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Das Reformkonzept des BMZ - die Puddingprobe

Zattler, Jürgen (2026)

Beyond the wage channel: climate-smart public works programmes and household resilience in Malawi

Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu / Francesco Burchi / Sophia Schubert / Donald Makoka (3/2026)

Using qualitative data, the paper shows that the assets created through Malawi’s new Public Works Programme foster households' resilience to climate shocks. In particular, land-based assets such as...

Powerful but dysfunctional? The Group of 77 and UN multilateralism

Baumann, Max-Otto / Anna Novoselova (2026)

New rationalities, inner logic, and hope for sustainable future coasts

Celliers, Louis / Sebastian Ferse / Antje Bruns / ... / Anna-Katharina Hornidge et al. (2026)

Welt ohne Zentrum: wie Deutschland umdenken muss

Erforth, Benedikt / Janus, Heiner (2026)

Deutschland stellt sich thematisch zu breit auf in einer sich neu ausrichtenden Weltordnung. Das zeigt sich besonders in der Entwicklungspolitik, die als Instrument deutscher Außenpolitik und...

A world without a center: how Germany must rethink its approach

Erforth, Benedikt / Heiner Janus (2026)

Germany is spreading itself too thinly across too many issues in a world order that is undergoing realignment. This is particularly evident in development policy, which, as an instrument of German...

Policies for accelerating sustainability transitions: bridging insights from transition studies and policy studies

Salas-Gironés, Edgar / Nicholas Goedeking / Karoline S. Rogge (2026)

Unveiling the Weave: social cohesion in African post-colonial state- and nation-building

Wortmann-Kolundžija, Eli / Julia Leininger (2026)

Inequality and social cohesion in Africa

Burchi, Francesco / Gabriela Zapata-Román (2026)

Humanitäre Hilfe

Bergmann, Julian / Niels Keijzer (2026)

Frieden und Entwicklung

Grävingholt, Jörn / Julia Leininger (2026)

Beyond projects: the role of development partners in institutionalising renewable energy innovations: lessons from the Global South

Elsässer, Joshua Philipp / Harald Fuhr / Anna Fünfgeld / Markus Lederer / Jens Marquardt / Aparajita Banerjee /HyunAh Yi (8/2026)

Institutionalising climate change mitigation efforts remains a challenge in post-Paris Agreement climate governance. This policy brief synthesises policy-relevant findings on the institutionalisation...

Can reminders promote regular pro-environmental behavior? Experimental evidence from Peru

Fuhrmann-Riebel, Hanna / Ben D'Exelle / Kristian López Vargas / Sebastian Tonke / Arjan Verschoor (2026)

Sustainable finance, reflexive law, and the epistemic infrastructure of financial markets

Hilbrich, Sören (2026)

How China can exploit the disruption of international order

Haug, Sebastian (2026)

We need a broader societal engagement with China as a country and with the Chinese government as a global actor.

International democracy promotion across two waves: from support to protection

Leininger, Julia (2026)

Systemic acceleration capacity in net-zero transitions: electrifying transportation in California

Goedeking, Nicholas / Karoline S. Rogge (2026)

Competencies to help shape a changing world: tracer study and future focus of the IDOS Postgraduate Programme for Sustainability Cooperation

Christ, Simone / Sven Grimm / Tülin Engin-Stock / Isabella Schulz (7/2026)

Based on a tracer study of the Postgraduate Programme, this Policy Brief provides recommendations on the further development of training in the field of international cooperation, which is currently...

Kompetenzen für die Mitgestaltung einer Welt im Umbruch: Verbleibstudie und Zukunftsorientierung der IDOS Postgraduierten-Ausbildung

Christ, Simone / Sven Grimm / Tülin Engin-Stock / Isabella Schulz (6/2026)

Basierend auf einer Verbleibstudie des Postgraduierten-Programms, gibt dieser Policy Brief Hinweise zur Weiterentwicklung der Ausbildung im Berufsfeld der internationalen Zusammenarbeit, das sich...

Judging one’s own credit: risks and promises of an African credit rating agency

Erforth, Benedikt (2026)