Bonn, 23. Mai 2023
Climate change causes an increase in extreme weather events in many countries of the world. This has drastic impacts for instance on food security, infrastructure and health, and challenges the very basis of human development. Many countries are experiencing such challenges for a long time, but events such as the 2021 floods in Germany’s…
Bonn, Germany, 24. Mai 2023
With the Agenda 2030 and the adoption of the Global Compacts for Migration and Refugees, the international community faces the challenge of implementing these global agreements at the national and local policy levels – and identifying the role of development policy therein. International agreements on migration- or refugee-related policy…
Online, 31. Mai 2023
The 2nd Annual Conference on Global Climate Governance in the Face of Obstruction (31 May – 2 June 2023) , organized by the Climate Social Science Network (CSSN) - a global network headquartered at Brown University in the USA, addresses some of the latest issues in climate policy, focusing on institutions and actors that block progress:…
Bonn, 31. Mai 2023
All around the world, increasing polarization, inequalities and autocratization, among other trends, put a strain on social cohesion. In fragile and conflict-affected states, this may contribute to or trigger an escalation of violent conflict. At the same time, strengthening social cohesion can potentially help to overcome fragility,…
Bonn, 05. Juni 2023
This book launch event on “ Africa’s Right to Development in a Climate-Constrained World ” presents a landmark publication in Palgrave Macmillan’s Contemporary African Political Economy series. A timely contribution to African agency in international relations, it spells out the bold perspective of a group of African scholars on how to…
This side event explores the development of climate activities in countries’ first and updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and their relation to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The objective of the event is to showcase how countries’ NDCs have developed and to what extent they have strengthened the connection…
Seoul and Online, 14. Juni 2023
Germany's and Korea's global priorities in the field of sustainable development are converging. This convergence offers considerable opportunities and potential for the expansion of international cooperation between the two countries. This applies in particular to the important areas of development policy and international climate…
Dirk Messner war Direktor des Deutschen Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE).
New Delhi, India, 28. Juli 2023
The MGG Network (IDOS) was thrilled to organise the MGG India National Network Meeting 2023 with participation from Indian alumni of the MGG Academy. This meeting held special significance as it was being organised in the backdrop of the T20 Summit through July 31 – August 2 at Mysuru, India. The conversations in this meeting focused on…
Eberz, Isabelle / Samantha Ruppel / Neringa Tumėnaitė (2023) Die aktuelle Kolumne, 07. August 2023
Es ist wichtig, dass Green Skills auch auf eine transformative Weise vermittelt werden, das heißt, die Lernenden mit der Fähigkeit auszustatten, sich den Herausforderungen der heutigen komplexen Welt zu stellen.
Bonn, 23. August 2023
Unfortunately, we have to inform you that the event on 23 August 2023 with lectures by Dina Bishara and Holger Albrecht, for which you had registered, cannot take place due to illness. We ask for apology! The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) invites to a public lecture event focussing on Tunisia. Two distinguished…
Ali, Murad (2023) Die aktuelle Kolumne, 19. September 2023
Keine andere Initiative stand seit ihrem Start 2013 derart im Rampenlicht der Weltöffentlichkeit wie Präsident Xi Jinpings „Belt and Road Initiative“ (BRI). Weltweit haben sich kaum ein politischer Thinktank oder eine wissenschaftliche Einrichtung nicht mit diesem Vorhaben auseinandergesetzt.
Special "Entwicklung, Stabilität, Naher Osten, Nordafrika": In einem vom BMZ finanzierten Forschungs- und Beratungsvorhaben geht das German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) der Frage nach, was die Veränderungen für den Umgang Deutschlands und Europas mit den MENA-Ländern bedeuten.
Bonn, 16. Oktober 2023
Foreign aid and international development frequently bring with it a range of unintended consequences, both negative and positive. This book delves into these consequences, providing a fresh and comprehensive guide to understanding and addressing them. In this book launch, Dirk-Jan Koch presented some of the most prevalent unintended…
Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 24. Oktober 2023
Overview of all IDOS activities at the conference Semi-Plenary Session: Bridging the gap: Science-policy dialogue on water as a catalyst for sustainable development and climate action Date and Time: Tuesday, 24. October, 12:30pm - 2:00pm CEST Science-policy dialogue, organised by German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)…
Special "Klimalog": Eine ehrgeizige internationale Klimapolitik und ihre konsequente Umsetzung sind entscheidend für die künftige Entwicklung aller Staaten. Das German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) fördert im Rahmen des Klimalogs das Verständnis für die Zusammenhänge zwischen Klimapolitik und Entwicklung.
Online, 02. November 2023
The third lecture in the INTERFACES colloquium series on “Sustainable land management in sub‐Saharan Africa: Improving livelihoods through local research” was on 2 November 2023 by Dr. Heike Baumüller, Senior Researcher at ZEF, University Bonn. Dr. Heike Baumüller gave a presentation entitled “Digitalization in Agriculture: Potentials and…
Bonn, 06. November 2023
The workshop explored how the UN system is currently funded, what challenges UN financing faces, and what the future of UN financing could and should look like. It brought together academic researchers and pundits to discuss the latest research and new ideas in an intimate setting. Workshop discussions are embedded in the general context…
Bonn, 16. November 2023
Since the 1990s, external democracy promotion and protection has become a prominent tool of bi- and multilateral donors, as well as international and civil society organizations to promote and protect democracy in aid-recipient countries. However, democracy itself as well as promoters and supporters of democracy are challenged by a…
With the rise of digital economies and digital innovations, issues surrounding data are becoming increasingly important in public debates around the world. While new challenges have emerged regarding data misuses in the past years, the political, legal and multilateral responses have been lagging, partly due to the complexity of these new…
