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Low carbon technology solutions and transitions

Online, 07. April 2022

A wealthy low-carbon economic development is hardly conceivable without technological innovation and changes in socio-technical systems (Rosenbloom et al 2020). Achieving net-zero emissions while not jeopardizing efforts to reduce poverty requires innovation and a fast transition towards zero emissions across all sectors including energy,…

2022

2022 Jump to: Dezember 2022 November 2022 Oktober 2022 September 2022 August 2022 Juli 2022 Juni 2022 Mai 2022 April 2022 März 2022 Februar 2022 Januar 2022 Dezember 2022 Die Ampel und die Religion: Weniger Interesse am R-Faktor Eigentlich will die Bundesregierung den Bereich „Religion und Außenpolitik“ stärken. Auch im Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) hat das Interesse am R-Faktor nachgelassen. Zwar gehe die Kooperation mit…

Addressing the debt crisis in the Global South: debt relief for sustainable recoveries

Volz, Ulrich / Kathrin Berensmann / Sara Burke / Kevin P. Gallagher / Stephany Griffith-Jones / Martin Kessler / Irene Monasterolo (2022)
External Publications

Decolonising Discourse Studies

Hybrid (Online and Augsburg University), 21. April 2022

Discourse Studies have an important record of analysing all types of open and subtle discrimination in and through discourses. Racism in all its varieties is one of the most researched topics in discourse studies. However, the influence of postcolonialism and eurocentrism in discourse studies itself has seldom been object of deeper…

Urbanisation and rural development in developing countries: a review of pathways and impacts

Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu (2022)
Discussion Paper 5/2022

This paper reviews the current state of literature on the impacts of urbanisation on rural development in developing countries, with special emphasis to the channels through which urbanisation affect rural economic development.The paper also identifies knowledge gaps that require further research.

Bold steps are needed to tackle the emerging food crisis

Brüntrup, Michael (2022)
The Current Column, 25. April 2022

Practical initiatives are required to counter the effects of the Ukraine war, but there is also a need to update the way the global food system is governed in the long term.

Social Cohesion in Africa: Where do we stand? Where are we heading to?

Online, 26. April 2022

This is the third event of the Social Cohesion Webinar Series, organized by the Social Sustainability and Inclusion Global Practice Team at the World Bank and the Social Cohesion Team at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). The purpose of this seminar series is bringing together leading…

Governing Planetary Health in an Unequal World

Online, 27. April 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of planetary health – a framework that recognizes the interdependence of human, animal and environmental health – in a world marred by the climate change and biodiversity crises, as well as growing inequalities between and within countries. With the WHO’s calls for vaccine equity…

Jan Siebert

Jan Siebert is Economist and former Researcher of the Research Programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems".

Duisburg’s other Silk Road: revisiting international cooperation

Kloke-Lesch, Adolf / Imme Scholz (2022)
External Publications

Europe’s global gateway: a new geostrategic framework for development policy?

Furness, Mark / Niels Keijzer (2022)
Briefing Paper 1/2022

The proposal to build a 'Global Gateway' to the world is potentially a major turning point in EU foreign relations. It will create a new paradigm for EU development policy defined by strategic interests, but is likely to weaken the EU’s commitment to core development policy principles.

Why we should talk about megatrends in Africa

Erforth, Benedikt / Lena Gutheil (2022)
External Publications

Megatrends have become ubiquitous phenomena in public policy debates. A thorough understanding of what this concept entails is often missing. We address this gap by unpacking the notion “megatrend” and tracing the significance it has for understanding the transformation of African societies.

Science for the global common good

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina (2022)
External Publications

Sustainable Global Supply Chains Annual Report 2022

Altenburg, Tilman / Jann Lay / Günther Maihold / Rainer Thiele (2022)
Books

Three cornerstones for Germany’s Feminist Development Policy

Friesen, Ina / Alma Wisskirchen (2022)
The Current Column, 02. May 2022

To ensure that commitment for feminist development policy (FDP) leads to a truly transformative feminist approach in Germany's development policy, it should be built on three key pillars.

Disentangling the relationship between social protection and social cohesion: introduction to the special issue

Burchi, Francesco / Markus Loewe / Daniele Malerba / Julia Leininger (2022)
External Publications

Scaling up sustainable finance to enable sustainable economic recovery

Volz, Ulrich / Kathrin Berensmann / Stephany Griffith-Jones / Anthony Lacavaro / Irene Monasterolo (2022)
External Publications

G7 measures to enhance global health equity and security

Kickbusch, Ilona / Anna-Katharina Hornidge / Githinji Gitahi / Adam Kamradt - Scott (2022)
External Publications

Transboundary cooperation and global governance for inclusive sustainable development

Scholz, Imme / Lilian Busse / Thomas Fues (eds.) (2022)
Books

Decarbonising lifestyles, scaling up behavioural innovations

Online, 06. May 2022

Even with better incentives and faster green tech innovation, deep decarbonisation is almost impossible to achieve as long as carbon-intensive lifestyles prevail; and even more so, when rising purchasing power increases and consuming middle classes expand at the scale witnessed in the past two to three decades. Since efficiency…