We're looking for a Junior Researcher (f/m/d) to join our Behavior Research Program. If you have strong skills in statistical analysis, experience working in or on fragile and transition settings, and a social science master's degree, we want to hear from you! isdc.jobs.personio.de/job/2251639?...

We are thrilled to have Audrey Pereira join ISDC as a Senior Researcher in our Welfare Research Program. Audrey brings deep expertise in social protection, gender, and child- and youth-wellbeing, with a focus on developing contexts.

What should we do when projects fail? There is an incentive to ignore mistakes, especially when the political or social context is regards economic development cooperation sceptically. Despite that, there is large potential to increase effectiveness through open analysis.

I look forward to this week's dialogue on a (sadly) timely topic: Sudden aid cuts @langlotzsarah.bsky.social @isdcberlin.bsky.social @adreher.bsky.social @kiel.institute @uni-goettingen.de @fuchsa.bsky.social

In Helsinki for the UNU-WIDER conference where I’ll present @isdcberlin.bsky.social work on the long term impacts of conflict on Syrian refugees in Jordan.

📣 The call for panels for our flagship event, the EADI/IOB general conference is out! 📅 Submit by 7 September 2025 www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...

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Very happy that Ghassan Baliki and Sahar El Hachem will talk about our ongoing work with FCDO (and more) in a 3D Seminar on 22 May! Register today so you don't miss this insightful event! 👇 listserv.gwdg.de/mailman/list...

📣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.

📄 New Working Paper: Mutual Knowledge of Social Norms And Political Behavior by Anselm Hager, Elnura Kazakbaeva, Lukas Hensel and Damir Esenaliev!

Congratulations to @fcastrog.bsky.social for defending her PhD! 👩‍🎓🎉 Join our webinar tomorrow to see her present current research on Syrian refugees in Jordan: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2bc92d...

We're very excited for Francisca and her colleagues to be this fascinating research next week! Join us for our 'Cross-border Legacies of Conflict Exposure' webinar on 27 March at 1pm CET: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2bc92d...

🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣 Fragile Lives is returning this year and will once again host the Households in Conflict Network (hashtag#HiCN) Annual Workshop. Join us on 30 September - 1 October 2025 at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in the heart of Berlin for Fragile Lives 2025! hicn.org/call-for-pap...

📣 Check this call for papers: Fragile Lives 2025 HiCN Workshop 🔎 Gender, Institutions and Fragility 📆 30 September – 1 October 2025 🗺️ Berlin, Germany @isdcberlin.bsky.social

Help us drive policy impact: ISDC is hiring a Communications Officer! 📣 For one of our flagship research projects on Syria, we are looking for a motivated and proactive person to translate our research findings into policy-relevant products. Find the full job-ad here: isdc.org/work-with-us...

REMINDER: We currently have two exciting job opportunities that are closing soon! You can find both job ads on our website: isdc.jobs.personio.de

Are you a graduate with strong quantitative skills? Do you want your work to tackle real world questions on how to build peace, mitigate violence and support non-violent forms of conflict resolution? ISDC is hiring a Junior Researcher for our Peacebuilding Research Program! isdc.jobs.personio.de

We're thrilled to announce that Timur Cipa has joined our Behavior Research Program! Timur’s work will explore how multidimensional crises in Sudan affect livelihoods and how interventions can support affected populations. Welcome to ISDC, Timur!

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/...

🚨 ONE WEEK LEFT 🚨 ISDC is hiring a Senior Researcher (f/m/d) and the deadline to apply is now this Sunday (12.01.2025)! We're looking for someone with a PhD and strong quantitative research skills, with experience working in and on fragile and conflict-affected settings. isdc.jobs.personio.de

On 8 December, the trajectory of life in Syria changed substantially. In light of the significant moment the Syrian people are experiencing, we’ve curated a collection of our work from more than 10 years of conducting research in the country. s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com//files.crsen...

Now available in Global Food Security 📜 'Armed conflict and gendered participation in agrifood systems: Survey evidence from 29 African countries' In this paper the authors combine large-N survey data with temporally and spatially disaggregated conflict event data from 29 African countries.

Calling Berlin-based students! 📣 Are you interested in practically learning about non-profit administration, strategic development, and financial management? Then you might be a great fit to become our Administrative Assistant!

We’re 🚨 HIRING 🚨 🔬 Are you a researcher with strong quantitative skills and a PhD? Do you want to study the intersection between fragility, conflict, and emergencies and well-being? Then you might be a good fit for our Welfare Research Program!

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.

🖨️ Hot off the press: HiCN Working Paper #421 - 'Conflict, Aspirations, and Women’s Empowerment: Household Survey Evidence from Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Nigeria' by Mulubrhan Amare, Lucia Amare, Katrina Kosec, and Jordan Kyle. hicn.org/working-pape...

📣 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

Another highlight from #FragileLives 2024: Economic Research Forum Director Ibrahim Elbadawi's keynote on the aftermath of the Arab Spring: youtu.be/6B_EPLHKaVs In it, he highlights the diverse recovery trajectories in the MENA region and offers valuable lessons for future #peacebuilding efforts.

🔎 In case you missed in: Berlin saw the first edition of #FragileLives this October. Policymakers, practitioners, and academics came together to discuss the potential of rigorous evidence in shaping policy to improve fragile lives. A highlight: Agnes Quisumbing's keynote youtu.be/p7AMMpi6aDI

📰 News--News--News 📣 Our newsletter is extraordinarily rich today ✅ Good overview of what we and our community are and do! ➡️ Give it a scroll and make your pick! mailchi.mp/eadi/nl2nove...

Studies of the impact of #war on human development are often siloed to specific research domains. To bridge this gap, ISDC’s Tilman Brück and Ghassan Baliki (alongside their co-authors), have conducted an interdisciplinary review of the literature, now available #OpenAccess in World Development. 🧵

#Displacement has increased continuously over the last 12 years and the number of forcibly displaced persons has reached an unprecedented level. A new special issue, published in the Journal of Development Studies, focuses on the #gender dimensions of this increasingly relevant crisis. 🧵

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!

Hi Bluesky - it's time for our #introduction! ISDC is a Berlin-based, non-profit academic institute that conducts micro-level economic research on lives and livelihoods in fragile contexts. We're testing out this platform and are looking forward to connecting to all of you! #conflict #research