Altenburg, Tilman / Babette Never / Rita Strohmaier (2025) Policy Brief 14/2025
Calls for development policy to place greater emphasis on national self-interest are growing louder. We set out five guidelines for a development policy strategy that takes due consideration of Germany’s own interests without harming the partner countries.
Kuhnt, Jana / Mark Furness (2025) Externe Publikationen
Population growth due to immigration is often portrayed as a problem rather than a success. This is deeply problematic, not least because Sweden – like Germany – depends on immigration to meet its growing labour market needs
Roscioli, Federico / Daniele Malerba / Alessio Farcomeni (2025) Externe Publikationen
Porras, Francisco (2025) Discussion Paper 27/2025
Explore how digitalisation reshapes governance in Mexico. This paper proposes four conjectures on how governments, academia, NGOs, and media can leverage digital tools for cooperation, problem-solving, and sustainable development.
Gutheil, Lena (2025) Externe Publikationen
The USAID cuts put additional strain on Africa’s underfunded civil society organizations and fuel debates about their legitimacy. While CSOs need to diversify their funding sources, European donors should invest in narratives that support an independent civil society and shift their funding to advocacy.
Sinfield, Adrian (2025) Buchveröffentlichungen
Pretoria, South Africa, 11. September 2025
Background This year marks 25 years since the inaugural EU-Africa Summit was held in Cairo. Some weeks ago, on the 21 st of May, EU and AU foreign ministers convened in Brussels for the first time in several years, and the next AU-EU summit of heads of state and government will take place in Angola on 24 and 25 November. New initiatives…
Sinanoglu, Semuhi (2025) Policy Brief 16/2025
Can strategic transparency counter authoritarian spin? New experimental evidence from Turkey suggests yes - but only if donors carefully balance realpolitik with humanitarian values.
Mühlberger, Wolfgang (2025) Discussion Paper 30/2025
How do French-German relations affect international cooperation across the Humanitarian-Development-Peace spectrum? This paper gauges the merits of and potential for bilateral collaborative action in the Middle East and North Africa to counter fragility, safeguard interests and support development.
Heredia-Rodríguez, Liliana / Mauricio Salazar-Sáenz / Gabriel Millán-Arias (2025) Buchveröffentlichungen
Öge, Kerem / Manuel Quintin (2025) Policy Brief 19/2025
Governance of facial recognition remains fragmented worldwide, sidelining key voices. Our new brief outlines steps for adaptive, inclusive AI regulation ahead of the 2026 AI Impact Summit.
Wehrmann, Dorothea / Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak / Jacqueline Götze / Michał Łuszczuk / Arne Riedel (2025) Externe Publikationen
Bonn, 08. Oktober 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…
Raha, Shuva / Aparajita Banerjee / Rosana Santos / Siddharth Padmanabhan / Edlayan Passos / Rudra Sen / Rishabh Kumar Singh (2025) Externe Publikationen
Marcelo Inacio da Cunha ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter des Forschungsprogramms "Umwelt-Governance und Transformation zur Nachhaltigkeit" am German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).
Espinosa, María Fernanda / Ulrich Volz / Alexander Dryden (2025) Externe Publikationen
Berlin, 14. Oktober 2025
This high-level event aimed to explore the critical role of international climate policies in building climate-resilient health systems on national and local level. Taking place at a strategically important time, immediately before the COP30 negotiations, the event examined how new policies can strengthen and protect the most vulnerable.…
Volz, Ulrich / María Fernanda Espinosa / Alexander Dryden (2025) Externe Publikationen
Kaushik, Atul / Clara Brandi / Faizel Ismael / Tetyana Payosova / Harsha Vardhana Singh / Tim Vogel (2025) Externe Publikationen
Muhumad, Abdirahman A. (2025) Policy Brief 23/2025
Aid cuts threaten vulnerable communities in Ethiopia’s Somali Region. The diaspora plays a crucial role in filling gaps through emergency relief and dev't support. This PB explores how understanding diaspora networks,strengthening collaborations and creating supportive frameworks can bridge the gap.
