ISDC - International Security and Development Center
@isdcberlin.bsky.social
ISDC – International Security and Development Center is a non-profit academic institute based in Berlin, Germany.
We conduct research to improve lives and livelihoods shaped by violent conflict, fragility and humanitarian emergencies.
We conduct research to improve lives and livelihoods shaped by violent conflict, fragility and humanitarian emergencies.
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Fragile Lives is returning to @isdcberlin.bsky.social Berlin on 30 September and 1 October 2026, once again inviting papers and sessions that analyze the micro-level causes, dynamics and consequences of crisis, insecurity, and violent conflict around the world.
isdc.org/call-for-pap...
isdc.org/call-for-pap...
February 4, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Fragile Lives is returning to @isdcberlin.bsky.social Berlin on 30 September and 1 October 2026, once again inviting papers and sessions that analyze the micro-level causes, dynamics and consequences of crisis, insecurity, and violent conflict around the world.
isdc.org/call-for-pap...
isdc.org/call-for-pap...
🚨 Call for Papers: Fragile Lives 2026 📣
Fragile Lives is returning to Berlin on 30 September and 1 October 2026, and we're once again inviting papers and sessions!
See the full CfP and submit your work 👉 zerohunger.de/wp-content/u...
Fragile Lives is returning to Berlin on 30 September and 1 October 2026, and we're once again inviting papers and sessions!
See the full CfP and submit your work 👉 zerohunger.de/wp-content/u...
January 30, 2026 at 12:48 PM
🚨 Call for Papers: Fragile Lives 2026 📣
Fragile Lives is returning to Berlin on 30 September and 1 October 2026, and we're once again inviting papers and sessions!
See the full CfP and submit your work 👉 zerohunger.de/wp-content/u...
Fragile Lives is returning to Berlin on 30 September and 1 October 2026, and we're once again inviting papers and sessions!
See the full CfP and submit your work 👉 zerohunger.de/wp-content/u...
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📢 11th DENeB PhD Workshop 📢
taking place on April 17, 2026, in Berlin, hosted at
@isdcberlin.bsky.social
We’re excited to welcome Karlijn Morsink as our keynote speaker!
Sponsored by
@Geo_X_
🔗 Apply by February 27, 2026
⬇️ Links in the comments! ⬇️
taking place on April 17, 2026, in Berlin, hosted at
@isdcberlin.bsky.social
We’re excited to welcome Karlijn Morsink as our keynote speaker!
Sponsored by
@Geo_X_
🔗 Apply by February 27, 2026
⬇️ Links in the comments! ⬇️
January 23, 2026 at 9:48 AM
📢 11th DENeB PhD Workshop 📢
taking place on April 17, 2026, in Berlin, hosted at
@isdcberlin.bsky.social
We’re excited to welcome Karlijn Morsink as our keynote speaker!
Sponsored by
@Geo_X_
🔗 Apply by February 27, 2026
⬇️ Links in the comments! ⬇️
taking place on April 17, 2026, in Berlin, hosted at
@isdcberlin.bsky.social
We’re excited to welcome Karlijn Morsink as our keynote speaker!
Sponsored by
@Geo_X_
🔗 Apply by February 27, 2026
⬇️ Links in the comments! ⬇️
Is the humanitarian aid system at a breaking point 🌍 ?
We were thrilled to host Julia Steets, Director of GPPi, in Berlin, for a seminar on a topic that is affecting us all: "The end of humanitarian aid? Dealing with scarcity and power shifts."
More details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
We were thrilled to host Julia Steets, Director of GPPi, in Berlin, for a seminar on a topic that is affecting us all: "The end of humanitarian aid? Dealing with scarcity and power shifts."
More details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
January 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Is the humanitarian aid system at a breaking point 🌍 ?
We were thrilled to host Julia Steets, Director of GPPi, in Berlin, for a seminar on a topic that is affecting us all: "The end of humanitarian aid? Dealing with scarcity and power shifts."
More details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
We were thrilled to host Julia Steets, Director of GPPi, in Berlin, for a seminar on a topic that is affecting us all: "The end of humanitarian aid? Dealing with scarcity and power shifts."
More details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
The European Network of Early Career Agricultural Economists is hosting an online seminar at 2pm CET on 21 January 2026, exploring the topic of “Agricultural Development and Conflict: Research Trends and Field Realities”
Learn more about the event and join online! sites.google.com/view/ageconm...
Learn more about the event and join online! sites.google.com/view/ageconm...
January 14, 2026 at 9:00 AM
The European Network of Early Career Agricultural Economists is hosting an online seminar at 2pm CET on 21 January 2026, exploring the topic of “Agricultural Development and Conflict: Research Trends and Field Realities”
Learn more about the event and join online! sites.google.com/view/ageconm...
Learn more about the event and join online! sites.google.com/view/ageconm...
Can cash transfers (or other economic interventions) address intimate partner violence early in life?
Audrey pereira's first PhD paper tackles this question and is now available open access in Culture, Health & Sexuality!
Read the paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Audrey pereira's first PhD paper tackles this question and is now available open access in Culture, Health & Sexuality!
Read the paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 8, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Can cash transfers (or other economic interventions) address intimate partner violence early in life?
Audrey pereira's first PhD paper tackles this question and is now available open access in Culture, Health & Sexuality!
Read the paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Audrey pereira's first PhD paper tackles this question and is now available open access in Culture, Health & Sexuality!
Read the paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🚨📃New article alert: Shocking social safety: Evidence from violence and drought in North-east Nigeria'
This paper examines the combined effects of conflict and climate shocks on the social safety nets of households in fragile settings.
👉Read full article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This paper examines the combined effects of conflict and climate shocks on the social safety nets of households in fragile settings.
👉Read full article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🚨📃New article alert: Shocking social safety: Evidence from violence and drought in North-east Nigeria'
This paper examines the combined effects of conflict and climate shocks on the social safety nets of households in fragile settings.
👉Read full article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This paper examines the combined effects of conflict and climate shocks on the social safety nets of households in fragile settings.
👉Read full article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📢Closing date for submissions: 31 December 2025
Tilman Brück and Wolfgang Stojetz will co-host the 2026 Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference at @humboldtuni.bsky.social in Berlin on 22-24 June 2026.
👉 See the full call and submit your abstract: lnkd.in/g_aM9U6
Tilman Brück and Wolfgang Stojetz will co-host the 2026 Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference at @humboldtuni.bsky.social in Berlin on 22-24 June 2026.
👉 See the full call and submit your abstract: lnkd.in/g_aM9U6
December 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
📢Closing date for submissions: 31 December 2025
Tilman Brück and Wolfgang Stojetz will co-host the 2026 Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference at @humboldtuni.bsky.social in Berlin on 22-24 June 2026.
👉 See the full call and submit your abstract: lnkd.in/g_aM9U6
Tilman Brück and Wolfgang Stojetz will co-host the 2026 Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference at @humboldtuni.bsky.social in Berlin on 22-24 June 2026.
👉 See the full call and submit your abstract: lnkd.in/g_aM9U6
⏳ Only two days left to submit your papers for the special issue of the Journal of Development Effectiveness on the effects of peacebuilding approaches!
👉 Learn more and submit your manuscript: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
The deadline is 12 December 2025.
👉 Learn more and submit your manuscript: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
The deadline is 12 December 2025.
December 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
⏳ Only two days left to submit your papers for the special issue of the Journal of Development Effectiveness on the effects of peacebuilding approaches!
👉 Learn more and submit your manuscript: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
The deadline is 12 December 2025.
👉 Learn more and submit your manuscript: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
The deadline is 12 December 2025.
📢 New Working Paper: Jobs and Livelihoods for Stability in Fragile Places 🚨
Tatiana Orozco García and Neil Ferguson evaluate support to SMEs in Tunisia and Somalia, implemented by Stichting SPARK to develop demand-driven local growth.
Read full study @unu-wider.bsky.social: shorturl.at/8kEFz
Tatiana Orozco García and Neil Ferguson evaluate support to SMEs in Tunisia and Somalia, implemented by Stichting SPARK to develop demand-driven local growth.
Read full study @unu-wider.bsky.social: shorturl.at/8kEFz
December 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
📢 New Working Paper: Jobs and Livelihoods for Stability in Fragile Places 🚨
Tatiana Orozco García and Neil Ferguson evaluate support to SMEs in Tunisia and Somalia, implemented by Stichting SPARK to develop demand-driven local growth.
Read full study @unu-wider.bsky.social: shorturl.at/8kEFz
Tatiana Orozco García and Neil Ferguson evaluate support to SMEs in Tunisia and Somalia, implemented by Stichting SPARK to develop demand-driven local growth.
Read full study @unu-wider.bsky.social: shorturl.at/8kEFz
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How can we tackle collective & interpersonal violence in fragile settings? At #FragileLives hosted by @isdcberlin.bsky.social UNICEF Evaluation's, Amber Peterman shared insights on integrated, evidence-based approaches. 👉 zerohunger.de/fragile-live...
October 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
How can we tackle collective & interpersonal violence in fragile settings? At #FragileLives hosted by @isdcberlin.bsky.social UNICEF Evaluation's, Amber Peterman shared insights on integrated, evidence-based approaches. 👉 zerohunger.de/fragile-live...
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?...
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?...
July 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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?...
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.
Audrey brings deep expertise in social protection, gender, and child- and youth-wellbeing, with a focus on developing contexts.
June 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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.
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.
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.
June 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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.
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.
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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
On June 26, the 3D Seminar will continue with Angelika Budjan (University of Stuttgart) and Md Abu Bakar Siddiq (Tetra Tech), who will discuss the implications of sudden cuts in international aid for development cooperation and affected communities.
Register at:
listserv.gwdg.de/mailman/list...
Register at:
listserv.gwdg.de/mailman/list...
June 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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
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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.
June 9, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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.
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📣 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/...
📅 Submit by 7 September 2025
www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...
EADI/IOB 2026: Call for Panels: Shaping Sustainable Futures: Global Challenges, (G)local solutions?
29 June – 2 July 2026, Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Deadline for submissions: 7 September 2025
www.eadi.org
May 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
📣 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/...
📅 Submit by 7 September 2025
www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...
Happening this week!
Sign up via the link 👇
Sign up via the link 👇
Our next seminar will be held on May 22nd, at 3pm (UTC+2).
Ghassan Baliki (ISDC) and Sahar El Hachem (FCDO) will discuss strategies for reducing and preventing violence against women in Syria.
Register at: listserv.gwdg.de/mailman/list...
Ghassan Baliki (ISDC) and Sahar El Hachem (FCDO) will discuss strategies for reducing and preventing violence against women in Syria.
Register at: listserv.gwdg.de/mailman/list...
May 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Happening this week!
Sign up via the link 👇
Sign up via the link 👇
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...
Register today so you don't miss this insightful event! 👇 listserv.gwdg.de/mailman/list...
May 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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...
Register today so you don't miss this insightful event! 👇 listserv.gwdg.de/mailman/list...
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📣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
#callforpapers #Berlin #HiCN #FragileLives @isdcberlin.bsky.social
Call for Papers: Fragile Lives 2025 HiCN Workshop – HiCN
30 September - 1 October 2025 Berlin, Germany Every year, Fragile Lives convenes international experts from academia, policy, and practice on the use of rigorou
hicn.org
April 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
📣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
#callforpapers #Berlin #HiCN #FragileLives @isdcberlin.bsky.social
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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.
📆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.
Call for Papers: Fragile Lives 2025 HiCN Workshop – ISDC
30 September - 1 October 2025 Berlin, Germany Every year, Fragile Lives convenes international experts from academia, policy, and practice on the use of rigorou
isdc.org
March 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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.
📆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!
March 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
📄 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...
Join our webinar tomorrow to see her present current research on Syrian refugees in Jordan: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2bc92d...
March 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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...
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...
Join us for our 'Cross-border Legacies of Conflict Exposure' webinar on 27 March at 1pm CET: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2bc92d...
Next week (March 27, 1pm CET) we will present the results of our new study on the long-term impacts of conflict exposure on the well-being of Syrian refugees in Jordan.
You can register for the online webinar here 👇
isdc.org/webinar-unde...
@isdcberlin.bsky.social
You can register for the online webinar here 👇
isdc.org/webinar-unde...
@isdcberlin.bsky.social
Webinar: Understanding the Social Well-being of Syrian Refugees in Jordan – ISDC
With over 43 million refugees worldwide, the long-term effects of conflict exposure on their social well-being remain underexplored. This is your chance to unco
isdc.org
March 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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...
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...
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...
March 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🚨 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...
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...