Past Events

We are happy that Dr Lyn Ossome (Makerere Institute of Social Research, Uganda) will join us to give a talk on 7 December at 3 pm (CET) entitled "Reflections on democratization and gendered violence: Colonial histories and continuities." Lyn Ossome is a Senior Research Fellow at Makerere Institute of Social Research, Uganda. Her research specializations are in feminist political economy, land and agrarian studies and feminist political theory. Her current work deals with questions of social justice through a critical engagement with histories of women in politics.

Social cash transfers can play an important role for human, economic and socio-political development. For long, they have been seen mainly as an instrument for poverty alleviation. Today, we know that they are also effective in preventing poverty and in tackling other, non-monetary dimensions of poverty (such as, malnutrition, bad health, low education), which in turn helps breaking the intergenerational transmission of poverty. Furthermore, cash transfers encourage low-income households to invest and become economically active and could potentially promote social inclusion, social cohesion, societal and political stability. The question is which types of social cash transfer schemes are most effective in achieving these different effects and under what conditions.

The negotiations on a new agreement between the EU and the ACP-Countries (African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States) will start during the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2018. Considering the economic and geopolitical strategies of China in Africa on the one hand and the international consensus of implementing the Sustainable Development agenda on the other hand demands new political commitments and new strategies in the European relationship with Africa. This conference highlighted the importance of the African European relationship and offered space for discussions, information and facts about economic and political strategies from different perspectives.

The negotiations on a new agreement between the EU and the ACP-Countries (African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States) will start during the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2018. Considering the economic and geopolitical strategies of China in Africa on the one hand and the international consensus of implementing the Sustainable Development agenda on the other hand demands new political commitments and new strategies in the European relationship with Africa. This conference highlighted the importance of the African European relationship and offered space for discussions, information and facts about economic and political strategies from different perspectives. Continue

What are the key features of last year’s development consensus of the European Union? How have the EU’s role and its financial instruments changed over the years and what is the status implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the EU? This year’s Directors’ Meeting kicked off with some reflections on these issues:

What are the key features of last year’s development consensus of the European Union? How have the EU’s role and its financial instruments changed over the years and what is the status implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the EU? This year’s Directors’ Meeting kicked off with some reflections on these issues: Continue

In this webinar Prof Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti will share insights of her work on the basis of her paper "Mobilising Different Conversations about Global Justice in Education: Toward Alternative Futures in Uncertain Times". The webinar takes place on 20 September at 5 pm.

Our panel "Development Studies and Knowledge Production - Which Way? In search of a transdisciplinary and transformative (research) agenda on equality" will discuss implications of the understanding and definition of knowledge production and inequality and the need for shifting from the study of inequality to a study of pathways to a more equal world. It takes place on 27 September 14:00-16:00 hrs.

Most recently, the EADI team participated in the World Social Science Forum, 24-28 September 2018, Fukuoka, Japan, which was organised by the International Science Council (ISC), of which EADI is a member. The International Science Council (ISC) is unique in that way that it brings together 40 international scientific Unions and Associations and over 140 national and regional scientific organizations including Academies and Research Councils. It was created in 2018 as the result of a merger between the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and thereby emphasizes the need for collaboration beyond disciplinary silos that is urgently required to successfully tackle global challenges and #leavenoonebehind in the spirit of the Agenda 2030.

The Nordic Africa Days 2018 will take place in Uppsala, Sweden, 19-21 September 2018, and the theme is African Mobilities – Reshaping narratives and practices of circulation and exchange.