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29 October 2026

Development Dialogues: Public Lecture and Panel Discussion, Dublin, 29 October 2026

European Development Cooperation in the Current Conjuncture & Crisis Preparedness for the Incoming Storm
It is a long-standing tradition within EADI to combine the regular Directors' Meetings with a public event on a development-related topic
05 November 2026

Virtual Dialogues - Living Heritage: Safeguarding the Past, Designing the Future, 05 November 2026, 15.00 CET

Second webinar in the series "Goals on the Ground: Localizing the SDGs across Jordan and Tunisia" presenting doctoral research from the Knowledge and Scientific Network.

Set against accelerating urbanisation and mounting climate pressure, this webinar asks what role cultural heritage and the quality of the built…

11 November 2026

Virtual Dialogues - Global Cooperation in Times of Crisis: Navigating an Epoch of Crisis (3), 11 November 2026

16.00 CET

This is the third webinar in the Virtual Dialogues series centred on the newly released book Global Cooperation in Times of Crisis: Grasping the…

12 November 2026

Develoment Research Communications Workshop, 12-13 November 2026, Rotterdam

Every year, the EADI Research Communications Working Group organizes a workshop for communicators working in the field of development. The goal of…
02 December 2026

Online Seminar - The Early Career Researcher Initiative of The European Journal Of Development Research (EJDR), 02 December 2026

16.00 CET

The European Journal of Development Research (EJDR) is the official journal of EADI. EJDR recognises the need to provide a forum for the publication…

03 December 2026

Virtual Dialogues - Global Cooperation in Times of Crisis: The Spread and Reverberation of Crisis Moods (4), 03 December 2026

16.00 CET

This is the fourth webinar in the Virtual Dialogues series centred on the newly released book Global Cooperation in Times of Crisis: Grasping the…

17 December 2026

Virtual Dialogues - Former Liberation Movements as Governments in Southern Africa: Authoritarianism versus Democracy, 17 December 2026

16.00 CET

Former liberation movements in Southern Africa became dominant parties in political power since replacing White minority regimes. But their legitimacy…

21 January 2027

Virtual Dialogues - Global Cooperation in Times of Crisis: Regional Viewpoints and Conclusion (5), 21 January 2027

16.00 CET

This fifth and concluding webinar in the Virtual Dialogues series centred on the book Global Cooperation in Times of Crisis: Grasping the Changing…

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Your Country is Doing Fine on Average

Albertino Francisco -
On 13 December 2024, São Tomé and Príncipe left the list of least developed countries. Its gross national income per head had reached $2,271 against a graduation threshold of $1,306. Its Human Assets…

Decolonising Grant-Funded Development Consortia: Some Reflections

Kibui Edwin Rwigi -
n November 2019, I sat across the table from an older African professor — a well accomplished intellectual, the quintessential renaissance man: poet, philosopher, scholar-activist. “How is…

Why the Next DSA and EADI Conferences Should Be Hosted in the Global South

Luqman Ọpẹ́yẹmí Muraina, Aysha Valery -
The Development Studies Association (DSA) conference held annually and the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) conference held every three-years bring together…

The Unintended Effects of Development Research Funding Structures Should be a Europe-wide Conversation

Portia Roelofs -
In 1990 the Beninese political scientist Paulin Hountondji called attention to the role of concept generation and dissemination in ‘the North’s Monopoly on theory’. In recent years European…

Inverted Eurocentrism: The Consumption of Decolonization in the Global North

Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven -
Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven

Member Publications

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EADI members

Commodifying Plunder. Unequal Exchange and the Hidden Logic of Imperialism

Crelis Rammelt - Governance and Inclusive Development, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (GID)
Once thought to be a bygone concern, imperialism has re-emerged, both in protest slogans and in academic debates. This book intervenes in that revival by offering a fresh and accessible interpretation…

Evaluation, democracy and transformation: experiences of participatory evaluation in Latin America

Pablo Rodríguez Bilella, Esteban Tapella - German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval)
This handbook represents a unique conceptual and methodological construct, emerging from and for Latin America. In a short time, it became a key resource, a reference bibliography in training…

Sustainable futures at stake? The case for politics of cooperation and perseverance

Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Axel Berger (eds.) - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
n a world undergoing tumultuous transition, sustainable futures are at stake. Disruptive policy-making is on the rise, taking the form of new waves of authoritarian nationalism and the systematic…

Jihadism in the Sahel

Mona Kanwal Sheikh, Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde - Danish Institute for International Studies DIIS
Sahelian jihadism is examined as a case of ‘bundled conflicts’, in which local grievances, regional dynamics, ideological ambitions and international interventions are deeply intertwined rather than…

The Economics of Power and Poverty in the Home. Progress and Challenges in Measuring and Targeting Individual Well-Being within Households

Olivier Bargain - United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
This volume begins by examining what can be measured about the allocation of resources and well-being inside households, with particular attention to gender inequality and child poverty. It reviews…

Degrowth. Revitalizing Critical Development Studies

Julien-François Gerber - International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
This book argues that degrowth is more than a reminder that GDP is not welfare. It offers a deeper diagnosis: capitalist economies are structurally and politically dependent on growth, yet…

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PhD Candidate in Hydroinformatics - Uncertainty-Aware Optimisation for Robust Water Distribution System Operation

IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (IHE Delft)
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PhD on LAND Project — Land and Life in the Anthropocene: Landscape Reform

International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
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PhD candidate in Hydroinformatics - Long-Term Planning Under Uncertainty for Resilient Water Infrastructure

IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (IHE Delft)
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PhD in NWO Project CERRADO

Deadline: 29 October 2026
Governance and Inclusive Development, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (GID)
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Research Assistant (f/m/diverse), Department “Transformation of Economic and Social Systems”

No deadline, rolling basis
German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
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Calls

Call for Papers: Economic Fitness and Complexity Symposium

Deadline: 11 October 2026
UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology UNU-MERIT
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Call for Applications ALF Knowledge for Action - K4A cycle2

Deadline: 24 October 2026 - Anna Lindh Foundation
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Call for abstracts and sessions Groningen Sustainability Conference 2027, 05-10 April 2027

Deadline: 25 October 2026
German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
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Call for Applications: 2027 ACUNS Annual Workshop on Institutions, Justice, and Peace

Deadline: 26 October 2026
Academic Council on the United Nations System ACUNS
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Call for Applications - Bridging Policy and Practice: Building Strong Institutions for Inclusive Justice and Sustainable Peace

Deadline: 26 October 2026
Academic Council on the United Nations System ACUNS
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Publications

At the forefront of science diplomacy: The role of non-governmental scientific organizations

María Estelí Jarquín, Jean-Christophe Mauduit, Anna-Maria Arabia et al. - International Science Council ISC
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Experimental impact study on a micro-grid project in rural Madagascar: The Café Lumière project

Jean-Claude Berthélemy, Vincent Nossek & Victor Béguerie - Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI)
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Tax Expenditure Reporting as a Commitment Device: Evidence from Emerging and Developing Countries

Alou Adesse Dama, Anne-Marie Geourjon & Gaël Tape - Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI)
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The Hidden Cost of Resource Nationalism

Rabah Arezki, Olof Löf, Federico MerchAn et al. - Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI)
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Making biodiversity finance responsive to country needs: for a renewed approach in international finance

Juliette Landry & Juliana Torres Cortes - Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI)
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