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Deutschlands Umgang mit weltweiter Flucht und Vertreibung

Berlin, 12. May 2022

Der russische Angriff auf die Ukraine hat die dramatischen Folgen von Flucht und Vertreibung erneut in das Bewusstsein der Öffentlichkeit gerückt. Die grenzüberschreitende Flüchtlingsbewegung aus der Ukraine ist die am schnellsten wachsende seit dem zweiten Weltkrieg – und doch ist sie nur eine von (zu) vielen massiven Fluchtkrisen der…

Unser Bild von Afrika muss sich verändern

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina (2022)
External Publications

Think7 Summit 2022

Berlin / Online, 23. May 2022

The Think7 Summit is organised by the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the Global Solutions Initiative (GSI), as think tanks mandated for the Think7 process during the German G7 presidency in 2022. It is organised in partnership with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES), the German…

300 researchers publish communiqué with recommendations for action to G7

At the Think7 Summit, more than 300 researchers from G7 countries and beyond meet today and tomorrow to present solutions to major global challenges.

Toward Urban Water Security: What works, when and why?

Online, 25. May 2022

Cities are organic, highly divided (socially, economically, politically) social spaces. These divisions manifest spatially, and ensuring the ‘right to the city’ is a difficult task. Evidence suggests that macro-approaches such as Integrated Water Resources Management or Integrated Urban Water Management are difficult to implement. Yet,…

Up-scaling co-benefits of sustainable consumption for development

Bonn, 13. June 2022

Environmentally sustainable consumption is now high on the agenda of researchers and policymakers in rich countries. In contrast, in developing countries the consuming middle classes are just emerging, mostly in cities, and concerns about the environmental footprint of consumption are only slowly entering the policy agenda. Given the…

About us

The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) is locate in the UN City of Bonn and is one of the world’s leading research institutions and think tanks for global sustainable development. Our work is based on the interplay between Research, Policy Advice and Training. The IDOS is building bridges between theory and practice.

Water Governance

Special "Water Governance": Researchers at IDOS analyse water governance problems to understand conditions for equitable, ecologically sustainable water use, access, and control.

Why it is worth to support and protect democracy worldwide

Special “Democracy Support and Protection”: Findings from democratization research and advice, what constitutes democracy and why it's worth promoting democratization.

Marion Stagars

Marion Stagars was Scientific Advisor to the Management at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Regional expertise on MENA

Regional expertise on MENA: This page bundles thematically related work at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) on the region Middle East and North Africa .You can find information on relevant publications, events, projects as well as contact details of our researchers with specific regional expertise.

Regional expertise on Latin America

Regional expertise on Latin America: This page brings together thematic work of the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) for the Latin American region. You can find information on relevant publications, events, projects and contacts to the Institute’s researchers with specific regional expertise.

Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research

Special "Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research": The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) is one of the participating partners of this interdisciplinary research institute. In this special, you can find information on the centre’s research and on ongoing events.

Sustainable Urban Development

Special "Sustainable Urban Development": More than half of the World’s population already lives in urban areas; in 2050 it will be two third. Most of the growth will happen in emerging and developing countries, where the number of city-dwellers who live informally is still increasing.

Impact-oriented accompanying research

Special "Impact-oriented accompanying research": As a partner of many implementing agencies, DIE conducts rigorous impact assessments covering topics such as governance, social protection, taxation, digitalization and agriculture.

Transformative force of Digitalisation

Special "Transformative force of Digitalisation": The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) addresses the tension between our digital potential and current politics and procedures through innovative, policy-relevant research.

The Nexus Water - Energy - Land - Climate

Special „The Nexus Water - Energy - Land - Climate“: This topic special presents relevant works and activities on which incentives, governance mechanism and policy instruments could reduce negative effects and stimulate win-win solutions.

Prospects for peace in times of change

Berlin, 19. October 2022

The watershed moment of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is reshaping international cooperation and initiated a paradigm shift in German foreign policy. How will this affect crisis prevention and peacebuilding? In times of a raging climate crisis, a global pandemic, and a spike in world hunger and poverty, it has become…

Zukunft gestalten: Strategische Vorausschau für die Transformation

Berlin und Online, 25. October 2022

Wie kann die wissenschaftliche Politikberatung die Bundesregierung in der Gestaltung der Transformation unterstützen? Der Dialog wird in Berlin unter Einhaltung der geltenden COVID-19 Pandemie-Regelungen für Veranstaltungen stattfinden. Die Möglichkeit der Online-Teilnahme besteht. Für die Veranstaltung gilt die Chatham-Haus-Regel*.…

"Soziales nicht außer Acht lassen"

Grävingholt, Jörn (2022)
External Publications

Obwohl noch Krieg herrscht, sei es richtig, jetzt schon den Wiederaufbau der Ukraine zu planen, sagt der Politikwissenschaftler Jörn Grävingholt.