Strait of Hormuz
The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is intensifying existing crises and hitting low-income countries the hardest. IDOS analyses the current situation in the Strait of Hormuz from a development policy perspective.
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Sustainable Urban Development
How cities around the world can be developed in an equitable and sustainable manner is a central question of global development policy. This special brings together the work of IDOS on urbanisation.
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’.
Opinion pieces and media contributions
Global Ocean Cooperation? Frontiers and Chokepoints
Global maritime policy must critically examine corridor- and frontier-thinking in ocean cooperation and advance planetary perspectives.
Read moreDon’t Draw the Wrong Lessons from the Hungarian Election
Dr. Semuhi Sinanoglu argues that existing explanations for the opposition’s success in Hungary are after the fact and secondary. Without Magyar’s legal immunity and financial mobilization, this victory would be impossible.
Read moreEvents
Bonn, 08.06.2026 until 18.06.2026
Bonn and online, 10.06.2026
Bonn, 10.06.2026
Current publications
Science-policy interfaces and sustainable development: institutionally bridging the knowledge–action gap
Velander, Sara / Niklas Wagner / Lisa Biber-Freudenberger (2026)
The oil shock and the new political economy of development cooperation
Sumner, Andy / Stephan Klingebiel (18/2026)
Is there a business case for banks to increase lending to women and women-led firms? Cross-country evidence on financial performance
Sommer, Christoph (2026)
Demonstration plots as assemblages: the political ecology of knowledge intensive agricultural futures in Tanzania
Kativu, Saymore Ngonidzashe / Javier Revilla-Diez / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2026)
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