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Harnessing the Potential of Digital Sustainable Finance to Accelerate the Agenda 2030

Bonn, 08. October 2025

Digital technologies are revolutionising the financial sector. They also provide an opportunity for overcoming barriers to development and sustainable finance. For instance, big data and automated data collection allow for analysing and assessing risk and impacts at a fraction of the cost of conventional approaches. They also provide an…

Russia's role in UN development work: influence without investment?

Novoselova, Anna (2025)
Policy Brief 15/2025

Global balance of power is shifting, and UN development work faces significant strains. How is Russia positioning itself? The policy brief explores Moscow’s approach to development, the narratives it advances, and the influence it projects in the UN development pillar.

Beyond nature-based solutions: the case for integrated nature-climate action

Folkard-Tapp, Hollie / Idil Boran / Sander Chan / Ines Dombrowsky / Tarra L. Penney / Dawn Bazely / Fidele Ruzigandekwe / Angele Alook / Nathalie Pettorelli (2025)
External Publications

UN80 Initiative

UN80 Initiative Jump to: Team Publications Projects Events What we read In its 80th year, the United Nations (UN) has fallen into a major crisis. Severe funding shortfalls are forcing the UN to make cuts – and, more fundamentally, to reflect on whether its structures, approaches, and even its overall political relevance still meet the demands of our time. The UN development system has long been criticized for its high level of institutional fragmentation and low…

Policy Brief

Policy Brief Jump to: Search for publication The Policy Brief is a new format that replaces the former series “Briefing Papers” and its German version “Analysen und Stellungnahmen”. Policy Briefs address questions of development policy and international relations. By including concise recommendations, the series is primarily aimed at policy makers, practitioners and representatives of the (professional) media industry. Besides, the series also addresses everyone…

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.

Research Stays

IDOS offers researchers the opportunity to do research as a visiting researcher in Bonn.

Internships

Internships Jump to: Internships Current Advertisments Internships in the Research programmes Internships in Training Internships in the Communications Team Application Procedure Conditions Internships The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) has about 200 employees in Research, Policy Advice, Training and Service Facilities. Two-thirds of them work as researchers. IDOS pursues an interdisciplinary approach. On a regular basis, IDOS offers job…

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).

Research Assistant (f/m/diverse) Democracy Project

The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) seeks with immediate effect for a Research assistant (f/m/diverse) for the project “Protecting Democracy in times of Autocratization and Polarization.”

Working on (knowledge) cooperation means working in cooperation

Working on (knowledge) cooperation means working in cooperation Jump to: Working on (knowledge) cooperation means working in cooperation The authors Working on (knowledge) cooperation means working in cooperation Transnational knowledge cooperation is becoming increasingly important – in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and in dealing with global crises such as the current pandemic. The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für…

A diagnostic approach improves Integrated Water Resource Management

Mit vielfältigen Aktivitäten, leistet das DIE einen Beitrag zu Forschung und Politikberatung über Integriertes Wasserressourcen-Management.

How to achieve social cohesion?

Social cohesion is a key factor for sustainable development to which the DIE contributes by doing research and providing policy advice.

Shaping sustainable supply chains

An immense share of global value creation takes place in supply chains. DIE contributes to research and policy advice on supply chains.

The stabilization and destabilization of marine carbon observations: co-producing knowledge in murky waters

Hägele, Ramona (2025)
External Publications

Head of Department “Transformation of Economic and Social Systems” with Professorship in Göttingen (f/m/diverse)

The University of Göttingen and the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) invite applications for the following position effective at the earliest possible date a Head of Research Department “Transformation of Economic and Social Systems” combined with a Professorship in Development Economics and Sustainability Policy (f/m/diverse)

Fostering social cohesion in border contexts: learning from the experience of host communities and migrants in Casablanca

Delespesse, Elise / Charles Martin-Shields (2025)
Policy Brief 12/2025

Morocco has shifted from being primarily a country of transit and emigration to a country of settlement. Interviews conducted with NGOs and CSOs working with urban migrants in Casablanca highlighted ways that development cooperation can have a positive impact on social cohesion urban contexts.

Gender-transformative adaptation for food security, rural livelihoods, and agriculture: the case study of Mal Pahariya women in Eastern coalfield regions of India

Banarjee, Aparajita (2025)
External Publications

Does the World Bank Group efficiently promote private sector investment? The case of energy transition

Zattler, Jürgen K. / Adrian Schmieg (2025)
Discussion Paper 22/2025

Development finance is in crisis. As calls grow for more private investment, the question is: how? This study dives into World Bank policy-based lending, exposes key gaps, and offers solutions to unlock private capital at scale.

Job advertisment: Research Assistant (f/m/divers) Effectiveness

The research project “Effectiveness of Development Policy” of IDOS Research Department “Inter- and Transnational Cooperation” is looking for a Research Assistant (f/m/divers)