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The latest updates from the development research community in Sweden
Recording: Obsessive Measurement Disorder or Pragmatic Bureaucracy? Coping with Uncertainty in Development Aid Relations
Recording from SweDev and SEI’s dialogue series on development research on 6 March 2024.
Read moreSweDev’s input to SOU 2023:59: Ny myndighetsstruktur för finansiering av forskning och innovation
Read SweDev’s position on the referral on Forskningsfinansieringsutredningen.
Read moreRecording: Post-pandemic transformations and the re-casting of development with Melissa Leach
Recording of SEI and SweDev Dialogue on development research with Melissa Leach.
Read more”Ny strategi för forskning om global utveckling behövs”
SweDev’s steering group has, as part of the Swedish government’s development of a new Research Bill, presented concrete proposals on reforms needed to ensure continued support and excellence of research on equal global development. Their proposal has been presented as an Op-ed in OmVärlden. Read the article below (in Swedish).
Read moreChallenging Global Development – Towards Decoloniality and Justice
Newly released open access publication on Development Studies.
Read moreRecording: The extractive industries in the developing world
Recording of the dialogue with Tony Addison.
Read moreSweDev participated at the biannual NorDev conference
Read about what we did at NorDev 2023!
Read moreSweDev coordinated meeting with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on the reform agenda
Researchers and State Secretary Diana Janse and the Ambassador for the reform agenda at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Carl-Michael Gräns, discussed the reform agenda in Swedish development cooperation on 11 August 2023.
Read moreWe save the children today, but will the system provide them with a life tomorrow?
Governments must prioritize and enforce policies to raise awareness, eliminate stigma and enhance facilities to improve quality of life for children with disabilities, writes Semhal Getachew Teka, master’s student at Lund University.
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