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1st Issue September 2020

Editorial
As our Virtual Dialogue Series on global responses to the Covid-19 pandemic takes shape, we have added three more events to our list, two already in September: the first one about Europe and the impact of the pandemic on democracy on the 16th, and the second about the incredibly successful measures taken in the Southern Indian State of Kerala on the 28th. On our blog we've also got two new posts for you: on the oft-neglected topic of edible insects as a healthy and environmentally-friendly food source, and on the EU's Covid-19 recovery plan which, as the author warns, threatens to leave other regions of the world behind. In addition, we've got some news and publications picks, and the usual collections of job offers, online activities, calls and opinion.
From our Blog
Insects on the Plates!
Have you ever considered eating insects? if not, this blog post may give you a new perspective: there are more than 2100 species of edible insects available, and in many countries  they are a tasty, healthy and environmentally friendly food source, with many good recipes around. During their research, Sarah Nischalke and Sebastian Forneck from the Center for Development Research at Bonn University (ZEF) dove deep into everything related to edible insects: "What surprised us the most during the first research phase was the fact that people who like to eat insects or even collect or catch insects are not necessarily interested in setting up their own mini-livestock farm." Read the post
It’s about Europe’s future, stupid!
In his commentary on the European Commission's COVID19 recovery plan "NextGenerationEU”,  Michael Obrovsky from the Austrian Foundation for Development Research  argues that, against the background of the global pandemic, there is an urgent need for the EU to step up its international cooperation efforts. "While new instruments and billions of euros are being provided for the recovery of the European economy", he writes, "the EU’s international cooperation framework with the Global South is still based on a pre-COVID-19 approach". However, "Europe’s prosperity and its role in the world will depend on how the global community manages with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic" Read the post
To the blog overview
Virtual Dialogue Series on COVID19 Coping Strategies
Speakers from around the world will explore the variety of responses to the pandemic from a multidisciplinary perspective and offer insights into the local realities and lived experiences in different regions.
Tackling the pandemic without doing away with democracy. Europe and its global context, 16th September, 14.00 CET
Julia Leininger from the German Development Institute will discuss the political consequences of the Covid19-pandemic. She focuses on the pandemic’s influence on democracies in Europe and the world. Lockdowns are epidemiological measures, which restrict individual freedoms. While this opens doors to autocratization in some countries, it brings out democratic strengths in other countries. For some time, it has been taken for granted that Europe is a safe haven for democracy. This assumption has been proven wrong for a while. The pandemic accelerated autocratization trends. Read more and register
Kerala’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic: key takeaways, 28 September, 13.30 CET (5pm IST)
S.M. Vijayanand,  former Chief Secretary to the Government of  Kerala, will provide an overview of Kerala’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the context of the unique development trajectory of this southern Indian state. With development indicators well above national averages, Kerala has shown remarkable resilience following the outbreak of the pandemic.

The talk will focus on the nature of this resilience and some of its key determinants and will be followed by 35 minutes discussion. Read more and register
 
See further virtual dialogues
News from EADI Working Groups
The "Convivial Thinkers", our Working Group on Post- and Decolonial Perspectives on Development have published an interesting paper by a Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation scholarship holder author collective. Taking a critical view at global development, their suggestions include reforms in development policy and cooperation: Postcolonialism and Post-Development: Practical Perspectives for Development Cooperation. Read the paper
In a blog post, Ana Agostino reflects on processes of transition and transformation in times of pandemic and envisages a cognitive liberation that might lead us to dispute a sense of future seeking to return to 'normality'. Read the post
Due to the insecure Covid 19 situation, our Research Communications Working Group has decided to hold this year's communications workshop online. There will be three online sessions, one in the afternoon of Thursday, 5 November, and two in the morning of Friday, 6 November. Further details will follow soon!
Highlight: Pathways to a sustainable post-pandemic future
Innovations for sustainability: pathways to an efficient and sufficient post-pandemic future: This third report prepared by the "The World in 2050 Initiative" (TWI2050) assesses all the positive potential benefits innovation brings to sustainable development for all, while also highlighting the potential negative impacts and challenges going forward. The report outlines strategies to harness innovation for sustainability by focusing on efficiency and sufficiency in providing services to people, with a particular focus on consumption and production. It concludes with the related governance challenges and policy implications. Read more
 
News Picks from Premium Members
The Graduate Institute has a new Director. Marie-Laure Salles is a specialist in corporate governance, ethics and corporate social responsibility. She was the Dean of the School of Management and Innovation at Sciences Po Paris, a school that she helped to found, and Professor at the Centre de Sociologie des Organisations at Sciences Po Paris. In an interview, she explains her motivations and outlook for the Institute. Read more
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in Sussex, UK, is offering up to nine Research Fellowships in different areas. This is not only a chance to work in one of the world's most prestigious institutes in the field of Development Studies, but also to bring forward the institute's ambitious new strategy "Transforming Knowledge, Transforming Lives". The fellowship overview is available here and further below in the "Jobs" section.
The Amsterdam  Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) launches the second part of the online-lecture series "Decolonizing Europe". Five bi-weekly panel sessions will be organised at which broad themes on decoloniality, methodologies, and knowledge production will be discussed. The first event is on 23 September: "Decolonising Indonesia: Extraction, property and race". To the overview
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Members Publication Picks
Climate Change Impacts on Human (Im-)Mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Trends and Options for Policy Responses
2020/09 – German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE); research paper; Author(s): Benjamin Schraven, Stephen Adaawen, Christina Schulz-Rademacher

Future Possibilities Report 2020: How to Build Back Better?
2020/07 – United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT); Author(s): 2020 Centennial Lab, Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and the Future, Uae; Pexels / A. Pasaric

State(s) of Negotiation: Drivers of Forced Migration Governance in Most of the World (PDF)
2020/08 – German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA); research paper; Author(s): Lea Müller-Funk, Christiane Fröhlich & André Bank

Integrating Humanitarian Response With Social Protection Systems: Limits and Opportunities
2020/08 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; Other; Author(s): Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel; Longhurst, Daniel

The Three Archetype European Historic Development Models and Their Impact in East-Central Europe
2020/08 – Institute of World Economics (IWE); research paper; Author(s): Miklós Szanyi
The Myth of Global Sustainability: Environmental Limits and (De)growth in the Time of SDGs
2020/08 – ISS Working Paper Series / General Series; Author(s): Arsel, Murat

Corporate Sustainability Accounting: What Can and Should Corporations Be Doing?
2020/09 – United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD); research paper; Author(s): Unrisd

India-Africa Partnership in Trade and Investment: With Focus on the Agriculture and Food Sector (PDF)
2020/08 – Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF); Working Paper 195; Author(s): Ashok Gulati & Sandip Das

Estimating the Distributional Incidence of Healthcare Spending on Curative Health Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Benefit Incidence Analysis in Burkina Faso, Malawi and Zambia
2020/08 – Agence Française de Développement (AFD); research paper

Eight Grand Challenges in Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling
2020/08 – Department of Governance and Technology for Sustainability, University of Twente (CSTM); Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling; Author(s): Sondoss Elsawah; Tatiana Filatova; et al

Browse our member publications database
COVID 19
Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.15
2020/09 – International Development Department, University of Birmingham (IDD); briefing paper; Author(s): William Avis

Trust in the Time of Corona
2020/07 – International Security and Development Center (ISDC); WIDER Working Paper 2020/82; Author(s): Tilman Brück et al.
Open Online Activities
Online Panel: Supply Shortage in Medical Devices in the Corona-Crisis
4 September, 16.00 CET; German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Online Seminar: Loss and Damage – Research, Policy and Lived Experience in Least Developed Countries
8 September, 11:00 GMT+1; International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Summer Academy Webinar Series on Social Protection
9-24 September; United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)

Team Europe: Joining Forces for Financing the Global Recovery
11 September, 15.00 CET; European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)

Online Workshop: Blended Finance: New Approaches for Financing Science, Technology and Innovation for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
14 – 16 September; Research Council of Norway (RCN)

Online Lecture: Using the Right to Health to Restore Dignity
17 September, 17.00 CET Graduate Institute (IHEID)

Online Event: Safeguarding the Freedom of Navigation in the Indo-Pacific: What Role for European Navies?
17 September, 16:00 CET; German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA).;

Online Seminar: Sustainable Finance Lunchtime Webinar
17 September, 13:00 GMT+1; Maynooth University Social Science Institute (MUSSI);

Online Book Talk: Dynamics of Caste and Law: Dalits, Oppression and Constitutional Democracy in India
21 September, 15:00 CET ; Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo (SUM)

Online Event: From Crisis to Resilience - How Can We Link Recovery, Sustainability, and Trade
22 September, 09:00 CET; German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA);

Online Debate Series: International Cooperation and Socio-Economic Justice in a Post-Covid19 MENA Region
22 September-13 October; German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Online Debate: Financial Crisis in Post-COVID MENA and the Role of IFIs
22 September 15.00 CET; German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Online Lecture: Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture: Empirical Evidence From Developing Countries
23 September, 14:00 CET; Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF)

Online Seminar: Funda Ustek-Spilda on Fair Work in the Gig Economy After COVID-19
29 September, 16:00 EEST; United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Online Conference: Waiting for Uncertain Futures: Time and Migration
1-2 October, 14:30 CET; UiB Global, University of Bergen

Online Seminar: The Frontlines of Diplomacy: Humanitarian Negotiations With Armed Groups
1 October, 13:00 CET; UiB Global, University of Bergen

Online Seminar: What Can We Learn From Regional Initiatives on Investment Facilitation
3 October, 15.00 CET; German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Online Discussion: Governing Water Sustainably in Mining and Post-Mining Landscapes
2020/08 – German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE); 8 -9 October

More online offers by members on the EADI Website
Calls
Call for Abstracts: Migration, Health, and Integration Symposium
United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT);
Deadline: 4 September

Call for Abstracts, DSAI Annual Conference 2020
Development Studies Association Ireland (DSAI);
Deadline: 10 September

Call for applications: Fellowships for the IFG “Aesthetics & Cultural Practice” (PDF)
German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA); Deadline: 30 September

Call for Input: Global Call for Priorities for Science
International Science Council;
Deadline: 2 October

More calls on the EADI Website
Jobs
Postdoctoral Position in Development Economics - Cerdi
Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI);
Deadline: until the position is filled

Doctoral Position in Global Politics
School of Arts and Communication, University Malmö; Deadline: 07 September

Doctoral Position in International Migration and Ethnic Relations
School of Arts and Communication, University Malmö; Deadline: 07 September

Senior Project Manager on Urban Sustainability Transformation
United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS); Deadline: 13 September

Academic Officer - Head of Transformative Urban Coalitions Programme
United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS); Deadline: 26 September

Fellow Specialising in Gender & Public Policy
2020/08 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; Deadline: 27 September

Fellow With Expertise in African Agricultural and Rural Development
2020/08 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; Deadline: 27 September

Fellow With Expertise in Management of Health System Change
2020/08 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; Deadline: 27 September

Fellow & Cluster Leader - Business, Markets & State
2020/08 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; Deadline: 27 September

Fellow Specialising in Humanitarian - Development Nexus
2020/08 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; Deadline: 27 September

Fellow in Digital & Technology Cluster
2020/08 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; Deadline: 27 September

Fellow Specialising in Climate & Environmental Justice
2020/08 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; Deadline: 27 September

Fellow Specialising in Cities and Development
2020/08 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; Deadline: 27 September

Deputy Director (P-5) - Institute for Environment and Human Security
United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS); Deadline: 28 September

More jobs on the EADI Website
Opinions
Blog: Coronavirus Is Pushing People Into Poverty – But Temporary Basic Income can stop this
2020/08 – King’s International Development Institute (IDI); blog post; Author(s): Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez

Blog: The Dramatic Effects of Covid-19 on Everyday Life in Gadarif
2020/08 – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI); blog post; Author(s): Hussein Sulieman

Blog: Agriculture: Protecting Biodiversity for Tomorrow’s Food
2020/08 – Agence Française de Développement (AFD); blog post; Author(s): Jaques Loyat

Opinion: Religious Minorities Still Fall Between the Cracks
2020/08 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; Author(s): Lasse Morthorst

Blog: Thoughts on the Speed of International COVID-19 Aid
2020/08 – Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut, der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit gGmbH (DEval); blog post; Author(s): Andreas Fuchs, Samuel Siewers

Blog: A Better World Emerging From the Crises
2020/08 – Graduate Institute (IHEID); blog post; Author(s): Janne Nijman

Blog: International Cooperation With Fragile MENA Countries in the COVID-19 Context
2020/08 – German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE); blog post; Author(s): Erin McCandless, Bernhard Trautner

Blog: Why Do Economists Have Trouble Understanding Racialised Inequalities?
2020/08 – Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre, University of York; blog post; Author(s): Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven

COVID-19 Highlights Three Pathways to Achieve Urban Health and Environmental Justice
2020/09 – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); blog post; Author(s): Isabelle Anguelovski

Blog: Green and Social Recovery: The European Union and Its Member States at the Forefront
2020/09 – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI); blog post; Author(s): Sébastien Treye

Blog: COVID-19 Intensifies Global Need to Support Informal Workers in Their Struggle
2020/08 – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER); blog post; Author(s): Marty Chen

More blogs and opinion pieces on the EADI website
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