It is an honour and a pleasure to serve on the Steering Committee of the FLPE. Such commitment, energy and intellectual spark in the room!

Ukraine is also fighting for our freedom. Fighting is costly. But not fighting is far costlier. Europe must fund and equip Ukraine‘s defence against tyranny, with or without the support of the USA. Peace and security are too valuable to be decided by countries not sharing our values.

I am delighted to have been appointed to serve on the Steering Committee of the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) of the United Nations Committee on World Food Security (CFS) for the 2025–2027 term. www.fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe... 1/3

Congratulations to María Corina Machado for winning the #NobelPeacePrize. A true hero! Fighting for freedom, democracy, civil rights and legitimate institutions is a fight for peace.

The call for the 2026 Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference is now open and we're hosting it in Berlin! Please submit your abstracts by December 31st www.europeanpeacescientists.org/jan-tinberge...

I am very excited that Fragile Lives 2025 is about to start at @humboldtuni.bsky.social! The programme is at zerohunger.de/fragile-live...

Call for papers The Journal of Development Effectiveness is seeking rigorous, innovative research on peacebuilding interventions Guest eds.: Paul Thissen, @tilmanbrueck.bsky.social , Neil Ferguson Deadline: 31 October 2025 #EconSky #PoliSky think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Looking forward to the great speakers on #Syria and #VAWG! Join us! @thesvri.bsky.social

📣The Call for Papers and Sessions of the 2nd international expert conference Fragile Lives on 30 September and 1 October 2025 at Humboldt-University of Berlin in Germany is about to close. 1/6 #callforpapers #Berlin #HiCN #FragileLives @isdcberlin.bsky.social

Call for Papers: Fragile Lives 2025 HiCN Workshop 📆30 September – 1 October 2025 Fragile Lives 2025 & the 21st HiCN Annual Workshop will review the role of gender & institutions in the formation, functioning & impacts of fragility, insecurity, conflict & emergency.

RIP NATO

Remembering the liberation of Auschwitz 80 years ago. Never again - I hope.

„Transforming food systems is necessary, possible and hugely beneficial, but also not easy“ argues Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi from the FSEC at the #GFFA25 in Berlin just now. It is so encouraging that this can be done - however gloomy current trends are. #foodsystems #diet #agriculture #food

In this German-language podcast on NDR, Sarah Emminghaus discusses why so many people in the world are chronically food insecure, how hunger shapes people's lives and what can be done about it. #hunger #foodsecurity #SDG2 www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...

From The Economist, pertinent car buying advice for #Berlin tonight:

Jimmy Carter was a tireless advocate for human rights, social development and international peace. He demonstrated the importance and interrelations between these challenges and made our world better, step by step. He genuinely deserves to rest in peace. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/u...

How did #COVID-lockdowns influence coping strategies in #Africa? A new article in the Journal of African Economies addresses the knowledge gap of how lockdown severity impacts economic behavior in low- and middle-income countries.

At last, good riddance.

📣 Out now Journal of African Economies: "Effects of the Intensity and Duration of COVID-19 Lockdown Policies on the Use of Coping Strategies: Evidence from 4 African Countries" with Ghassan Baliki, Wolfgang Stojetz, Ani Todua, Dorothee Weiffen & Mekdim D. Regassa academic.oup.com/jae/advance-... 1/n

We have kept adding to this list of VoxDev authors and our favourite sources of research, newsletters, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on development economics. Be sure to give everyone a follow and let us know if we missed you: go.bsky.app/4rsxm7G

🗣️ Call for papers: 6th Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration, May 22–23 in Madrid Keynotes by the brilliant Leah Boustan & @deanyang.bsky.social Submissions due January 26th —> docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #econconf #econsky

I just read a great new paper by Douglas Kazibwe on the impacts of violent #conflict on #education in #Uganda, published by World Development. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The impacts of armed conflict on human development: A review of the literature. My new co-authored review article is out now in World Development! doi.org/10.1016/j.wo... #WorldDevelopment #review #conflict #development #openaccess 1/5

Published online, open-access: "Gender Dimensions of Forced Displacement: A Brief Review and Introduction to the Special Issue" in the Journal of Development Studies, with Lucia Hanmer, Jeni Klugman and Diana Arango. 1/4 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #gender #displacement #data

Berlin-based readers beware: You can support our research on the future of food by spending one hour of year time earning on average 23 Euro! Isn’t that a great deal?! Link to register for this study is f4f.igzev.org/orsee/public... Thanks for helping and sharing!