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Mission and Vision

IDOS’ mission, is to through research, policy advice, transregional knowledge cooperation and training, collaboratively develop shared visions of, scientific expertise, transformative pathways and innovations for sustainable futures.

Cross-Cutting Research – Sustainable Futures

Instead of searching for a single path, we emphasise ‘futures’ in the plural to underline the plurality of many different sustainable futures.

Africa’s regional and global integration: introduction to the Special Issue

Brandi, Clara / Katrin Kamin / Rainer Thiele (2025)
External Publications

Securing Germany’s Leadership in Global Health

Strupat, Christoph / Srinivasa Srigiri (2025)
The Current Column, 07. April 2025

Those who cut funding to global health effectively score an own goal, creating risks worldwide—including at home—since viruses recognise no borders in our interconnected world.

Social contracts and the UN’s “Common Goals”: conceptualising a new role for international organisations

Loewe, Markus / Tina Zintl (2025)
Policy Brief 7/2025

International organisations often refer to social contracts. A concept developed by IDOS helps to fill the term with contents. It shows that international organisations can support the renegotiation of national social contracts and establish supra-national social contracts.

The Future of World Trade

Special "Future of the World Trade System": The world trade system is in a phase of upheaval and uncertainty. Against this background, the trade experts at DIE analyse the effectiveness, legitimacy and sustainability of the international trading system.

From Monterrey to Seville: an overview

Klingebiel, Stephan / Jorge A. Pérez-Pineda / Kathrin Berensmann (2025)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

The Changing Landscape of Sustainability Governance. What next for VSS?

Bonn, 31. March 2025

The UNFSS Academic Advisory Council (AAC) annual meeting brought together an international mix of academic and policy experts from various disciplines and backgrounds to consolidate the knowledge on Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) and contribute to a comprehensive understanding of VSS effectiveness. The global sustainability…

Global health at a crossroads: policy recommendations in light of the Lancet Global Health 2050 Report

Strupat, Christoph / Marco Schäferhoff / Martin Siegel / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2025)
Policy Brief 5/2025

How can countries cut their probability of premature death in half by 2050? The new ‘Global Health 2050’ roadmap outlines a bold path, and Germany is poised to lead. Discover how strategic investments, health taxes, and a focus on R&D can set the pace for a healthier, more resilient future.

Visitors to the Arctic

Gehrke, Charlotte (2025)
External Publications

Standing up for Istanbul’s mayor will strengthen European security

Sinanoglu, Semuhi (2025)
External Publications

Semuhi Sinanoglu argues that by remaining silent on Imamoglu’s arrest, Europe jeopardizes its own future security, trading a pro-democracy partner for a full-blown autocratic regime. Europe still has leverage—particularly in the defense sector—but must use it now to push for his release and competitive elections.

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IDOS is working interdisciplinary and combines different regional knowledge.

Trump’s tariffs as a risk for the Global South and possible options

Kornher, Lukas / Clara Brandi (2025)
The Current Column, 24. March 2025

It is ultimately the economically weaker states that will pay the price in a large-scale trade war.

Preparing the international development job market for the future

Bonn, 24. March 2025

The international development labour market, including in Germany, is undergoing significant changes, especially at the entry level. The sector is facing significant pressure, both financially and due to the current political and public discourse. Moreover, the current international system is marked by global power shifts and systemic…

Why we need to fight right-wing populism to save our glaciers!

Rodríguez de Francisco, Jean Carlo (2025)
The Current Column, 19. March 2025

Sustainable water management must be central to climate strategies, not just as an environmental necessity but as a safeguard for communities, jobs, and economic stability—issues that resonate across political divides.

Cash-for-work as an instrument of reconstruction in Syria

Zintl, Tina / Markus Loewe (2025)
The Current Column, 17. March 2025

It is equally important to restore the social fabric and re-establish trust – a country’s ‘software’ – as it is to rebuild the physical infrastructure – its ‘hardware’ – during the reconstruction of war-torn countries.

Trade Policy in Turbulent Times: Perspectives from the Global South

Online, 13. March 2025

In light of the recent political developments, particularly the new term of President Trump and his approach to trade policy, the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS ) in cooperation with the G20 Trade and Investment Research Network (TIRN) organized a high-level expert roundtable to explore the future of global…

Local feminist perspectives as transformation levers for greater gender equality: synthesis study

Götze, Jacqueline / Stephan Klingebiel / Maryam Khalid (2025)
Discussion Paper 9/2025

Local feminist perspectives have the potential to act as transformation levers for greater gender equality by producing context-specific alternative approaches to development processes that address prevailing gender norms and practices.

Intersecting constraints: exploring labour market barriers for urban women in Sub-Sahara Africa

Stöcker, Alexander (2025)
Discussion Paper 5/2025

What’s holding women back in urban labor markets in Benin, Senegal, Uganda & Zambia? This study reveals how education, norms, motherhood & local job markets shape female employment. Tailored policies can unlock progress—see how context matters! #WomenInWorkforce #GenderEquality #SSAResearch