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New Initiative on Climate Change, Sustainable Development and the Environment, first virtual session on 27 February, 4pm UTC

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27 Feb 2019

In preparation of the EADI General Conference “Solidarity, Peace and Social Justice” in June 2020, our Working Group on the Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development is reaching out for topics, good ideas and new participants.

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EADI Webinar: Knowledge Production, Ownership and the Power of Definition: Perspectives on and from Sub-Saharan Africa, 20 May, 2pm CET

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20 May 2019

This webinar with Henning Melber ist the third free webinar in the "Building Development Studies for the New Millennium Series", engaging with challenges that scholars and researchers face in striving for genuine research collaboration and knowledge production in a North–South interaction. He maps asymmetries in scholarly interaction generally and examines African realities specifically.

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EADI Webinar: Engaged Excellence in Development Studies, 19 March, 3pm CET

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19 Mar 2019

This is the second webinar in our "Building Development Studies for the New Millennium" Series, and we are happy to have gained Melissa Leach and John Gaventa to present the concept of "Engage Excellence" They will share their reflections and experiences in seeking to promote positive transformative change that is strategically informed by research and knowledge. If you'd like to get a first impression, read our related blog post by Melissa Leach.

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EADI Webinar: The Struggles of Epistemic Freedom and Decolonization of Knowledge in Africa, 12 March 3pm CET

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13 Mar 2019

Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Professor and Head of the Archie Mafeje Research Institute at the University of South Africa, will give insights into his work on epistemic freedom and decolonization of knowledge in Africa.

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Agenda 2030

Review of the Realisation of Norway’s “Strategy for Intensifying International Efforts for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation for the Period 2014–2017”
2019/02 – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI); CMI Report; Author(s): Joar Svanemyr
CMI
Europe's Approach to Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: Good Practices and the Way Forward
2019/02 – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI); research paper; Author(s): Ingeborg Niestroy et al.
Energy Management in Small- and Medium-scale Industries with focus on preparing for ISO 50001 Energy Management (EMSI), 9.9. - 13.12.2019
There will be a focus on energy management tools to improve energy efficiency and to create cleaner production, emphasizing that these improvements provide a win-win situation for SMIs as well as helping countries contribute to the Sustainable Energy for All Goal on Energy Efficiency and the Sustainable Energy Development Goals. In particular there is a focus on preparing for reaching the new International Standard on Energy Management (ISO50001). The course is divided into two parts. Part 1 is an 5 week online course spread out over 10 weeks. All modules of Part 1 must be successfully completed before the start of Part 2 – the two week residential course.

TARGET GROUP
Management staff involved in energy planning in their industries. Policymakers from government organizations, industrial associations, and institutes involved in industrial development. Consultants who work in areas related to the themes of the course.

CSTM

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LEAD CAMPUS: Global Leaders for Africa’s Development
Agence Française de Développement (AFD)The goal of LeAD Campus is to identify the current and future leaders of Africa, develop their skills and projects so to help them contribute to a sustainable and inclusive growth across the continent. The LeAD Campus programme equips high-potential Africans with the skills to develop their leadership, their vision and their business.

This bilingual certificate-awarding training programme lasts for 6 months. The programme is a co-development of 4 African and French institutions. It is overseen and implemented in partnership with business operating on the African continent. Whether you come from the north, south, east or west of the African continent, from an English or French speaking country and work in the private or the public sector, LeAD Campus is for you.

Duration of the training programme:
6 months including 15 days of on-site training and remote training (e-learning, distant mentorship, development of the individual executive project).

AFD
Job Offer: Post Doctoral Researcher - One Health Approaches
2019/02 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; Deadline: 15 March
IDS
Nigeria and South Africa: Shaping Prospects for the African Continental Free Trade Area
2019/02 – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM); research paper; Author(s): Kesa Pharatlhatlhe; Philomena Apiko; Sean Woolfrey
ECDPM

Calls for Papers and Research Proposals

Call for Proposals: 2019 DeGEval Annual Conference on ʻevaluation and Sustainability’, Bonn, 11-13 September
2019/02 – Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut, der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit gGmbH (DEval); Deadline: 10 March
DEval
Call for Papers: Risc 2019 Conference in Johannesburg: "Barriers and Borders: Human Mobility and Building Inclusive Societies", 4-5 November
2019/02 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Helsinki; Deadline: 20 March
Call for Papers: 5th Joint Nordic Development Research (Nor-Dev) Conference on ‘Knowledge Production in North-South Collaboration: Challenges in an Era of New Global Divides’, Copenhagen 27-28 June
2019/02 – The Association of Development Researchers in Denmark (FAU); Deadline: 3 March
Call: Call for Abstracts: Engendering Access to Justice for Development in Sub Saharan Africa, Cape Town, 28-29 October
2019/02 – Nordic Africa Institute (NAI); Deadline: 30 April
Call: Stakeholders E-Consultation on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Under Review at the 2019 High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform
2019/02 – Deadline: 22 February
Call: Call for Expressions of Interest: Universities and Social Inequalities in the Global South
2019/01 – United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD); Deadline: 10 March
Call for Papers: Call for the 16th Edition of the Lisbon Group on Leadership and Organization Studies
2019/01 – Deadline: 10 February
CAPP
Call for Papers: Responibility and Accountability of Supply Chains, Kassel, Germany, 14-15 March 2019 (PDF)
2019/01 – International Center for Development and Decent Work (ICDD); Extended Deadline: 1 February 2019
Call for Papers: Effective States and Inclusive Development Conference on 'Rethinking the Politics of Development', Manchester, 9-11 September
2019/01 – Global Development Institute (GDI); Deadline: 15 March

Jobs at EADI Members

Job Offer: Post Doctoral Researcher - One Health Approaches
2019/02 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; Deadline: 15 March
IDS
Job Offer: Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow - The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG)
2019/02 – Overseas Development Institute (ODI); Deadline: 14 March
ODI
Job Offer: Academic Assistant in the Area of “Migration, Trade and Inclusive Development”
2019/02 – Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB); Deadline: 24 March
Job Offer: Junior Policy Officer in the Sustainable Food Systems Team - ECDPM
2019/02 – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM); Deadline: 28 February
ECDPM
Job Offer: 3 PhD Candidates for the Project “Decline and Death of International Organizations”
2019/01 – Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Maastricht (FASOS); Deadline: 15 March
Job Offer: Grade 5 Coordinator (Maternity Cover), Natural Resources Research Group, Forest Team
2019/02 – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); Deadline: 5 March
Job Offer: FRIC Is Hiring New Research Assistants (Students) 2019
2019/02 – Copenhagen Business School, Department of Intercultural Communication and Management (IKL); Deadline: 25 February 2019
Job Offer: Researcher in the “Inter- and Transnational Cooperation With the Global South” Programme
2019/01 – German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE); Deadline: 10 February
DIE
Job Offer: Academic Assistant in the Area of “Everyday Governance of Public Policies in Africa”
2019/02 – Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB); Deadline: 24 March
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