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Introduction: "The sociology of knowledge approach to discourse in an interdependent world"

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Reiner Keller / Wolf Schünemann (2018)
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Introduction: Characteristics of Asian financial systems in comparative perspective

Morgan, Peter J. / Ulrich Volz / Naoyuki Yoshino (2019)
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Beyond contestation: conceptualizing negotiation in democracy promotion

Poppe, Annika Elena / Julia Leininger / Jonas Wolff (2019)
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Global Transformation towards Sustainability

Bonn, 01. April 2019

The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the International Office at the University of Bonn co-organized the Alumni Spring School „Global transformation towards Sustainability – Transciplinary peer learning between Africa, Europe and Rising Powers for the 2030 Agenda”, which took place from 1…

The Imperative of Responsibility-Understanding Hans Jonas

Bonn, 25. April 2019

Forty years ago, Hans Jonas’ main writing “The Imperative of Responsibility” was first published (in German: “Das Prinzip Verantwortung”). Starting from moral theory he derives fundamental thoughts about a responsible approach to dealing with new technologies, and mainly - in today’s wording -“disruptive innovations”. Starting point of…

Introduction: Negotiating the promotion of democracy (special issue)

Poppe, Annika Elena / Julia Leininger / Jonas Wolff (2019)
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Gene editing – A responsible means to assure food security

Bonn, 22. Mai 2019

Since more than 35 years, genetic manipulation of organisms has been studied scientifically to change characteristics of organisms faster than and sometimes different from what can be reached by traditional ways of breeding. A number of countries, mainly USA, Brazil, Argentina, Canada and India have rolled out large-scale cultivation of…

A multilateral framework on investment facilitation

Bonn, 23. Mai 2019

Structured Discussions on a multilateral framework on investment facilitation are underway in the World Trade Organization (WTO), following a Joint Ministerial Statement on Investment Facilitation for Development endorsed by 70 members of the WTO’s 11 th Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires in December 2017. If these discussions should,…

Global Climate Action: Bridging Theory and Practice

Bonn, 13. Juni 2019

This event launched the recently published “Political theory and global climate action: recasting the public sphere” by Idil Boran and discussed the role of nonstate and subnational actors in climate action at the interface of research and practice. It was the first in a series of events hosted by the German Development Institute /…

Telling the wood from the trees

Bonn, 18. Juni 2019

This event presented innovative findings from empirical research on forest conservation in Indonesia. It launched the recently published book by Dr. Jonas Hein, “Political Ecology of REDD+ in Indonesia: Agrarian Conflicts and Forest Carbon” and discussed its insights at the nexus of development research, international climate governance…

Fues, Thomas

Thomas Fues ist ehemaliger Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Deutschen Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE).

International Organizations under Pressure: Introduction

Dingwerth, Klaus / Antonia Witt / Ina Lehmann / Ellen Reichel / Tobias Weise. (2019)
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Introduction: Agency in earth system governance

Betsill, Michele M. / Tabitha M. Benney / Andrea K. Gerlak / Calum Brown / Sander Chan / Okechukwu Enechi / Ronald B. Mitchell / Ina Möller / James J. Patterson / Michelle Scobie / Sandra van der Hel / Oscar E. Widerberg (2020)
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Special issue introduction: ownership in a post‐aid effectiveness era: comparative perspectives

Keijzer, Niels / David Black (2020)
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A WTO Framework on Investment Facilitation

, 11. Februar 2020

At a stock-taking and next-steps meeting of the Structured Discussions on Investment Facilitation for Development held last December in Geneva, participating WTO members decided to move into negotiating mode as of March 2020. Negotiations will be guided by the Joint Ministerial Statement on Investment Facilitation for Development adopted…

Harnessing development cooperation to foster European climate leadership

Brüssel, 18. März 2020

The recent UN climate change conference in Madrid (COP25) was widely perceived as underwhelming in its failure to agree on key matters to support the implementation of the Paris Agreement and to ensure more ambitious climate action. All the while, the European Commission released its ambitious Green Deal and the European Parliament…

The role of a multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development in facilitating sustainable fdi

Webinar, 19. März 2020

Please register here if you are interested in attending this webinar. This webinar is part of a webinar series. Upcoming topics and dates will be published soon. Negotiations on a multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development are beginning in the World Trade Organization (WTO) on 12 March 2020 among 100 WTO members.…

Strategies to strengthen socially responsible public procurement practices in German municipalities: a mapping exercise

Müngersdorff, Maximilian / Tim Stoffel (2020)
Discussion Paper 8/2020

German municipalities do not sufficiently use their purchasing power to contribute to socially responsible public procurement (SRPP). We identified success factors and their triggers that support SRPP implementation in German municipalities and thus, their contribution to SDG 12 of the Agenda 2030.

A multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development: issues concerning implementation

Webinar, 30. April 2020

Negotiations on a multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development will start in the World Trade Organization (WTO) among 101 WTO members as soon as circumstances permit. The main objective of the negotiations is to increase the flow of sustainable foreign direct investment with a view towards advancing sustainable…

The social contract as a tool of analysis: introduction to the special issue on “Framing the evolution of new social contracts in Middle Eastern and North African countries”

Loewe, Markus / Tina Zintl / Annabelle Houdret (2021)
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