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| Welcome to the fortnightly newsletter of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI). |
| 2nd Issue September 2022 Editorial We are back from our very first regional meeting and PhD symposium which brought together members and stakeholders from the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia. Still under the impression of the many inspiring inputs and vivid conversations, we very much look forward to organising similar events in other regions! We are also happy that our videothat explains in detail how early career researchers can get their papers in top shape for publication in academic journals is finally online! And we’ve got a new blog post whichreflects on the apolitical framing of digital technologies, written by our own Basile Boulay. Last but not least we’ve put together highlights and publication picks from our member community, as well as the usual calls, vacancies and opinions. Our thematic focus is on health today. |
| New On Our Blog: Our Bright Digital Lives |
| « How do modern technologies, which suck up an increasing share of our attention span and time, prevent us from conceptualising and implementing new forms of individual and collective life? » asks our colleague Basile Boulay in this blog post, criticising the (a)political discourse around smartphone-driven technologies that « effectively manages to hide their environmental and socio-economic consequences ». He concludes: « A more reasoned use of tech devices, a better understanding of value chains and a thorough reflection of what a good life should look like would be first steps to start addressing these pressing global issues. » Read the post |
| Video: Making Early Career Papers Fit For Publication |
| Our Journal, the European Journal of Development Research (EJDR) explicitly encourages young and early career researchers to submit papers. It’s early career initiativeprovides support in the submission process and helps to avoid common pitfalls. In this video early career editor Tewodaj Mogues explains in detail what to take care of when submitting your paper and shares many tips and tricks she has gathered during her experience as an editor. If you’d like your papers to get in top shape for the submission process, watch it now! |
| Highlight: From Crisis To Transformation |
| What is Just Transition?This primer by the Transnational Institute seeks to explore why it is imperative to orient ourselves and our social movements towards a Just Transition and how we can consciously and deliberately move away from the dysfunctional and destructive systems that are leading us towards extinction. How can we advance towards new systems of social relations that will help us to survive and overcome the climate crisis and to reverse the planet’s sixth mass extinction? Read more |
| Highlight: Reducing Inequality, 5-7 October, Bogotá |
| The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in partnership with Universidad de los Andes (UNIANDES) convenes a three-day conference on reducing inequality, held in Bogotá, Colombia, on 5-7 October 2022. The keynotes and policy event are livestreamed on UNU-WIDER’s YouTube channel. A link to the livestream is coming soon! The event closes with the WIDER Annual Lecture 2022 given by Daron Acemoğlu: « In the name of progress: Will technology solve inequality? » Register to attend the Annual Lecture livestream here. Read more |
| Highlight: 12 October: Justice in Knowledge Production |
| How can Open and Responsible Science (ORS) respond to the challenge of epistemic justice, given the staggering amount of inequality in the geography of academic knowledge? Which principles connect the framework of ORS with epistemic justice when putting equity between forms of knowledges and ways of knowing at the centre of the conversation? In this hybrid event at ISS, these principles are explored, informed by the mis-framings that marginalized communities experience and their demands for alternative practices for knowledge co-creation. Read more and register for this hybrid event at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) event here |
| Thematic Focus: Health Operationalising pharma manufacturing hubs in Africa: Policy options for the EU Karim Karaki, Pamella Eunice Ahairwe – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) Which communication technology is effective for promoting reproductive health? Television, radio, and mobile phones in sub-Saharan Africa Francesco Iacoella et al. – UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology UNU-MERIT Displaced population groups’ access to mental health services in Bangladesh and Uganda Fariba Alamgir, Kate Pincock, Khadija Mitu, Rachel Hiller and Munguleni Dalmatius – Centre for Development Studies, University of Bath (CDS) What Works for Health Systems Strengthening: An Overview of the Evidence – Resource Toolkit Kim Ozano, Sophie Witter, Jo Keatinge, Beth Scott, Nicola Wardrop – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) States or social networks? Popular attitudes amid health crises in the Middle East and North Africa International Political Science Review- Holger Albrecht, Markus Loewe – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) We’ll meet again? Evaluation of the Norwegian Grant Programme for Health Collaboration with Russia 2016-2019 Aadne Aasland, Jørn Holm-Hansen and Bård Kårtveit – Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research NIBRPremium Members Publication Picks Sustainable agrifood systems for a post-growth world Nature Sustainability – Steven R. McGreevy, Christoph D. D. Rupprecht, Daniel Niles, Arnim Wiek, Michael Carolan, Giorgos Kallis et al. – Governance and Technology for Sustainability, University of Twente (CSTM) Actors and interests along the Dakar-Bamako corridor Bruce Byiers, Poorva Karkare – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) Social Protection Intervention: Evaluation Research Design Ton Giel, Keetie Roelen, Neil Howard, Lopita Huq – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) “We are not allowed to speak”: Some thoughts about a consultation process around lithium mining in Northern Argentina The Extractive Industries and Society – Melisa Escosteguya, Araceli Clavijo, Walter Fernando Diaz Paz, Marc Hufty, Lucas Seghezzo – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) EFFEXT Background Paper – National and international migration policy in Ethiopia Kiya Gezahegne, Oliver Bakewell – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) Understanding Commodity Markets to Effectively Address Price Increases and Volatility in A Post-COVID-19 World Susan Newman, Sophie van Huellen – Austrian Research Foundation for International Development (ÖFSE) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 16: a governance compass towards just transition? Anita Breuer, Julia Leininger, Pooja Balasubramanian – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Home Grown School Feeding in Low-Income Countries: Harvesting Benefits for Smallholder Farmers Anne Margrethe Brigham, Ruth Haug – Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) Governance reforms and public acceptance of regulatory decisions: Cross-national evidence from linked survey experiments on pesticides authorization in the European Union Regulation & Governance – Jonathan Zeitlin, David van der Duin, Theresa Kuhn, Maria Weimer, Martin Dybdahl Jensen – Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR) Learning in, about and from the field? Symbolic functions of EU knowledge production on Central Asia Central Asian Survey – Oleg Korneev, Karolina Kluczewska – Ghent Centre for Global Studies (GCGS – UGent)Read more about EADI Members |
| Training CERES PhD Programme 2022-2023 Research School for International Development CERES Nordic Scholarship Programme Applications Deadline:1 October 2022 – Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) Master’s Programme in Communications for Development Applications Deadline: 17 October 2022 – School of Arts and Communication, University Malmö (K3) See more courses and trainings on the EADI website Opinions Climate change, agrarian justice and pastoralism Ian Scoones – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Amid the US-Sino rivalry: how high is the risk of a deglobalisation trajectory for China? Li Yanbai, Hao Zhang – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Autonomy, democracy, solidarity: the Green Deal still at the heart of the State of the European Union speech Nicolas Berghmans – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) Five ways to build resilience in Nigeria’s education system Adedeji Adeniran & Thelma Obiakor – OECD Development Centre OECD/DC Empirical experiences of communicating risk and response – Emergencies, wellbeing and social justice in the Anthropocene Renzo Taddei – Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre, University of York (IGDC) Redefining smallholder farmer inclusion in modern value chains: three ways forward Giulia Nicolini and Alejandro Guarín – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) The hidden scale of ‘business for good’ | Report shows scope of social enterprise in UK Fergus Lyon – Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) The Voices from ‘Ground Zero’ Report on Cameroon’s Anglophone Conflict: Interrogating History, Culture and Identity Gordon Crawford and Dr Nancy Annan – Centre for Trust Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR)Calls Call to Action for Journalists: #CrisesofInequality UNRISD Media Contest Deadline:10 October – United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) Call for Papers: Recognising Refugees | RSC Conference Deadline:31 October – Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House (ODID) See more calls on the EADI website Jobs Vacancy for the associate position of Junior Researcher Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO) – Deadline: 30 September 2022 Student Research Assistant / Werkstudent*in (f/m/d) (part-time — 10 – 20 hours per week) International Security and Development Center gGmbH (ISDC) – Deadline: 30 September 2022 Research Consultant International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) – Deadline: 03 October 2022 Postdoctoral Researcher, Development Studies Masters’ Programme in Development, Education and International Cooperation (DEICO) – Deadline: 16 October 2022 Research Fellow (P-2/P-3), Maputo, Mozambique United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) – Deadline: 19 October 2022 See more job offers on the EADI website Opinions continued How to feed Africa’s growing population: Lessons from India’s Green Revolution Isha Vajpeyi – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) Quo vadis ocean literacy. Early insights from the first year of the UN Decade for Ocean Science Mirja Schoderer, Ramona Hägele – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) A Painful Dialogue with the Taliban Arne Strand – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) See more blogs and opinion pieces on the EADI website |