"We argue that the significance of the oil shock lies not only in the price increase itself but in its timing." 🔎Read Andy Sumner (@KingsIntDev, @Kings_SGA) and @St_Klingebiel (@IDOS_research)'s analysis in our latest blog developmentresearch.eu/?p=26…

Does your PhD shape how you see the world? In a new @EADI reflection paper, @ryancbriggs & Andy Sumner explore what drives deep disagreements in development studies—and point to the “disciplinary baggage” of PhD training. Read more: buff.ly/ASH1bL9

"What becomes obvious across these cases is that localization is not a neutral technical process. It is deeply political — shaped by power, history, and competing interests." ✍️ @BernabasPetros and Bethelhem Teshome in our latest blog #SDG3 developmentresearch.eu/?p=25…

What Is Development For? Rethinking Aid as Reparation Join Andrea Cornwall as she explores development as reparation in a time of global crisis, shifting from charity to redress, and from “assistance” to repair. Chaired by @estariade . 📅 11 June, 12pm | 📍@SOAS SALT Register: shorturl.at/WdI7a @SOASpolitics @SOASalumni @SOASEconomics @KingsIntDev @SOASanthro

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📰 Check what's in our newsletter for you! 🔎 Featuring @oefse's open access book on progressive industrial policy in Europe, three exciting events this month, two new blog posts, new videos, picks on science & knowledge and more from our community mailchi.mp/eadi/nl1june26

"Nature protection as a religious or spiritual obligation is overshadowed in the protected areas literature by a focus on the aesthetic, emotional, or historical reasons why local communities are motivated to conserve nature." ✍️ Our latest blog developmentresearch.eu/?p=25…

BLOG | What is urban development? Reflections from Zimbabwe and Harare “Urban development” is a term that is widely used but rarely unpacked. It often evokes images of new roads, housing estates and expanding city skylines.

🚨Call for applications | CLACSO & CODESRIA — Academic Freedom in the Global South: Social and Institutional Lessons Learned from Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa Deadline: May 29, 2026 youtube.com/watch?v=g_NmiChT…

📣 @KingsIntDev hosts Mandy Yap on co-developing wellbeing and sustainability indicators in Australia and Indonesia using bottom-up approaches. 📅 27 May 2026 Explores prioritising Indigenous worldviews while keeping indicators policy-relevant. Read more: buff.ly/3adoxkD

"Demystifying AI": Excited to share an upcoming workshop on one of the most debated technologies today: Generative AI. This is an interactive workshop led by Taylor Rockhill (@SOASDevelopment), exploring the promises, limits, and wider social impacts of AI. What is AI really? What can it do and what can’t it do? Why is generative AI so controversial compared to earlier tech shifts like the internet or smartphones? 🗓 Mon 1 June | ⏰ 3–5pm 📍 @SOAS Senate House, S211 ➡️Registration:shorturl.at/GnTiY A timely discussion for anyone interested in AI and its social, political, and economic implications.

🚨 #DSA2026 prices increase on 1 June — act now to save! Opportunities to share your work with a global audience 🌍 ✍️ Submit to a Special Issue (@JDevStudies) 📝 Or blog for DSA ⏰ Register now to take advantage of the early bird pricing! buff.ly/u5IX5Qf

✍️ Today's blog posts offers a critical analysis of the Tropical Forest Forever Facility and warns: "In a few years’ time, the TFFF could join #REDD as another once‑promising initiative that has fallen into distress" #TFFF #TFIF developmentresearch.eu/?p=25…

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📰 Our newsletter just went out, featuring @IDOS_research's discussion paper on DevCoop. and the emerging global order, a new reflection paper, 3 new blog posts, 2 webinars still in May, and many other picks and opportunities ✅ Check it now! mailchi.mp/eadi/nl2may26

Read in our latest blog post, why and how @OHorkyHluchan and @tnemeckova founded a national Development Studies and Sustainability network - and how the story went on developmentresearch.eu/?p=25…

Using the metaphor of “kitchen-work,” our latest blog argues that research, much like cooking, depends on relational, preparatory, and frequently undervalued labour. developmentresearch.eu/?p=25…

"Has the global development finance architecture truly internalised the urgency of (climate change) adaptation, or has it merely absorbed its vocabulary?" ✍️Our latest blog developmentresearch.eu/?p=25…

Majority vote instead of consensus at the Commission on the Status of Women? How is this tied to the ensuring womens' rights in an increasingly difficult overall situation? ✍️ Karmen Tonius & @engberg_p (@diisdk) explore in our latest blog developmentresearch.eu/?p=25…

📣 International Seminar Dependency Theory: Contemporary Relevance and Challenges in the Current Global Crisis 📅 11-13 May 2026 📍 Lisbon and Online Register here: ces.uc.pt/en/agenda-noticias…