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The Future of World Trade

The global trading system is in a phase of upheaval and uncertainty. Against this backdrop, the trade experts at IDOS are examining the effectiveness, legitimacy and sustainability of the international trading system.

Poster for the cultural festival 'Summer of Change' in Bonn, taking place from May 31 to September 27, 2025. The poster features a red butterfly on the left and a blue butterfly on the right.

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Partner of the Bonn cultural festival ‘Summer of Change’

Until autumn 2025, numerous institutions from Bonn's museum and cultural landscape, including IDOS, will be raising awareness of the topic of ‘ecological sustainability’ at events.

Anna-Katharina Hornidge in front of a bookshelf, Writing says: ‚99SecondsWith – The current backlash against sustainability policymaking and the science-policy interface in Germany‘.“

News

Video: backlash against sustainability policymaking

Our expertise on the Trump presidency as well as on other topics

Opinion pieces and media contributions

The Current Column

EU Credibility Demands Bold Climate and Finance Commitments

Niklas Wagner / Mariya Aleksandrova

The EU’s climate credibility in Belém is in jeopardy.

Global Policy Journal

Foreign Aid, Power, and Geopolitics: Reflections on Development Cooperaton in a More Fragmented World

Stephan Klingebiel / Andy Sumner

Recent development debates have largely centered on the steep reduction in financial resources triggered by the Trump administration. However, what remains insufficiently acknowledged is the extent to which these disruptions have undermined the conceptual foundations of international cooperation, say Stephan Klingebiel and Andy Sumner. 3 August 2025

Events

Virtual Book Launch Discussion

Virtual Book Launch Discussion: Egypt’s New Authoritarian Republic

Online, 16.09.2025

Conference

Knowledge Dependencies and the Un/making of Equitable Futures

Bonn, 18.09.2025 until 19.09.2025

7th IDOS International Migration and Displacement Workshop

Social Cohesion in Displacement Contexts

Bonn, 23.09.2025 until 25.09.2025

Further events

Current publications

Localizing development to the grassroots: potentials and limits of engaging with community groups

Gutheil, Lena / Dennis Mbugua Muthama (2025)

Foreign aid, power, and geopolitics: reflections on development cooperaton in a more fragmented world

Klingebiel, Stephan / Andy Sumner (2025)

Establishing the effect of COVID-19 lockdown policy on the resilience of facility-based delivery in Kenya: a multi-method study

Kuloba, MaryBennah N. / Christoph Strupat / Thit Thit Aye / Phidelis N. Wamalwa / Judy Gichuki / Benjamin Tsofa / Manuela De Allergi (2025)

'Capital grabs back': towards a global research agenda on the land grabbing-land reform/restitution nexus

Sommerville Melanie / Enrique C. Ballivián / George T. Mudimu / Mnqobi Ngubane (2025)

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Stabilization and development in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena)

The Future of World Trade

Partner of the Bonn cultural festival ‘Summer of Change’

Opinion pieces and media contributions

EU Credibility Demands Bold Climate and Finance Commitments

Foreign Aid, Power, and Geopolitics: Reflections on Development Cooperaton in a More Fragmented World

Events

Current publications

Localizing development to the grassroots: potentials and limits of engaging with community groups

Foreign aid, power, and geopolitics: reflections on development cooperaton in a more fragmented world

Establishing the effect of COVID-19 lockdown policy on the resilience of facility-based delivery in Kenya: a multi-method study

'Capital grabs back': towards a global research agenda on the land grabbing-land reform/restitution nexus

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