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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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The Daily Multi-Layered Barriers Faced by Non-Native English Researchers

We can talk in English, but can we talk about English?
Basile Boulay - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
In this second of three blogposts on the linguistic predominance of English in research (first one here), I explore the variety of ‘everyday’ barriers faced by researchers whose first language is not English when producing, presenting and/or publishing their findings in this language.
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Money, Ministries, Motives, and Meh: How Might the Election Change UK Development Policy?

Andy Sumner - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
The UK election is at hand. The campaign has been dominated by questions of what might change in the UK (or not). But there’s been relatively little attention on overseas and specifically, foreign and development policy. What are the main political parties pledging?
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We Can Talk in English, but Can We Talk about English? Social science Research and Linguistic Predominance

Basile Boulay - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
The 50th anniversary of EADI is a good opportunity to reflect on the multiple evolutions of Development Studies, and social sciences more generally, over the past decades. Through this series of three blogposts, I would like to open a space for discussion and reflection on the issue of languages and epistemic communities.
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