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Institute of Development Policy, @UAntwerpen.be, Belgium | Multidisciplinary academic research, education, partnerships, political engagement
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🍽️ From food systems to reparations, these panels tackle justice and transition

📅 Abstract deadline: 21 Dec 2025
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#FoodSystems #ReparativeJustice #Sustainability #GlobalDevelopment
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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✅ The latest news, publications picks, calls, vacancies and opinion from us and our member community

📕 Special feature: @scnat.ch Guide for Global Research Partnerships

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November 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Together with Olivier Vandecasteele, and in light of the EU-AU summit next week, I wrote an op-ed for the @euobserver.com, asking for the release of Joseph Figueira Martin, who's been sentenced to 10 years of forced labor in #CAR #letJoego euobserver.com/africa/ar88d...
EU-AU summit must see release of European humanitarian hostage
As leaders gather for the European Union-African Union Summit in Angola, we urge them to press for the immediate release of humanitarian Joseph Figueira Martin.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🏙️ Cities, climate, and governance at EADI/IOB 2026!

🗓️ Abstracts close 21 Dec 2025
📍 Antwerp, Belgium
👉 https://loom.ly/RxoVmJI

#UrbanFutures #ClimateJustice #YouthVoices #DevelopmentFinance #EADI2026

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November 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
👏 Congrats to Fergus O’Leary Simpson (IOB) on winning the Research Board Award – Herman Deleeck for his research on the political ecology of nature conservation in conflict-affected regions, with a focus on the DR Congo. 🌍

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November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
✨ Rethinking knowledge, justice, and social protection for sustainable futures
📅 Deadline: 21 Dec 2025
🔗 Learn more: https://loom.ly/RxoVmJI

#EpistemicJustice #EcologicalJustice #AgrarianChange #SocialProtection #EADI2026

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November 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🌿 Explore the intersections of conflict, conservation, and enterprise at EADI/IOB 2026

📅 Submit abstracts by 21 Dec 2025
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#ConflictAndDevelopment #CitizenScience #AfricaDevelopment #EADI2026
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November 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🔍 New ideas shaping global citizenship, corporate responsibility, and demographic change

🗓️ Deadline: 21 Dec 2025
🌐 Details: https://loom.ly/RxoVmJI

#DigitalDevelopment #SocialProtection #PopulationStudies #Humanities #EADI2026
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November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
How are poverty, inequality, and geopolitics reshaping development? 🌐
📅 Submit by 21 Dec 2025
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#GlobalSouth #Justice #PovertyReduction #SustainableFutures
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Join the EADI/IOB 2026 Conference – “Shaping Sustainable Futures: Global Challenges, (G)local Solutions?”
Explore new perspectives on global relations, gender, and innovation.
🗓️ Abstract deadline: 21 Dec 2025
📍 Antwerp, Belgium | 29 June – 2 July 2026
🔗 Learn more: https://loom.ly/RxoVmJI

November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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🌿 Caring for Our Common Home — a new book by USOS on sustainability, justice & solidarity.
Celebrating 40 years of collaboration between UAntwerp & partners in the Global South.
📘 Book launch 28 Nov | 🎉 Celebration 29 Nov
🔗 More info: https://loom.ly/x1fal18
November 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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“Let everyone get the same, even if it's just a spoonful,” a refugee told us after hearing she would soon be cut off from food assistance.

Our research on aid cuts and targeting just published in The New Humanitarian.

www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Why it’s a bad idea to triage refugee food aid when everyone's hungry
Blanket food assistance was stopped in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp in August. The impact has been immediate.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
How can methodology, rural development, and discourse shape a sustainable future? 🌏
Join the final Harvest Panels at #EADI2026:
🗓️ Call for Abstracts closes 21 December 2025
🔗 Learn more: https://loom.ly/rrhGi2k

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November 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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📢 New publication alert!

In her latest article in Revue Communications, CUH-member Juliette Bour examines how the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda sought not only to kill, but to erase: to replace absence with emptiness.

Read more here: shs.cairn.info/revue-commun...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Gruwelijke beelden uit Soedan tonen bloedbaden die zelfs op satellietbeelden zichtbaar zijn. Kristof Titeca (UAntwerpen) legt uit wie de paramilitaire groepering RSF is die achter deze wreedheden zit. "De geschiedenis blijkt zich nu te herhalen", waarschuwt hij.
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VRT MAX
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November 4, 2025 at 5:35 AM
From land rights to energy transitions – discover these panels at EADI/IOB 2026 💡
📅 Submit abstracts by 21 Dec 2025
📍 Antwerp, Belgium | 29 June – 2 July 2026
🌐 Full details: https://loom.ly/rrhGi2k

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November 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🌿 Caring for Our Common Home — a new book by USOS on sustainability, justice & solidarity.
Celebrating 40 years of collaboration between UAntwerp & partners in the Global South.
📘 Book launch 28 Nov | 🎉 Celebration 29 Nov
🔗 More info: https://loom.ly/x1fal18
November 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
✨ Join IOB’s Advanced Master’s in Development Studies: global classroom, field experience, and real-world impact. 🌍 VLIR-UOS scholarships are back – this is your final chance!
🔗 uantwerpen.be/development-studies

#DevelopmentStudies #GlobalDevelopment #SustainableDevelopment #Scholarships
November 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🌍 Le Burundi entre pouvoir politique et voix médiatiques — webinaire IOB le 25 nov. 2025 avec Denis Banshimiyubusa et Antea Paviotti. Modération : Stef Vandeginste.
🔗 Inscription : https://loom.ly/LlagbIQ

#Burundi #PolitiqueAfricaine #Journalisme
📸 Image : deepphoto – Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Ready to reimagine sustainability and governance? 🌐
Join these exciting panels at EADI/IOB 2026: “Shaping Sustainable Futures.”
🗓️ Abstract deadline: 21 Dec 2025
📍 Antwerp, Belgium
👉 Details: https://loom.ly/rrhGi2k
#EADI2026 #GlocalSolutions #Inequality #JustTransitions #SustainableFutures
November 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Be part of the conversation on migration, finance, and knowledge systems at #EADI2026 🌱
📅 Submit your abstract by 21 Dec 2025
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#DevelopmentStudies #GlobalSouth #ClimateAction #KnowledgeJustice
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October 31, 2025 at 11:58 AM
📢 Call for Abstracts now open!
Join EADI/IOB 2026 – “Shaping Sustainable Futures: Global Challenges, (G)local Solutions?”
Submit by 21 Dec 2025
Explore panels HP01–HP05 on sustainability & development 🌍
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October 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Call for abstracts, Seed Panel:

What’s next for analysing, understanding and tackling poverty?

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Conv. by @keetieroelen.bsky.social ( @oucsgd.bsky.social )
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October 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Call for abstracts, Seed Panel:

Localized innovations for sustainable futures

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Conv. by Peter Knorringa (International Institute of Social Studies) & Cees van Beers (Delft University of Technology

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October 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Call for abstracts: Harvest Panel

"System-Smart Development Cooperation in a Fractured World: Working in the Mess of (G)local Sustainability"

Conv. by Nadia Molenaers & Valentin Poponete (@iobua.bsky.social)

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October 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM