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| 1st Issue March 2025 Editorial Today we’re happy to share two new blog posts with you: one delving into the work of Arthur Lewis and its relevance for understanding inequality today, and the other from our « Share your Decolonising Story » Series in which Danish researchers discussing a different approach to the usual North-driven ”Policy Brief”. The rest is quiet at the moment, but we’ve got the usual compilation of new publications, calls and vacancies from our member community. From our Blog What is the Salience of Arthur Lewis’ Ideas for Understanding Global Inequality Today? « Inequality was not Lewis primary focus. Economic development was. However, Lewis’ work provides valuable insights into the dynamics of global inequality, composed as it is of both within-country and between-country income disparities. » What does the work of Arthur Lewis, one of the most influential figures in Development Studies and Development Economics, tell us about global inequality today? Andy Sumner explores Read more Decolonizing Policy Advice: The Oxymoronic Nature of Danish Researchers Advising a Danish Ministry on a Danish Plan for Africa Our latest « Share your Decolonising Story » contribution reflects on an recent attempt by the Danish Institute of International Studies (DIIS) to have the new Danish « Africa Strategy » informed by African researchers instead of their Danish counterparts. However, central questions remained: « Does it at all make sense for Denmark to have a strategy for Africa, is a question we posed ourselves many times along the effort – does a truly decolonized approach not imply a rejection to support such a strategy? Read more To the blog overview Call for Papers: NorDev25, 24-26 September Solidarity, Social Justice and Sustainability: Nurturing academic-civic solidarity, fostering social justice, and cultivating collaborations in an era of uncertainty This is the overarching theme of this year’s NorDev conference in which we are partner. There are 27 panels to which you can submit by 04 April Read more Highlight: Open Access Book Development Actors and their Indigenous Other. Knowledge Production and Negotiation in the Upper Baram (Malaysia) Recent years have witnessed a proliferation of development projects articulated towards the ‘empowerment’ of so-called beneficiaries, particularly in contexts affecting indigenous peoples’ livelihoods. With a view to exploring the modes of knowledge production and governmentality at stake in the design and early implementation of this community-based forest management project, this book examines ethnographic data among indigenous residents of the area, interviews with NGO representatives, and the project proposal drafted by funding and executive agencies. Read more Thematic Focus: Climate Change The Climate-Care Nexus. Input to the Study on Care and Support, Pursuant to HRC Resolution 54/6 Anna Eknor Ackzell, Francisco Cos-Montiel, Noni Estrada et al. – United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) Weathering challenges Distributional impacts of climatic shocks on household consumption in Mozambique Patricia Justino, Gabriel Monteiro, Rodrigo Oliveira et al. – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) International climate adaptation assistance: Assessing public support in Switzerland PLOS One – Liliana Andonova, Agnese Zucca, Simon Montfort, Nives Dolšak, Aseem Prakash – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) Climate impact auctions: an underused tool for green subsidies in the Global South Climate Policy – Max Alexander Matthey, Aidan Hollis, Clara Brandi et al. – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Climate Clubs: An International Tax Law Perspective Intertax – Alice Pirlot – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) Aligning debt relief for climate and nature with the Principles of Effective Development Cooperation Hariprasad Radhakrishnan, Sejal Patel & Laura Kelly – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (De)Weaponizing Climate-Induced Recruitment: Prospects of Climate Change Adaptation as a Non-Kinetic Counter-Terrorism Strategy in the Lake Chad Basin Region Global Society – Folahanmi Aina & John Sunday Ojo – SOAS University of London SOAS Unlearning modernity? A critical examination of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Climatic Change – Niklas Wagner, Anna-Katharina Hornidge – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Premium Members Publication Picks Trump’s assault on foreign aid: implications for international development cooperation Sebastian Haug, Anna Novoselova, Stephan Klingebiel – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Poverty Dynamics and Social Assistance Amidst Intersecting Crises in Nigeria Vidya Diwakar, Judith-Ann Walker, Michael Turnwait et al. – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Teaching inclusively in Nigeria: new framings of inclusion surfaced through a collective storytelling approach International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education – Alison Buckler, Jennifer Jomafuvwe Agbaire, Ayomide Oluseye – The Centre for the Study of Global Development, The Open University (CSGD & OU) From street protests to everyday life: politicisation of the Belarusian society after the 2020–2021 National Awakening East European Politics – Katsiaryna Lozka – Ghent Centre for Global Studies (GCGS – UGent) Cross-border seasonal migrant labour and agricultural commodity production in the Ethiopia–Sudan borderlands Agriculture and Human Values – Tsegaye Moreda – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Opinion Monitor for Development Policy 2024. Public Support and Criticism in the Context of Multiple Crises and New Guiding Principles Martin Bruder, Alexandra Gödderz, Sebastian H. Schneider, Helge Zille – German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) “My Grandmother Has Her Keys, Now I Have Mine”: Building a Database to Preserve Testimonies of Genocide in Gaza Journal of Palestine Studies – Caitlin Procter – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) Imagined solidarity around tax practices in Namibia Johanna Söderström, Lise Rakner – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) Read more about EADI Members Policy Publication Picks by Members Strengthening Public Employment Programmes in South Africa’s Social Protection Framework Kate Philip – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Research Agenda on Reorienting Innovation for Inclusive and Sustainable Development Nanditha Mathew, Serdar Türkeli &Lili Wang – UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology UNU-MERIT Why Maintaining EU-ECOWAS Partnership is Important in Uncertain Times Mona Saleh – Institute for Development and Peace (INEF) Reframing simplification in support of a sustainable EU Céline Kauffmann – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) Transforming laws and norms to achieve universal sexual and reproductive health and rights OECD – OECD Development Centre OECD/DC Durable solutions to Somaliland’s displacement crisis will require support for pastoralists Mohamed Fadal & Louise Wiuff Moe – Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University (RUC) Picks from International Partner Networks Experts call to anchor ocean sustainability efforts in science, ahead of UNOC-3 International Science Council ISC Opinion: Nurturing ‘wild horses’ in science is a universal goal Ehud Keinan – International Science Council ISC Feminismos, trabajo y acción sindical N. Goren, A. Guamán (coord) – The Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO Activismos y movimientos sociales. Experiencias, desafíos y proyecciones Multiple – The Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO |
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| Jobs Postdoctoral Researcher/Research Fellow in Political Science or Related Fields with Focus on East Africa (2 years, 50%) Deadline: 20 March 2025 – The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) Visiting PhD Fellowship Deadline: 31 March 2025 – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Full professorship for Global Policy for Sustainable Development / Deputy Director of IDOS (m/f/d) Deadline: 09 April 2025 – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) See more job offers on the EADI website Opinions Von der Leyen in India: A tech sovereignty partnership in the making Chloe Teevan, Gautam Kamath – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) Femicide in Vietnam: a crime without words to describe it Pauline Oosterhoff, Tu-Anh Hoang – Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Beware the backlash: Feminist development policy at the crossroads Jacqueline Götze,, Maryam Khalid, Tina Zintl – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) The war for recruits: Co-optation and the soft-landing paradigm Taharqa Elnour – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI) Reclaiming your digital space: Encouraging open-source thinking in an age of tech monopolies Taylor D.H. Rockhill – SOAS University of London SOAS Decolonising GenAI use: formative assessment to stimulate critical thinking in International Development courses Jayne Pearson – Department of International Development King’s College London (DID) At COP16 in Rome, biodiversity financing (finally) finds a direction Juliette Landry – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) ‘Bob Geldof Pay Your Ethiopian Workers’ Lisa Ann Richey – Copenhagen Business School, Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC) Calls Request for research proposals: The effects of artificial intelligence on firm and labour market outcomes Deadline: 31 March 2025 – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Call for Papers: Fragile Lives 2025 HiCN Workshop « Gendery, Institutions and Fragility », Berlin, 30 September – 01 October 2025 Deadline: 06 April 2025 – International Security and Development Center gGmbH (ISDC) Call for Papers: Industrial decarbonization and hydrogen: The politics and economics of sustainable structural transformation, Potsdam, 28-29 October 2025 Deadline: 27 April 2025 – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Call for papers: (How) does social protection promote climate change mitigation and adaptation? Empirical evidence and way forward, Bonn, 26-28 Novemberr 2025 Deadline: 30 April 2025 – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) See more calls on the EADI Website Training Decolonización y Cooperación The Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO Management of Development Projects, Online SLE Training: 06 October 2025 – 10 October 2025 The Centre for Rural Development, Humboldt University, Berlin SLE Conflict Management and Conflict Transformation – SLE Training in Person: 13 October 2025 – 17 October 2025 The Centre for Rural Development, Humboldt University, Berlin SLE See more courses and tranings on the EADI website Opinion continued Do minimum wages reduce inequality in India? Saloni Khurana, Kanika Mahajan & Kunal Sen – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) |