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14 November 2025

Activating Gender Justice: From Research to Collective Praxis for Social Change, 13 - 14 November 2025, Lisbon, Portugal 

Join us for a transformative one-and-a-half-day event in Universidade de Lisboa's Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, that brings together…

28 November 2025

Global Development Cooperation at a Crossroads: What Ground Rules for Partnership in a Fragmented World? Online, 28 November 2025

BISA/EADI Roundtable, 1-2.30pm UK time

Global development cooperation faces an era of profound uncertainty. Declining aid budgets, rising nationalism, and geopolitical rivalry are eroding…

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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Finding Hope amidst the Ruins – Building a new Narrative for Development Cooperation

Peter Taylor - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
The re-election of President Trump in January 2025 led to an immediate freeze on all international development funding from USAID, the largest international aid donor. As highlighted in this recent…

How Social Science Fiction Could Transform Development Research: Extending our Methodological Horizons

Laura Camfield - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
In an era of increasing complexity and uncertainty, conventional methodological approaches to pressing development concerns such as extreme income inequality often fall short. In a new reflection…

The Gradual Change of Multilateralism and Development Cooperation

Lars Engberg-Pedersen - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
In a recent piece on this blog, Stephan Klingebiel and Andy Sumner take up the important question of how the present situation of international cooperation and global development should be described.…

Transforming the International Development Cooperation System – Mission Impossible?

European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
Professor Aram Ziai is an academic who has been writing on Post-Development for over 20 years. His work is all centred around decolonising the sector – and on how colonial injustices are still…

Legitimacy at the Core: Transformative Green Industrial Policy for a Just Mineral Extraction

Anabel Marin, Santiago Cunial - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
The global race for minerals is accelerating. Minerals like lithium, copper, and nickel are increasingly treated as the “new oil” of the energy transition and other global agendas. From critical…

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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…

Internet Shutdowns in Africa: Technology, Rights and Power

Felicia Anthonio, Tony Roberts (eds) - Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
This open access book provides ten in-depth case studies of state-sponsored internet shutdowns across all regions of Africa. In so doing, it offers the first-ever comparative analysis of how African…

Justice in Global Economic Governance: Normative and Empirical Perspectives on Promoting Fairer Globalisation

Axel Berger, Clara Brandi, Eszter Kollar - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
This book studies global economic governance using an innovative structure to juxtapose normative arguments with empirical analysis. Chapters investigate the most important areas of global economic…

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…

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Lecturer (Assistant Professor) / Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) position focused on the Politics of China

Application Deadline: 15 November 2025
SOAS University of London SOAS
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Research Associate-National Resident Advisor-DNPED (PSA) (Mozambique)

Application Deadline: 16 November 2025
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
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Research Associate-National Resident Advisor-CEEG (PSA) (Mozambique)

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United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
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Finance Associate (GS-6)

Application Deadline: 16 November 2025
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d) Development Economics

Application Deadline: 17 November 2025
German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
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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 participation at the Conference: Political Power, Resistance, and the (Im)possibility of Alliances

09 December 2025
Centre of International Relations (CIR)
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Call for special issue proposals: Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations

Deadline: 15 November 2025
Academic Council on the United Nations System ACUNS
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Call for Contributions: AI in negotiation and diplomacy

Submission Deadline: 20 November 2025
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)
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Call for abstracts in Scopus-Indexed Springer Book Series - Water Resources Development and Management

Submission Deadline: 30 November 2025
Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung ZEF
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Publications

EU Migration Governance Beyond Its Borders: Informal Migration Diplomacy in Lebanon’s Syria Refugee Response, 2012–2024

Progress in Development Studies
Are John Knudsen, Nadia Nameh - Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI)
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Navigating LGBTIQ+ advocacy and illegality: Lessons from Nigeria

Ayodele Sogunro - Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI)
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Nothing will ever be the same: the growing generation gap in South Kordofan state, Sudan (2022–2024)

International Journal of Economics, Business and Social Science Research
Ahmed Elhassab, Omer Elhassab - Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI)
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The role of EU development cooperation in addressing irregular migration in Africa

Think Tank European Parliament
Cathrine Talleraas - Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI)
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Crisis as Opportunity? Rethinking Humanitarianism and Refugee Protection in an Age of Retrenchment

International Migration, Commentary
Heidi Mogstad - Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI)
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