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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

Deadline: 18 December 2025
Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI)
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Postdoc in Marine Ecology and Seagrass Carbon Dynamics

Deadline: 5 January 2025
Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University (RUC)
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Lecturer in Health Economics

Deadline: 08 January 2026
Department of International Development King’s College London (DID)
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Qualitative Researcher in British and European Politics, CIC

Deadline: 12 January 2026
Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House (ODID)
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Postdoctoral Research Fellows (2 Posts) in the ERC-funded HydroConnect project

Deadline: 01 March 2026
Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI)
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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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Researcher Project with International Mobility (FRIPRO)

Research Council of Norway RCN
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Research Council of Norway RCN
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Request for Reseach Proposals: Green fiscal policies, climate change, and the just energy transition in the Global South

Deadline: 20 December 2025
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
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Publications

The EU and Latin America: Reassessing the Strategic Partnership

GIGA Focus Latin America
Detlef Nolte - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
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New England’s Pinnacle: fostering quality entrepreneurial ecosystems

Alejandro Almeida, Antonio A. Golpe, Juan Manuel Martín-Álvarez et al. - Complutense Institute of International Studies (ICEI)
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Conditional Cash Transfer Interventions to Support Syphilis Treatment in Vulnerable Populations: A Quasi-Experimental Study Among Displaced and Host Communities in a Border City of Colombia

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas
Merike Blofield, Andrea Wirtz, Magaly Pedraza et al. - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
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Gaza, Israel, and German Foreign Policy: A View on Public Opinion

Gaza, Israel, and German Foreign Policy: A View on Public Opinion
Christine Binzel & Thomas Richter - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
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Ghannouchi’s Concept of Ḥurriyya and Its Realisation in Transitional Tunisia

Julius Dihstelhoff & Imad Alsoos - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
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