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| 2nd Issue August 2023 Editorial Welcome to a new edition of the EADI newsletter! This week, we have two new blogposts, and an open access publication highlight on the politics of development in Africa. We are also pleased to announce that a call for papers for a special issue of The European Journal of Development Research has been launched. In addition to this, you will find our usual selection of publications, jobs and calls from our member community. And don’t forget to send in your suggestions for the roster of events planned for our 50th anniversary next year! From our Blog: Global Partnerships Perspectives on Development Studies and Global Crises »Amid the multitude of current interconnected and mutually reinforcing global crises, the closing panel of our recent #NewDevRhythms conference in Lisbon centred around the question what Development Studies could do to understand and respond to the various facets of these crises, while, as a discipline, facing numerous crises of its own. To consult and bring forward non-European perspectives, EADI president Andy Sumner who chaired the session had invited representatives of Development Studies Associations from different parts of the world. », writes Christiane Kliemann, reporting on the various viewpoints shared and the solutions proposed during the closing plenary. Read more From our Blog: Contested development imaginaries Making and un-making knowledges »The spread of Hindu supremacist discourses in critical development spaces is facilitated by an essentialist and ultimately racist understanding of decoloniality among Western academics and practitioners which proposes that any concept or approach which claims to be authentically rooted in communities in the Global South can be accorded ‘epistemic deference’ without any serious engagement with the politics underlying it. This approach assumes that people in the Global South are located ‘outside’ or ‘beyond’ politics, a well-established version of the racialised trope of the pre-modern ‘noble savage’. », argue Kalpana Wilson et al. taking a critical eye to how development intersects with ideology. Read moreTo the blog overview EJDR Special Issue – Call for Papers The European Journal of Development Research (EJDR) is planning a special issue publication around the topic of “What next after the SDGs?”. EJDR invites authors, researchers, and practitioners interested and wishing to contribute to EJDR’s special issue, to submit their draft papers for consideration in the journal. Empirically-rooted papers, as well as theoretical and conceptual articles, are welcome. Contributions from the Global South and early career researchers’ papers are especially encouraged. Find out more about the submission and review process here. Highlight: Pockets of Effectiveness and the Politics of State-building and Development in Africa Repeated economic and social crises have demanded that development thinkers and policy actors have had to engage with the critical role that states play in delivering development. This open access volume shows that politics is the driving factor that shapes how well state agencies perform their roles. It deploys a new conceptual framework – the power domains approach – to explore the shifting fortunes of key state agencies in five countries – Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia – over the past three decades. Read more Thematic Focus: Sustainability and Climate ChangeSDGs trade-offs associated with voluntary sustainability standards: A case study from the coffee sector in Costa Rica Sustainable Development Jorge Sellare et al – Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung ZEF Breaking barriers: Bridging research and action on climate change adaptation in the Global South Mikkel Funder et al. – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) The European Green Deal as a driver of EU-Latin American cooperation A. Averchenkova et al. – Real Instituto Elcano Temperature, climate change, and household financial behaviour. Evidence from Viet Nam Sefa Awaworyi Churchill, Trong-Anh Trinh – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Assessing the suitability of sustainability frameworks for embedding sustainability in higher education curricula International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education Simon Mair & Angela Druckman – Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) Deep-sea fisheries as resilient bioeconomic systems for food and nutrition security and sustainable development Resources, Conservation and Recycling Andrea Gatto, Elkhan Richard Sadik-Zada, Sürmeya Özbek et al. – Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE) Premium Members Publication PicksCan external interventions restrain conflict intensity? Eight hundred estimates from 1996 – 2020 say “probably not” Binyam Afewerk Demena et al. – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) L’instrumentalisation des migrations et la tentation de l’état d’urgence permanent: le droit européen d’asile en question Annuaire français de droit international Vincent Chetail – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) Towards a Sustainable World: United Nations Youth Day Isabelle Eberz et al. – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Bringing Democracy to Governance of Mining for a Just Energy Transition IDS Policy Briefing 213 Anabel Marín – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Who supports feminist development policy? Evidence from Germany European Journal of Politics and Gender Sebastian H. Schneider et al. – German Institute for D evelopment Evaluation (DEval) |
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| TrainingsPoverty-focused mixed methods research and evaluation online course Deadline: 4 September 2023, 16 00 UK time – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) MA studies in International Security and Development (ISAD) and International Relations and Public Diplomacy (IR-PUB) Deadline: 06 September 2023 – Centre for International Studies and Development (CISAD) See more courses and trainings on the EADI websiteOpinionsThe cognitive and emotional stimulation program in Guatemala significantly mitigates the impact of two years of missed schooling due to the pandemic on the academic performance of minors ETEA – Fundación ETEA para el Desarrollo y la Cooperación (Fundación ETEA) The face of climate change along Turkana’s Turkwel river Marie Ladekjær Gravesen & David Lyndorff Paris – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) Caught in the crossfire: understanding the impact of conflict on young people’s lives in Ethiopia Kath Ford, Sophie von Russdorf & Marta Favara – Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House (ODID) A ‘values crisis’ underpins the biodiversity and climate emergency School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV) Celebrating Yorkshire Day with conservation and sustainability research Sustainability Research Institute – Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds (SRI) Getting attention to urban health issues – or not? David Satterthwaite – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Unpacking the politics of social assistance: Part 2 – Yemen Ibrahim Jalal – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Theories, Theorization, and Deconstructing Categories Franzisca Zanker & Paolo Gaibazzi – Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut (ABI) India was a tree planting laboratory for 200 years – here are the results Dhanapal Govindarajulu – Global Development Institute (GDI) Unsustainable: Big Tobacco’s use of the UN SDGs Tom Gatehouse & Britta Matthes – Centre for Development Studies, University of Bath (CDS) Women’s poverty, migration and policy: Reflections in the context of Bangladesh Dr. Md. Mahbubur Rahman – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) Winning the Internal Election Katy Glassborow – Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) See more blogs and opinions on the EADI website CallsCall for Papers « Contributions of the social and solidarity economy to eco-social transitions » Deadline: June 1st, 2024 Instituto de Estudios sobre Desarrollo y Cooperación Internacional: Universidad del Pais Vasco (HEGOA) | Red Española de Estudios del Desarrollo (REEDES) Red Española de Estudios del Desarrollo (REEDES) Call for Abstracts: Gender and Religious Exit: Moving Away from Faith Deadline: 1 September 2023 Centre for Trust Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR) Call for Applications: FDC Group Scholarships MSc Sustainable Development, Agri-Food and Co-operatives Deadline: 18 August 2023 Department of Food Business and Development (UCC-FBD) Call for Applications: Ornua Scholarship: MSc Sustainable Development, Agri-Food and Co-operatives Deadline: 21 August 2023 Department of Food Business and Development (UCC-FBD) Input sought for UK’s international development white paper Deadline: 16 September 2023 Development Studies Association (DSA) See more calls on the EADI websiteJobsFull Professor of Development Deadline: 15 September 2023 Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC) Lecturer in applied aquatic ecology with specialisation in ecosystem health and fish ecology to support sustainable livelihoods and management IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (IHE Delft) Deadline: 05 September 2023 Postdoctoral Researcher, 100% two-year position Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) – Deadline: 15 September 2023 See more job offers on the EADI website |