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26 March 2026

From Research to Policy: Online Workshop for PhD Students and Early Career Researchers, 26 March

16.00 CET

The workshop will be led by Sven Grimm, Head of Knowledge Cooperation and Training at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).…

13 May 2026

Virtual Dialogue - Historical Trauma and Its Development Implications Across Generations, 13 May 2026

15.00 CEST

Historical trauma—arising from experiences such as colonialism, slavery, violent conflict, and systemic dispossession—can have profound and lasting…

19 May 2026

EADI General Assembly, 19 May 2026

Online,13.00-16.00 CEST

All EADI institutional and individual members are invited to attend the online assembly. Invitations have been sent by email. Please register here…

28 May 2026

Virtual Dialogue - Green Economy and Rural Livelihoods in Africa: Policies and Implementation Pathways, 28 May 2026

16.00 CEST

This webinar contributes to ongoing discussions on “Green Economy and Rural Livelihoods in Africa: Policies and Implementation Pathways.” It aims to…

10 June 2026

Virtual Dialogue - Beyond Technical Solutions: Water Governance, Power, and Social–Ecological Change, 10 June 2026

16.00 CEST

Water challenges are often framed as technical problems of infrastructure, scarcity, or management. This webinar brings together leading scholars to…

10 June 2026

Transformative Skills: Reframing Competence Development in Higher Education. Workshop (Online) 10 June 2026, 14:00 CET

Application deadline: 15 March 2026
Joint Workshop with the International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE) at Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg - University of Applied Sciences
29 June 2026

EADI/IOB General Conference 2026, Antwerp, Belgium (hybrid), 29 June - 02 July 2026

Shaping Sustainable Futures: Global Challenges, (G)Local Solutions?

We're happy to announce that our next flagship event, the EADI General Conference, will be taking place at the Institute of Development Policy (IOB)…

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30 June 2026

Dudley Seers Lecture - Sharing our Earth: Contributing to the Writing of a Global Constitution, 30 June, 19:30 CEST

With Joyeeta Gupta, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Our economy and society depend on the ability of the Earth to sustain life. However, we are overusing and abusing these resources. Air pollution is…

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Rethinking “Development”: Why We Must Embrace Uncertainty

Ian Scoones - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
When Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, stood on the Davos stage and proclaimed that the current moment is not one of transition but one of rupture, everyone seemed to agree. But what new ways of…

The Gendered Cost of Waiting for Justice

Irma Nugrahanti - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
In the field of feminist economics, cost extends beyond mere budgetary figures, market prices, or GDP metrics. It encompasses the often-invisible labour of social reproduction, the psychological…

The Two Blind Spots of the ‘Equitable Partnerships’ Debate

Eyob Balcha Gebremariam - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
There might be more than two, but I want to focus on these two blind spots, both in the scholarly debate and in the policy domains of “equitable partnerships”. The first is the dominance of the…

Unlocking the Benefits from Conservation? Indigenous Youth and Entrepreneurship in Drakensberg Park

Jabulile Happyness Mzimela, Inocent Moyo - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
The Natal Colonial government initiated the establishment of protected areas in the Drakensberg in 1903, drawing on Eurocentric conservation models that sidelined Indigenous knowledge systems and…

Decolonising Development Studies: Why It Matters

Devika Dutt - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
Calls to decolonise Development Studies have gained increasing visibility across universities, research institutes, and policy spaces. Yet despite its growing popularity, decolonisation is often…

Member Publications

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EADI members

How the Taliban Regained Power in Afghanistan

Mona Kanwal Sheikh, Jan Werner Mathiasen, Lars Erslev Andersen et al. - Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
This book examines how the Taliban were able to regain power in Afghanistan in 2021, some 20 years after the US intervention. It is the result of a thorough review of research and policy publications…

Radical Educators in Grassroot Contexts

Mayssoun Sukarieh - Department of International Development King’s College London (DID)
This book presents a collection of conversations with educators and activists from around the world, who are engaged with practicing and thinking about different forms of radical or alternative…

Norms and Violence Against Women in Ethiopia: We Were Never Global

Adam Moe Fejerskov , Lars Engberg-Pedersen , Meron Zeleke et al. - Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
This book examines the complex subject of violence against women (VAW), moving beyond ways of thinking that privilege Western positions and subordinate local perspectives. Chapters analyse the…

Fascism: State of Power 2026

Nick Buxton, Esme Abbott, Théo Bourgeron et al. - Transnational Institute TNI
Fascism and the far right are on the rise. TNI’s 14th State of Power report looks behind the news headlines at the underlying reasons for their rise, the economic interests that support them, the ways…

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…

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COORDINADOR/A DE EDUCACIÓN PARA LA CIUDADANÍA GLOBAL (ECG) EN UNRWA COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA

Red Española de Estudios del Desarrollo (REEDES) Red Española de Estudios del Desarrollo (REEDES)
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Consultoría para la identificación de nuevas fuentes de financiación orgánicas e inorgánicas y el fortalecimiento de la sostenibilidad económica de La Coordinado

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Supervisory Board members

Deadline: 23 March 2026
Transnational Institute TNI
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Postdoc Position: Early Christian Studies

Application deadline: 08 March 2026
Department of Anthropology and Development Studies (CAOS)
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Bando per la copertura di n. 1 posto di Professore di I Fascia ai sensi dell'art. 18, comma 4-ter della legge 240/2010

Deadline: 26 March 2026
Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna (UNIBO)
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Planned Innovation Project for the Industrial Sector: Industry and services 2026

Research Council of Norway RCN
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Industrial PhD Scheme – Doctoral Projects in Industry 2026

Research Council of Norway RCN
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Public Sector PhD Project – Doctoral Project in the Public Sector 2026

Research Council of Norway RCN
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Innovation project in the industrial sector: Energy and transport 2026

Research Council of Norway RCN
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Crises of Care - Call for Articles

Deadline: open ended
Society for International Development (SID)
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Publications

Drought-Driven Water Insecurity in an Emerging Indian Megacity: A Coupled Multi-Agent Systems Approach for Policy Evaluation

Earth's Future
Ankun Wang, Christian J. A. Klassert, Raphael Karutz et al. - Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE)
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Equity, Benefit-Sharing and Financial Architecture in the International Seabed Area

Greenpeace Report
Harvey Mpoto Bombaka, Ben Tippet - Department of International Development King’s College London (DID)
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Energy at the Edge of the State. Extractivism, Agropastoralism, and the Making of Frontiers

In: Societal Transitions to Sustainability (open access book)
Shayan Shokrgozar, Usman Ashraf, David Singh - Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric)
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Countering Backlash: Reclaiming Gender Justice. Synthesis Report of Research Over Six Years

Jerker Edstrom, Tessa Lewin, Sohela Nazneen, Chloe Skinner - Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
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Backlash Bites: Case Studies from Countering Backlash: Reclaiming Gender Justice

Tessa Lewin, Becky Faith, Chung Ah Baek et al. - Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
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