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05 November 2026

Virtual Dialogues - Living Heritage: Safeguarding the Past, Designing the Future, 05 November 2026, 15.00 CET

Second webinar in the series "Goals on the Ground: Localizing the SDGs across Jordan and Tunisia" presenting doctoral research from the Knowledge and Scientific Network.

Set against accelerating urbanisation and mounting climate pressure, this webinar asks what role cultural heritage and the quality of the built…

11 November 2026

Virtual Dialogues - Global Cooperation in Times of Crisis: Navigating an Epoch of Crisis (3), 11 November 2026

16.00 CET

This is the third webinar in the Virtual Dialogues series centred on the newly released book Global Cooperation in Times of Crisis: Grasping the…

12 November 2026

Develoment Research Communications Workshop, 12-13 November 2026, Rotterdam

Every year, the EADI Research Communications Working Group organizes a workshop for communicators working in the field of development. The goal of…
02 December 2026

Online Seminar - The Early Career Researcher Initiative of The European Journal Of Development Research (EJDR), 02 December 2026

16.00 CET

The European Journal of Development Research (EJDR) is the official journal of EADI. EJDR recognises the need to provide a forum for the publication…

03 December 2026

Virtual Dialogues - Global Cooperation in Times of Crisis: The Spread and Reverberation of Crisis Moods (4), 03 December 2026

16.00 CET

This is the fourth webinar in the Virtual Dialogues series centred on the newly released book Global Cooperation in Times of Crisis: Grasping the…

17 December 2026

Virtual Dialogues - Former Liberation Movements as Governments in Southern Africa: Authoritarianism versus Democracy, 17 December 2026

16.00 CET

Former liberation movements in Southern Africa became dominant parties in political power since replacing White minority regimes. But their legitimacy…

21 January 2027

Virtual Dialogues - Global Cooperation in Times of Crisis: Regional Viewpoints and Conclusion (5), 21 January 2027

16.00 CET

This fifth and concluding webinar in the Virtual Dialogues series centred on the book Global Cooperation in Times of Crisis: Grasping the Changing…

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From Ideas to Impact: The Missing Links in Financing for Development

Iliana Olivié, Antonio Sianes, María Santillán O’Shea, Gustavo Cadenas Delascio, Adam Timothy Mayemba, Matthew Winkler -
Development finance is increasingly taking place between worlds. It is expected to reconcile goals that are often in tension: preserving multilateralism while accommodating more flexible coalitions of…

The “Equitable Partnerships” Conundrum: Reflecting on how Aspirations for Equity in Large Research Consortia Can Lead to Action

Peter Taylor -
For many years, I have had the opportunity to work in large grant funded initiatives in different forms – projects, programmes and centres – as well as in many smaller collaborations. Often I have…

Your Country is Doing Fine on Average

Albertino Francisco -
On 13 December 2024, São Tomé and Príncipe left the list of least developed countries. Its gross national income per head had reached $2,271 against a graduation threshold of $1,306. Its Human Assets…

Decolonising Grant-Funded Development Consortia: Some Reflections

Kibui Edwin Rwigi -
n November 2019, I sat across the table from an older African professor — a well accomplished intellectual, the quintessential renaissance man: poet, philosopher, scholar-activist. “How is…

Why the Next DSA and EADI Conferences Should Be Hosted in the Global South

Luqman Ọpẹ́yẹmí Muraina, Aysha Valery -
The Development Studies Association (DSA) conference held annually and the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) conference held every three-years bring together…

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Commodifying Plunder. Unequal Exchange and the Hidden Logic of Imperialism

Crelis Rammelt - Governance and Inclusive Development, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (GID)
Once thought to be a bygone concern, imperialism has re-emerged, both in protest slogans and in academic debates. This book intervenes in that revival by offering a fresh and accessible interpretation…

Evaluation, democracy and transformation: experiences of participatory evaluation in Latin America

Pablo Rodríguez Bilella, Esteban Tapella - German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval)
This handbook represents a unique conceptual and methodological construct, emerging from and for Latin America. In a short time, it became a key resource, a reference bibliography in training…

Sustainable futures at stake? The case for politics of cooperation and perseverance

Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Axel Berger (eds.) - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
n a world undergoing tumultuous transition, sustainable futures are at stake. Disruptive policy-making is on the rise, taking the form of new waves of authoritarian nationalism and the systematic…

Jihadism in the Sahel

Mona Kanwal Sheikh, Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde - Danish Institute for International Studies DIIS
Sahelian jihadism is examined as a case of ‘bundled conflicts’, in which local grievances, regional dynamics, ideological ambitions and international interventions are deeply intertwined rather than…

The Economics of Power and Poverty in the Home. Progress and Challenges in Measuring and Targeting Individual Well-Being within Households

Olivier Bargain - United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
This volume begins by examining what can be measured about the allocation of resources and well-being inside households, with particular attention to gender inequality and child poverty. It reviews…

Degrowth. Revitalizing Critical Development Studies

Julien-François Gerber - International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
This book argues that degrowth is more than a reminder that GDP is not welfare. It offers a deeper diagnosis: capitalist economies are structurally and politically dependent on growth, yet…

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PhD Position: Groundwater Care and the Politics of Transformation (Peru)

Deadline: 02 November 2026
Governance and Inclusive Development, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (GID)
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„Urban Future – managing transformations for a better health in blue cities“: 10 doctoral research positions (all genders) in the interdisciplinary field of urban health

Deadline: 02 November 2026
Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung ZEF  |  International Center for Sustainable Development (IZNE)
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PhD Position: Groundwater Care and the Politics of Transformation

Deadline: 02 Novembro 2026
Governance and Inclusive Development, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (GID)
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PhD Position on Decolonising Reparations

Deadline: 08 November 2026
Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, Radbound University CAOS
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Assistant professor position in Microeconomics and/or Public Economics

Deadline: 15 November 2026
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Maastricht (FASOS)
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Call for Papers: Economic Fitness and Complexity Symposium

Deadline: 11 October 2026
UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology UNU-MERIT
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Call for Panels: DSA 2027: Development between hope and critique, 22-25 June 2027 Hybrid at University of Sussex

Deadline: 05 November 2026
Development Studies Association (DSA)
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2027 Call for Nominations: Bina Agarwal Prize for Young Scholars in Ecological Economics

Deadline: 15 November 2026
Global Development Institute (GDI)
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Call for papers: 18th Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event – JURSE 2027

Deadline: 17 November 2026
International Institute for Geo-Information Sciences and Earth Observation (ITC)
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Call for Papers: Contested Ideas: Knowledge, Publics, and Political Debate in Contemporary China, Hamburg, late April 2027

Deadline: 30 November 2026
German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
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Publications

Financial additionality: The untapped catalyst for global development

Paul Mudde - European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)
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School Meals Programmes in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings: Evidence and Lessons from Somalia on Contributions to Peace and Social Cohesion

World Food Programme
Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, Becky Carter, Guhad Adan, Carolina Botter - Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
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School Meals Programmes in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings: Evidence and Lessons from Mali on Contributions to Peace and Social Cohesion

World Food Programme
Carol Watson, Moussa Sacko, Carolina Botter - Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
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Bridging the Gap between Vocational Training and Employment

Cati Coe - Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
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Urban failures, political gains: how shadow interests shape new city development

Nicholas Goedeking, Lena Gutheil, Michael Roll - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
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