🥘 Using the metaphor of “kitchen-work,” this post from our blog argues that research, much like cooking, depends on relational, preparatory, and frequently undervalued labour. www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2575

Cooking Knowledge Together: Rethinking Collaboration in Academia

By Luca Sára Bródy In an era of overlapping crises – from climate breakdown to deepening social inequalities – calls for more “impactful” research are everywhere. Universities promise solutions, fu…

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"If we are to truly decolonize expertise, we must be willing to fundamentally rethink not just who is considered an expert, but how expertise itself is conceptualized and deployed" ✍️ From our blog www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2265

Decolonizing Expertise: Reflections on Power, Knowledge, and Governance in International Organizations (IOs)

By Marine Gauthier / part of our “Share your Decolonising Story” project A Personal Reckoning with Expertise My engagement with international development has always been entangled with postcolonial…

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Most young Mozambican graduates find work, but often not the jobs they trained for. Blog by Sam Jones & Ricardo Santos highlights slow transitions, skills mismatches, and job quality challenges. 📖: go.unu.edu/El7fc Originally published in The Conversation Africa.

Africa’s Greater Horn region is facing a looming polycrisis fueled by conflict, prices, climate and disease buff.ly/iI74LRl

Indonesia has gone from producing 6% of the world’s nickel to over 60%❗ But should other countries follow the policies that led to that Indonesia’s remarkable success or are there other alternatives❓ IDS expert Anabel Marin, provides analysis 👇 https://ids.pulse.ly/0djf3sqjdj

Should countries follow Indonesia to add value to critical minerals? - Institute of Development Studies

Expert research view on whether countries should follow the policies of Indonesia that led to its success with nickel mining.

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Is the global balance of power shifting? What does the rise of the BRICS mean for the international economic order? Is U.S. global dominance entering a new phase? And why has the debate on a global wealth tax gained unprecedented momentum? Listen to Jayati Ghosh 👉 youtu.be/UVr3-dgor9U?...

Jayati Ghosh on the Case for a Global Wealth Tax and the Shifting Balance of Power

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📢 Curso virtual | Política exterior feminista 📅 11–13 agosto 2026 💻 Online 🗣️ En español + subtitulado IA en inglés y portugués ¿Cómo convertir los compromisos de igualdad de género en prácticas institucionales sostenibles? 🔗: https://tinyurl.com/mt2rvjrv

MPI Ambassador Ana Helena Chacón Echeverría, former Vice President of Costa Rica, recently spoke to the Beyond Lab about the development of Costa Rica’s National Multidimensional Poverty Index & how it was used to guide evidence-based poverty reduction policies: www.beyondaction.org/the-magazine...

📑 𝘕𝘰𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘍𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘪 💰 𝘿𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝘂 𝗱𝗲́𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, par Pierre Jacquet 👉 Document de travail | Working Paper : lnkd.in/emGv3kGk 👉 Note brève | Policy Brief : lnkd.in/ex-QiZVF

🎓 ALMA Lecture Series 2026: Take-aways and way forward Read the full report on our ALMA lecture series "Global Ruptures or New Beginnings? Southern Perspectives on World Politics" on our website. ▶️ www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/alma... Recordings of the lectures are available on YouTube.

⏰Reminder: Apply until August 15 and contribute to our online-encyclopedia! @postcolh.bsky.social @miasa-ug.bsky.social & Forum Transregionale Studien ⬇️

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Call for Contributions! Methodological innovations and alternative formats of knowledge production and circulation in Peace and Conflict Studies @postcolh.bsky.social @miasa-ug.bsky.social & Forum Transregionale Studien All relevant information: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/call...

Registration is open for Beyond the Blue: Interdisciplinary Explorations of Water in Africa, organised by NVAS with IHE Delft. 📅 11-12 Sept 2026 📍 Delft + online ⏳ Register by 1 Sept Register: buff.ly/Zhl5pW7

What are the challenges in addressing overlapping crises like poverty, fragility, and conflict? At a recent ‘MPPN Dialogue’, speakers shared global, regional, and national perspectives on how Multidimensional Poverty Indices help tackle these challenges. Find out more below ⬇️

Our militarism project coordinator Josephine Solanki reveals how border agency Frontex has gained money, weapons, personnel, and influence. The conversation connects migration, war, corporate profit, climate injustice—and asks what a fairer system could look like. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt5o...

Talk World Radio: Josephine Solanki on Militarized European Borders

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📰 Check our latest newsletter which just went out, 🔎featuring @unu-wider.bsky.social's "Economics of Power and Poverty in the Home, a call for an African-driven future of Development Studies, publication picks on Work & more insights and opportunities from our community mailchi.mp/eadi/nl3july26

🎧 New "Innovating Methods" Podcast out! 🎙️ @keetieroelen.bsky.social ( @oucsgd.bsky.social ) is joined by @bijurao.bsky.social who shares insights about the increasing importance of LLMs and a call to move beyond the quantitative and qualitative data distinction. open.spotify.com/episode/3p3X...

Ep. 06 - Reflexive Economics and The Use of Mixed Methods, with Biju Rao

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Against a global backlash against rights, the UN should play a key role in advancing gender equality. That's why we support this call from Global 50/50 for the next UN Secretary-General to act on five commitments Want to support the call? Sign on at 🔗 global5050.org/open-letter-...

📢 Call for Abstracts, Posters & Workshop Proposals Submissions are open for the DSAI Annual Conference 2027! 📅 27–28 January 2027 📍 Maynooth University Full guidelines and submission details: www.dsaireland.org/activities/c...

📌 What changes minds in a warzone? Not always incentives or force, sometimes its dialogue, radio, or tailored support. At #FL2026, join Dr Henrique Barros (ISEG), Dr Tatiana Orozco (ISDC) & Dr Antonia Delius (Oxford) with evidence from Mozambique, Niger & Kenya. 👉 Register now! fl26.exordo.com

We’re looking for a Research Officer to join the OPHI Team — supporting the development of Multidimensional Poverty Indices and contributing to OPHI’s research on multidimensional poverty measurement and analysis. Is this the role for you? Apply now: ophi.org.uk/About/Vacanc...

📹In this video, IDS Researcher Vidya Diwakar lists three key messages from the newly published IDS Bulletin: #Climate #Resilience and #Poverty Reduction. Watch the video now ⬇️

New special issue of Work in the Global Economy explores “Living at Work” — and why the link between work and housing deserves far more attention. Read more via @kings-sga.bsky.social: buff.ly/Wq2p7G6

“We argue that the role of traditional belief systems needs to be considered along with environmental knowledge systems and different social-ecological systems for long-term sustainability” ✍️ From our blog www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2592

Conservation through Belief: Indigenous Spiritualities and Protected Areas

By Karen Heikkilä and Geethanjali Mariaselvam It has long been acknowledged in biodiversity conservation and human development circles that local communities have a special role in safeguarding nat…

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📑 𝘕𝘰𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘍𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘪 | 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘍𝘌𝘙𝘋𝘐 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 ⛏️ 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 | 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗲̀𝗿𝗲 👉 𝗟𝗶𝗿𝗲/𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 : ferdi.fr/publications...

📣 @globaldevinst.bsky.social have a taster course. Global Development in a Divided World, with Charis Enns from @manchester.ac.uk. Try this university course before you apply - 100% free! buff.ly/M3qJqTk

😍🎥 ALMA Lecture Series 2026: Now on YouTube! Find a recording of this year's last ALMA lecture by Somdeep Sen on racism in international relations and how this shapes our perception of Palestine on YouTube. ▶️: youtu.be/9cHsgEprBJk?...

ALMA Lecture: Race, International Relations and the Politics of Israel-Palestine

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"What becomes obvious (...) is that localization is not a neutral technical process. It is deeply political - shaped by power, history, and competing interests." ✍️ This blog post argues that "Localization is talked about far more than it is genuinely practiced" www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2598

Why “Community-Led” Health Programmes Often Aren’t as Local as They Claim

By Bernabas Petros and Bethelhem Teshome / Shaping Sustainable Futures conference series Global health policy loves a good success story. Community health workers are constantly praised as the back…

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How can governments, development partners and humanitarian organisations better support Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) without weakening community cohesion? A new IDOS #PolicyBrief offers key policy messages: doi.org/10.23661/ipb...

How can solidarity be sustained in a world increasingly organised around interests, risks, and strategic competition? How do political communities sustain commitments towards vulnerable populations from whom they derive little direct benefit? ✍️ From our blog www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2614

Beyond Aid: The Political Economy of International Solidarity

Who Counts When Vulnerability Has No Strategic Value? By Nadia Molenaers The debate about the future of development cooperation has accelerated sharply. Aid budgets are shrinking in several donor c…

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New episode of the Vienna Global Forum podcast with Richard Kozul-Wright (former Director of UNCTAD's Division on Globalization and Development Strategies) online! 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVO-... 🎧 open.spotify.com/show/033Hf0Y... 👉 Vienna Global Forum: viennaglobalforum.org

Rethinking Global Trade: Lessons from the NIEO | Richard Kozul-Wright

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