Theme special

AI and Development Cooperation

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems can now decide and act autonomously. Research at IDOS focuses on their development in three key areas.

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Dekorationselement
At IDOS, we aspire to co-shape a collaborative multipolar world for sustainable futures. We do so by conducting high-quality research, offering independent policy advice, and learning across borders and regions while seeking to align development and sustainability.
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Theme special

Disruption and Reform

In light of global crises and increasingly disruptive, authoritarian forms of politics, forward-looking, cooperative reforms are necessary to secure sustainable development, international cooperation and democratic foundations. In this web special you will find IDOS's work on the dynamics of our 2025/26 annual theme, ‘Disruption and Reform’.

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News

We welcome the 62nd PGP cohort at IDOS!

On 1 September, the participants in the Postgraduate Programme for Sustainability Cooperation (PGP) began the new course. We look forward to meeting everyone and sharing ideas!

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Opinion pieces and media contributions

Graphic Online

Accra's traffic crisis: Why Ghana needs reverse public transport reform

Theodore Asimeng

Anyone who travels in Accra understands the daily frustration of traffic congestion. Congestion has become so normal that many people simply accept it as the price of living in a growing city. It should not be.

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The Current Column

What Is Needed to Safeguard Democratic Institutions?

Daniel Nowack

To make democracy more resilient, we need to boldly protect its political institutions but also, where necessary, to restructure them.

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Events

IDOS Event Series WTO Public Forum / World Trade Forum
IDOS at the WTO Public Forum and World Trade Forum

Geneva / Bern, 16.09.2026 until 18.09.2026

Presentation & Discussion
Electricity and Early Recovery in Syria: Pathways to Transformative Reconstruction

Online, 22.09.2026

Gesprächsreihe „Beyond 2030“
Welche Optionen bleiben der globalen Nachhaltigkeitspolitik?

Bonn, 23.09.2026

Further events

Current publications

Towards a transformative reconstruction of the electricity sector in Syria: current developments and opportunities

Towards a transformative reconstruction of the electricity sector in Syria: current developments and opportunities

Jalabi, Sultan (6/2026)

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The role of poultry farming in food security and dietary diversity: evidence from Ethiopia

The role of poultry farming in food security and dietary diversity: evidence from Ethiopia

Usman, Muhammed A. / Sakketa, Tekalign G. (2026)

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Unravelling the effects of Indonesia's oil palm export ban on global stock markets

Unravelling the effects of Indonesia's oil palm export ban on global stock markets

Ölkers, Tim / Charlotte-Elena Reich / Anna Roeland / Olliver Mußhoff (2026)

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No time for lamentation: a new agenda for cooperation (Chair's summary of the Hamburg Sustainability Conference 2026)

No time for lamentation: a new agenda for cooperation (Chair's summary of the Hamburg Sustainability Conference 2026)

Steiner, Achim (2026)

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