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East Asia

Regional expertise on East Asia: This page brings together thematic work of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) for the East Asian region. You can find information on relevant publications, events, projects as well as contact information to the Institute’s 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.

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.

Central Asia and Eastern Europe

Regional expertise on Central Asia and Eastern Europe: This page brings together thematic work of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) for Central Asia and Eastern Europe. You can find information on relevant publications, events, projects and contacts to the Institute’s researchers with specific regional expertise.

Regional expertise on South Asia

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

Governance for the integrated implementation of the 2030 Agenda

The 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change set ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), requires a deeper understanding of synergies and conflicts.

Marion Stagars

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

Constructing ocean and polar governance

Wehrmann, Dorothea / Hubert Zimmermann (eds.) (2022)
External Publications

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.

Editorial: Constructing ocean and polar governance

Wehrmann, Dorothea / Hubert Zimmermann (2022)
External Publications

Governability of regional challenges: the Arctic development paradox

Łuszczuk, Michał / Jacqueline Götze / Katarzyna Radzik‐Maruszak / Arne Riedel / Dorothea Wehrmann (2022)
External Publications

Corona and development cooperation

Special "The Corona Virus and international development cooperation": Experts from IDOS explore the developmental and socioeconomic consequences of the corona crisis.

Water Governance

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

‘Nothing is more permanent than the temporary’ – Understanding protracted displacement and people's own responses

Etzold, Benjamin / Elvan Isikozlu / Simone Christ et al. (2022)
External Publications

Contact & Directions

The German Development Institute (DIE) is headquartered at Tulpenfeld 6 in Bonn.

Prevention of Corruption

Prevention of Corruption Our goals in applying the Public Corporate Governance Code By applying the Public Corporate Governance Code of the Federal Government and the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, IDOS is pursuing the goal of continuing to ensure the balanced interaction of the four important bodies - the shareholders, management, Board of Trustees and the International Scientific Advisory Board newly constituted in February 2023 - within the framework of the…

Think7: G7 faces landmark decisions for the well-being of humanity

In addition to more ambitious climate protection, the major industrialized countries must do more to combat the global food and debt crisis and make healthcare systems more resilient worldwide. So far, the G7 has failed to protect its citizens from digital corporations and data abuse. Moreover, there is still a lack of common standards to measure progress in social and environmental projects.

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.

Career & Internships

IDOS offers employments in the areas of Research, Consulting, Training and Service Facilities.

DIE becomes the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Press release, Bonn, 23 June 2022: Established in 1964 as the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) gGmbh, the Institute became the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) on 23 June 2022.