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📣 Registration is now open for the EADI/IOB 2026 conference at @iobua.bsky.social !
✅ Register now and benefit from the early bird fee!
✅ Big discount for EADI members!
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✅ Register now and benefit from the early bird fee!
✅ Big discount for EADI members!
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📝Energy Justice in the Arab World
Based on a round table in #Beirut, #Jadaliyya has published a documentation on a discussion between ABI's Benjamin Schütze and colleagues on Energy Justice.
Read more on the concept and ABI's research:
www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/take...
Based on a round table in #Beirut, #Jadaliyya has published a documentation on a discussion between ABI's Benjamin Schütze and colleagues on Energy Justice.
Read more on the concept and ABI's research:
www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/take...
February 16, 2026 at 9:20 AM
📝Energy Justice in the Arab World
Based on a round table in #Beirut, #Jadaliyya has published a documentation on a discussion between ABI's Benjamin Schütze and colleagues on Energy Justice.
Read more on the concept and ABI's research:
www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/take...
Based on a round table in #Beirut, #Jadaliyya has published a documentation on a discussion between ABI's Benjamin Schütze and colleagues on Energy Justice.
Read more on the concept and ABI's research:
www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/take...
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We are looking to designate a new #GIGA President: Together with the @uni-hamburg.de, we are advertising the position in combination with a joint Professorship. We are looking forward to submissions. Application deadline: 26 March.
➡️ Further information: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/career/pr...
➡️ Further information: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/career/pr...
February 16, 2026 at 1:20 PM
We are looking to designate a new #GIGA President: Together with the @uni-hamburg.de, we are advertising the position in combination with a joint Professorship. We are looking forward to submissions. Application deadline: 26 March.
➡️ Further information: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/career/pr...
➡️ Further information: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/career/pr...
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“My sense is it is probably split between various facilities, especially those that were struck by the US last year, where it could be buried under rubble,” Managing Researcher Farzan Sabet in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
shorturl.at/H20Eq
shorturl.at/H20Eq
Iran’s highly enriched uranium is still AWOL | The Observer
The resultant uncertainty is Tehran’s last point of leverage
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February 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
“My sense is it is probably split between various facilities, especially those that were struck by the US last year, where it could be buried under rubble,” Managing Researcher Farzan Sabet in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
shorturl.at/H20Eq
shorturl.at/H20Eq
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Who gets to speak at global conferences: A more inclusive model of global conferencing would not only provide financial support but also challenge the underlying hierarchies that govern mobility and visibility, on the @lseblogs.bsky.social
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February 16, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Who gets to speak at global conferences: A more inclusive model of global conferencing would not only provide financial support but also challenge the underlying hierarchies that govern mobility and visibility, on the @lseblogs.bsky.social
buff.ly/uA162Xz
buff.ly/uA162Xz
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📕 #New in the Library
❓How can peace & social development advance inclusively?
This #BeyondCopenhagen Think Piece shows how youth-led action in Honduras, Kenya, Uganda & Brazil—through education, livelihoods & women’s leadership—builds lasting peace.
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❓How can peace & social development advance inclusively?
This #BeyondCopenhagen Think Piece shows how youth-led action in Honduras, Kenya, Uganda & Brazil—through education, livelihoods & women’s leadership—builds lasting peace.
🔗 ow.ly/BEh850YgHvV
February 16, 2026 at 4:17 PM
📕 #New in the Library
❓How can peace & social development advance inclusively?
This #BeyondCopenhagen Think Piece shows how youth-led action in Honduras, Kenya, Uganda & Brazil—through education, livelihoods & women’s leadership—builds lasting peace.
🔗 ow.ly/BEh850YgHvV
❓How can peace & social development advance inclusively?
This #BeyondCopenhagen Think Piece shows how youth-led action in Honduras, Kenya, Uganda & Brazil—through education, livelihoods & women’s leadership—builds lasting peace.
🔗 ow.ly/BEh850YgHvV
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📌 How do institutions keep longterm priorities alive amid crisis?
In #GPO2026, the authors reveal how agendakeeping has become a strategic tool for relevance in International Geneva.
👉 Read more: www.genevapolicyoutlook.ch/agenda-keepi...
@GePolOutlook #GlobalGovernance
In #GPO2026, the authors reveal how agendakeeping has become a strategic tool for relevance in International Geneva.
👉 Read more: www.genevapolicyoutlook.ch/agenda-keepi...
@GePolOutlook #GlobalGovernance
Agenda-Keeping in International Geneva
As crises multiply, institutions in Geneva race to keep long-term priorities alive. Lucile Maertens and colleagues reveal how UN Agencies keep vital issues on the world’s agenda
through agenda-keeping...
www.genevapolicyoutlook.ch
February 16, 2026 at 6:54 PM
📌 How do institutions keep longterm priorities alive amid crisis?
In #GPO2026, the authors reveal how agendakeeping has become a strategic tool for relevance in International Geneva.
👉 Read more: www.genevapolicyoutlook.ch/agenda-keepi...
@GePolOutlook #GlobalGovernance
In #GPO2026, the authors reveal how agendakeeping has become a strategic tool for relevance in International Geneva.
👉 Read more: www.genevapolicyoutlook.ch/agenda-keepi...
@GePolOutlook #GlobalGovernance
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📣 The EU's critical raw materials ambitions are clearly heading for failure. Small technical fixes will not be enough: the path forward requires pragmatic trade offs.
Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/3ZxJg7u
Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/3ZxJg7u
February 16, 2026 at 8:30 AM
📣 The EU's critical raw materials ambitions are clearly heading for failure. Small technical fixes will not be enough: the path forward requires pragmatic trade offs.
Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/3ZxJg7u
Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/3ZxJg7u
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Why empathy matters in tackling poverty.
@keetieroelen.bsky.social from @oucsgd.bsky.social writes for @eadi.bsky.social on how dignity- and agency-centred approaches can improve anti-poverty policy — and avoid cycles of blame and shame.
Read more: buff.ly/ia7fKK6
@keetieroelen.bsky.social from @oucsgd.bsky.social writes for @eadi.bsky.social on how dignity- and agency-centred approaches can improve anti-poverty policy — and avoid cycles of blame and shame.
Read more: buff.ly/ia7fKK6
February 16, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Why empathy matters in tackling poverty.
@keetieroelen.bsky.social from @oucsgd.bsky.social writes for @eadi.bsky.social on how dignity- and agency-centred approaches can improve anti-poverty policy — and avoid cycles of blame and shame.
Read more: buff.ly/ia7fKK6
@keetieroelen.bsky.social from @oucsgd.bsky.social writes for @eadi.bsky.social on how dignity- and agency-centred approaches can improve anti-poverty policy — and avoid cycles of blame and shame.
Read more: buff.ly/ia7fKK6
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📚 How much tax is too much? Evidence from Ghana
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UNU-WIDER : Research Brief : Tax compliance at the threshold: Firm behaviour in Ghana
Firm tax compliance in Ghana is shaped by both the level of the tax burden and firms’ perceptions of fairness. Compliance initially actually increases with moderate tax increases, but once tax expense...
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February 14, 2026 at 7:41 PM
📚 How much tax is too much? Evidence from Ghana
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go.unu.edu/BRbbX
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"European colonial policies and interventions in forestry, agriculture and mining in the so-called ‘tropics’ were geared to extractivism and profits. Their social consequences were often devastating, accompanied by slavery, racialised discrimination, violence..."
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2402
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2402
The Challenges of Decolonising Sustainability and the Environment in Development Studies
By Lyla Mehta The colonial roots of sustainability Since the Brundtland Commission advanced the concept of sustainable development in 1987, a lively strand in Development Studies (DS) has eng…
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February 11, 2026 at 11:24 AM
"European colonial policies and interventions in forestry, agriculture and mining in the so-called ‘tropics’ were geared to extractivism and profits. Their social consequences were often devastating, accompanied by slavery, racialised discrimination, violence..."
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2402
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2402
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𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 is back in Berlin on 30.9.-1.10.2026! Call for papers open for papers to micro-level causes, dynamics and consequences of crisis, insecurity, and violent conflict. 📅 Submit by 7 April 2026!
🔗 More info: go.unu.edu/vWlfr
🔗 More info: go.unu.edu/vWlfr
February 14, 2026 at 4:20 PM
𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 is back in Berlin on 30.9.-1.10.2026! Call for papers open for papers to micro-level causes, dynamics and consequences of crisis, insecurity, and violent conflict. 📅 Submit by 7 April 2026!
🔗 More info: go.unu.edu/vWlfr
🔗 More info: go.unu.edu/vWlfr
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📢 Join us for the 2026 #SATIED Conference 23–24 March!
This year’s theme, Evidence in Action: Advancing Inclusive Economic Growth, brings together leading voices to explore how evidence, data, and institutions shape South Africa’s economic reform agenda.
Register now: go.unu.edu/OUx7X
This year’s theme, Evidence in Action: Advancing Inclusive Economic Growth, brings together leading voices to explore how evidence, data, and institutions shape South Africa’s economic reform agenda.
Register now: go.unu.edu/OUx7X
February 15, 2026 at 3:05 PM
📢 Join us for the 2026 #SATIED Conference 23–24 March!
This year’s theme, Evidence in Action: Advancing Inclusive Economic Growth, brings together leading voices to explore how evidence, data, and institutions shape South Africa’s economic reform agenda.
Register now: go.unu.edu/OUx7X
This year’s theme, Evidence in Action: Advancing Inclusive Economic Growth, brings together leading voices to explore how evidence, data, and institutions shape South Africa’s economic reform agenda.
Register now: go.unu.edu/OUx7X
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📚 Why do digital taxes struggle to raise revenues in Africa?
go.unu.edu/24Blf
go.unu.edu/24Blf
UNU-WIDER : Blog : Why digital taxes struggle to raise revenues – and what can be done about it
In a recent paper, I explore how citizens in Malawi view mobile money taxes, a controversial new type of digital tax introduced across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in recent years. I examine which design ...
go.unu.edu
February 14, 2026 at 7:41 PM
📚 Why do digital taxes struggle to raise revenues in Africa?
go.unu.edu/24Blf
go.unu.edu/24Blf
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"While poverty rates and the contexts in which they play out are different across country contexts, there is one common denominator in the existence of poverty and the stagnating fight against it: a lack of empathy."
✍️ From our blog
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2492
✍️ From our blog
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2492
Why We Need Empathy to Tackle Poverty
By Keetie Roelen“You need a new vacuum cleaner? Can you prove that your current one is really broken?” This was the response Hanny received from the welfare office in the Dutch city of Tilburg when…
www.developmentresearch.eu
February 11, 2026 at 11:22 AM
"While poverty rates and the contexts in which they play out are different across country contexts, there is one common denominator in the existence of poverty and the stagnating fight against it: a lack of empathy."
✍️ From our blog
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2492
✍️ From our blog
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2492
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Is the concept of #genocide still useful for grasping, let alone preventing, mass violence that continues to mark our world?
Authors of this article argue that its use is increasingly polarised, legally debated & intertwined with political & academic risks.
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shorturl.at/jX4NU
Authors of this article argue that its use is increasingly polarised, legally debated & intertwined with political & academic risks.
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shorturl.at/jX4NU
February 13, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Is the concept of #genocide still useful for grasping, let alone preventing, mass violence that continues to mark our world?
Authors of this article argue that its use is increasingly polarised, legally debated & intertwined with political & academic risks.
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shorturl.at/jX4NU
Authors of this article argue that its use is increasingly polarised, legally debated & intertwined with political & academic risks.
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shorturl.at/jX4NU
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The Tigray crisis remains largely invisible to the world.
"Factors such as race and the peripherality of the region made the Tigray conflict a blind spot in global geopolitics. But these explanations are not sufficient."
In @uk.theconversation.com by @tekgw.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qvJzux
"Factors such as race and the peripherality of the region made the Tigray conflict a blind spot in global geopolitics. But these explanations are not sufficient."
In @uk.theconversation.com by @tekgw.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qvJzux
How to get away with mass murder: 4 tactics Ethiopia used to hide Tigray atrocities from the world
The violence in Tigray was structured, targeted and sustained.
bit.ly
February 13, 2026 at 10:26 AM
The Tigray crisis remains largely invisible to the world.
"Factors such as race and the peripherality of the region made the Tigray conflict a blind spot in global geopolitics. But these explanations are not sufficient."
In @uk.theconversation.com by @tekgw.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qvJzux
"Factors such as race and the peripherality of the region made the Tigray conflict a blind spot in global geopolitics. But these explanations are not sufficient."
In @uk.theconversation.com by @tekgw.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qvJzux
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NEW BLOG POST: Solidarity under Siege: Germany’s crackdown on the Palestine movement
In this blog, Josephine Solanki analyses and contextualises Germany's crackdown, which ranges from legal changes, protest bans, and police violence.
Read here: wp.me/p9fvbD-9fB
In this blog, Josephine Solanki analyses and contextualises Germany's crackdown, which ranges from legal changes, protest bans, and police violence.
Read here: wp.me/p9fvbD-9fB
Solidarity under Siege: Germany’s crackdown on the Palestine movement - Bliss
Since 7 October 2023, German authorities have imposed a far-reaching domestic crackdown on Palestine solidarity in tandem with the government’s political, diplomatic and material backing for Israel’s ...
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February 13, 2026 at 12:43 PM
NEW BLOG POST: Solidarity under Siege: Germany’s crackdown on the Palestine movement
In this blog, Josephine Solanki analyses and contextualises Germany's crackdown, which ranges from legal changes, protest bans, and police violence.
Read here: wp.me/p9fvbD-9fB
In this blog, Josephine Solanki analyses and contextualises Germany's crackdown, which ranges from legal changes, protest bans, and police violence.
Read here: wp.me/p9fvbD-9fB
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#MakingTaxDataWork in Zambia!
In August 2025, the Zambia Revenue Authority, with support from UNU-WIDER, launched Africa’s third secure tax data lab. The lab supports research on revenue mobilisation 📊, tax compliance 🧾, and firm-level tax behaviour 🏭
👉 go.unu.edu/L1els
In August 2025, the Zambia Revenue Authority, with support from UNU-WIDER, launched Africa’s third secure tax data lab. The lab supports research on revenue mobilisation 📊, tax compliance 🧾, and firm-level tax behaviour 🏭
👉 go.unu.edu/L1els
February 13, 2026 at 12:51 PM
#MakingTaxDataWork in Zambia!
In August 2025, the Zambia Revenue Authority, with support from UNU-WIDER, launched Africa’s third secure tax data lab. The lab supports research on revenue mobilisation 📊, tax compliance 🧾, and firm-level tax behaviour 🏭
👉 go.unu.edu/L1els
In August 2025, the Zambia Revenue Authority, with support from UNU-WIDER, launched Africa’s third secure tax data lab. The lab supports research on revenue mobilisation 📊, tax compliance 🧾, and firm-level tax behaviour 🏭
👉 go.unu.edu/L1els
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We're very happy that Caitriona Dowd and Juan Vargas will be joining us on 30 September and 1 October to give the Fragile Lives 2026 keynote speeches 🎤!
If you are as excited to see these keynote speeches as we are, you're in luck! The call for papers is still open 👉 zerohunger.de/wp-content/u...
If you are as excited to see these keynote speeches as we are, you're in luck! The call for papers is still open 👉 zerohunger.de/wp-content/u...
February 13, 2026 at 1:46 PM
We're very happy that Caitriona Dowd and Juan Vargas will be joining us on 30 September and 1 October to give the Fragile Lives 2026 keynote speeches 🎤!
If you are as excited to see these keynote speeches as we are, you're in luck! The call for papers is still open 👉 zerohunger.de/wp-content/u...
If you are as excited to see these keynote speeches as we are, you're in luck! The call for papers is still open 👉 zerohunger.de/wp-content/u...
Looking for some weekend reads? Check here ⬇️
📣 Our newsletter just went out!
Featuring @tninstitute.bsky.social's flagship report, this year on #fascism, picks on economic development and more news and opportunities from our member community
mailchi.mp/eadi/nl1febr...
Featuring @tninstitute.bsky.social's flagship report, this year on #fascism, picks on economic development and more news and opportunities from our member community
mailchi.mp/eadi/nl1febr...
February 14, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Looking for some weekend reads? Check here ⬇️
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The path towards Europe’s #defence maturity must take into account these five key elements.
✍️ Robert Pszczel
✍️ Robert Pszczel
The new US policy forcing Europe into greater self-reliance in defence: accepting imperfection but not failure
As US’s transatlantic policy threatens NATO’s basis, Europe must embrace its imperfection and diversity to overcome the current disarray.
www.realinstitutoelcano.org
February 13, 2026 at 1:46 PM
The path towards Europe’s #defence maturity must take into account these five key elements.
✍️ Robert Pszczel
✍️ Robert Pszczel
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"How women vote in this election and who they choose will have far-reaching implications.."
IDS researcher Sohela Nazneen via @the-independent.com on female representation in this week's #BangladeshElection 👇
https://the-independent.pulse.ly/6z5ph4hkxb
IDS researcher Sohela Nazneen via @the-independent.com on female representation in this week's #BangladeshElection 👇
https://the-independent.pulse.ly/6z5ph4hkxb
Voters in Bangladesh are asking the same question – where are the female candidates?
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar reports on Bangladesh’s election, with concerns that women are not being represented at the ballot box
the-independent.pulse.ly
February 13, 2026 at 2:59 PM
"How women vote in this election and who they choose will have far-reaching implications.."
IDS researcher Sohela Nazneen via @the-independent.com on female representation in this week's #BangladeshElection 👇
https://the-independent.pulse.ly/6z5ph4hkxb
IDS researcher Sohela Nazneen via @the-independent.com on female representation in this week's #BangladeshElection 👇
https://the-independent.pulse.ly/6z5ph4hkxb
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📣 Last call for papers!
Seeking proposals for a conference organised by @sethschindler.bsky.social and Kevin Ward, hosted by @globaldevinst.bsky.social in March 2026, on Second Cold War Cities.
⏰ Deadline 28 Feb
For further info, contact Seth (seth.schindler@manchester.ac.uk)
Seeking proposals for a conference organised by @sethschindler.bsky.social and Kevin Ward, hosted by @globaldevinst.bsky.social in March 2026, on Second Cold War Cities.
⏰ Deadline 28 Feb
For further info, contact Seth (seth.schindler@manchester.ac.uk)
February 13, 2026 at 4:05 PM
📣 Last call for papers!
Seeking proposals for a conference organised by @sethschindler.bsky.social and Kevin Ward, hosted by @globaldevinst.bsky.social in March 2026, on Second Cold War Cities.
⏰ Deadline 28 Feb
For further info, contact Seth (seth.schindler@manchester.ac.uk)
Seeking proposals for a conference organised by @sethschindler.bsky.social and Kevin Ward, hosted by @globaldevinst.bsky.social in March 2026, on Second Cold War Cities.
⏰ Deadline 28 Feb
For further info, contact Seth (seth.schindler@manchester.ac.uk)
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What’s Important at the 2026 #MunichSecurityConference?
We have compiled analyses from our experts on key programme topics from #sanctions and power shifts in the #IndoPacific to questions of #GlobalOrder and #SecurityPolicy.
➡️ GIGA Insights: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/press/wha...
We have compiled analyses from our experts on key programme topics from #sanctions and power shifts in the #IndoPacific to questions of #GlobalOrder and #SecurityPolicy.
➡️ GIGA Insights: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/press/wha...
February 13, 2026 at 4:49 PM
What’s Important at the 2026 #MunichSecurityConference?
We have compiled analyses from our experts on key programme topics from #sanctions and power shifts in the #IndoPacific to questions of #GlobalOrder and #SecurityPolicy.
➡️ GIGA Insights: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/press/wha...
We have compiled analyses from our experts on key programme topics from #sanctions and power shifts in the #IndoPacific to questions of #GlobalOrder and #SecurityPolicy.
➡️ GIGA Insights: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/press/wha...
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"Discursively, (decolonising Development Studies) calls for discarding any theoretical framework that considers as its starting point an idealized experience of endogenous capitalist development in the gl. North and that makes sense (...) only in relation to it"
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2509
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2509
Decolonising Development Studies: Why It Matters
By Devika Dutt Calls to decolonise Development Studies have gained increasing visibility across universities, research institutes, and policy spaces. Yet despite its growing popularity, decolonisat…
www.developmentresearch.eu
February 11, 2026 at 9:57 AM
"Discursively, (decolonising Development Studies) calls for discarding any theoretical framework that considers as its starting point an idealized experience of endogenous capitalist development in the gl. North and that makes sense (...) only in relation to it"
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2509
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2509