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Recent Blogposts

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The Tropical Forest Forever Facility – A Game-Changer?

Georg Schäfer - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
The climate conference in Belém ended in disappointment regarding the phase-out of fossil fuels. In that context, the Tropical Forest Forever Facility, which was launched there, appears to be a bright spot. Some even consider it a game-changer for tropical forest protection. Is this optimistic assessment justified?
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Building a National Platform for Development and Sustainability – The Czech Experience

Ondřej Horký-Hlucháň, Tereza Němečková - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
We have both worked in development research for more than two decades. And yet, again and again we were amazed by stumbling upon great publications and scholars we didn’t know about. They may have worked in a neighbouring faculty in Prague or a smaller regional university. So, as simple as it may sound, this observation became the main motivation behind the creation of a national platform that would become the Czech Research Network for Global Development and Sustainability (CRENDES): to get to know each other.
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Cooking Knowledge Together: Rethinking Collaboration in Academia

Luca Sára Bródy - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
In an era of overlapping crises – from climate breakdown to deepening social inequalities – calls for more “impactful” research are everywhere. Universities promise solutions, funding bodies demand relevance, and scholars are expected to produce knowledge that can address urgent societal challenges. But what if the problem is not only what research produces, but how it is done – and why current ways of doing research so often fail to respond to these crises?
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