Events

Q&A Session
Shaping Futures Academy – Q&A session for applicants
Online, 17.10.2024

If you're considering applying to the Shaping Futures Academy 2025 and have questions about the programme or application process, we invite… Read more

Research Colloquium
Research Colloquium on Triangular Cooperation
Online, 22.10.2024 until 03.12.2024

Triangular cooperation brings together partners across the North-South divide to address development-related concerns and strengthen… Read more

Workshop
Local feminist perspectives as transformation levers
Bonn, 23.10.2024

This workshop is organised as part of the research project ‚Local feminist perspectives as transformation levers‘. As a semi-public event,… Read more

Policy dialogue
Forced migration and social cohesion
Bonn and online, 23.10.2024

In this international policy dialogue event, we will discuss how social cohesion plays out among displaced persons and local communities in… Read more

Roundtable Discussion
How Young People in Africa and Europe Shape Politics in a Crisis-Ridden World
Bonn, 29.10.2024

Despite the varying contexts across continents, young people share a joint concern when asked about their problems: the economic situation… Read more

Conference
Global and Local Perspectives on Just Transitions
Bonn and Online, 06.11.2024 until 07.11.2024

What can future economic development look like beyond growth? What are best practice examples of alternative economic structures and… Read more

Virtuelles Pressegespräch
Prioritäten für die Steigerung der globalen Ambitionen beim Klimaschutz auf der COP29
Online, 07.11.2024

Die UN-Klimakonferenz 2024 (COP29) in Baku, Aserbaidschan, die vom 11. bis zum 22. November stattfinden wird, ist von entscheidender… Read more

International workshop
Gender-responsive social protection and employment policies
Bonn, 21.11.2024 until 22.11.2024

Gender equality has become a key objective for international organisations and policymakers. Yet, significant evidence gaps prevail on… Read more

Expert Exchange Meeting
Democracy Protection in the Global South(s) and North(s)
Berlin, 28.11.2024

The Protecting Democracy in times of Autocratization and Polarization project team at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability… Read more

International Research Conference
Africa in the global economy
Bonn, 05.12.2024 until 06.12.2024

Africa finds itself at a critical moment in its global economic engagement. The continent's abundant resources have recently attracted… Read more

Online Launch
Changing state-society relations in MENA
Online, 09.10.2024

Online launch of the special issue ‘Drivers of change in social contracts in the Middle East and North Africa region’ In many countries,… Read more

Conference
IDOS@HSC
Hamburg, 07.10.2024 until 08.10.2024

The HSC is a new conference format aimed at fostering the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). At the HSC, leading… Read more

Workshop
Health Economics, Development and Climate Change
Bonn, 27.09.2024

The 2024 fall workshop of the Working Group on Health Economics and Development Cooperation privilege presentations related to the thematic… Read more

Webinar
Financing international development organizations in an age of disorder
Online, 25.09.2024

The contemporary international landscape, characterized by geopolitical shifts, economic turbulence, and the intensifying impacts of climate… Read more

Online Roundtable
Channeling Special Drawing Rights through MDBs
Online, 24.09.2024

As part of the series of events connected to the OECD’s Multilateral Development Finance week, a consortium of five think tanks, IDOS… Read more

Science-Policy Interface Session
Innovating One Health Governance for Global and Local Action
8th World One Health Congress, Cape Town, 20.09.2024

The failure of cross-sectoral coordination represents the greatest risk for the sustainable implementation of the One Health approach. It is… Read more

Online-Briefing
Vor dem Zukunftsgipfel der Vereinten Nationen
Online, 20.09.2024

Am 22. und 23. September 2024 fand bei den Vereinten Nationen in New York der Zukunftsgipfel (Summit of the Future) statt. An ihn waren hohe… Read more

Conference
5th Conference of the German Network for Forced Migration Studies
Bonn and Online, 16.09.2024 until 18.09.2024

Forced migration and displacement in the context of violent conflicts and natural disasters have been on the rise for years. At the same… Read more

Workshop at Tropentag 2024
Knowledge management for sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa
Vienna, 11.09.2024

Innovations are the key drivers for sustainable agriculture, land, water and biodiversity conservation, poverty alleviation and food… Read more

International research conference
GLOBALGOALS2024 - The Future of the SDGs
Utrecht, The Netherlands, 29.08.2024 until 30.08.2024

The adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was welcomed by practitioners… Read more

International workshop
Social contracts and environmental change in the Middle East and North Africa and elsewhere
Bonn, Germany, 26.08.2024 until 28.08.2024

The workshop is meant to discuss the relations between environmental change and social contracts and their implications for future… Read more

Launch Event
Gleichberechtigte Wissenschaftskooperation weltweit
Bonn & online, 19.08.2024

Wissenschaftskooperationen zwischen Partnern aus Ländern mit niedrigem und mittlerem Einkommen auf der einen Seite und Ländern mit hohem… Read more

Workshop
Water and state governance: India, Kenya, Germany
ZEF and Online, 19.07.2024

Programme:   10:00 am Welcome and opening   10:05 - 10:45 am (20 minutes presentation, 20 minutes discussion) Adapting to water reforms: A… Read more

Round Table Discussion
Sustainability science in a Global North-South dialogue
Bonn, 18.07.2024

Sustainability science (Nachhaltigkeitsforschung) aims to provide solutions to the multiple socio-ecological crises by working beyond… Read more

International Workshop
Interlinking sustainability science in a Global North-South dialogue
Bonn, 15.07.2024 until 18.07.2024

Sustainability science (Nachhaltigkeitsforschung) aims to provide solutions to the current complex socio-ecological problems by working… Read more

Anniversary Conference
IDOS at 60
Bonn, 04.07.2024

Founded in 1964, the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS, formerly the German Development Institute / Deutsches… Read more

Panel Discussion
Science in support of combatting land degradation
Bonn, 18.06.2024

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, the INTERFACES team at IDOS in collaboration with the… Read more

Panel Discussion
The Changing Dynamics of International Institutions in an Era of Multiple Crisis
Online, 12.06.2024

In an era marked by unprecedented global challenges, the dynamics of international institutions are undergoing profound transformation. From… Read more

International Expert Discussion during UNFCCC SBs
Innovative Climate Finance
Bonn, 10.06.2024

CLIMA: Auction-Based Subsidies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries We are excited to extend an invitation to participate in a pivotal expert… Read more

Science-Policy Dialogue
Promoting Climate Action around the World
Bonn, 07.06.2024

Science-Policy Dialogue during the 60th sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies The goal of this Science Policy Dialogue, organized by… Read more

Roundtable discussion
Climate finance to leverage social protection for climate action
Bonn, 05.06.2024

The relevance of social protection for inclusive, people-centred climate action has gained increasing attention under United Nations… Read more

Panel Discussion
Designing the new UN climate finance goal
Bonn and Online, 04.06.2024

The New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on Climate Finance is set to be agreed at this year’s COP29, and it could have profound… Read more

Online Workshop
From Research to Policy
Online, 03.06.2024

The workshop will be given by Sven Grimm, Head of Research programme: Inter- and Transnational Cooperation  and the Training Department, at… Read more

Workshop (by invitation only)
Legitimacy deficits and tensions and their impact on cooperation
Bodø, Norway, 29.05.2024

This workshop explored the evolution of legitimacy deficits and tensions and their impact on cooperation, using empirical examples, in… Read more

Special Issue Launch
China at the United Nations
Online, 28.05.2024

Global Policy Special Issue edited by Sebastian Haug, Rosemary Foot and Max-Otto Baumann Has China’s expanding engagement led to any power… Read more

Virtuelles Pressebriefing
Europawahl 2024
Online, 23.05.2024

vom 6. bis 9 Juni findet in den 27 EU-Mitgliedstaaten die Europawahl statt. Sie ist eine wichtige Weichenstellung für die zukünftige… Read more

Presentation Final Reports
Final Presentations 59th Postgraduate Programme
Bonn and Online, 22.05.2024

The Postgraduate Programme prepares master’s graduates for a career in international cooperation. Participants work in three different teams… Read more

Joint Workshop
Economic Research for Development & Sustainability
Bonn, 16.05.2024

Second edition of our joint workshop of IDOS’ Research Programme “Transformation of Economic and Social Systems” and the University of… Read more

Virtual Policy Event
Re-considering international health data sharing rules for a new Pandemic Treaty.
Online, 14.05.2024

During the upcoming 77th World Health Assembly on the 24th of May, WHO Member States discussed the final draft for a new international… Read more

Conference
Urban Communities in the Face of the Climate Crisis
Bonn, 14.05.2024

The world is not on track to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable (SDG 11). Every third urban… Read more

IDOS at Arctic Circle Berlin Forum
Session: Local Actors in Environmental Governance?
Berlin, 08.05.2024

Analyses of environmental governance in the Arctic often focused on state-to-state relations. The latter are currently experiencing dramatic… Read more

MGG Conference
International Capacity Development for the Civil Service - The Sustainable Digitalisation Agenda
Cape Town, South Africa, 04.05.2024 until 09.05.2024

MGG has been engaging in public sector capacity development for the implementation of the United Nation’s Agenda 2030 for Sustainable… Read more

Webinar
Gender and Sanitation: Why it matters for women and girls
Online, 30.04.2024

In close connection to the World Water Day on 22 March, the UN-HABITAT, Water integrity Network (WIN) and IDOS is organising as part of the… Read more

MGG/PRODIGEES Policy Labs
Digitalisation Towards Sustainable Development
Stellenbosch & Cape Town, South Africa, 28.04.2024 until 03.05.2024

The Promoting Research on Digitalisation in Emerging Powers and Europe Towards Sustainable Development (PRODIGEES) project, under the aegis… Read more

High-level policy debate
Renewing the mission of EU development policy in times of global polycrisis
Brussels, 16.04.2024

Context and objectives This year, the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) celebrated its 60th birthday and six decades… Read more

Virtual Event
Fostering inter-group cohesion
Online, 02.04.2024

We invited you to join us for an exciting, evidence-based discussion on inter-group cohesion, highlighting findings from evaluations of… Read more

Hybrid Event
The land-water nexus
Online, 22.03.2024

On the occasion of World Water Day 2024, the Bonn Water Network and its members including the United Nations Convention to Combat… Read more

Event list for World Water Day
Water for Peace
Bonn and Online, 19.03.2024 until 08.04.2024

Whether droughts or floods – extreme water events are occurring more and more frequently, not only in the Global South but also here in… Read more

Kick-Off-Workshop #2
Local feminist perspectives for transformative change
Online, 18.03.2024

How can local feminist perspectives be used as levers for transformative change? This question guides the project ‘Local feminist… Read more

Panel discussion
Anniversary event - 60 Years of IDOS
Berlin, 14.03.2024

Science for Development. 60 years of research, policy advice and training for development policy and cooperation The German Institute of… Read more

Round table
Urban Mobility Solutions: Road Safety
Berlin / Online, 14.03.2024

In order to identify key stakeholders and topics for the Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC) programme, the HSC, jointly with the German… Read more

Online Panel Discussion
Development Finance in Times of Multiple Crises
Online, 13.03.2024

Development finance faces a range of challenges in times of multiple crises. On this background, upcoming summits and forums should provide… Read more

Hybrid public lecture event
How to map and measure quality of employment?
Bonn and Online, 06.03.2024

Un- and underemployment is one of the most pressing issues in low and middle income countries. At the same time, many of the available jobs… Read more

3D-Digital Development Dialogue
Good Economics for Warmer Times
Online, 29.02.2024

Climate change is not just about getting the right technology. It is also about changing behavior and policies. And it is not (only) about… Read more

Virtuelles Pressegespräch
13. Ministerkonferenz der Welthandelsorganisation 2024
Online, 28.02.2024

Auf der WTO-Ministerkonferenz in Abu Dhabi, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, die vom 26. bis 29. Februar stattfindet, müssen Entscheidungen für… Read more

Virtual Info Sessions
Virtual Info Sessions Postgraduate Programme
Online, 22.02.2024 until 12.03.2024

Until March 31, we welcome applications from postgraduate students for our 60th anniversary programme. Are you looking for an exciting and… Read more

Kick-Off-Workshop #1
Local feminist perspectives as a lever for gender equality
Online, 31.01.2024

How do socio-cultural norms influence transformative gender policy? The following kick-off workshop addressed different and joint ideas as… Read more

Kick off workshop
Social Cohesion in Displacement Contexts
Berlin, 24.01.2024

In an increasingly globalized world, displacement, migration, and (im)mobility are a socio-political phenomenon that countries must respond… Read more

Online debate
The Urban Water Challenge
Online, 24.01.2024

2023 has been a year of worldwide flooding disasters that, among other places, had devastating impacts in Libya, washed away entire villages… Read more

Linked Event
Promoting evidence-based implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees
Maison de la Paix, Graduate Institute, Geneva & Online, 12.12.2023

This linked event was part of the Global Refugee Forum session on Shifting Power and Expanding Refugee Access to Higher Education and… Read more

Workshop
Evidence-based implementation of the GCR
Maison de la Paix, Graduate Institute, Geneva & Online, 11.12.2023

This workshop aimed to facilitate exchange among researchers on common issues related to the role of academic research in advancing the… Read more

Konferenz
Alle Hebel auf Umsetzung: Die SDGs als globaler Kompass in Krisenzeiten
Potsdam, 04.12.2023

Die Halbzeitbilanz der Agenda 2030 und der SDGs fällt besorgniserregend aus. Nur 18 Prozent der 169 Unterziele werden voraussichtlich bis… Read more

Workshop
Pandemic prevention: a planetary health perspective
Berlin, 01.12.2023

The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an enormous socio-economic and ecological impact. In the post-pandemic phase there is much discussion what… Read more

Conference
IDOS@COP28
Dubai, 30.11.2023 until 12.12.2023

The 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which will take place from November 30 to December 12, would… Read more

Colloquium Series
INTERFACES Colloquium Series #4
Online, 30.11.2023

The fourth lecture in the INTERFACES colloquium series on “Sustainable land management in sub‐Saharan Africa: Improving livelihoods through… Read more

Research Workshop
Comparing Aid Agencies’ Bureaucratic Politics and Practices
Paris, 30.11.2023

The workshop offered the unique opportunity for a select group of scholars researching bureaucratic politics and practices of aid agencies… Read more

Online Meeting
Global Shifts in a Changing World Economy
Online, 28.11.2023

In recent years, major shifts in global markets from North to South have created a new geography of trade and consumption in the… Read more

Press Conference
2023 UN Climate Change Conference: How far has the world come to curb the climate crisis?
Online, 22.11.2023

The 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which will take place from November 30 to December 12, would… Read more

Megatrend Lecture
The emerging global challenge of data authoritarianism
Bonn, 16.11.2023

With the rise of digital economies and digital innovations, issues surrounding data are becoming increasingly important in public debates… Read more

Conference
Promoting and Protecting Democracy in Times of De-Democratization
Bonn, 16.11.2023 until 17.11.2023

Since the 1990s, external democracy promotion and protection has become a prominent tool of bi- and multilateral donors, as well as… Read more

Conference
Greening economies in partner countries
Bonn, 09.11.2023

Smart industrial policy anticipates the shift to a green economy; it guides and promotes the domestic economy so that it can take advantage… Read more

Conference
Social cohesion amidst the global polycrisis
Bonn, 06.11.2023 until 08.11.2023

Social cohesion shapes a society's resilience to shocks and crises. Those societies in which individuals are bound together in unity and… Read more

Expert workshop
Funding the UN system
Bonn, 06.11.2023 until 07.11.2023

The workshop explored how the UN system is currently funded, what challenges UN financing faces, and what the future of UN financing could… Read more

Colloquium Series
INTERFACES Colloquium Series #3
Online, 02.11.2023

The third lecture in the INTERFACES colloquium series on “Sustainable land management in sub‐Saharan Africa: Improving livelihoods through… Read more

Online Meeting
Shaping Futures Academy 2024 – Q&A
Online, 25.10.2023

If you are interested in applying to the Shaping Futures Academy 2024, and still had questions about the programme and the application… Read more

IDOS@ESG Conference 2023
Building Science and Societies for Sustainability Transformations
Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 24.10.2023 until 26.10.2023

Overview of all IDOS activities at the conference Semi-Plenary Session: Bridging the gap: Science-policy dialogue on water as a catalyst for… Read more

Workshop
Equitable International Research Cooperation
Bonn, 23.10.2023 until 24.10.2023

Ensuring equitable research collaboration between partners from low-, middle-, and high-income countries is emphatically affirmed by all… Read more

Side-event World Health Summit
Putting Policy into Practice
Berlin, 17.10.2023

At this year's World Health Summit in Berlin, 3,000 health leaders and experts from around the world came together to address the most… Read more

Book launch
Foreign Aid and its Unintended Consequences
Bonn, 16.10.2023

Foreign aid and international development frequently bring with it a range of unintended consequences, both negative and positive. This book… Read more

Book Launch und Roundtable
Lokal verankerte Zivile Konfliktbearbeitung
Bonn, 10.10.2023

Der Book Launch zu dem Buch “Lokal verankerte Zivile Konfliktbearbeitung zwischen Partnerschaft und Machtungleichgewicht” präsentierte eine… Read more

Launch Event
Global Tax Expenditures Transparency Index (GTETI)
Online, 09.10.2023 until 10.10.2023

The Council on Economic Policies (CEP) and the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) are launching the Global Tax… Read more

Colloquium Series
INTERFACES Colloquium Series #2
Online, 05.10.2023

The second lecture in the INTERFACES colloquium series on “Sustainable land management in sub‐Saharan Africa: Improving livelihoods through… Read more

Dialogforum
Partnerschaftlicher Aufbau einer globalen Wasserstoffwirtschaft
Berlin, 28.09.2023

Das 2. Berliner Dialogforum, veranstaltet durch den vom BMBF geförderten Potenzialatlas HYPAT, widmete sich der Schlüsselfrage, wie ein… Read more

MGG Global Network Conference
Global Partnerships – Knowledge, Dialogue, and Action
Bonn, 25.09.2023 until 28.09.2023

Six years after the last MGG Global Network Conference (GNC), the MGG Network gathered again to reconnect, exchange and move from knowledge… Read more

Workshop
Researching sustainable land management in sub-Sahara Africa
Berlin, 20.09.2023

The workshop presented the programme "Sustainable Land Management in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)" funded by the German Federal Ministry of… Read more

Workshop
Simultaneously Realising a Just Energy Transition and the Implications for Water-Energy-Food Nexus in South Africa
Online, 11.09.2023

WWF South Africa (WWF-SA), in partnership with the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), organised this workshop as… Read more

Roundtable Discussion
Cooperation for the Sake of Cooperation?
Potsdam, 08.09.2023

The current global dynamics have significant consequences on policy-making in and beyond the Arctic. To limit the effects of the ever more… Read more

Colloquium Series
INTERFACES Colloquium Series #1
Online, 07.09.2023

On Thursday, 7 September, INTERFACES started the colloquium series on "Sustainable land management in sub‐Saharan Africa: Improving… Read more

Online Meeting
Third Virtual General Assembly Meeting (VGAM) of the African Academy Alumni Network
Online, 04.09.2023

Decent work and economic growth, SDG8, was the topic of the 3rd Virtual General Assembly Meeting (VGAM) of the African Academy Alumni… Read more

Public Talks
Canceled: Public talks on Tunisia
Bonn, 23.08.2023

Unfortunately, we have to inform you that the event on 23 August 2023 with lectures by Dina Bishara and Holger Albrecht, for which you had… Read more

Alumni Webinar
Food security in West and Central Africa
Online, 18.08.2023

The West and Central Africa regional block of the African Academy Alumni Network organized a webinar under the topic “Food security in West… Read more

T20 Summit Side Event
Utopias of Global Cooperation
Mysuru, India, 31.07.2023

The concept of ‘global digital commons’ (UN, 2020) constitutes a key component of the emerging Global Digital Compact of the United Nations.… Read more

Network Meeting
MGG Network – India National Network Meeting 2023
New Delhi, India, 28.07.2023

The MGG Network (IDOS) was thrilled to organise the MGG India National Network Meeting 2023 with participation from Indian alumni of the MGG… Read more

Workshop
Policy (in)coherence in Germany’s Energiewende
Bonn, 19.06.2023

Background Key to meeting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Agenda and the Paris Agreement in Germany is the energy transition – dubbed the… Read more

Conference
Multilateralism in Times of Polycrises
Seoul and Online, 14.06.2023

Germany's and Korea's global priorities in the field of sustainable development are converging. This convergence offers considerable… Read more

Workshop
Linking Loss and Damage to Conflict Affected and Fragile Settings
Bonn, 12.06.2023

Workshop along with the 58th sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies of the UNFCCC in Bonn. Climate change is a threat multiplier to sustainable… Read more

Online Meeting
Second Virtual General Assembly Meeting (VGAM) of the African Academy Alumni Network
Online, 09.06.2023

The second Virtual General Assembly Meeting (VGAM) of the African Academy Alumni Network took place on the topic of Gender Equality, SDG5.… Read more

Book launch and expert roundtable
Africa’s Right to Development in a Climate-Constrained World
Bonn, 05.06.2023

This book launch event on “Africa’s Right to Development in a Climate-Constrained World” presents a landmark publication in Palgrave… Read more

SB58 Side Event
The evolution of connections between Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda in the NDCs
Bonn, 05.06.2023

This side event explores the development of climate activities in countries’ first and updated  Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)… Read more

Side Event
INTERFACES Side Event
Durban, South Africa, 05.06.2023 until 08.06.2023

The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), the technical branch of the Africa Union Commission on all matters of agricultural… Read more

Workshop
Strengthening social cohesion in fragile and conflict-affected states
Bonn, 31.05.2023 until 01.06.2023

All around the world, increasing polarization, inequalities and autocratization, among other trends, put a strain on social cohesion. In… Read more

Virtual Panel Session
Funding “Loss and Damage”
Online, 31.05.2023

The 2nd Annual Conference on Global Climate Governance in the Face of Obstruction (31 May – 2 June 2023), organized by the Climate Social… Read more

Workshop
Contested Mobility: Between Local Needs, National Interests, and Global Trends
Bonn, Germany, 24.05.2023 until 25.05.2023

With the Agenda 2030 and the adoption of the Global Compacts for Migration and Refugees, the international community faces the challenge of… Read more

Virtual Event
UN Global Digital Compact
Online, 24.05.2023

This September, United Nations (UN) member states will come together in New York for the SDG Summit and the Ministerial Meeting on the 2024… Read more

Panel discussion
Adapting Governance and Infrastructure for Water Resilience
Bonn, 23.05.2023

Climate change causes an increase in extreme weather events in many countries of the world. This has drastic impacts for instance on food… Read more

Bonn Climate Group Meeting
Regrouping back better
Bonn, 17.05.2023

Welcome note& introduction by the co-hosts Dr. Steffen Bauer, IDOS Mathias Boehning, WEASC   „Tour de table“ with introductions “If you… Read more

Panel Debate
The future of the EU as a global development actor
Berlin, 10.05.2023

Today’s polycrisis world challenges the European Union to adapt to a reshaped geopolitical order and identify the partners with which it can… Read more

Virtual Event
UN – Meaningful Youth Engagement
Online, 10.05.2023

This September, United Nations (UN) member states will come together in New York for the SDG Summit and the Ministerial Meeting on the 2024… Read more

Virtual Event
HLAB Report and GSDR
Online, 03.05.2023

This September, United Nations (UN) member states will come together in New York for the SDG Summit and the Ministerial Meeting on the 2024… Read more

Virtual Seminar
Ukraine’s Reconstruction and European Integration
Online, 27.04.2023

The session will take place on April 27th at 3:00 pm (UTC+2). The two speakers are Yulia Rybak, Co-Head of German–Ukrainian Energy… Read more

Virtual Workshop
Global trends in FDI and their implications for inclusive economic development in Africa
26.04.2023

This workshop explores how recent trends affected foreign direct investment (FDI) flows, their impact on inclusive economic development and… Read more

Status Seminar
Interfaces
Bonn, 26.04.2023 until 28.04.2023

The German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) funds transdisciplinary research on sustainable land management in order to… Read more

Workshop
South Africa's Green Finance Taxonomy
Johannesburg and Online, 25.04.2023

This workshop will present the preliminary findings of a joint research project by IDOS, Carbon Trust, the University of Johannesburg, and… Read more

Expertenworkshop
Hydrogen in Brazil
Bonn, 25.04.2023

Deutschland und Europa verfolgen sehr ehrgeizige Strategien für den Einsatz von Wasserstoff zur Dekarbonisierung von Teilen ihrer… Read more

Virtual Event
UN – Fit for Future Generations?
Online, 19.04.2023

This September, United Nations (UN) member states will come together in New York for the SDG Summit and the Ministerial Meeting on the 2024… Read more

Virtual expert discussion
(R)evolution?
Online (Zoom), 17.04.2023

The concept and mainstream approaches of development cooperation have been criticised since the early beginning of their existence.… Read more

Integrity Talk
Bringing integrity in the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus
Online, 12.04.2023

Water security, energy security, food security and the health and sustainability of the planet’s ecosystems are deeply connected in the face… Read more

UN 2023 Water Conference Side Event
Turning the tide on the freshwater biodiversity crisis
New York, 22.03.2023

“To protect and restore water-related ecosystems” (SDG 6.6) is the target with the narrowest time frame of the 2030 Agenda, supposedly… Read more

Conference
UN 2023 Water Conference
New York, 22.03.2023 until 24.03.2023

22nd of March is World Water Day, and this year global attention to our important but yet seriously threatened water resources is higher… Read more

Virtual Event
Summit of the Future and SDG Summit
Online, 15.03.2023

This September, United Nations (UN) member states will come together in New York for the SDG Summit and the Ministerial Meeting on the 2024… Read more

Virtual book launch
Africa–Europe Cooperation and Digital Transformation virtual book launch
Online, 14.03.2023

On Tuesday 14 March 2023, ECDPM are hosting a virtual book launch of Africa-Europe Cooperation and Digital Transformation, edited by Chux… Read more

Online Meeting
First Virtual General Assembly Meeting (VGAM) of the African Academy Alumni Network
Online, 07.03.2023

The first Virtual General Assembly Meeting (VGAM) of the African Academy Alumni Network took place under the topic "Peace, justice and… Read more

Expert Roundtable (hybrid)
Meaningful Involvement of Regional and District Governments
IDOS, Bonn & Online, 27.02.2023

In 2017, Ethiopia initiated a policy shift aimed at phasing out the purely camp-based approach to refugee response in the country. Following… Read more

Tagung
Oceans, Poles, North and South
Bonn, 23.02.2023 until 24.02.2023

Von den Ressourcen der Meere, einer gesunden Meeresumwelt, einer sicheren Schifffahrt sowie gesicherten Küsten als Siedlungsraum sind… Read more

Virtual Seminar
How and Why to Involve Policy Makers More Structurally Into Impact Evaluations?
Online, 23.02.2023

In impact evaluations, the involvement of research in program implementation is crucial for the development of an adequate design and the… Read more

Virtual conference
New Sustainable Development pathways reflecting different societal perspectives
Online, 16.02.2023

Achieving the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out in the Agenda 2020 requires holistic Sustainable… Read more

Fachgespräch
Vor der Halbzeit von Agenda 2030 und SDGs
Bonn, 13.02.2023

Das Jahr 2023 markiert die Halbzeit bei der Umsetzung der Agenda 2030 und ihrer Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung (SDGs). Angesichts… Read more

Public Lecture
Violence: a critical issue for development?
Bonn, 08.02.2023

At the event of the first meeting of IDOS’ newly appointed International Scientific Advisory Board, Prof Dr Anke Hoeffler held a lecture on… Read more

Public roundtable debate
The MENA Region in the “Zeitenwende” Era: An Opportunity for Socially Just Transition?
Berlin, 24.01.2023

The event brought together political decision makers and experts from Germany and the region to debate the following questions:   How does… Read more

Joint Workshop
Economic Research for Development & Sustainability
briq – Institute on Behavior & Inequality, 15.12.2022

The first joint workshop of IDOS’ Research Programme “Transformation of Economic and Social Systems” and the University of Bonn’s Economics… Read more

Conference
Sustainable Supply Chains in Times of Multiple Crises
Vienna and Online, 06.12.2022

The Forum on Globalization and Industrialization (FGI), a UNIDO flagship event since 2016, is jointly organized with the Kiel Institute for… Read more

Konferenz
Deutsch-Französische Afrikapolitik nach der Zeitenwende
Berlin, 01.12.2022

Die Veranstaltung „Deutsch-Französische Afrikapolitik nach der Zeitenwende“ ermöglichte einen Austausch über gemeinsame Kooperationen,… Read more

Virtual Event
Financing the UN Development System: Embracing Change
Online, 29.11.2022

For the second year in a row, the world is no longer making progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Contributing factors… Read more

UNIDO Event Series Session
IDOS, the MGG Network and Sustainability Standards
Online, 29.11.2022

The awareness session brought together UNIDO with members of the IDOS MGG Network who are working on voluntary sustainability standards. The… Read more

MGG Conference
15 Years Managing Global Governance
Online, 23.11.2022 until 25.11.2022

The Managing Global Governance (MGG) Programme turned 15 in 2022. In the three-day online conference “Celebrating 15 years of MGG” from 23… Read more

Event
50 Jahre „Limits to Growth"
German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Bonn, 21.11.2022

Unter der Schirmherrschaft von Oliver Krischer, Minister für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Verkehr des Landes NRW, fand am Montag, 21. November… Read more

International Research Conference
Africa’s regional and global integration
Bonn, 17.11.2022 until 18.11.2022

While remaining the most isolated region from the global economy, Africa has realized continuous progress towards a closer and more active… Read more

Workshop
Social cohesion in context
Bonn, 15.11.2022 until 16.11.2022

Social cohesion (SoCo) is increasingly recognised as an important condition for the resilience of societies and the wellbeing of its… Read more

Capacity development workshop
WTO Investment Facilitation for Development in Lao
Vientiane, Laos, 09.11.2022 until 11.11.2022

On November 9-11 IDOS jointly with the World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretariat and the International Trade Center (ITC) organized a… Read more

Webinar
How would WTO Members benefit from an Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement?
Online, 08.11.2022

This was the 13th of a webinar series on investment facilitation for development, hold in the framework of a joint ITC/IDOS project on… Read more

Launch Event
China’s expanding engagement with the UN Development Pillar
New York, 08.11.2022

China has intensified its engagement with the UN development pillar over the last decade, giving rise to competing narratives. On the one… Read more

UN Climate Change Conference
IDOS@COP27
Sharm El-Sheikh, 06.11.2022 until 18.11.2022

At the Conference of the Parties to the 27th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate… Read more

Virtual workshop
Exploring the maritime dimensions of EU-Africa migration
Online (Zoom), 04.11.2022

The Gulf of Guinea (GoG) covers 6,000 kilometers of coastline, extending from Senegal to Angola and including two island nations. The region… Read more

Virtual Event
How to improve governance and accountability
Online, 04.11.2022

The Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem (WEFE) Nexus recognizes the interlinkages between the these sectors and highlights the importance of… Read more

Book launch and debate
La participation citoyenne au Maroc: Entre expériences passées et régionalisation avancée
Institut National d'Aménagement et d'Urbanisme (INAU), Rabat, 27.10.2022

Edité par Aziz Iraki (professeur à l’INAU) et Annabelle Houdret (chercheuse senior au IDOS), ce volume publié en 2021 retrace différentes… Read more

Council Annual Meeting
UNFSS Academic Advisory Council Annual Meeting 2022
KU Leuven + online, 27.10.2022 until 28.10.2022

The UNFSS Academic Advisory Council (AAC) annual meeting brings together an international mix of academic and policy experts from various… Read more

International Exchange Forum
Overcoming challenges and learning lessons from local governments
Online, 25.10.2022 until 27.10.2022

*Version française voir ci-dessous* *Versión en Español véase abajo* Central to the joint project by the Food and Agriculture Organization… Read more

SDSN Germany Beirätedialog 2022 II
Zukunft gestalten: Strategische Vorausschau für die Transformation
Berlin und Online, 25.10.2022

Wie kann die wissenschaftliche Politikberatung die Bundesregierung in der Gestaltung der Transformation unterstützen? Der Dialog wird in… Read more

MGG Meeting
VSS on Crossroads
Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies – House De Dorlodot – Ch. Deberiotstraat 34, Leuven, Belgium, 25.10.2022 until 26.10.2022

The workshop took place to bring together network members of the German Institute of Development and Sustainability’s (IDOS) ‘Managing… Read more

Workshop
State of the science of “political futures”
Bonn, Germany, 24.10.2022 until 25.10.2022

Rationale: Enhancing the use of social science expertise is fundamental to the development of scenarios of climate and societal futures that… Read more

Policy Workshop
The politics of urban governance in Africa
Bonn and Online, 20.10.2022

Rapid urbanisation poses multiple challenges for African cities in terms of urban planning and the provision and financing of infrastructure… Read more

Conference
Earth System Governance
Toronto, 20.10.2022 until 24.10.2022

The Earth System Governance Project is a longstanding global research alliance that seeks to mobilise research at the interface of global… Read more

Expert discussion
Prospects for peace in times of change
Berlin, 19.10.2022

The watershed moment of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is reshaping international cooperation and initiated a paradigm shift… Read more

In Person meeting
Alumni / Networking Meeting of the BMZ African-German Leadership Academy
Accra, 17.10.2022 until 19.10.2022

Network events are a core feature of the BMZ African-German Leadership Academy (African Academy); they address the dialogue aspect of the… Read more

Conference
Prospects and challenges for cooperation between Republic of Korea and Germany
Bonn and Zoom, 17.10.2022 until 18.10.2022

Context and workshop objective This conference is organised in the context of a joint research project between by Ewha Womans University and… Read more

Hybrid Lecture Series
Tackling the Climate Challenge in the Anthropocene
Bonn & Zoom, 17.10.2022

While environmental issues have been at the forefront of international concerns since the earliest days of the UN system, over the years,… Read more

Conference
The European Green Deal and the war in Ukraine
Bruxelles, 11.10.2022

The event discusses the implications of the war in Ukraine on energy and food security, industrial supply chains and environmental… Read more

Interactive dialogue
UN Leadership in Times of Crises
Bonn, 11.10.2022

The world is undergoing multiple, simultaneous crises in a way we have not seen before. Crises like the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in… Read more

Virtual Event
Key elements of responsible business conduct in a WTO Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement
Online, 30.09.2022

The long-term objective of strengthening investment facilitation is to foster sustainable development. In the context of the negotiations on… Read more

Online Meeting
African Academy 2023 – Live Q&A Session
Online, 29.09.2022

Are you interested in joining the African-German Leadership Academy 2023? Do you have any questions before you apply? Then this information… Read more

Roundtable Discussion
Is Foreign Direct Investment Losing Clout in Development?
Geneva, 28.09.2022

While other sources of finance for development have grown considerably over the last decades, positive projections on foreign investment… Read more

Virtual Seminar
Social cohesion and transitional development assistance
Online, 22.09.2022

The Social Sustainability and Inclusion Global Practice at the World Bank and the Social Cohesion Team at the German Institute of… Read more

MGG-PRODIGEES Authors Workshop
Digitalisation Towards Sustainable Development
Nice, France, 21.09.2022 until 24.09.2022

The workshop brings together scholars from the MGG network and beyond interested and specialising in digitalisation and sustainable… Read more

Workshop
Promoting New Ways of Knowledge Production and Policy Transfer
Online, 15.09.2022

In recent years, both the cooperation project Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Networking and Knowledge Transfer (FFVT) and the Local… Read more

Expert roundtable
Germany’s climate cooperation initiatives on the road to Sharm- El-Sheikh and beyond
Online, 06.09.2022

Germany is reaching out to partner countries for closer cooperation on climate action, not least in the context of its current G7 presidency… Read more

T20 Summit Side Event
Utopias of Global Cooperation
Kuta Selatan, 04.09.2022

The creation and development of the G20 was envisioned to address global problems more effectively and overcome blockages in global… Read more

MGG Conference
Building from Scratch
Jakarta, 02.09.2022

As the Sustainable Development Goals move steadily towards the year 2030, Indonesia has another plan in fruition: the development of the new… Read more

Workshop
Social Contracts in the MENA – Drivers of Change
Bonn, 24.08.2022 until 26.08.2022

Aspirations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to improve state-society relations predate the Arab uprisings in 2010-11 (e.g.… Read more

Hybrid Workshop
Investigating Synergies in Development Cooperation between the Republic of Korea and Germany
Ewha Womans University and online via Zoom, 22.06.2022

This informal workshop is organised in the context of a joint research project between by Ewha Womans University and the German Development… Read more

Think7 Event
Climate clubs: alternative approaches in theory and practice
Online, 20.06.2022

The objective of the webinar is to discuss the climate club idea proposed by the German government in the G7 context while also harvesting… Read more

Virtual panel discussion and publication launch
Social protection and social cohesion
Online, 15.06.2022

While there is substantial evidence of the effect of social protection on poverty, inequality and vulnerability, limited research has… Read more

Workshop
Up-scaling co-benefits of sustainable consumption for development
Bonn, 13.06.2022 until 14.06.2022

Environmentally sustainable consumption is now high on the agenda of researchers and policymakers in rich countries. In contrast, in… Read more

Online Seminar Series
Bank Credit and International Trade
Online, 08.06.2022

The online seminar series aims to encourage the exchange and discussion of empirical research on trade and investment and its effects on… Read more

Virtual Conference
Global Climate Governance in the Face of Obstruction
Online, 08.06.2022 until 10.06.2022

A first-of-its-kind conference will bring together leading social scientists to explore obstruction of global climate action. Co-hosted by… Read more

Hybrid lecture
Can the Anthropocene become sustainable?
Bonn and Online, 02.06.2022

The Bonn Alliance for Sustainability Research cooperatively organizes the bonnalliance lecture series in the field of “sustainable… Read more

High-Level Regional Roundtable
Investment Facilitation for Development: How Arab Economies Will Benefit
Online, 01.06.2022

This high-level event is meant to offer a platform for a strategic exchange on the negotiations on an Investment Facilitation for… Read more

Hybrid expert workshop
Advancing Sustainable Urban Development in Remote Regions
Online and Bonn, 25.05.2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically shown that global challenges require global responses, which most often seem impossible to agree upon… Read more

Virtual Event
Toward Urban Water Security: What works, when and why?
Online, 25.05.2022

Cities are organic, highly divided (socially, economically, politically) social spaces. These divisions manifest spatially, and ensuring the… Read more

Conference
Think7 Summit 2022
Berlin / Online, 23.05.2022 until 24.05.2022

The Think7 Summit is organised by the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the Global… Read more

Expert discussion
The role of the G7 in solving global debt crises
Bonn and Online, 19.05.2022

The multiple crises of climate change, pandemic and global recession have led to the debt situation of many countries in the Global South… Read more

High-Level Regional Roundtable
Investment Facilitation for Development: How Asian and Pacific Economies Will Benefit
Online, 19.05.2022

This high-level event is meant to offer a platform for a strategic exchange on the negotiations on an Investment Facilitation for… Read more

Parlamentarischer Abend
Deutschlands Umgang mit weltweiter Flucht und Vertreibung
Berlin, 12.05.2022

Der russische Angriff auf die Ukraine hat die dramatischen Folgen von Flucht und Vertreibung erneut in das Bewusstsein der Öffentlichkeit… Read more

Virtuelles Pressebriefing
Zum Treffen der G7-Finanzminister*innen
Online, 12.05.2022

Vom 18. bis 20. Mai treffen sich die Finanzminister*innen der G7-Staaten sowie Chef*innen der Notenbanken im Rahmen der deutschen… Read more

Virtual panel discussion
Diverging notions of access and their consequences for ocean science
Online, 11.05.2022

"Access" does not only mean the ability to physically reach a resource. It also refers to the capacity of different stakeholders to derive… Read more

PRODIGEES/MGG Hybrid Peer-Exchange
Sustainability and International Training for Civil Servants
Mexico City/Online, 10.05.2022

What does it need for local leaders to become agents of sustainability? What kind of competences do they need for transformative policy… Read more

High-Level Regional Roundtable
How Caribbean Economies Will Benefit
Online, 10.05.2022

This ‘High-Level Regional Roundtable on Investment Facilitation for Development: How Caribbean Economies Will Benefit’ is co-organised by… Read more

Virtual Event
Globale Gesundheitsvorsorge
Online, 09.05.2022

Seit gut 2 Jahren ringt die Weltgemeinschaft mit den Ursachen und Folgen der Covid-19-Pandemie. Die sozialen, ökonomischen und politischen… Read more

MGG Conference
The 2030 Agenda and International Training for the Public Sector
H.Congreso de la Unión, El Parque, Ciudad de México, 09.05.2022

The MGG conference in Mexico City continues the peer exchange on capacity development for the 2030 agenda with the public sector. It brings… Read more

Virtual Discussion
Decarbonising lifestyles, scaling up behavioural innovations
Online, 06.05.2022

Even with better incentives and faster green tech innovation, deep decarbonisation is almost impossible to achieve as long as… Read more

MGG Conference
Ukraine Conflict: Global Implications for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Ciudad de México, 06.05.2022

Amid diverging international perspectives on Russia’s war on Ukraine, one purpose of the MGG network is to create and hold open spaces of… Read more

Workshop
Assessing policy reform and capacity building needs to implement a future WTO Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement
Geneva, 05.05.2022

More than 110 World Trade Organization (WTO) Members are currently negotiating an Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) Agreement… Read more

PRODIGEES Roundtable Discussion
Enabling Narratives Towards a Green Digital Transformation
Instituto Mora, Mexico, 04.05.2022

Global sustainable development agendas and conceptual discussions on digital transformation are often still analyzed separately. Under the… Read more

Digital Development Dialogue
3D-Digital Development Dialogue "The Climate Crisis is Now"
Online, 28.04.2022

The 3D seminar is a monthly 45-minute online forum for policy and research exchange. Two speakers – one researcher & one practitioner –… Read more

Virtual Event
Governing Planetary Health in an Unequal World
Online, 27.04.2022

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of planetary health – a framework that recognizes the interdependence of human, animal… Read more

Virtual Discussion
Aligning the financial system with net-zero emissions
Online, 26.04.2022

Finance is critical to achieving deep decarbonisation by 2050. Article 2.i.c of the 2015 Paris Agreement sets out the goal of “making… Read more

Virtual Seminar
Social Cohesion in Africa: Where do we stand? Where are we heading to?
Online, 26.04.2022

This is the third event of the Social Cohesion Webinar Series, organized by the Social Sustainability and Inclusion Global Practice Team at… Read more

Workshop
Decolonising Discourse Studies
Hybrid (Online and Augsburg University), 21.04.2022 until 23.04.2022

Discourse Studies have an important record of analysing all types of open and subtle discrimination in and through discourses. Racism in all… Read more

Virtual Discussion
Low carbon technology solutions and transitions
Online, 07.04.2022

A wealthy low-carbon economic development is hardly conceivable without technological innovation and changes in socio-technical systems… Read more

Online Discussion
Launch Event: Sustainable Global Supply Chains Report 2022
Online, 06.04.2022

Global supply chains affect the economy, the environment and social welfare in many ways: Worldwide, economies are experiencing global… Read more

Virtual Event
Digging Deeper
Online, 23.03.2022

This year's theme for World Water Day is “Groundwater - making the invisible visible”. Although not directly observable with our eyes,… Read more

Online Discussion Series
Charting a roadmap towards deep decarbonisation
Online, 22.03.2022 until 14.06.2022

Worldwide decarbonization is not on track. While the magnitude of the challenge is beyond doubt, as well as the fact that inaction now… Read more

Virtual Discussion
Carbon pricing and complementary incentives
Online, 22.03.2022

Most emitters do not pay for the harm they are doing. Arguably, the single most important measure for decarbonisation is to introduce a… Read more

Virtuelle Veranstaltung
Info Session zum Postgraduierten-Programm
Online, 11.03.2022

Das Team des Postgraduierten-Programms gibt einen Einblick in die Ziele und den Aufbau des neunmonatigen Programms, dass Absolvent*innen auf… Read more

Roundtable Discussion
War in Ukraine: Implications for international cooperation
Online, 10.03.2022

The roundtable discussion discussed with think tank and academic representatives from Brazil, Germany, India, Malaysia, Mexico, South… Read more

Panel discussion
The situation of forced migration and durable solutions in Ethiopia
Online, 07.03.2022

Ethiopia faces a forced migration crisis. With close to a million refugees and over 4 million IDPs within its borders, Ethiopia is on the… Read more

Online Seminar Series
A World Trading System for the Twenty-First Century
Online, 02.03.2022

The online seminar series aims to encourage the exchange and discussion of empirical research on trade and investment and its effects on… Read more

Virtuelles Pressebriefing
Ergebnisse des EU-AU-Gipfels
Online, 24.02.2022

Am 17. und 18. Februar findet in Brüssel das sechste Gipfeltreffen zwischen der Europäischen Union (EU) und der Afrikanischen Union (AU)… Read more

15. Sitzung des Erweiterten Lenkungsausschusses SDSN Germany
Klima-Governance der neuen Bundesregierung
Online, 09.02.2022

Thema der 15. Sitzung des Erweiterten Lenkungsausschusses wird die Klima-Governance der neuen Bundesregierung sein. Gemeinsam mit… Read more

Online Seminar Series
How Skilled Immigrants Affect Local Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Online, 09.02.2022

The online seminar series aims to encourage the exchange and discussion of empirical research on trade and investment and its effects on… Read more

Virtual Workshop
Accountability keywords
Online, 03.02.2022

In our fourth virtual DGSG-DIE research-in-progress seminar on Thursday, 3 February, 16:00-17:15 CET (7:00-8:15 AM PST / 10:00-11:15AM EST),… Read more

Virtual Event
Drought, COVID, and Multi-risk Assessment
Online, 02.02.2022

Droughts cause deep and multi-faceted damages to ecosystems, (agro) economies and societies, particularly to vulnerable populations, namely… Read more

Virtual Event
Capacity building for investment facilitation for development
Online, 01.02.2022

This is the 10th of a virtual event series on investment facilitation for development, held in the framework of a joint ITC/DIE project on… Read more

Bonn Water Network Event
Corruption in the water sector
Online, 18.01.2022

Corruption hampers the achievement of SDG 6 for ensuring water and sanitation for all. In fact, corruption is estimated to be responsible… Read more

Hybrid Event, Forum
South-South and Triangular Cooperation Forum
Colombia pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai & Online, 18.01.2022 until 19.01.2022

Expo 2020 Dubai, themed “Harnessing South-South and Triangular Cooperation: How to accelerate contributions to the Sustainable Development… Read more

Virtual Workshop
Compelled to compete
Online, 13.01.2022

In the third of five research-in-progress seminars co-hosted by the American Associations of Geographers’ (AAG) Development Geographies… Read more

Online Seminar Series
Can Information Shift Preferences Towards Trade Policy? Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments
Online, 12.01.2022

The online seminar series aims to encourage the exchange and discussion of empirical research on trade and investment and its effects on… Read more