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What Would it Take to Build a Post-Extractivist Agriculture?

Will LaFleur - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
What is the relationship between extractivism, agriculture, and a sustainable future? As I started the fieldwork for my doctoral studies, this question sat at the heart of my inquiry. Developing a…

Against all Odds: How Local Communities Achieve Forest Conservation in Colombia

Sara Vélez Zapata, Gonzalo A. Vargas - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
Community forestry is a set of diverse institutions and practices that enable rural communities to participate in managing forest resources; it is a strategy to curb deforestation and conserve…

Three Ideal Types for the Future of Development Cooperation

José Antonio Alonso - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
The international aid system is undergoing one of the most acute crises in its history. Although it is often portrayed primarily as a budgetary crisis—intensified by decisions such as the Trump…

The Challenges of Decolonising Sustainability and the Environment in Development Studies

Lyla Mehta - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
Since the Brundtland Commission advanced the concept of sustainable development in 1987, a lively strand in Development Studies (DS) has engaged with the linkages between environment, sustainability…

The G7 and Global Development Architecture: Gradual Shift or Pivotal Moment?

Andy Sumner, Stephan Klingebiel - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
In late 2025 the development cooperation architecture or system is being openly renegotiated rather than quietly adjusted. Will it be a gradual shift or will 2025 be seen in the future as a pivot…

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Guide for Global Research Partnerships

Swiss Alliance for Global Research Partnerships (GRP-Alliance)
This guide was developed by the Swiss Alliance for Global Research Partnerships (GRP Alliance) of SCNAT with the support of 200 researchers and practitioners from around the world.

Poor Protection: The Role of Taxes and Social Benefits in the Developing World During Crises

Maria Jouste, Ravi Kanbur, Jukka Pirttilä et al. (ed.) - United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
This book examines the role of social protection and taxation systems in developing countries during times of crises. The main objective of the work is to promote understanding about proper crisis…

A Bit Too Simple: Narratives of Development, Sustainability and Climate Change

Mette Fog Olwig - Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University (RUC)
Narratives like those portraying development workers as heroes and local populations as victims needing to be saved from their own unsustainable practices have led to problematic policies and…

Internet Shutdowns in Africa: Technology, Rights and Power

Felicia Anthonio, Tony Roberts (eds) - Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
This open access book provides ten in-depth case studies of state-sponsored internet shutdowns across all regions of Africa. In so doing, it offers the first-ever comparative analysis of how African…

Justice in Global Economic Governance: Normative and Empirical Perspectives on Promoting Fairer Globalisation

Axel Berger, Clara Brandi, Eszter Kollar - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
This book studies global economic governance using an innovative structure to juxtapose normative arguments with empirical analysis. Chapters investigate the most important areas of global economic…

Syria in Transition. Mapping the local and transnational actors shaping politics in Syria.

Hetav Rojan - Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
Ahmed al-Sharaa’s journey from jihadist commander to self-crowned president in Damascus is a fitting vignette for the volatility of Syrian politics. It is a reminder that in Syria today, the seemingly…

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Offre de consultance - mission de suivi et évaluation du projet du PCDI – année 2025/2026

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Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI)
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Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University (RUC)
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Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House (ODID)
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Call for participation at the Conference: Political Power, Resistance, and the (Im)possibility of Alliances

09 December 2025
Centre of International Relations (CIR)
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Call for Papers: 6th Student Conference on International Relations (SCIR)

31 January 2026
Centre of International Relations (CIR)
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Call for Applications: MIASA Publishing Workshop: 09 March 2026 - 10 March 2026

Application Deadline: 19 December 2025
German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
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Voices of change: public narrative storytelling communicates climate resilience actions in Kenya

Development in Practise
Mary Ng’endo, Esther Kariuki - Nordic Africa Institute (NAI)
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Development as (In)Justice: The Case of Namibia

SAGE Publications
Henning Melber, Laura Camfield, Uma Kothari - Swedish Development Research Network SweDev
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Child labour and the persistence of inequality: Evidence from the world's least mobile country

Matias Ciaschi, Mario Negre & Guido Neidhöfer - United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
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How do childhood environments contribute to intergenerational economic mobility? Evidence from 25 years of panel data in Egypt

Caroline Krafft, Ragui Assaad & Ruotong Li - United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
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Do CCTs create conditions to thrive? Bolsa Família and social mobility in Brazil

Diogo G.C. Britto, Alexandre Fonseca, Paolo Pinotti et al. - United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
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