Strengthening Global Health
On World Health Day, IDOS would like to highlight the factors that are crucial for strengthening global solidarity in health and for effectively addressing health crises worldwide.
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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’.
The Future of World Trade
The 14th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference (MC14) took place in Cameroon at a time where international trade policy faces significant challenges. In this web special, IDOS presents analyses, dialogue formats, and concrete policy recommendations for sustainable and development-oriented trade policies.
YouTube Video: WBGU Situation Report Security
Sustainable Futures Blog: After Yaoundé: Sobering Pragmatism
Security – sustainable and integrated: make environmental risks an integral element in security strategies
Press Release of the German Advisory Council on Global change of 24 March 2026
Watch all Videos of the series on International Cooperation
Our expertise on the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) as well as on other topics
Opinion pieces and media contributions
Defending health as a global public good
Global health is not a bargaining chip, but a global public good that must be defended.
Read moreAfter the 14th Ministerial Conference of the WTO: Sobering Pragmatism
The moratorium was a proxy for a deeper unwillingness to compromise: the inability of member states to set aside their particular interests for the greater good of a functioning multilateral trading system.
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Online, 16.04.2026
Jakarta, 19.04.2026 until 23.04.2026
Bonn, 05.05.2026
Current publications
Principles for ethical boundary spanning between science, policy and practice: a guide for knowledge brokers
Cvitanovic, Christopher / Stefan Partelow / Angela Bednarek /[...]/Anna-Katharina Horndige et al. (2026)
Bullshit urgency and washing machines: As the US scrambles for a plan for Iran, pitfalls loom large
Esser, Daniel E. / Heiner Janus (2026)
Institutional layering as (counter-)hegemonic strategy: unpacking China’s Global Development Initiative
Taggart, Jack / Han Cheng / Sebastian, Haug (2026)
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