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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…
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…

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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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…

Development Cooperation at a Tipping Point: How do Policy Norms Break?

Stephan Klingebiel, Andy Sumner - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
The global system of development cooperation is entering uncertain territory. For decades, multilateralism and global solidarity shaped the expectations of how global development policy should be…

Asia-Pacific Middle Powers: Holding the Line in Global Development Governance

Taekyoon Kim - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
We are living through what Antonio Gramsci once called an interregnum – a moment when the old order is collapsing but a new one has yet to be born. The liberal international order (LIO), once anchored…

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…

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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…

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…

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Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO)
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Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
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Research Assistant (f/m/diverse), Department “Transformation of Economic and Social Systems”

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German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
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PhD on Youth Movements, Climate Change and Development

Deadline: 09 November 2025
Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University (RUC)
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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: 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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Call for Panels and Abstracts / Papers and Posters, "Development in the Interregnum: Past, Present, and Future(s)", Dublin, 15-16 January 2026

Deadline: 30 September 2025
Development Studies Association Ireland DSAI
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Call for Papers: Conference on the Future of Development Economics, Manchester, 11-12 December 2025

Deadline: 30 September 2025
Global Development Institute (GDI)
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Call for Papers - Entangled Histories: Slavery and Its Legacies in the Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Worlds, Hamburg, 16–17 July 2026

Deadline: 30 September 2025
German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
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Publications

Strengthening digital maturity: a practical toolkit for science organizations

International Science Council ISC
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Navigating Cannabis Regulation in Morocco: Historical Context, Socio-Economic Impact, and Policy Gaps

Khalid Tinasti, Kenza Afsahi & Khalid Mouna - The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)
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Cybersecurity and International: Trade Understanding the policy landscape

Neha Mishra - The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)
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The scope of accountability of international organisations: the relevance of power, institutional structure, and salience

International Theory
Liliana B. Andonova - The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)
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Critical Minerals – Trade, Climate, and Net Zero Pathways: Scenarios and Implications for Developing Countries and Climate-Resilient Development

Peter Wooders & Simon Lobach - The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)
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