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Prospects and challenges for cooperation between Republic of Korea and Germany

Bonn and Zoom, 17. October 2022

Context and workshop objective This conference is organised in the context of a joint research project between by Ewha Womans University and the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), which explores synergies between Korean and German development cooperation and their wider multilateral engagement. The joint project…

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…

Governing just transitions in a fraught world, with courage and fast

Bauer, Steffen / Alexia Faus Onbargi (2022)
The Current Column, 26. October 2022

Joined by a strong research delegation from IDOS, participants addressed a plethora of questions that are also being asked by decision-makers who today find themselves in a messy policy pickle.

The EU-CEAP impacts on developing countries – recommendations for development policy

To, Jenny (2022)
Policy Brief 10/2022

The policy brief examines major sectors addressed in the EU-CEAP: the plastic packaging, electric vehicles and batteries sectors. Within these, recommendations are made to expand present approaches of development policy that go beyond waste management and recycling.

Partner country selection between development narratives and self-interests: A new method for analysing complex donor approaches

Baydag, Melis / Stephan Klingebiel (2023)
External Publications

Exploring the maritime dimensions of EU-Africa migration

Online (Zoom), 04. November 2022

The Gulf of Guinea (GoG) covers 6,000 kilometers of coastline, extending from Senegal to Angola and including two island nations. The region is endowed with fisheries, mineral and hydrocarbon resources and its geography represents an important route for global sea trade. It is estimated that around 1,500 fishing vessels, tankers, and…

How Open Science can revolutionize global knowledge cooperation

Stewart, Benjamin / Wulf Reiners (2022)
The Current Column, 04. November 2022

Investments in digital infrastructure must ensure that “open” means always openly accessible.

IDOS@COP27

Sharm El-Sheikh, 06. November 2022

At the Conference of the Parties to the 27th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27), countries come together to take action towards achieving the world’s collective climate goals as agreed under the Paris Agreement and the Convention. Building on the outcomes and…

China's expanding engagement with the United Nations development pillar: the selective long-term approach of a programme country superpower

Baumann, Max-Otto / Sebastian Haug/ Silke Weinlich (2022)
External Publications

“Morals have to be affordable!”

Klingebiel, Stephan (2022)
The Current Column, 14. November 2022

Close relations with autocracies and agreements to supply more fossil fuels are not part of a deliberate policy.

Africa’s regional and global integration

Bonn, 17. November 2022

While remaining the most isolated region from the global economy, Africa has realized continuous progress towards a closer and more active integration, both from within and beyond the continent’s borders. Today, almost all African economies are members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and gridlocked regional economic integration has…

Call for applications: Short-Term Visiting Researcher (f/m/diverse)

The Research Programme “Transformation of political (dis-)order: Institutions, values & peace” at (IDOS) offers a possibility for two short-term visiting scholar positions of 4-6 weeks from April to December 2023.

Learning from each other: the multifaceted potential for partnership between the Republic of Korea and Germany

Keijzer, Niels / Stephan Klingebiel / Min Jee Oh (2022)
Policy Brief 13/2022

This policy brief analyses current development policy trends in Germany and Korea. It explores prospects for further changes in policy and for intensifying cooperation between the two countries.

15 Years Managing Global Governance

Online, 23. November 2022

The Managing Global Governance (MGG) Programme turned 15 in 2022. In the three-day online conference “Celebrating 15 years of MGG” from 23 to 25 November, we looked back on past achievements, position ourselves in the multiple global challenges we are facing today, and envision the network and its impact in the future. On the first day of…

South-South and Triangular Cooperation

While South-South cooperation refers to collaboration between developing countries, triangular cooperation consists of support to South-South schemes provided by Northern donors, multilateral bodies or other development actors.

Africa–Europe cooperation and digital transformation

Daniels, Chux / Benedikt Erforth / Chloe Teevan (eds.) (2022)
Books

Where privacy meets politics: EU–Kenya cooperation in data protection

Erforth, Benedikt / Charles Martin-Shields (2022)
External Publications

How do transnational knowledge networks create impact?

Vogel, Johanna / Wulf Reiners (2022)
The Current Column, 28. November 2022

Networks can bring together countries, political levels, and disciplines, overcome boundaries and implement change with “the right people at the right time”.

IDOS, the MGG Network and Sustainability Standards

Online, 29. November 2022

The awareness session brought together UNIDO with members of the IDOS MGG Network who are working on voluntary sustainability standards. The network consists of researchers and professionals from Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico and South Africa, whose cooperation has led to the establishment of national platforms in Brazil, China,…

Sustainable Supply Chains in Times of Multiple Crises

Vienna and Online, 06. December 2022

The Forum on Globalization and Industrialization (FGI), a UNIDO flagship event since 2016, is jointly organized with the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and the Kiel Centre for Globalization. The German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) and the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) joined the consortium…