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Institute of Development Policy, @UAntwerpen.be, Belgium | Multidisciplinary academic research, education, partnerships, political engagement
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I spoke on The Horn, the podcast of the International Crisis Group, on 'Uganda after Museveni': Uganda's political future, and the 'succession/transition' question: www.crisisgroup.org/pod/africa/u...
Uganda after Museveni | International Crisis Group
This week on The Horn, Alan speaks with Kristof Titeca, professor at the University of Antwerp, to talk about the aftermath of Uganda’s election and what will happen when President Yoweri Museveni lea...
www.crisisgroup.org
February 5, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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📢 Online GLAC seminar upcoming!
📆Tue 24 Feb 2026 (12:30–14:00 CET)
Experimental evidence from #Uganda on how perceived seed quality and information gaps shape adoption of high‑yielding maize. Learn how transparency boosts tech uptake.
Register 👉 https://loom.ly/4w_pStE
#agriculturaltechnology
February 4, 2026 at 3:09 PM
📢 Online GLAC seminar upcoming!
📆Tue 24 Feb 2026 (12:30–14:00 CET)
Experimental evidence from #Uganda on how perceived seed quality and information gaps shape adoption of high‑yielding maize. Learn how transparency boosts tech uptake.
Register 👉 https://loom.ly/4w_pStE
#agriculturaltechnology
February 4, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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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!
www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...
February 4, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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Upcoming lecture! 📣

We are pleased to invite you to the lecture “Reading African Intellectual History in Atlantic Archives: The Mpongwe Vocabulary of the Santa Jago (1829)”, taking place on 4 March 2026 at the University of Antwerp.

👉 Registration/More info:
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Reading African Intellectual History in Atlantic Archives | Arts | University of Antwerp
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January 27, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Online lunch seminar coming up today at 12:30 CET 👇
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January 27, 2026 at 10:33 AM
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‘Alle campussen worden rookvrij’, klonk het in september stellig. Daarmee werd de UAntwerpen de eerste Vlaamse universiteit met een totaalverbod op sigaretten en vapes. Maar houdt dat verbod in de praktijk ook stand?
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‘Hier mag je toch roken?’: verbod UAntwerpen botst op examenstress bij studenten
‘Alle campussen worden rookvrij’, klonk het in september stellig. Daarmee werd de UAntwerpen de eerste Vlaamse universiteit met een totaalverbod op sigaretten en vapes. Wij gingen – discreet, want het...
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January 27, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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🆕 Global poverty trends from a new lens

Today on VoxDev, Olivier Sterck (IOB - Institute of Development Policy, ODID, University of Oxford) discusses a new measure of global poverty that doesn't depend on 'lines', showing that poverty has fallen sharply: https://ow.ly/VoPr50Y3Bsr
Global poverty trends from a new lens
Global poverty trends look radically different depending on the poverty line used. A new measure that doesn’t depend on ‘lines’ – the average time needed to earn a dollar – shows that global poverty has fallen sharply, by about 55% since 1990. This was driven mainly by income growth in East Asia.
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January 26, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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De UAntwerpen start een onderzoeksproject naar het leven van intersekse personen in België. Het onderzoek wordt uitgevoerd in opdracht van het Instituut voor de Gelijkheid van Vrouwen en Mannen (IGVM) en wil inzicht bieden in hun ervaringen en maatschappelijke positie.
www.hln.be/antwerpen/we...
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January 26, 2026 at 7:24 AM
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🔎 Read our very first newsletter of the year!
Featuring @unrisd.org's Feminist Foreign and Development Policies and more news from us and our community
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January 15, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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What does moral consistency mean during crises? And how do colonial legacies still shape humanitarian responses in Gaza and Sudan?
Read the insightful piece by Dr. Gert Van Hecken (IOB, University of Antwerp):
👉 https://loom.ly/P7CNZxM
#HumanitarianAid #GlobalJustice #IOB
Gaza to Sudan: Moral consistency as a colonial alibi
These are not competing tragedies but linked sites of racial capitalism, militarism, and abandonment.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
January 13, 2026 at 9:21 AM
What does moral consistency mean during crises? And how do colonial legacies still shape humanitarian responses in Gaza and Sudan?
Read the insightful piece by Dr. Gert Van Hecken (IOB, University of Antwerp):
👉 https://loom.ly/P7CNZxM
#HumanitarianAid #GlobalJustice #IOB
Gaza to Sudan: Moral consistency as a colonial alibi
These are not competing tragedies but linked sites of racial capitalism, militarism, and abandonment.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
January 13, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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⚠️ Attention!

For particular panels, the call for abstracts for our flagship conference has been extended until 14 January!

✅ Check which panels are still open for submissions!
www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...
January 6, 2026 at 8:58 AM
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📄 New Working Paper: Fiscal Response under Aid Heterogeneity & Regime Change (Pakistan, 1973–2020). Regime changes raise current spending & foreign loans; grants are donor-driven. Temporary aid matters most. Policy: favor grants + debt relief. 🇵🇰📊
January 8, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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La président de l' #Ouganda Yoweri #Museveni et son parti, le NRM, remporteront probablement les élections du 15 janvier. Mais le pays s’interroge sur la succession de l'autocrate de 81 ans. Si son fils est sur les rangs, rien n’est encore joué. Par @kristoftiteca.bsky.social et @foreignpolicy.com
En Ouganda, un scrutin sans enjeu mais un avenir incertain - Analyse
Le président Yoweri Museveni et son parti, le NRM, remporteront probablement les élections présidentielle et législatives du 15 janvier. Mais le pays s’interroge sur la suite, à commencer par la (…)
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January 5, 2026 at 7:23 AM
📄 New Working Paper: Fiscal Response under Aid Heterogeneity & Regime Change (Pakistan, 1973–2020). Regime changes raise current spending & foreign loans; grants are donor-driven. Temporary aid matters most. Policy: favor grants + debt relief. 🇵🇰📊
January 8, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @kristoftiteca.bsky.social and Almontaser Belah Mhmood
@egmontinstitute.bsky.social

"The Danger of Simplifying Sudan’s War"

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/3r9cbfvm
January 8, 2026 at 9:10 AM
📅 27 Jan | 🕐 12:30–14:00 CET | 📍 Online
Explore how perceptions of protected areas in the DRC have shifted over time and why colonial-era views remain most positive.
🔗 Register: https://loom.ly/53q1k3g
#Conservation #DRCongo #Research
January 6, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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Joseph #Kony and the #LRA are still out there, close to 40 years after they emerged. In this briefing for African Affairs, I explain why this is the case: "Kony 2025: The Survival of the Lord’s Resistance Army in the Car–Sudan–DRC Borderlands" academic.oup.com/afraf/advanc... (1/n)
Kony 2025: The Survival of the Lord’s Resistance Army in the Car–Sudan–DRC Borderlands
Abstract. Nearly forty years after its emergence, and despite a range of international efforts, Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) continue t
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December 31, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Antwerp University distributes 50,000 pressure cookers to combat deforestation in DRC
Antwerp University distributes 50,000 pressure cookers to combat deforestation in DRC
Over the next three years, researchers from the University of Antwerp will distribute 50,000 electric pressure cookers in the Democratic Republic...
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December 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
​Progressive yet unfair: the case of informal taxes in the education sector in the DRC

Informal taxes in DRC’s education sector: richest 20% pay 80% of the burden—progressive, but not equitable when access & quality are factored in.
👉 Read more: https://loom.ly/ZmcaKII
#Education #DRCongo #Equity
December 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Call for Abstracts - EADI/IOB 2026: Shaping Sustainable Futures: Global Challenges, (G)local Solutions?
29 June – 2 July 2026, Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Deadline for submissions: 21 December 2025
www.eadi.org
December 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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📢 New Policy Brief: Uganda’s 2026 elections aren’t just about who wins—they reveal succession politics in a late-Museveni era. What does this mean for Uganda’s future?
👉 Read the full brief here: https://loom.ly/I6t51IQ

#UgandaElections #SuccessionPolitics #IOBResearch #PolicyBrief
December 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
📢 New Policy Brief: Uganda’s 2026 elections aren’t just about who wins—they reveal succession politics in a late-Museveni era. What does this mean for Uganda’s future?
👉 Read the full brief here: https://loom.ly/I6t51IQ

#UgandaElections #SuccessionPolitics #IOBResearch #PolicyBrief
December 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM