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| Welcome to the fortnightly newsletter of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI). |
 2nd Issue September 2021 Editorial With this newsletter, we intend to direct your attention to two upcoming EADI events. As from today, the applications for our academic coordinator workshop on 02 and 03 December are open. You can find more information on our website. Furthermore, we would like to invite you to save the dates of our upcoming communications workshop on 25 – 26 November. More information will follow soon. A roundtable discussion on « Rural aspirations – livelihood decisions and rural development trajectories” – built on a special issue of the EJDR – took place in August. A video of the event is now available. Our latest blogpostfocuses on the sustainable energy supply of health facilities in Ghana. Based on this topic, we put a thematic focus on energy and highlight recent member’s publications on the issue. Finally, we present to you the latest vacancies, events, calls, blogposts, and opinion pieces of our members. Sustainable Energy Supply: The Case of Health Facilities in Ghana « While data on electricity access for health facilities in SSA is sparse, a study from 2013 in eleven Sub-Saharan countries revealed that only 28% of health facilities and 34% of hospitals had reliable access. Today, UN Development predicts that 25% of health facilities are still without access to electricity while 28% face regular power outages. No electricity often means no lights during the night, no possibility to sanitize instruments, as well as missing cooling circles for vaccines and medications, all of which are vital in the fight against Covid-19 ». However, « successfully setting-up a mini-grid or off-grid system cannot be achieved by simple plug-and-play. », Our latest blog post sheds the light on what the EnerSHelF project is doing to help. Read the post To the blog overview Applications Open: Academic Coordinators Workshop Applications for our online workshop for academic coordinators of development studies programmes are now open. It takes place on 02 and 03 December under the title “Development studies and climate change: ways forward for curriculum building”. You can find more information and the full programme on the EADI website. If you like to get an impression of last year’s event, you can read the post on EADI’s Debating Developing Research blog. Now Online: Roundtable on Rural Aspirations In case you’ve missed it: The roundtable discusssion « Rural aspirations – livelihood decisions and rural development trajectories » is now available to watch online. Building on the results and the breadth of the contributions to the related special issue of the EJDR, speakers highlight research directions and gaps and implications for future reseasrch strategies, followed by a discussion on what development stakeholders can learn for their daily activities and project design. Watch the video EJDR: Latest Open Access Articles Our journal, the Europen Journal of Development Research (EJDR), has published some new open access articles Arab-German Trade and Institutions: The Effect of Good Governance on Arab Exports to Germany Intersectionality as a Framework for Understanding Adolescent Vulnerabilities in Low and Middle Income Countries: Expanding Our Commitment to Leave No One Behind View all open access articles Highlight: Interconnected Disaster Risks The report by the United Nations University’s Institute for Envrionment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) analyses 10 interconnected disasters that took place in 2020/2021. They were selected for their notoriety and representation of larger global issues, which have changed or will change our lives across the world. Society will likely remember most of these disasters as tragic, but largely isolated events that affected certain parts of the world for a period of time. This report explains that these events are only the tip of the iceberg, by highlighting how these events are interconnected with each other, with other larger processes, as well as with our action or inaction. They can lead to future disasters or will worsen existing problems such as biodiversity loss or poverty. Read more Thematic Focus: Energy How to Rein in Fossil Fuel Subsidies? Towards a New WTO Regime 2021/08 – Graduate Institute (IHEID); research paper; Author(s): Simon Happersberger, Eleanor Mateo, Selcukhan Ünekbas Climate Ambition Beyond Emissions Numbers – Taking Stock of Progress by Looking Inside Countries and Sectors 2021/09 – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI); research paper; Author(s): Henri Waisman et al. Norwegian and Ukrainian Energy Futures: Exploring the Role of National Identity in Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Energy Security 2021/09 – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS); journal article; Author(s): Trine Villumsen Berling, Izabela Surwillo & Sandra SørensenCarbon Taxation and Inflation: Evidence From the European and Canadian Experience 2021/08 – Graduate Institute (IHEID); research paper; Author(s): Maximilan Konradt, Beatrice Weder die Mauro Impact of Dust Storms and Urban Air Pollution on PV-Power Systems: Case Studies From Ghana 2021/08 – International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE); EMS Annual Meeting Abstracts; Author(s): Stefanie Meilinger et al. Productive Uses of Energy for Resilient Livelihoods in LDCs 2021/09 – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); briefing paper; Author(s): Kevin JohnstoneMore publications on energyPremium Members Publication PicksHard Times for Developing Countries: Africa’s Financing Needs in Question 2021/09 – Agence Française de Développement (AFD); research paper; Author(s): Bertrand Savoye, Maxime Terrieux, Sylvain Bellefontaine et al. Carbon Lock-in and Contradictions—Applied Guide to Academic Teaching of Mexico’s Energy Transition 2021/09 – German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE); Applied Sciences; Author(s): Ariel Macaspac Hernandez, Daniel Alejandro Pacheco Rojas, Diana Barron Villaverde Solidarity and ‘Social Jealousy’: Emotions and Affect in Indonesian Host Society’s Situated Encounters With Refugees 2021/09 – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS); Third World Quarterly; Author(s): Mahardhika Sjamsoe’oed Sadjad Controlled Religious Plurality: Possibilities for Covenantal Pluralism in Vietnam 2021/09 – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI); The Review of Faith & International Affairs; Author(s): Edyta RoszkoBuilding Strategic European Digital Cooperation With Africa 2021/09 – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM); research paper; Author(s): Chloe Teevan Is There a Future for Indigenous and Local Knowledge? 2021/08 – Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Noragric); The Journal of Peasant Studies; Author(s): Erik Gómez-Baggethun Demanding Power: Do Protests Empower Citizens to Hold Governments Accountable Over Energy? 2021/09 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; research paper; Author(s): Naomi HOssain, John Agbonifo, Martin Atela John Gaventa et al. Development in the Global South at Risk: Economic and Social Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Developing Countries 2021/09 – Austrian Research Foundation for International Development (ÖFSE); research paper; Author(s): Gabriele Tondl Read more about EADI Members |
| JobsJob Offer: Bid Support Manager International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); Deadline: 26 September Job Offer: PhD Positon COVIDEU Project – The Impact of COVID-19 on Public Support for the EU Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR); Deadline: 8 October Job Offer: Senior Systems Analyst (P-2) United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER); Deadline: 12 October Job Offer: Research Fellow at the Leibniz Research Alliance „INFECTIONS“ German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA); Deadline: 15 October Job Offer: Research Fellow for the GIGA Project « Democratic Institutions in the Global South German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA); Deadline: 01 November More jobs on the EADI Website Calls Call: Applications Now Open for Eight Postdoctoral Research Fellowships at ACRC Global Development Institute (GDI); Deadline: 01 October Call: Call for Visual Artists: Imaging Inequality Global Research Programme on Inequality (GRIP), International Social Science Council (ISSC); Deadline: 01 November More calls on the EADI websiteOpinionsBlog: How to Protect Forests Without Threatening Indigenous Peoples 2021/09 – Agence Française de Développement (AFD); Author(s): Aurelie Darbouret Blog: Promoting Civil Society Engagement in Afghanistan 2021/09 – German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE); Author(s): Conrad SChetter, Bernhard Trautner Opinion: Transnational Threat or PR Stunt? When Jihadist Groups Declare Allegiance 2021/09 – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS); Author(s): Dino Krause & Anne Blaabjerg Nielsen Blog: Back to Basics: Living the Principles of the UN Charter – An Interview With Bintou Keita 2021/09 – Dag Hammarskjoeld Foundation (DHF); Author(s): Marc Jacquand, Kate Sullivan & Johanna Mårtendal Blog: L.O.A.Ns – Leash on African Nations 2021/09 – Global Development Institute (GDI); Author(s): Nana Agyeman Blog: Migration, Work and Rights: The Case for Human Rights Due Diligence 2021/09 – Graduate Institute (IHEID); blog post; Author(s): Janelle Diller Blog: Integrating Gender and Intersectionality in Social Protection Programmes 2021/09 – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); Author(s): Tracy Kajumba & Ritu Bharadwaj Opinion: To Close the Climate Ambition Gap, We Must Look Beyond National Targets 2021/09 – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI); Author(s): Chris Bataille et al. Opinion: How Much Does Beijing Control the Ethnic Makeup of Tibet? 2021/09 – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS); Author(s): Andrew M Fischer Opinion: Tanzania: Opposition Arrests Cast Doubts Over Democracy Agenda 2021/09 – Nordic Africa Institute (NAI); Author(s): Mattias Sköld Blog: Intermediate Cities: A Missing Piece in the Climate Change Puzzle 2021/09 – OECD Development Centre (OECD/DC); Author(s): Oliver Harman Blog: Understanding Dramatic Change in the UK’s International Development NGO Sector 2021/09 – Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID); Author(s): Nicola Banks & Dan Brockington Blog: The Future of the Indian Energy Secto 2021/09 – Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo (SUM); Author(s): Ingrid Ågren Høegh Blog: Afghanistan 2021: A Quickly Made Long Tragedy 2021/09 – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER); blog post; Author(s): Lant Pritchett More blogs and opinion pieces on the EADI website Open Online Activities Online Launch of the Study “Working Together to Achieve the Paris Climate Goals and Sustainable Development” 20 September, 11:00 CEST; German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Online Event: Climate-Induced Migration and Modern Slavery 2021/09 – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); 20 September, 12:30 BST Participatory Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning: Tacking Stock and Breaking New Ground 21 September, 14:00 GMT+1; Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton Knowledge, Evidence, and Narratives on Child Poverty and Covid-19: Post-Pandemic Research Agenda 21 September, 15:00 CEST; Global Research Programme on Inequality (GRIP) Online Conference: Building Resilient Urban Communities in Transforming Cities 22-24 September; International Institute for Geo-Information Sciences and Earth Observation (ITC) Digital Technologies in Participatory Research 22 September, 12:00 GMT+1; Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton « Belief » in Rights, Islamophobia and the Politics of the Veil. A Conversation With Ratna Kapu 22 September, 16:00 CEST; Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR) Opening Lecture of the Academic Year: A Rise in Humanity, Felwine Sarr 22 September, 18.30 CEST; Graduate Institute (IHEID) Future-Proofing Humanitarianism: Actioning Policy and Strengthening Governance 23 September, 10:30 GMT+1; Centre for Trust Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR) Action-Oriented Forms of Participatory Research 23 September, 15:00 GMT+1; Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton Online Event: Untold Stories – Climate Activism and the Brutal Realities of Loss and Damage 23 September, 15:00 BST; International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Online Research Workshop on the Inclusion of Justice Perspectives in Energy Systems Modelling 23, 24 September, 13:00 CEST; Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo (SUM) Mixing and Mashing Participatory With Other Research Methods 24 September, 14.00 GMT+1; Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton Virtual Workshop: The Governance Challenge of Integrated Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Implementation 27 September, 13.30 CEST; German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Covid-19 – A Game Changer for Migration (Policy)? 27 September, 14.00 CEST; German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) The Constitutional Process in Chile – What Does It Mean for a Democracy in Times of Crisis? 27 September, 16.00 CEST; Transnational Institute (TNI) The Rights of Refugees Under International Law: A Conversation With James C. Hathaway and Vincent Chetail 27 September, 18.15 CEST; Graduate Institute (IHEID) Online Conference: The 12th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health 28 September – 01 October; UiB Global, University of Bergen Agenda for International Development – What Does the Future Look Like? 28 September, 12.30 GMT+1; King’s International Development Institute (IDI) Informality, Consumption Taxes and Redistribution 28 September, 15:00 CEST; Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) How to Stop the Displacement of Millions Caused by European Arms Exports 28 September, 16.00 CEST; Transnational Institute (TNI) International Conference of Terra Mosana: Sustainable Digital Heritage 29 September – 8 October; Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Maastricht (FASOS) An Indonesian Perspective on the Indo-Pacific Regional Architecture 29 September, 09:30 CEST; German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Online Event: Reducing Mistreatment of Migrant Domestic Workers 29 September, 15:00 CEST; United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) A Return to “Normal”? Fiscal Futures in Post-Pandemic Europe 29 September, 16:00 CEST; Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR) Online Seminar: Doing Fieldwork in the Archive: Print Culture, Publics and Popular Genres in Colonial Lagos 30 September, 15:30 CEST; African Studies Centre (ASC) Online Book Launch: Why Some Development Works 30 September, 17:00 CEST; Global Research Programme on Inequality (GRIP), International Social Science Council (ISSC) More online offers by members on the EADI Website |