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Leah Ngaba

Coordinator Shaping Futures

Inter- and transnational cooperation

Malika Yunussova

Coordination Shaping Futures Academy

Inter- and transnational cooperation

Dr. Elizabeth Chepkemboi Kötter

Head of the Shaping Futures Programme

Shaping Futures Academy

The Shaping Futures Academy is an innovative training and dialogue programme for young professionals from Germany and Africa.

Shaping Futures Academy 2025 application

Shaping Futures Academy 2025 application The deadline for application for the Shaping Futures Academy 2025 has ended. Contact Elizabeth Chepkemboi Kötter Head of the Shaping Futures Academy E-mail shapingfutures@idos-research.de Phone +49 (228) 94927-292 Videos Brochure Shaping Futures Academy 2025 Schedule Shaping Futures Academy 2025 Schedule Shaping Futures Network Shaping Futures: African-European Network on Development and Sustainability

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.

Application and Requirements

The Shaping Futures Academy targets early to mid-career professionals from participating African (Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, Togo and Zambia) and European (EU+) countries. Prospective participants should meet the following requirements:

Legitimacy of Future Development Cooperation

Legitimacy of Future Development Cooperation Downloads Legitimacy_of_Future_Development_Cooperation_29_-_30.10.2010_Programme.pdf Legitimacy_of_Future_Development_Cooperation_29_-_30.10.2010_Conference_Report.pdf Contact Erik Lundsgaarde

Shaping Futures Academy – Q&A session for applicants

Online, 17. October 2024

If you considered applying to the Shaping Futures Academy 2025 and had questions about the programme or application process, we invited you to join our live online information session and Q&A. The Zoom link was only shared with registered persons. So, prior registration was required. Modiegi Morare, Researcher, and Malika Yunussova,…

Format and Content of the Shaping Futures Academy

The Shaping Futures Academy is grounded on three essential elements that contribute to capacity development: knowledge, action and leadership.

Utopias of Global Cooperation

Kuta Selatan, 04. September 2022

The creation and development of the G20 was envisioned to address global problems more effectively and overcome blockages in global governance processes by more dynamic cooperation formats. Similar to other club governance formats, such as the G7 or the recently proposed ‘climate clubs’, the G20 has the potential to reach progress in…

The Future of African Development

The Future of African Development Contact Erik Lundsgaarde Download Workshop_Questions-for-the-Future_17.09.2009_Program.pdf

Accelerating the SDGs through the 2024 Summit of the Future

Beisheim, Marianne / Silke Weinlich (2023)
External Publications

In 2024, the UN will convene the Summit of the Future on the theme, ‘Multilateral Solutions for a Better Tomorrow.’ The Summit’s aim is to reinforce the UN and global governance structures to better address old and new challenges and to formulate a Pact for the Future that would help advance the SDGs by 2030.

Climate Change–Related Heat Stress and Subjective Well-Being in Australia

Kerstin K. Zander / Simon Moss / Stephen T. Garnett (2019)
External Publications

Job advertisment: Researcher (f/m/diverse) Science Futures

Research Programme “Transformation of Economic and Social Systems“ is looking for a Researcher (f/m/diverse)within the CRC, “Science Futures: Between ‘intensification’ and ’conservation’ discourses on African rural development”.

Accelerating SDG delivery and promoting fair multilateralism

Löpelt, Sarah / Tabea Waltenberg (2024)
The Current Column, 26. August 2024

The Summit of the Future should discuss ways of reshaping SDG 8 in favour of a more differentiated understanding of growth depending on the region and sector, greater independence of social systems from growth, and concepts of sufficiency.

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).

The case of Arcania: perspectives in point-of-entry negotiations

Penetrante, Ariel Macaspac (2014)
External Publications

Directing structural change: from tools to policy

Altenburg, Tilman / Maria Kleinz / Wilfried Lütkenhorst (2016)
Discussion Paper 24/2016

To accelerate structural change, governments need to lay the foundations for future competitive advantages. But how can they be anticipated? We discuss various methodologies and suggest ways to consolidate their most valuable features in one synthetic approach.

Regional integrated assessment of climate change impacts on the rainfed farming system in Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Nedumaran, Swamikannu / Dakshina Murthy Kadiyala / Jyosthnaa Padmanabhan / Roberto O. Valdivia / Sonali McDermid / Srinivasa Reddy Srigiri / Geethalakshm, Vellingiri / Anthony Whitbread (2021)
External Publications