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2nd Issue November 2020

Editorial

Today we are happy to announce a new round of our JUMP journal mentoring programme for young southern researchers. Application is open until 31 January. This week's blog post discusses how development cooperation can be more sensitive to power relations, and we recommend an interesting project and publication from the International Science Council on rethinking human development, where also EADI members are involved. As listed on the very bottom, the bunch of online activities by our members you may choose from is very rich, and if you've missed our own recent events, you can watch them as usual on our YouTube channel. We would also appreciate your feedback on our online events, so please give us two minutes of your time and fill out this survey! For more, please take a scroll

The JUMP Mentoring Programme offers (young) Southern researchers the opportunity to work closely with an experienced scholar from their field of interest with the aim of preparing a paper that is (subject to the regular peer-review process) accepted for publication in the European Journal of Development Research (EJDR) or any other scientific journal. Selected candidates will participate in our joint online conference with ISS "Solidarity, Peace, and Social Justice". A virtual welcoming section will kick off the programme, and virtual writing workshops will be offered for JUMP mentees during the Conference. Read the call for applications

From our Blog: Power Relations in Development Cooperation
How Can Development Cooperation Be More Sensitive To Power Relations?
Tim Korprobst and Anna Schwachula from the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) call for a "re-think in development cooperation, giving rise to more sensitivity to power and context and a greater focus on ownership within projects on the part of partners and target groups". The post-development debate could serve as an inspiration, they write: "specifically, this means that partners and other participants define problems, project goals and indicators in dialogue and conduct projects themselves." Read the post
To the blog overview
Latest Virtual Dialogue to Watch Online
Watch Joyeeta Gupta from the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) discuss the relations between society, power, ecological boundaries, and development from the perspective of inclusive development. The concept of inclusive development provides not only a critical lens to look at the global economy, but also calls for social, ecological, and relational inclusiveness and implies redefining development itself. To the video
News from EADI Working Groups
On 29 November, Ashish Kothari will speak on Eco-swaraj: Towards a Rainbow Revolution for Justice and Sustainability: "Pathways out of the multiple global crises we are in have to be based on an integration of radical political and economic democracy, social justice, cultural and knowledge commons, and ecological wisdom. Many practical and conceptual alternatives of this kind already exist around the world. What can we learn from them, for a rainbow recovery from crises, and beyond ‘green new deals’?" Read more and register
Highlight: Conversations on Rethinking Development
The International Science Council (ISC) has partnered with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) to initiate a global discussion on rethinking Human Development, gathering voices from across the world to answer some of the most pressing contemporary questions. From March to June 2020, the ISC collected views and insights from a wide group of experts from diverse disciplinary and geographical backgrounds. The first phase of this project has been conceived as an ongoing ‘journey’ with several overlapping narratives. Future activities will be aimed at adding narratives and perspectives and installing processes for a continued open dialogue. Read more
Featured EADI Member: Arnold Bergstraesser Institute
The ABI is one of Germany’s major research centres in the domain of both comparative area studies and transregional studies. As an independent, non-profit research institution, the institute cooperates with the University of Freiburg. This year it celebrates its 60 anniversary, and we would like draw attention to its latest working paper "“Insiders” and “Outsiders”: Reflections on Hierarchies, Privileges and Positionalities in Academic Research" which could be of particular interest for our community! Read more
Thematic Focus: Global Issues
A Walled World - Towards a Global Apartheid
2020/11 – Transnational Institute (TNI); research paper; Author(s): Ainhoa Ruiz Benedicto, Mark Akkerman, Pere Brunet

Political Economy of Humanitarian Inaction in a Connected World
2020/11 – International Security and Development Center (ISDC); Watch the keynote speech by Dr. Arif Husain (UN WFP) given at the 16th Annual HiCN Workshop on Social Unrest and Violent Conflict in Times of Pandemics, 2020.

Gaps and Opportunities for Synergies in International Environmental Law on Climate and Biodiversity to Promote the Sustainable Development Goals
2020/11 – German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE); 2019 International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review; Author(s): Salla Rantala et
Philosophers Beyond Borders: An Illustrated Guide to a Selection of 30 Thinkers From the World
2020/11 – African Studies Centre (ASC); open access book; Author(s): Saskia Pfaeltzer and Maria van Enckevort

The Threat of Thinking in Threats: Reframing Global Health During and After COVID-19
2020/11 – Institute for Development and Peace (INEF); Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung; Author(s): Elena Sondermann, Cornelia Ulbert

Finance in Common : Joint Declaration of all Public Development Banks in the World
2020/11 – Agence Française de Développement (AFD); research paper

 
See more publications on climate
Premium Members Publication Picks
Institutional Mechanisms to Keep Unburnable Fossil Fuel Reserves in the Soil
2020/11 – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS); Energy Policy; Author(s): Lorenzo Pellegrini, Murat Arsel et al.

Palestinian Water Laws: Between Centralization, Decentralization, and Rivalries
2020/11 – Agence Française de Développement (AFD); research paper; Author(s): Jeanne Perrier

Adapting Agriculture and Livestock to Climate Change in Mali
2020/11 – Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Noragric); Open Access Book. French with English chapter summaries; Author(s): Ibrahima N'Diaye et al

 
Africa-Europe Relations Beyond 2020: Looking Through a Gender Lens
2020/11 – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM); research paper; Author(s): Anna Knoll; Virginia Mucchi

“Cling Together, Swing Together: The Contagious Effects of COVID-19 on Developing Countries Through Global Value Chains”
2020/11 – German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE); research paper; Author(s): Stefan Pahl, Clara Bandi, Jakob Schwab, Frederik Stender

Beyond Informal Social Protection – Personal Networks of Economic Support in Namibia
2020/11 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; research paper; Author(s): Annalena Oppel
Read more about EADI Members
Open Online Activities
Online Seminar: Agriculture, Food Security and Climate : Event for the 10th Anniversary of FACCE-JPI
27 November 2020; 10:00 &14:00 CET; Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI)

Online Seminar: The Nordic Contribution to EU-Africa Cooperation in Times of Threatened Multilateralism
30 November, 14:00 CET; Nordic Africa Institute (NAI)

Online Event: Energy, Finance and Community Business – Where Is the Money?
30 November, 12:00 GMT; International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Online Lecture - Distortions of History: How to Understand the Past
30 November, 08:00 CET; Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Maastricht (FASOS)

Online DDB Seminar: How to Mitigate Disasters: Reducing Risks, Estimating Needs and Ensuring Health System Resilience
30 November, 10:00 CET; Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA)

Online Seminar: Impacts of COVID-19 and the Outlook for an Economic Recovery in 2021 – Insights From the OECD
1 December 12:00 Eastern Time (USA und Kanada); OECD Development Centre (OECD/DC)

How Do Countries Fare After Major Earthquakes, and What Can Be Done to Close the Inequality Gap?
1 December, 13:00 GMT; Global Development Institute (GDI)

International (Online) Workshop - Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations
1 December, 09:00 CET; Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales (ICEI)

Online Conference: Africa 2020 Conference: Africa Knows!
African Studies Centre (ASC); 02 – 04 December

Decolonising Europe #11: Decolonising Humanitarianism
2 December, 16.00 CET; Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR)

One Health Beyond Zoonosis
2 December, 11.15 CET; Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF);

Low-Carbon Transition Strategies: Which Paths Are Available to Resource-Rich Developing and Emerging Countries?
2 December, 12:00 CET; Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI)

Online-Panel: Debating the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty: Regional Perspectives
2 December, 13:15 CET; German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

GDI Online Seminar: SDG1 - The Last Three Percent
02 December, 16:30 GMT; Global Development Institute (GDI)

nline Research Methods During the COVID-19 Pandemic
2 December, 12:00 GMT; Development Policy and Practice, the Open University (DPP)

Refugees and Racial Capitalism: What ‘Integration’ in the Labour Market Means
2 December, 17:00 GMT; Oxford Department of International Development (ODID);

Online Seminar: A Potent Fuel? Faith Identity, Religion and Development Impact
2 December, 16:00 GMT; International Development Department, University of Birmingham (IDD)

Online Event: Cosmic Conflicts
2 December, 09:00 CET; Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

Online Seminar: Serena Merrino on Earnings Inequality in South Africa
2 December, 15:00 EET; United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Online Workshop Jean Monnet NOVA-EU: Migration & EU Borders
3-4 December 2020, 09.30 CET; Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Maastricht (FASOS)

Online Conference: Development, Environment and Peace Nexus (DEEPEN): Peace Making in Borderlands
3-5 December, free of charge; United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

Online Panel Discussion: Refugee Women as Agents for Peace: The UN Women, Peace and Security Agenda in the Context of Forced Migration
3 December, 17:00 CET; Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC);

Does International Law Help Eradicate Domestic Violence? Assessing the Impact of International Legal Instruments on Domestic Policies
3 December, 12.30 CET; Graduate Institute (IHEID)

Nuggets, Smoking Guns, and the Wild West of Evaluation 
3 December 13.00 GMT; Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton

Online Event: Hal Wilhite Memorial Lecture: Understanding Energy Demand
3 December, 14:00 CET; Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo (SUM)

Online Conference: The Future of Work Summit
4 December, 09.00 CET; Graduate Institute (IHEID)

Racialisation and Social Boundary-Making in Times of COVID-19
4 December, 09.00 CET; Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR)

Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights and Ethics
7 December, 17.00 CET; Graduate Institute (IHEID);

Online Event: Rethinking Isolationism
7 December, 16:00 CET; Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

Reversals of Fortune: World Bank 2020 Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report
8 December, 14:00 GMT; Centre for Development Studies, University of Bath (CDS)

Online Event: Cyprus: A Pawn in the Turkish Eastern Mediterranean Strategy?
9 December, 09:30 CET; UiB Global, University of Bergen

Covid-19 and Development: Queer & Feminist Perspectives in South Asia
10 December, 17.00 GMT; Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton

Is Europe Late? The Place and Future of Europe in a Non-Eurocentric World
10 December, 12.30 CET; Graduate Institute (IHEID)

End of Term Lecture: Historical Revisionism and Genocide Denial
10 December, 15:00 GMT; Global Development Institute (GDI);

Online Event: Existing Intellectual Paradigms of HE and Social Mobility of Women and Minorities

10 December, 08:30 GMT; Centre for Trust Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR)

More online offers by members on the EADI Website
Training
Why Does Media Matter for Development? - International Development Course
International Development Programme, University of East London (UEL)

More courses and trainings on the EADI website
Jobs
Job Offer: PhD Candidate in Computational Social Science
2020/11 – Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR); Deadline: 3 December

More jobs on the EADI Website
SDGs
Gaps and Opportunities for Synergies in International Environmental Law on Climate and Biodiversity to Promote the Sustainable Development Goals
2020/11 – German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE); 2019 International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review; Author(s): Salla Rantala et

Aiming for the SDGs: 10 Recommendations for Development Banks Around the World
2020/11 – Agence Française de Développement (AFD); Foundation pour les Etudes et Recherches sur le Développement International (FERDI); research paper; Author(s): Stephany Griffith-Jones, Régis Marodon, Jiajun Xu

Data Gap Analysis for SDG-16 in Uganda
2020/11 – International Security and Development Center (ISDC); research paper; Author(s): Sindu Kebede et al.

Adding Human Security and Human Resilience to Help Advance the SDGs Agenda"

2020/11 – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS); ISS Working Paper Series / General Series; Author(s): Gasper, Des; Jolly, Richard; Koehler, Gabriele; Kool, Tamara; Simane, Mara

More publications on the SDGs on the EADI Website
Opinions
Blog: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Oil Spills in the Ecuadorian Amazon: The Confluence of Two Crises
2020/11 – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS); blog post; Author(s): Jacqueline Gaybor and Wendy Harcourt

Blog: Victim-Blaming Discourse and Politics: Media (Mis)representation as a Political Stategy in Peru
2020/11 – King’s International Development Institute (IDI); blog post; Author(s): Katalin Zsiga

Blog: Liberating and Decolonizing African Economies
2020/11 – Agence Française de Développement (AFD); blog post

Blog: Addressing Climate Risks for Sanitation: Building From What We Know - Sanitation Learning Hub
2020/11 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; blog post; Author(s): Ruhil Iyer, Jeremy Kohlitz

Blog: ‘For King, for Freedom and for Justice’?
2020/11 – Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB); blog post; Author(s): Stefaan Marysse

Blog: The Geopolitical Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Role of the EU in the World 
2020/11 – Real Instituto Elcano; blog post; Author(s): Chiara Manley; Federico Steinberg

Blog: How Can Cities Self-Finance Environmental and Social Solutions?
2020/11 – Copenhagen Business School, Department of Intercultural Communication and Management (IKL); blog post; Author(s): Luise Noring

Blog: What Does the Biden Win Mean for Climate Action?
2020/11 – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); blog post; Author(s): Andrew Norton

Blog: Caught Between a Nuclear Past and a Fish Farm Future
2020/11 – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS); blog post; Author(s): Sara Mejlvang Møller

Blog: *EMOTIONAL* MONTAGES and the Comfort of Meritocracy
2020/11 – Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP); blog post; Author(s): Mark Ball

Blog: Learning From Student Dissertations: Lessons From Kenya
2020/11 – Arnold Bergsträsser Institut (ABI); ALMA Reviews Blog; Author(s): Yonatan N. Gez

Blog: Duty to Shout? A Debate on International Civil Servants in Today’s World - Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
2020/11 – Dag Hammarskjoeld Foundation (DHF); blog post; Author(s): Kate Sullivan

Blog: Did British Rule in Africa Foster a Legacy of Corruption Among Local Elites?

2020/11 – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI); blog post; Author(s): Merima Ali, Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Abdulaziz Shifa


Blog: Dia da Dipanda — Angola 45 Years
2020/11 – Nordic Africa Institute (NAI); blog post; Author(s): Johan Sävström

Blog: The World Needs a People’s Vaccine
2020/11 – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER); blog post; Author(s): Sanjay G. Reddy & Arnab Acharya

Blog: Joe Biden and Climate: A Green New Way?
2020/11 – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI); blog post; Author(s): David Levai

More blogs and opinion pieces on the EADI website
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