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Events & Workshops

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13 May 2026

Virtual Dialogues - 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 Dialogues - 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 Dialogues - 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)…

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

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…

03 December 2026

Online Seminar: The Early Career Researcher Initiative of The European Journal Of Development Research (EJDR), 03 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…

Blog

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Why Knowledge Diplomacy Deserves More Attention

05 May 2026 - Sibout Nooteboom - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)

In a world where raw power dominates, countries often find it difficult to govern their internationally embedded value chains from a position of equality. Knowledge diplomacy may help to overcome this…

The Consensus on Gender Equality was a Mirage: Reflections on CSW70

28 April 2026 - Karmen Tornius, Lars Engberg-Pedersen - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)

Speaking of the Commission on the Status of Women 70th Session (CSW70), the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said: “The fact that the commission, for the first time in its history, went to a…

Reversing Agrarian Change and Restoring Hope in Ghana’s Mining‑Affected Communities

21 April 2026 - Gyinadu Abubakar, Evans Odoom - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)

When classical agrarian theory points to rising food prices as the driver of land value, it assumes a single, agricultural use for land. David Ricardo’s rent model is a good example: more demand for…

Geostrategic Axes and Transitions in Development Cooperation

14 April 2026 - José Antonio Alonso - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)

The international aid system is going through one of the most delicate moments in its history, largely due to its inability to respond effectively to changes in the global environment. The crisis…

The Double Legitimacy Crisis of the Old Aid Order: Four Scenarios for Development Cooperation and their Plausibility

31 March 2026 - Nadia Molenaers - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)

Development cooperation is not simply facing another cyclical debate about effectiveness. It is facing something deeper: a crisis of the very roles through which it has historically been justified.…

Member Publications

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EADI members

Gender Economics in the Global South

22 April 2026 - Olivia Bertelli - United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

This Element provides an overview of cross-cutting edge research in the economics of gender inequality in the global south, while offering a snapshot of women's living conditions using recent…

Where’s the dēmos in Democracy? Building Democratic Futures and Resisting Autocracy

02 April 2026 - Niranjan Nampoothiri, Miguel Loureiro, Steve Metcalfe et al. - Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

Democracy is in crisis. Anti-democratic politicians and anti-rights movements are becoming more popular. Simultaneously, growing inequality around the world – a product of neoliberal capitalist…

Legal Mobilization. Assessing the Potential and Limits of Law-based Civic Advocacy

09 March 2026 - Jeff Handmaker - International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)

This book discusses the strategic potential of law-based, civic-led advocacy and surveys how legal mobilization can serve as a form of counterpower to state and corporate-led lawfare. It covers a…

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