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27 May 2026

Virtual Dialogues - Potencia Feminista Visual y Performativa en Tiempos de Violencia y Crueldad, 27 May 2026

18.00 CEST

El 8M, también conocido como el Día Internacional de las Mujeres (8 de marzo), se ha convertido en todo el mundo en un punto de convergencia para…

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

Online Workshop - Transformative Skills: Reframing Competence Development in Higher Education, 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…

01 July 2026

Come together! EADI Member Forum at EADI IOB Conference 1 July 2026

16:00 to 18:00 CEST, Antwerp, Belgium

EADI invites all members and representatives of member institutes to join us on 1 July 2026 at the EADI Member Forum at the EADI-IOB conference.

The…

16 September 2026

Virtual Dialogues - Global Cooperation in Times of Crisis: Do Epochs Have Moods? (1), 16 September 2026

16.00 CEST

This webinar launches the newly released book Global Cooperation in Times of Crisis: Grasping the Changing Mood of the World and opens the first…

01 October 2026

Virtual Dialogues – Bridging the Gap: From Net-Zero Commitments to Inclusive Green Livelihoods for Young Africans, 01 October 2026

17.00 CEST

African governments have made ambitious climate pledges and adopted bold net-zero strategies. Yet for many young people across the continent, access…

11 November 2026

Virtual Dialogues - Global Cooperation in Times of Crisis: Navigating an Epoch of Crisis (III), 11 November 2026

16.00 CET

This is the third webinar in the Virtual Dialogues series centred on the newly released book Global Cooperation in Times of Crisis: Grasping the…

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The Tropical Forest Forever Facility – A Game-Changer?

26 May 2026 - Georg Schäfer - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)

The climate conference in Belém ended in disappointment regarding the phase-out of fossil fuels. In that context, the Tropical Forest Forever Facility, which was launched there, appears to be a bright…

Building a National Platform for Development and Sustainability – The Czech Experience

19 May 2026 - Ondřej Horký-Hlucháň, Tereza Němečková - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)

We have both worked in development research for more than two decades. And yet, again and again we were amazed by stumbling upon great publications and scholars we didn’t know about. They may have…

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International development cooperation and the emerging global order

18 May 2026 - Mark, Furness, Niels Keijzer (eds.) - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

A little more than a year into the Trump 2.0 era, the “post–Cold War” international order as we know it is coming to an end. Amid increasing volatility and conflict, the shape and character of the…

Sustainable Food Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. Plant Derived Nutritious Foods—Volume 1

28 April 2026 - Bal Ram Singh, Liveness Jessica Banda, Andy Safalaoh, Agnes Mwangwela, Ruth Haug, Lars Olav Eik, Jennifer Joy West, Rattan Lal (eds.) - Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric)

This book provides a synthesis of the knowledge generated on relevant and adaptive technologies for the betterment of farmer’s livelihood. The book is based on contribution made primarily by…

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…

Advancing Racial Equity in Development Studies

26 March 2026 - Madhuri Kamtam, Laura Camfield - Development Studies Association (DSA)

This report offers the clearest, most honest account of what racially minoritised early career researchers experience within Development Studies today with clarity about where our practice misses the…

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