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A new development paradigm and strategy for the OECD (and beyond): what should the ‘D’ of OECD stand for?

Sumner, Andy / Stephan Klingebiel / Arief Anshory Yusuf (2025)
Policy Brief 1/2025

This paper examines the evolving role of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Develop-ment (OECD) in addressing global development challenges in the mid-2020s. It is exploring the tensions inherent in the definition of “development” and asking whose development the OECD seeks to support.

Call for bids: Expert on “Civil Society and Civic Spaces in Asia”

The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) in Bonn plans to contract an Expert on “Civil Society and Civic Spaces in Asia”.

For liberal values, planetary interests and a common future

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina (2025)
The Current Column, 21. January 2025

Targeted measures to expand partnerships are needed all the more urgently – not ‘despite everything’ but in fact now more than ever.

International development cooperation is in Germany’s national interest

Furness, Mark (2025)
The Current Column, 27. January 2025

Germany’s international cooperation is as important for its own continued development, as it is for the countries where Germany invests public money.

Praktikum Shaping Futures Academy

Zur Verstärkung des Shaping Futures Projekts suchen wir für den Zeitraum ab dem 1. April 2025 ein*e Praktikant*in (w/m/divers).

Job Advertisement: Student / Research Assistant (f/m/diverse) ClimEQ

The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) is now looking for a Student / Research Assistant (f/m/diverse) for the project “”Implementing Sustainable Development Goals in an incoherent world: Aligning climate action and reduced inequalities” (ClimEQ).

Sustainable Urban Development in the European Arctic

Wehrmann, Dorothea / Michał Łuszczuk / Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak / Jacqueline Götze / Arne Riedel (2025)
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Pooja Balasubramanian

Pooja Balasubramanian is Social Economist and former senior Researcher of the Research Programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems".

Application Deadline expired: Call for bids: Expert on “Civil Society and Civic Spaces in Bangladesh”

The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) in Bonn plans to contract an Expert on “Civil Society and Civic Spaces in Bangladesh”.

Application Deadline expired: Call for bids: Expert on “Civil Society and Civic Spaces in Cambodia”

The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) in Bonn plans to contract an Expert on “Civil Society and Civic Spaces in Cambodia”.

Application Deadline expired: Call for bids: Expert on “Civil Society and Civic Spaces in Uzbekistan”.

The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) in Bonn plans to contract an Expert on “Civil Society and Civic Spaces in Uzbekistan”.

Application Deadline expired: Job advertisment: student / research assistant (f/m/diverse) “Civil Society and Civic Space in Asia”

To strengthen our project “Civil Society and Civic Space in Asia”, we are looking with an immediate starting date and limited until 31.08.2025 student / research assistant

Attention all democratic parties - the EU redefines its global role!

Koch, Svea / Niels Keijzer / Christine Hackenesch (2025)
The Current Column, 03. February 2025

With the contours and exact focus of the EU’s economic foreign policy still to be determined, democratic parties in Germany need to think ahead already now to have ideas ready for common positions in Brussels in a new government.

2025

2025 Jump to: Juni 2025 Mai 2025 April 2025 März 2025 Februar 2025 Januar 2025 Juni 2025 No “Nice-to-Have”: European Support to Critical Civil Society and Free Media Jasmin Lorch argues that European support to human rights NGOs, critical civil society and free media is not merely a “nice-to-have“. Instead, it directly serves European interests due to the important information function that these civil society actors perform. Global Policy Journal 25 June 2025 Trumps…

Info Session February on the application phase for the 61st Postgraduate Programme

Online, 06. February 2025

Until March 31, we welcome applications from postgraduate students for our 61 st postgraduate programme. Are you looking for an exciting and research-intensive preparation for your work in international cooperation for development and sustainability? In our postgraduate programme, we enhance the competences of participants aspiring a…

Rebuilding Syria: A Win-Win for German-Trained Refugees and their Hosts

Abedtalas, Musallam / Tina Zintl (2025)
The Current Column, 06. February 2025

It is imperative that the German government considers a sustainable strategy for cooperation with Syria that takes into account demographic changes in Germany and benefits from the expertise gained by refugees in various fields.

Dual study programme

In 2025, IDOS will be offering an apprenticeship for the dual study programme in Research and Innovation Management (Bachelor of Arts) for the first time.

Outlook for the new legislature: Energy transition at sea

Ittner, Irit (2025)
The Current Column, 10. February 2025

Continuity is required in order to secure previous successes and to achieve sustainable development goals.

Sustainable financial market policy against the headwinds

Hilbrich, Sören (2025)
The Current Column, 12. February 2025

Regulations aimed at channelling capital into sustainable economic investment should therefore be progressively developed rather than them being weakened or even abolished.

Tailoring bus rapid transit to the complex realities of African cities: critical issues and public policy planning approaches

Asimeng, Emmanuel Theodore / Franco Jauregui-Fung (2025)
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