"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
Rosa Rademakers (UAntwerpen) heeft in de VS de Breakthrough Prize gewonnen. Dat is een van de grootste wetenschapsprijzen, na de Nobelprijzen. Rademakers ontdekte 15 jaar geleden dat dezelfde genetische afwijking zowel een vorm van dementie als ALS kan veroorzaken.
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
📢 #CallforProposals: Fund Bruyns #PhDScholarship 🌍
Are you a #PhDstudent from the #GlobalSouth researching #justtransition or #migration? UCSIA and @iobua.bsky.social offer one 10-month research stay in Belgium! ⏳ 31/5/26 🔗 https://loom.ly/wFNnvss
📢 PhD Vacancy
The Department of History (UA) is looking for a full-time doctoral researcher for a project on the history of midwifery in twentieth-century Belgian Congo, in close collaboration with a parallel PhD at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
More info:
www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...
Conjonctures de l'Afrique centrale 2025, L'Harmattan
🌍 Now available: Conjonctures de l’Afrique centrale 2025
👉 https://loom.ly/UwLvp2E
đź“– The 2024 edition is now available in open access!
👉 https://loom.ly/-OmBDXQ
#developmentstudies #CentralAfrica #OpenAccess
The image shows a Wall-Art portrait of Amilcar Cabral together with the EADI Logo and Title and date of the event
Join us for this webinar about the legacy of AmĂlcar Cabral!
đź“… 22 April
đź•“ 16.00 CEST
www.eadi.org/news-2/virtu...
Conjonctures de l'Afrique centrale 2025, L'Harmattan
🌍 Now available: Conjonctures de l’Afrique centrale 2025
👉 https://loom.ly/UwLvp2E
đź“– The 2024 edition is now available in open access!
👉 https://loom.ly/-OmBDXQ
#developmentstudies #CentralAfrica #OpenAccess
🚀 Call for contributions now open!
'Conjonctures de l’Afrique centrale 2026' is now accepting submissions. Share bold insights and fresh perspectives on Central Africa’s evolving dynamics.
đź—“ Submission deadline: 16 April 2026
đź”— More details and guidelines: https://bit.ly/call-conjonctures
🚀 Appel à contributions ouvert!
'Conjonctures de l’Afrique centrale 2026' accepte désormais les propositions. Partagez des analyses audacieuses et des perspectives nouvelles sur les dynamiques en Afrique centrale.
đź—“ Date limite: 16 avril 2026
🔗 Plus d’info: https://bit.ly/call-conjonctures
📢 Nouveau Working Paper!
"Les politiques de protection sociale et de couverture santé universelle (CSU) en #RDC: gouvernance, instruments et financement"
đź”— Lire le document complet: https://loom.ly/eEqTxi4
#DRCongo #DRC #RDC
🚀 Appel à contributions ouvert!
'Conjonctures de l’Afrique centrale 2026' accepte désormais les propositions. Partagez des analyses audacieuses et des perspectives nouvelles sur les dynamiques en Afrique centrale.
đź—“ Date limite: 16 avril 2026
🔗 Plus d’info: https://bit.ly/call-conjonctures
🚀 Call for contributions now open!
'Conjonctures de l’Afrique centrale 2026' is now accepting submissions. Share bold insights and fresh perspectives on Central Africa’s evolving dynamics.
đź—“ Submission deadline: 16 April 2026
đź”— More details and guidelines: https://bit.ly/call-conjonctures
đź“Ł New IOB blog by Nadia Molenaers:
“Development cooperation and the shrinking space for democratic debate”
As civic space contracts, development actors face growing hurdles. Safeguarding democratic debate is essential for meaningful, lasting cooperation.
👉 Read more: https://loom.ly/ruSeF1s
đź“Ł New IOB blog by Nadia Molenaers:
“Development cooperation and the shrinking space for democratic debate”
As civic space contracts, development actors face growing hurdles. Safeguarding democratic debate is essential for meaningful, lasting cooperation.
👉 Read more: https://loom.ly/ruSeF1s
Francesca Albanese krijgt een eredoctoraat van 3 Belgische universiteiten. De uitreiking roept vragen op over de grenzen van academische vrijheid: is zo'n onderscheiding een wetenschappelijke erkenning of een politiek statement? Herman Van Goethem (UAntwerpen) legt uit.
www.vrt.be/vrtmax/a-z/d...
Prof. Noura Erakat receives an honorary doctorate of the University of Antwerp on the recommendation of IOB, the Institute of Development Policy
Prof. Noura Erakat
Today, the Institute of Development Policy proudly confers an Honorary Doctorate in Development Studies upon Professor Noura Erakat, renowned scholar of human rights, international law, and social justice.
👉https://loom.ly/mjFAg0I
#HonoraryDoctorate #DevelopmentStudies #UAntwerp
GLAC seminar: "The ADF in Congo: Islamic State in Africa or local militia?" with Kristof Titeca https://bsky.app/profile/kristoftiteca.bsky.social @kristoftiteca.bsky.social
GLAC seminar: The ADF in #Congo: Islamic State in Africa or local militia?
Join Kristof Titeca (https://loom.ly/hpXxgME as he explores the ADF’s global, regional, and local dynamics through the lens of “loose coupling”.
Tue 28 Apr 2026
12:30–14:00 CEST, online
Register 👉 https://loom.ly/jn0-M1U
"In what kind of world order will development cooperation exist, and what role will it play there? These are not merely technical questions. They are political and normative choices about what kind of international order remains possible"
✍️ Our latest blog
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2535
Prof. Noura Erakat
IOB is honoured to award an Honorary Doctorate in Development Studies to Prof. Noura Erakat, a leading voice in human rights, international law, and social justice.
🎓 Honorary Degree Ceremony: Thu 2 April
https://loom.ly/mjFAg0I
đź“š Masterclass Prof. Erakat: Wed 1 April
https://loom.ly/z0-rA-A
Prof. Noura Erakat
IOB is honoured to award an Honorary Doctorate in Development Studies to Prof. Noura Erakat, a leading voice in human rights, international law, and social justice.
🎓 Honorary Degree Ceremony: Thu 2 April
https://loom.ly/mjFAg0I
đź“š Masterclass Prof. Erakat: Wed 1 April
https://loom.ly/z0-rA-A
Online seminar coming up next Tuesday ⬇️
Ik sprak in dit mooie - maar deprimerende - artikel van @noellehabraken.bsky.social in De Standaard over de vluchtelingencrisis (of eerder financieringscrisis) in Uganda.
Oeganda vangt de meeste vluchtelingen op in Afrika. Jarenlang gold het als een succesverhaal in de regio. Maar door wereldwijde bezuinigingen op ontwikkelingshulp heerst er vandaag een diepe humanitaire crisis. Kristof Titeca (UAntwerpen) legt uit.
www.standaard.be/weekend/oega...
On Friday 6 March 2026, Eugenia Robles Mengoa successfully defended her PhD entitled: "Enduring the grey zone: regulatory ambiguities, legal loopholes and gendered agency in ASGM" Her research sheds new light on the complex realities of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM), a sector where more than 15 million people worldwide navigate the blurred boundaries between legality, informality, livelihood, and violence. Drawing on comparative research in Colombia, the Philippines, and Peru, and long-term ethnographic work in the extreme mining environment of La Rinconada, Eugenia shows how formalisation policies often create persistent grey zones rather than resolving them.
🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Eugenia Robles Mengoa!
Last Friday, Eugenia successfully defended her PhD dissertation "Enduring the grey zone: regulatory ambiguities, legal loopholes and gendered agency in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASGM)"
¡Muchas felicidades, Eugenia!
On Friday 6 March 2026, Eugenia Robles Mengoa successfully defended her PhD entitled: "Enduring the grey zone: regulatory ambiguities, legal loopholes and gendered agency in ASGM" Her research sheds new light on the complex realities of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM), a sector where more than 15 million people worldwide navigate the blurred boundaries between legality, informality, livelihood, and violence. Drawing on comparative research in Colombia, the Philippines, and Peru, and long-term ethnographic work in the extreme mining environment of La Rinconada, Eugenia shows how formalisation policies often create persistent grey zones rather than resolving them.
🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Eugenia Robles Mengoa!
Last Friday, Eugenia successfully defended her PhD dissertation "Enduring the grey zone: regulatory ambiguities, legal loopholes and gendered agency in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASGM)"
¡Muchas felicidades, Eugenia!
A Wall Street investor recently argued the U.S. poverty line should be $140,000 for a family of four, up from $33,000. But an economist says the real problem isn't where we draw the line – it's that we draw lines at all.
Documentary "Refugee Stories" premieres at the DOCVILLE documentary film festival in Leuven, Belgium on 26 March 2026 @oliviersterck.bsky.social
Documentary "Refugee Stories" premieres at the DOCVILLE documentary film festival in Leuven, Belgium on 26 March 2026. Co-produced by IOB's Olivier Sterck.
Documentary "Refugee Stories" premieres at the DOCVILLE documentary film festival in Leuven, Belgium on 26 March 2026
Documentary "Refugee Stories" premieres at the DOCVILLE documentary film festival in Leuven, Belgium on 26 March 2026
🎬 "Refugee Stories" premieres 26 March at DOCVILLE Leuven
A data‑driven look at daily life in #Kenya’s Kakuma camp, moving beyond stereotypes through 5 personal stories.
Co-produced by IOB's Olivier Sterck
👉 www.docville.be/en/film/2026/refugee-sto...
Joseph Kony & the LRA are still out there: in their smallest form ever, but still surviving. In this piece for @theconversation.com, I argue why this is the case: borderlands &lack of political interest: theconversation.com/joseph-kony-...; based on this article: www.researchgate.net/publication/...