📢 Webinar | Food Systems, Care & Climate 📅 13 July 2026 ⏰ 12:00–13:30 CET 📍 Online How do trade and fiscal policy shape food security and care in a changing climate? Join us. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/9kpccaxv

Can AI be used for good? During the #AIForGood Summit, let's revisit 10 reasons not to use AI for Development and 10 routes to responsible use of AI for international development 👇 https://ids.pulse.ly/x4a4fepnli

Why do agricultural innovations struggle to reach scale among smallholder farmers in Africa?🌱 Join our colloquium with Dr. Theodore Asimeng (INTERFACES, IDOS) as he discusses lessons from Ghana and Benin using the "Follow the Innovation" approach. 🗓️ 16 July, 2026 ⏰ 16:00 CEST

From one local initiative in 2015 to 177 pharmacies nationwide, Chile’s popular pharmacies show how public ownership and citizen demand can expand access to affordable medicines: www.tni.org/en/article/t...

📢 Call for Papers: Meat and Mining The conference Meat and Mining invites papers on the animals hunted, farmed, transported and killed to feed mineworkers, with animals placed at the centre of the analysis. 📅 Conference: 1–4 Sep 2027 📍 Leiden ⏳ Abstract deadline: 1 Oct 2026 🔗 buff.ly/ckFIovX

As #DSA2026 heads to Dublin, this analysis from the Development Engagement Lab and @dochasnetwork.bsky.social explores how the Irish public views global poverty, climate action and international development compared with Great Britain, France and Germany. buff.ly/vrDrYoi

As our sister org @eadi.bsky.social wrapped its Shaping Sustainable Futures conference, DSA member Prof Nicola Banks delivered a powerful talk on hope. A timely rallying call ahead of #DSA2026—worth reading and reflecting on what academia can do to inspire hope: buff.ly/Kq3BkKs

Did you write a master’s thesis on Africa? Here’s why you should submit it to the Africa Thesis Award 👇 The Africa Thesis Award 2026 is open now – and it could open doors for your future too! 📅 Deadline 30 September 2026 ℹ️ www.ascleiden.nl/content/afri...

🌍📅 What comes after the #SDGs? Join us at #HLPF2026 to explore the Post-2030 Agenda and discuss the future of global sustainability governance. 📅 8 July | 💻 Online participation available

📝 Cold storage is being rolled out along East Africa’s Northern Corridor, but many of these investments risk becoming expensive, underused assets. Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/4y1N1ls

Madhuri Kamtam, who co-ordinated DSA’s EDI workshops for racially minoritised researchers, shares insights on equity in academia, lessons from the workshops, and advice for early career researchers. Read more: buff.ly/6oZ6krX

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🌱This #WorldRuralDevelopmentDay, we're highlighting why inclusive social policies, climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods are essential for thriving rural communities. 🔗: https://tinyurl.com/3zdus7yn#WorldRuralDevelopmentDay

📝 As Global Gateway puts more emphasis on geostrategic investment, member states are under pressure to better coordinate their own actors. Our new paper looks at how “Team National” mechanisms are being set up in practice, and what early experience tells us about what works. Read 👉 bit.ly/4fdWpeq

❤️‍🩹 When #love meets a political fault line - statehood and personal relationships between #india & #bangladesh Anas Ansar for the Daily Star on how personal relationships become an arena of state power, as India labels cross-border love as infiltration. www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/anas...

How can countries raise more revenue while strengthening trust in government? Successful tax reform hinges on fairness, credibility, and stronger institutions. Learn more: go.unu.edu/80dH1

The 18th Malabo Montpellier Forum takes place this Wednesday, July 8, 2026. 🗓️ Bringing together global experts to rethink food and nutritional security in an era of volatility. Join us to explore actionable pathways forward. 🌐 Register here: lnkd.in/eKFcEBNi #MaMoPanel #FoodSecurity #JobHarvest

🌳 More trees, but less forest? A new Times of India article covers research by GDI's Dhanapal Govindarajulu, which shows that native forests are disappearing even as the number of trees goes up. Read: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/more...

💡 "If Development Studies aspires to genuine interdisciplinarity, it must face the fact that many scholars arrive with doctoral training that is disciplinary." ✍️ @ryancbriggs.net and @andypsumner.bsky.social in our latest blog www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2622

The latest 𝗪𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 celebrates 10 years of SOUTHMOD, enhancing tax-benefit models in the Global South! 🌍 Also, this issue explores: ♻️ Circular economy strategies 📈 Upper-bound poverty line 🏥 Global health cooperation 👉 Read more: go.unu.edu/n2ZQZ

🎬 'It is existential, including for our own interests, to continue investing and engaging with partners on a long term basis, and not just seek immediate geopolitical or economic gains.' Our MFF dossier 👉 bit.ly/4eR2nRa Full panel 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2NF... @dochasnetwork.bsky.social

How can Mozambique help more young people move from training into productive work? 📈 For TVET graduates, employment rises from around 42% at graduation to 77% after four years. But the transition remains difficult. 🔗 Learn more from the blog: go.unu.edu/em6AN

🌍 At the UN June Climate Meetings (SB64), UNRISD advanced discussions on a care-centered just transition, contributing to the Just Transition Work Programme and the Belém Gender Action Plan ahead of COP31. 📰: https://tinyurl.com/5f6dk25r

🎙️ DSA Council member Laura Camfield & @keetieroelen.bsky.social, @oucsgd.bsky.social Deputy Director talk with Shakil Ahmed, Ridiculous Futures in the @eadi.bsky.social podcast on future studies and what it offers global development. 🎧 Listen here: buff.ly/7N9TKqF

How can we strengthen democracy amidst growing inequality and shifting power dynamics? At #NSFF Brazil, UNRISD Director Magdalena Sepúlveda stressed that inequality weakens democracy, gender equality is central, and stronger coalitions are essential. 📰: https://tinyurl.com/472c4d4u

Wrapping up #EADI2026 @iobua.bsky.social on day 4 with closing plenary on transformations an grounds of hope

🎙️ The steel sector accounts for 7% of global emissions, and India's steel sector is both particularly polluting and expanding fast - making its decarbonisation essential for global climate goals. How can the EU go beyond CBAM to partner with India on clean steel? Watch or listen 👉 bit.ly/4xKHRdJ

Preparing for the closing plenary at #eadi2026 tomorrow! Over the past few days, I've been learning about the challenges in global-development research. And now my personal challenge is to end with a message of hope from a psychological perspective!

According to @akhornidge.bsky.social, Germany should draw two conclusions from the defeat: Invest more deliberately in transregional partnerships + place the #2030Agenda and the #PactForTheFuture at the centre of its external and internal policymaking. @table.media table.media/forum/tablef...

💼 UNU-WIDER is hiring a Research Associate in Helsinki, Finland. 🌐 This Helsinki-based position is open to candidates internationally. 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 22 July 2026, 23:59, UTC +3 🔗 go.unu.edu/VDa0O

📹 Yesterday's Dudley Seers lecture with Joyeeta Gupta is now ready for rewatch! 💡Given the severity and urgency of our current ecolgical crises and rising levels of inequality, she argues that a new global constitution is a good way forward #EADI2026 @iobua.bsky.social youtu.be/NdHh9VnU7YI?...

At #EADI2023 at @iobua.bsky.social, @lucaschancel.bsky.social makes three main arguments: 1) Control over energy means control over rents 2) over supply options, 3) energy ownership is a political choice

📣 Over 620 million young Africans are expected to enter the labour force by 2050. Supporting young businesses will therefore be central to job creation, economic transformation and more sustainable growth across the continent. Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/4eI9efC

Today, IDOS hosted the high-level roundtable " #Beyond2030: Forging Alliances for the Future of #GlobalSustainability" at #HSC2026 together with @sei.org, Southern Voice, and @monashuniversity.bsky.social. Find the key messages of the discussion here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Joyeeta Gupta lining out the necessary components of a global constitution at #EADI2026 @iobua.bsky.social

📹 Watch the live stream now! Starting soon: Dudley Seers Lecture with Joyeeta Gupta #EADI2026 @iobua.bsky.social vimeo.com/event/6020243

💬🎧 ABI's Edwin Mutyenyoka interviewed by Channel Africa On what Kenya's #Shirika plan proposes, how it differs from previous refugee policies, and what it could mean for refugees, local communities, and the county's future. Available on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFGI...

Register now for our #HLPF2026 side event on 6 July at UNHQ: 'Harnessing Partnerships for Accelerated Poverty Reduction Across Africa', co-hosted by UNECA and the MPPN. Not a UN ground pass holder? 1 July, noon EST, is your last chance to register: ophi.org.uk/event/harnes...

Introducing the first GDI Research Magazine! 👉 globaldevinst.my.canva.site/magazine-vol1 👈 Vol 1 features interviews, articles, storytelling and paper spotlights from our Resources, Environment and Development research group. Download the printed mag: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

✨A milestone for the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) 11 June 2026, UNRISD joins the Group of Friends on the SSE at the ILO HQ in Geneva to strengthen international cooperation to advance people-centred and solidarity-based economies. 📰UNRISD on SSE:https://tinyurl.com/5e4hyy3y

A new era of development cooperation? Reflections on recent dialogues, by Peter Taylor from @ids.ac.uk and Margarita Gómez from Southern Voice. buff.ly/eBHhkcm

📢 South Africa witnesses nationwide anti-immigration protests, demanding the deportation of undocumented foreign nationals. Beneath their grievances lies a dangerous political habit of turning migrants into convenient scapegoats, writes Tinashe Chimbidzikai. Blog: 🔗 ascleiden.nl/content/ascl...

🫵📢 Call for contributions: Technology, conflict and coloniality @postcolh.bsky.social, Merian Center for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) & Forum Transregionale Studien Open tomorrow, July 1, 2026. All relevant information: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/call...

Free Online Training: Tax-Benefit Microsimulation Models for Latin America Join us for a hands-on training course on ECUAMOD, COLMOD, BOLMOD, and PERUMOD! 🗓️ Date: 14–16 July 2026 📍 Online ✅ This training is free and delivered in Spanish Register: go.unu.edu/jh8nD

This powerful documentary is being screened at #eadi2026. It's about the conditions of workers in cobalt mines in Congo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTkG...

Yesterday at #EADI2026 at @iobua.bsky.social, the early career prize of our journal, the EJDR was awarded to Asuka Yamamoto for the paper "Amendment of the Hindu Succession Act and Women’s Human Capital in India: Evidence from the National Family Health Survey” www.eadi.org/news-2/ejdr-...

#EADI2026 opening plenary “Security and Development” just started! Read more here www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...

EADI President @andypsumner.bsky.social opening #EADI2026: “What might look like a crisis from a global north perspective, might look like an opportunity from southern perspectives

DSA Thesis Prize 🏆 Highly commended: Iris Ruyu Lin, @ids.ac.uk for her thesis on solastalgia and the adaptive responses of Monpa transhumant pastoralists to climate and environmental change in the Himalayan borderlands (Arunachal Pradesh, India). Read more: buff.ly/FtHFjMl

Tomorrow: ‘Pathways to Peace and Poverty Eradication: Multidimensional Poverty in Fragile Contexts’. Join us to learn from OPHI’s Ricardo Nogales, IsDB's Mustafa Yağci & NBS Somalia's Mohamed Abdinur. 30 June | 1pm Register now: zoom.us/webinar/regi...