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13 May 2026

Virtual Dialogues - Historical Trauma and Its Development Implications Across Generations, 13 May 2026

15.00 CEST

Historical trauma—arising from experiences such as colonialism, slavery, violent conflict, and systemic dispossession—can have profound and lasting…

19 May 2026

EADI General Assembly, 19 May 2026

Online,13.00-16.00 CEST

All EADI institutional and individual members are invited to attend the online assembly. Invitations have been sent by email. Please register here…

27 May 2026

Virtual Dialogues - Potencia Feminista Visual y Performativa en Tiempos de Violencia y Crueldad, 27 May 2026

18.00 CEST

El 8M, también conocido como el Día Internacional de las Mujeres (8 de marzo), se ha convertido en todo el mundo en un punto de convergencia para…

28 May 2026

Virtual Dialogues - Green Economy and Rural Livelihoods in Africa: Policies and Implementation Pathways, 28 May 2026

16.00 CEST

This webinar contributes to ongoing discussions on “Green Economy and Rural Livelihoods in Africa: Policies and Implementation Pathways.” It aims to…

10 June 2026

Virtual Dialogues - Beyond Technical Solutions: Water Governance, Power, and Social–Ecological Change, 10 June 2026

16.00 CEST

Water challenges are often framed as technical problems of infrastructure, scarcity, or management. This webinar brings together leading scholars to…

10 June 2026

Transformative Skills: Reframing Competence Development in Higher Education. Workshop (Online) 10 June 2026, 14:00 CET

Application deadline: 15 March 2026
Joint Workshop with the International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE) at Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg - University of Applied Sciences
29 June 2026

EADI/IOB General Conference 2026, Antwerp, Belgium (hybrid), 29 June - 02 July 2026

Shaping Sustainable Futures: Global Challenges, (G)Local Solutions?

We're happy to announce that our next flagship event, the EADI General Conference, will be taking place at the Institute of Development Policy (IOB)…

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30 June 2026

Dudley Seers Lecture - Sharing our Earth: Contributing to the Writing of a Global Constitution, 30 June, 19:30 CEST

With Joyeeta Gupta, University of Amsterdam

Our economy and society depend on the ability of the Earth to sustain life. However, we are overusing and abusing these resources. Air pollution is…

03 December 2026

Online Seminar: The Early Career Researcher Initiative of The European Journal Of Development Research (EJDR), 03 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…

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Why Knowledge Diplomacy Deserves More Attention

Sibout Nooteboom - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
In a world where raw power dominates, countries often find it difficult to govern their internationally embedded value chains from a position of equality. Knowledge diplomacy may help to overcome this…

The Consensus on Gender Equality was a Mirage: Reflections on CSW70

Karmen Tornius, Lars Engberg-Pedersen - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
Speaking of the Commission on the Status of Women 70th Session (CSW70), the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said: “The fact that the commission, for the first time in its history, went to a…

Reversing Agrarian Change and Restoring Hope in Ghana’s Mining‑Affected Communities

Gyinadu Abubakar, Evans Odoom - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
When classical agrarian theory points to rising food prices as the driver of land value, it assumes a single, agricultural use for land. David Ricardo’s rent model is a good example: more demand for…

Geostrategic Axes and Transitions in Development Cooperation

José Antonio Alonso - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
The international aid system is going through one of the most delicate moments in its history, largely due to its inability to respond effectively to changes in the global environment. The crisis…

The Double Legitimacy Crisis of the Old Aid Order: Four Scenarios for Development Cooperation and their Plausibility

Nadia Molenaers - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
Development cooperation is not simply facing another cyclical debate about effectiveness. It is facing something deeper: a crisis of the very roles through which it has historically been justified.…

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Gender Economics in the Global South

Olivia Bertelli - United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
This Element provides an overview of cross-cutting edge research in the economics of gender inequality in the global south, while offering a snapshot of women's living conditions using recent…

Where’s the dēmos in Democracy? Building Democratic Futures and Resisting Autocracy

Niranjan Nampoothiri, Miguel Loureiro, Steve Metcalfe et al. - Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
Democracy is in crisis. Anti-democratic politicians and anti-rights movements are becoming more popular. Simultaneously, growing inequality around the world – a product of neoliberal capitalist…

Legal Mobilization. Assessing the Potential and Limits of Law-based Civic Advocacy

Jeff Handmaker - International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
This book discusses the strategic potential of law-based, civic-led advocacy and surveys how legal mobilization can serve as a form of counterpower to state and corporate-led lawfare. It covers a…

Advancing Racial Equity in Development Studies

Madhuri Kamtam, Laura Camfield - Development Studies Association (DSA)
This report offers the clearest, most honest account of what racially minoritised early career researchers experience within Development Studies today with clarity about where our practice misses the…

How the Taliban Regained Power in Afghanistan

Mona Kanwal Sheikh, Jan Werner Mathiasen, Lars Erslev Andersen et al. - Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
This book examines how the Taliban were able to regain power in Afghanistan in 2021, some 20 years after the US intervention. It is the result of a thorough review of research and policy publications…

Radical Educators in Grassroot Contexts

Mayssoun Sukarieh - Department of International Development King’s College London (DID)
This book presents a collection of conversations with educators and activists from around the world, who are engaged with practicing and thinking about different forms of radical or alternative…

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COORDINADOR/A DE EDUCACIÓN PARA LA CIUDADANÍA GLOBAL (ECG) EN UNRWA COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA

Red Española de Estudios del Desarrollo (REEDES) Red Española de Estudios del Desarrollo (REEDES)
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Consultoría para la identificación de nuevas fuentes de financiación orgánicas e inorgánicas y el fortalecimiento de la sostenibilidad económica de La Coordinado

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Researcher (f/m/diverse) Dialogues for Democracy

Deadline: 08 May 2026
German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
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PhD candidate to join the research project Unequal Numbers: The Making of Ethno-Racial Inequality in Brazil

Deadline: 11 May 2026
Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB)
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Researcher / Senior Researcher

Application Deadline: 11 May 2026
Institute of International Relations (IIR)
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Industrial PhD Scheme – Doctoral Projects in Industry 2026

Research Council of Norway RCN
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Innovation Projects for the Industrial Sector: The Seafood Industry 2026

Research Council of Norway RCN
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Innovation project in the industrial sector: Energy and transport 2026

Research Council of Norway RCN
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Public Sector PhD Project – Doctoral Project in the Public Sector 2026

Research Council of Norway RCN
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Crises of Care - Call for Articles

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Society for International Development (SID)
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Publications

Sudan’s war in El Fasher: civilians as the battlefield of armed politics

Almontaser B. Mhmood & Kristof Titeca - Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB)
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Economías populares: Una cartografía crítica latinoamericana

Verónica Gago, Cristina Cielo & Nico Tassi (eds.) - The Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO
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Viejas y nuevas derechas en América

Ricardo Orozco, Thays Fidelis, José Víctor Bolaños Alcántara et al. (eds) - The Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO
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Country Platforms Action Toolkit

Mohsen Gul, Anaa Hassan, Aaron Acuda et al. - International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
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Applying a human rights-based approach to human-wildlife conflict

Adaoma Wosu, Dilys Roe, Shweta Shivakumar et al. - International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
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