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Stockholm World Water Week 2012: competition for agricultural land – and for water

Scheumann, Waltina / Michael Brüntrup (2012)
The Current Column, 27. August 2012

Fukushima and the liberation movements in North Africa: what future for Desertec and “electricity from the desert”?

Ruchser, Matthias (2011)
The Current Column, 04. April 2011

Trump's comeback in the White House

What changes and upheavals is President Donald Trump making for international cooperation? Possible scenarios, initial assessments and effects on trade, security and multilateral organizations.

Africa - a continent not only of crisis but of opportunity, too

Messner, Dirk (2011)
The Current Column, 01. August 2011

After the Toronto summit: the G20's development policy agenda

Wolff, Peter (2010)
The Current Column, 29. June 2010

Janetschek, Hannah

Researcher, Research Programme "Environmental Governance and Transformation to Sustainability".

Can the EU help developing countries fight inequality?

Furness, Mark / Mario Negre (2012)
The Current Column, 08. October 2012

Power from the desert: what progress have Desertec and the Mediterranean Solar Plan made?

Ruchser, Matthias (2012)
The Current Column, 09. July 2012

Structural Change and Inclusive Development

Cluster "Structural Change and Inclusive Development": How can production structures be made more productive and competitive, yet socially inclusive and conducive to poverty reduction?

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.

Events

We regularly organise scientific conferences and panel discussions open for the public.

Every day is Copenhagen

Every day is Copenhagen Every day is Copenhagen Press Release of 4 December 2009 A breakthrough in international climate policy is still possible, argue Claus Leggewie, Director of the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI) and Dirk Messner , Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) at euozine.com . Hopes for an internationally binding climate agreement were rudely dampened at the most recent meeting of…

Regional Expertise Africa

Thematic works on Africa. Information on relevant publications, events, projects and contacts with special regional expertise.

2025

2025 Jump to: August 2025 Juli 2025 Juni 2025 Mai 2025 April 2025 März 2025 Februar 2025 Januar 2025 August 2025 Opinion: Let’s be honest – both Sweden and Germany need the immigrants Population growth due to immigration is often portrayed as a problem rather than a success. This is deeply problematic, not least because Sweden – like Germany – depends on immigration to meet its growing labour market needs, writes Mark Furness and Jana Kuhnt from the German Institute…

2030 Agenda Sustainable Development

Special "2030 agenda": DIE is participating in important discussions drawing from its wide-ranging expertise in development and environmental policy.

States or social networks? Popular attitudes amid health crises in the Middle East and North Africa

Albrecht, Holger / Markus Loewe (2022)
External Publications

The social contract: an analytical tool for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and beyond

Loewe, Markus / Bernhard Trautner / Tina Zintl (2019)
Briefing Paper 17/2019

The social contract is a key term in social science literature focusing on state-society relations but has rarely been well. Our briefing paper suggests a concept where social contracts are sets of agreements between societal groups and the government on rights and obligations towards each other.

العقد الاجتماعي: أداة تحلیلیة للبلدان في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقیا وأبعد (Arabic version of: The social contract: an analytical tool for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and beyond)

Loewe, Markus / Bernhard Trautner / Tina Zintl // ماركوس لوفة / برنھارد تراوتنر/ تینا زينتلِ (2020)
Briefing Paper 6/2020

The social contract is a key term in social science literature focusing on state-society relations but has rarely been well. Our briefing paper suggests a concept where social contracts are sets of agreements between societal groups and the government on rights and obligations towards each other.

Social contracts and environmental change in the Middle East and North Africa and elsewhere

Bonn, Germany, 26. August 2024

The workshop is meant to discuss the relations between environmental change and social contracts and their implications for future development and policy-making in the MENA region and beyond. Papers presented at the workshop focus on one or more of the following questions: How does environmental degradation affect social contracts in the…

Grey areas instead of polarisation on the Middle East war

Houdret, Annabelle (2023)
The Current Column, 08. November 2023

Being aware of our history means never marginalising based on religion, ethnicity, gender and other markers of social identification.