"Large-scale interventions – huge irrigation schemes, vast forest plantations, massive infrastructure projects – frequently failed to serve the people that they were supposed to benefit."
✍️ From our blog
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2530
Has globalisation failed?
A new ARTE episode featuring GDI's Pritish Behuria has been released asking 'is globalisation on the way out? Or can it reinvent itself?'
Watch here: www.arte.tv/en/videos/12...
Research from @odi.global goes beyond the false binary of "development or climate", and looks at the specific investments that developing countries are seeking.
Full report:
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"Reversing agrarian change is not simply an environmental task; it is a social and economic one."
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2549
Resource nationalism is rising across Africa, especially in the #Sahel.
#Mali, #Niger, and #Burkina Faso are moving beyond reforms to retroactive taxes, licence revocations, and even takeovers of #mining operations.
Read the complete analysis by @denistull.bsky.social here: t1p.de/pcblu
💥Is the scientific literature a database or a library?
✍️ Willem Halffman and Serge Horbach
#ScholComm #Libraries #AcademicSky
This #PolicyBrief highlights the critical role of equitable, timely livelihood support delivered by national and international actors to both displaced persons and host communities in strengthening #SocialCohesion in climate-related #displacement contexts. doi.org/10.23661/ipb...
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If you're a student in Development Studies or related field, this one's for you!
All responses are anonymous. Your input will be important and help highlight what students value, what they expect, and where teaching can be improved.
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🎨 On #WorldCreativityAndInnovationDay, we celebrate art as a force for change.
UNRISD’s “The Art of Equality” 3D exhibition brings together 39 artists exploring #gender, #climate, #economic & #socialjustice for a more equitable future.
🔍︎ (Re)visit here: ow.ly/By1a50YNmcM
What kind of training actually makes a difference? We are currently discussing this question in Jakarta at the LAN/NIPA & MGG/IDOS #JointConference 2026.
Read more via ANTARA News about our joint seminar titled "Systemic Impact through Transformative Training” 📲 en.antaranews.com/news/412959/...
🎬 As African governments impose export bans on critical minerals to capture more local value, @poorvak.bsky.social warns National Security News that such bans do not automatically work as planned.
Watch the full interview 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e0X...
The ISC is closely following the UN Secretary-General candidates elections and have submitted questions to be posed to the candidates regarding the role of science in the future of multilateralism, during live interactive dialogues this week.
🎥 Watch live on UN Web TV: https://webtv.un.org/en
Tomorrow, register now!
@iobua.bsky.social
"Numerous restoration initiatives have attempted to reclaim mined land, but most fail to prevent miners from returning to extractive activities or to transition them into viable agricultural livelihoods"
✍️ The first blog in our EADI/IOB conference series
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2549
What does the future of development look like?
At #DSA2026 we’re tackling:
🌱 Just transitions
⚖️ Decolonising knowledge
🤝 Local agency & global cooperation
📊 Digital governance
Be part of shaping what comes next:
buff.ly/3ra0d0I
Text: "GIGA Focus. Scepticism, Distance, and Fear: How People in Germany See the Iran War" Image: "An Iranian flag is placed on the rubble of a police facility struck during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, March 4, 2026."
How do people in Germany view the #IranWar? A survey reveals scepticism regarding its legitimacy and concern over its economic fallout. #GIGA researchers @rebendte.bsky.social, Diba Mirzaei & @thomaserichter.bsky.social present the findings in a #GIGAFocus.
➡️ www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
"Water systems are no longer just collateral damage. They are increasingly part of military strategy. “Water is increasingly part of the battlefield,”
"We see it being used as a weapon of war, with the effects falling primarily on civilians.”
reflects Professor Mark Zeitoun.
shorturl.at/FL5YM
After 50 years of conflict, Colombia’s 2016 Peace Agreement did not come easily – it required strategy, diplomacy & determination. What lessons can we learn from this peace process?
Join us on Weds 22 April in Oxford to learn more.
Register here: ophi.org.uk/event/lookin...
📢 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬!
🌍️ Do you have a keen interest in Africa and are you looking for a suitable master’s programme? Then apply for the Master African Studies at @unileiden.bsky.social! Deadline: 15 May
👉🏾 www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/education...
#AfricanStudies #Africa
An image of a modern cityscape and less developed areas in South Africa, showcasing inequality. Over, SA-TIED logo and text "Inequality dynamics and the role of trade openness vs tax policies".
Who gains from trade, and who does not?
New #SATIED research finds:
▶️Trade openness benefits top earners
▶️Middle incomes fall behind
▶️Tax policy helps offset inequality
A closer look at how growth and distribution interact in South Africa.
🔗 go.unu.edu/sBN7f
📢 @odid-qeh.bsky.social is hiring a Programme Coordinator to support the Oxford Sanctuary Community—working with students & staff with lived experience of displacement (refugees, asylum seekers & more).
⏰ Apply by 23 April
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#UrbanTransitions need more than low-carbon cement. Bio-based materials can cut emissions while creating jobs and boosting local economies—yet remain largely overlooked.
@astoecker.bsky.social & Babette Never in #TheCurrentColumn: www.idos-research.de/en/the-curre... #SBCS2026
💥New | What policy citations “do” and “do not” reveal about the societal impact of research
✍️ Marion Poetz, Christoph Grimpe & Andreas Distel
#PolicyCitations #EvidenceBasedPolicy #ResearchImpact
🌊 New course: Blue Degrowth by Research & Degrowth International Explore the ocean as both a vital ecosystem and a frontier of capitalism—through political ecology, ocean governance & environmental justice.
🗓️ May 13–June 10 (Wednesdays, 17:00–19:30 CEST)
📣 April 17–27
degrowth.org/projects/dee...
Many congratulations to ODID MPhil students Amalia Ghina Alfiya, Khin Thazin, and Sua Cho who were awarded the Sir Winston Churchill Prize at the 2026 Entente Cordiale University Challenge.
Find out more about their project on nickel mining in West Papua here www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/news/mphil-t...
🔴 Reminder – Tomorrow: #DWC2026
📅 21 April | 09:00–18:00 CET | Room XI (@UNGeneva)
⚠️ Last chance to save your spot: www.unrisd.org/dwc
Join @unrisd.org and the WDTAcademy as we transform global digital ambitions into collaborative action!
#DigitalInclusion #SustainableDevelopment
What is changing today is not that interests have suddenly entered or captured development cooperation. They’ve always been there. But for the first time in the history of development cooperation, both legitimizing functions are eroding at the same time.
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2535
🎙️ Europe, Africa and partners face a fertiliser crisis, and therefore food crisis, with limited options in the short term. But long term, collaborating on green fertiliser production will limit exposure to the blockades of unstable actors.
Listen 👉 lnkd.in/ef5EMpsR
Watch 👉 lnkd.in/eaV9B8Yu
