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We cordially invite you to join this blog which we have set up as a discussion platform for the international development research community. The world is facing dramatic changes and challenges and so is science. What is the role of development research in these times and what are the most pressing issues it needs to address? What are the different existing positions on these issues, where are open questions and what requires further elaboration? What makes sense in relation to the larger picture and where do scientists need to take a stand?

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To showcase the wide range of approaches and research areas our members represent, we feature research projects or studies from our member institutes and organisations, as well as outstanding blog articles from their websites. Sometimes we also publish thought-provoking pieces from other sources when we feel that the covered topics are of broader interest and could trigger fruitful discussions.

Below you find the most recent blogposts, linking you directly to the EADI Debating Development Research Blog where you can also subscribe to get notified whenever a new post is published. This happens around two to five times a month. Enjoy the read!

Recent Blogposts

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Is Postdevelopment a Theory of Development? Situating Postdevelopment in Social Theory

Aram Ziai - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
Four decades after its beginnings, postdevelopment (PD) has become an established approach in development theory. Its core claim that we should ‘reject the entire paradigm of development’ and look for alternatives, has become well-known. However, is postdevelopment still part of development theory or is it something else? This post, based on a longer, more nuanced article in the EJDR tries to address this question.
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EADI at 50: Thinking Through the Winter, Looking to the Spring and the Next Chapter

Andy Sumner - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
We marked EADI’s 50th anniversary with a conference last week. As EADI president I reflect on this jubilee moment drawing from my opening remarks. Anniversaries are an opportunity for both reflection and anticipation. As EADI marks its 50th year, we find ourselves, once again, in difficult global times. In the mid-1970s, amid oil shocks, the collapse of Bretton Woods fixed exchange rates, and a crisis of the post-war development model, EADI was founded. Today, the international order appears equally unstable—fractured by a resurgence of nationalism, institutional retreat, and weakened global cooperation. The past and present resonate uncomfortably.
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From SDGs to GPTs: Trading Solidarity for AI Automation?

Ron Salaj - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
In this historical moment of a deepening global polycrisis, artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to emerge as the new knowledge regime promising to transform the world. This has been amplified with the arrival of ChatGPT and other generative AI systems in 2022, which have introduced a shift in how AI interacts with people, society and institutions.
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