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COP30 and Just Transition in the South: Who Will Pay the Social Price?

Jiayi Wang, Mengjie Xu - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
When COP30 ended in the Amazonian city of Belém, much of the global media focus stayed locked on a familiar question: would the final agreement clearly call for the “phasing out of fossil fuels”? The…

Why We Need Empathy to Tackle Poverty

Keetie Roelen - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
“You need a new vacuum cleaner? Can you prove that your current one is really broken?” This was the response Hanny received from the welfare office in the Dutch city of Tilburg when she asked them…

Decolonial Journey: #RhodesMustFall and ‘Decolonising Development Studies’ in Ghana and Nigeria

Luqman Muraina - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
I completed my B.Sc. Sociology in Nigeria with little or no knowledge about alternative epistemologies, coloniality, and politics of knowledge. Like many young graduates fed by modernity’s shine, I…

What Would it Take to Build a Post-Extractivist Agriculture?

Will LaFleur - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
What is the relationship between extractivism, agriculture, and a sustainable future? As I started the fieldwork for my doctoral studies, this question sat at the heart of my inquiry. Developing a…

Against all Odds: How Local Communities Achieve Forest Conservation in Colombia

Sara Vélez Zapata, Gonzalo A. Vargas - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
Community forestry is a set of diverse institutions and practices that enable rural communities to participate in managing forest resources; it is a strategy to curb deforestation and conserve…

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Global Trends: Prospects for Development and Peace Multilateral Cooperation for People and Planet

Cornelia Ulbert, Marcus Kaplan - Institute for Development and Peace (INEF)
There is growing consensus that the liberal international order as we have known it is dwindling. Since it never really lived up to its expectations, proponents and critics alike do not think it…

Feminist Foreign and Development Policies: Opportunities and Challenges from a Global South Perspective

Anna Eknor Ackzell - United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
This paper examines how Feminist Foreign and Development Policies (FFDPs) have emerged as both a site of transformation and contention within global governance. It traces the articulation of feminist…

Trade in Tasks A New Perspective to International Trade, Structural Change and Economic Development

Gaaitzen de Vries & Marcel P. Timmer - United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
This novel perspective captures the increasingly fragmented and specialized nature of global production. They present new data and methods to measure the income and employment associated with task…

Guide for Global Research Partnerships

Swiss Alliance for Global Research Partnerships (GRP-Alliance)
This guide was developed by the Swiss Alliance for Global Research Partnerships (GRP Alliance) of SCNAT with the support of 200 researchers and practitioners from around the world.

Poor Protection: The Role of Taxes and Social Benefits in the Developing World During Crises

Maria Jouste, Ravi Kanbur, Jukka Pirttilä et al. (ed.) - United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
This book examines the role of social protection and taxation systems in developing countries during times of crises. The main objective of the work is to promote understanding about proper crisis…

A Bit Too Simple: Narratives of Development, Sustainability and Climate Change

Mette Fog Olwig - Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University (RUC)
Narratives like those portraying development workers as heroes and local populations as victims needing to be saved from their own unsustainable practices have led to problematic policies and…

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What do the 2015 SDG negotiations teach us for a beyond-2030 framework?

Paula von Haaren, Axel Berger - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
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Climate finance for adaptation

Sylviane Guillaumont Jeanneney, Tomáš Hos, Clara Pugnet - Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI)
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Researcher Positionality and Relational Power: Playing With ‘Researching Up’ and ‘Researching Down’ in Critical Reflexivity

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Jennifer C. Langill - Department of International Development King’s College London (DID)
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Animal Celebrities—Then and Now: Exploring Oceanic Imaginaries Through Celebrity Marine Mammals

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Charlotte Gehrke - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
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Sustainable urban rail integration: the case of the city of Maastricht

Jo Coenen, Luc Soete - UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology UNU-MERIT
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