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04 September 2025

Civil Society at a Narrative Crossroads, Online, 04 September, 10:00 - 11:35 CET

A Team Europe Democracy, Working Group (WG) 2 Webinar

Civic space is narrowing, and civil society actors face increasing pressures from repression to narratives that question their legitimacy. At the same…

24 September 2025

NorDev25: Solidarity, Social Justice and Sustainability

24-26 September 2025, Ås, Norway
We're proud and happy to be partners at this year's NorDev Conference!
23 October 2025

Global Development and Cooperation in a Geopolitical Era: Intersectoral Challenges and Complex Agendas amid Contestation and Crisis, 23–24 October 2025, Kraków, Poland

Call for Workshop Papers. Deadline: 31 August 2025

We are pleased to announce the theme of the upcoming APISA in Europe and EADI workshop.

This event is organised by APISA and EADI and the Centre for…

06 November 2025

Development Research Communications Workshop, Berlin, 06-07 November 2025

International Security and Development Center (ISCC), Berlin, Register by 05 October!
Every year, the EADI Research Communications Working Group organizes a workshop for communicators working in the field of development. The goal of…
04 December 2025

‘(Re-)establishing Political Economy in Development Studies, 04-05 December 2025, Manchester

Call for Workshop Papers: submit by 20 September 2025
Funded by EADI and the Development Studies Association (DSA), linked to the joint EADI/DSA Politics and Political Economy of Economic Transformation…
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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Merit, Meritocracy, and Decolonising Knowledge for Development

Amitabha Sarkar - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
I grew up in a family shaped by the complexities of colonial misadventure in Calcutta, a refugee past marked by economic hardship and structural violence. For my mother, merit was the only way out.…

Convergence, Divergence, Flatlining or Plateau: What has Happened to Inequality between and within Countries over the Last Decade?

Saumik Paul, Andy Sumner - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
Understanding inequality trends remains central to assessing both development progress and global justice. Two major dimensions—inequality between countries and inequality within countries—have long…

US Abdication of Leadership and the “Rise of the Rest”: What does this Mean for International Cooperation?

Brendan M. Howe - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
The demise of the liberal international order (LIO) is a prominent topic of conversation among contemporary academics and practitioners. The first administration of Donald Trump disdained…

Development in the Trump Era: What’s Next for Global Development Cooperation?

Andy Sumner and Stephan Klingebiel - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
The return of Donald Trump to the White House has reignited deep uncertainty about the trajectory of global development cooperation. Long before 2025, the multilateral system was already under…

Universalisms and their Discontents

Brendan M. Howe - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
The contemporary inter-paradigm debate in Development Studies can be characterised as between advocates of a ‘universal’ global development experience (both positive and negative), and those…

Member Publications

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Syria in Transition. Mapping the local and transnational actors shaping politics in Syria.

Hetav Rojan - Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
Ahmed al-Sharaa’s journey from jihadist commander to self-crowned president in Damascus is a fitting vignette for the volatility of Syrian politics. It is a reminder that in Syria today, the seemingly…

Strengthening social protection systems in complex humanitarian settings. Framework and policy guidebook

Sami Husa, Patricia Justino & Rodrigo Oliveira - United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
This guidebook offers a practical roadmap for how integrated, inclusive, and shock-responsive social protection systems can strengthen resilience in fragile and crisis-affected settings. Drawing on…

Ideologically Motivated Sexual Grooming

Mariz Tadros, Grant Sinnamon, Abira Ashfaq et al. - Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
Across diverse societies, coercion often hides behind cultural norms, religious expectations, legal systems, and gendered power structures. This book exposes a disturbing but overlooked form of abuse:…

Wellbeing and Policy. Evidence for Action

Marie Briguglio, Natalia V. Czap, Kate Laffan (eds.) - Islands and Small States Institute (ISSI)
As wellbeing becomes an increasingly explicit policy goal in countries across the world, the demand for evidence upon which to base intervention is growing. Featuring 41 contributing authors from 18…

De/Colonising Palestine. Contemporary Debates

Riccardo Bocco, Ibrahim Saïd (eds.) - The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)
This volume seeks to contribute to the broader project of decolonisation by bringing together diverse perspectives for a critical examination of the Palestine Question. It aims to challenge dominant…

Angola after dos Santos: An anthology on continuity and change

V. Bye, P. Inglês, A. Orre, J. Pearce, R. Soares de Oliveira (eds.) - Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI)
As Angola celebrates its 50th anniversary as an independent nation, it is timely to provide an assessment of the state of political, social, and economic affairs. Just over half of the life of the…

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Un·e postdoctorant·e en économie du développement

Deadline : 31 August 2025
Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI)
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Postdoc position in Farmers’ perceptions on Feed Ingredients from organic Waste for Green Transition

Deadline: 31 August 2025
Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University (RUC)
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Postdoctoral Researcher on Women Migrants in Postwar Germany

Deadline: 31 August 2025
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Maastricht (FASOS)
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PhD position 'Sustaining Borders and Displacement Through Refugee Entrepreneurship'

Deadline: 31 August 2025
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Maastricht (FASOS)
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1 Postdoctoral Researcher and Project Manager (m/f/d, TV-L 13 100%)

Application Deadline: 31 August 2025
Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung ZEF
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Call for papers: special issue Revue internationale des études du développement: "International aid in “crisis”?"

Deadline: 19 September 2025
Sorbonne Development Studies Institute (IEDES)
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Governing Planetary Defense: Politics, Ethics, Law in the Global Response to an Asteroid Threat

Deadline for submissions: October 2025
Institute of International Relations (IIR)
Deadline for submissions: October 2025
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CALL FOR PAPERS Annual Conference of the Swiss Political Science Association University of Zurich, 15 – 16 January 2026

Deadline 31 July 2025
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)
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Call for Papers: Global Development and Cooperation in a Geopolitical Era: Intersectoral Challenges and Complex Agendas amid Contestation and Crisis - 23 October 2025 - 25 October 2025

Submission Deadline: 31 August 2025
Centre for International Studies and Development CISAD
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Call for Papers – AI for the Global Majority: Charting a Way Forward

Application Deadline: 31 August 2025
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)
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Publications

Interseccionalidad. Giro decolonial y comunitario

Mara Viveros Vigoya - The Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO
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Syria in Transition. Mapping the local and transnational actors shaping politics in Syria.

Hetav Rojan - Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
Ahmed al-Sharaa’s journey from jihadist commander to self-crowned president in Damascus is a fitting vignette for the volatility of Syrian politics. It is a reminder that in Syria today, the seemingly…
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Humanitarian concerns and threat perceptions: An analysis of the key drivers of refugee attitudes in Germany

Migration Studies
Tobias Hillenbrand, Bruni Martorano, Laura Metzger et al. - UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology UNU-MERIT
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Writings on water democracy: Public policies and community water management in Latin America

Gabriel Rodríguez García & Pedro Rodríguez García - Transnational Institute TNI
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Searching for the African Clausewitz: African military thought and the universality of strategic studies

Journal of Strategic Studies
Tycho van der Hoog & John Kegel - African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL)
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