Mobility and Leadership: An Interview With Peter de Clercq
2021/04 – Dag Hammarskjoeld Foundation (DHF); Author(s): Peter de Clercq

Blog: Adding Insult to Injury – The Impacts of COVID-19 on Urban Youth in Mozambique
2021/04 – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER); blog post; Author(s): Eva-Maria Egger, Ivan Manhique & Finn Tarp

Blog: Foreign Aid Can Help Stem the Decline of Democracy, if Used in the Right Way
2021/04 – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER); blog post; Author(s): Rachel M. Gisselquist & Miguel Niño-Zarazúa

More blogs and opinion pieces on the EADI website
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