Towards Structural Changes for Building Responsible Academic Partnerships
"We are time overdue for an examination of global development using different lenses and engaging more diverse voices. Institutions in global development must shift and broaden their horizons to recognise that global inequalities, exclusion and injustices also affect academic development work", write the authors of our latest blog. On the basis of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science and an ongoing reflection process on the necessary structural changes, they suggest several strategic approaches to create responsible and equitable academic partnerships between the Global North and Global South. Read the post
La résilience a-t-elle fait son temps? Réflexions sur une notion controversée
La notion de résilience est souvent accusée de vouloir tout et rien dire, ainsi que d’être trop abstraite et souvent présentée comme la panacée. C’est que l’histoire de la notion est longue et elle-même liée aux changements de paradigmes en développement », écrivent B. Boulay, E. Tyrou, D. Prelorenzo et J. Ansari Blanc. Cet article de blog se propose de restituer les échanges de la plénière de fermeture des deuxièmes journées doctorales « Regards critiques sur le développement » coorganisée par l’EADI, qui a permis un dialogue interdisciplinaire critique sur la notion de résilience avec Elaine Moreira (anthropologue brésilienne), Mohammed Mahdi (sociologue rural marocain) et Béatrice Quenault (économiste française). Lire l'article ici
In this lecture, Karen Coelho, retired Professor at the Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS), discusses how “Resettlement colonies” - sites of mass formal low-income housing – have emerged on metropolitan peripheries across India over the past two decades, redefining the social geographies and institutional practices of urban marginality. Watch
Welcome to two new EADI Partners!
We are more than happy to strengthen our ties with academic associations on other continents! Initial contacts were made at our recent Lisbon conference, where representatives of both organisations spoke at the closing plenary.
The Asian Political and International Studies Association (APISA)
is Asia’s leading academic organization dealing with political and international studies. Modelled on academic institutions in North America and Western Europe, APISA serves as an academic community for scholars working on Asia. Read more
The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO)
is an international non-governmental institution with associative status in UNESCO, created in 1967. Currently, it brings together 806 research and postgraduate centres in the field of social sciences and humanities in 51 countries in Latin America and other continents. Read more
Highlight: Big Data for Development Studies
Big data has revolutionised the natural and applied sciences (and commerce). However, its use within development studies has been comparatively limited. The paper uses the publicly available Global Database of Events, Language, and Tone (GDELT) as a source of near-real-time big data. The aim is to develop an academically robust methodology, that can be replicated and easily modified to suit the needs of a wide development studies scholarship, while also exploring its prospects for generating valuable actionable knowledge, through an established academic–practitioner partnership. Read more
Urban growth, resilience, and violence
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability - Emma Elfversson, Kristine Höglund - Department of Government Uppsala University
Associate Communications Officer (P-2)
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) - Deadline: 29 November 2023
Research Fellow (P-4) Climate Change
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) - Deadline: 05 December 2023
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