Theme special

Klimalog – Research and dialogue for a climate-smart and just transformation

As part of the Klimalog, IDOS promotes an understanding of the links between climate policy and development and researches concrete steps towards a transformation towards "climate-smart" and equitable development paths.

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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.
Photo: U-Bahn station "Bundestag" on a sunny day.
Theme special

Setting the course for a new German development policy

The new German Federal Government is reorganising its relations with actors in the Global South. IDOS is involved in shaping foreign policies and international cooperation for sustainable development with debates, scientific analyses and recommendations for action.

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Photo: Several tents in a refugee camp.
Theme special

Refugees and displacement

Never before have so many people been displaced worldwide. The causes of flight and migration are often complex. How can development policy help to prevent displacement and mitigate its negative consequences?

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Opinion pieces and media contributions

The Current Column

How Germany and the EU Must Build on the FfD4 Conference

Walle, Yabibal / Kathrin Berensmann / Clara Brandi

Germany and the EU should back up words with action - with implementation strategies and leadership in the Sevilla Platform for Action.

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Global Policy Journal

No “Nice-to-Have”: European Support to Critical Civil Society and Free Media

Jasmin Lorch

Jasmin Lorch argues that European support to human rights NGOs, critical civil society and free media is not merely a “nice-to-have”. Instead, it directly serves European interests due to the important information function that these civil society actors perform. 25.06.2025

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Events

Workshop
UN80: Making room for what’s possible

Berlin, 30.06.2025

IDOS at FfD4
IDOS @ the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development

Seville, Spain, 30.06.2025 until 03.07.2025

High-Level Panel Discussion
Universal Principles for Lending and Borrowing

Sevilla, 02.07.2025

Further events

Current publications

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Die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit braucht dringend ein Technologie-Upgrade

Sinanoglu, Semuhi (2025)

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Development expertise: essential or expendable? Comparing interactions between knowledge and experience in German and Norwegian Foreign Aid Bureaucracies

Esser, Daniel E. / Heiner Janus (2025)

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Die 4. Internationale Konferenz zur Entwicklungsfinanzierung: Ein Überblick über die wichtigsten Kontroversen und Ergebnisse.

Berensmann, Kathrin / Yabibal M. Walle (2025)

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The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development: A review of key disagreements and outcomes

Berensmann, Kathrin / Yabibal M. Walle (2025)

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