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The latest updates from the development research community in Sweden
Recording: Steering a behavioural transition: from open defecation to toilet usage for sustainability
Recording from SweDev and SEI’s dialogue series on development research on 29 May 2024.
Read moreNew article in SciDev.Net: “Swedish aid cuts dent ‘decades of work’ in global South”
Article featuring results from from Janet Vähämäki and the SweDev report on the consequences of funding cuts for development research.
Read moreRecording and summary: Where do we go from here? Swedish research funding for collaborative research in LMICs after U-forsk
Recording and summary from SweDev and GlobeLife seminar on the consequences of the cuts in research funding for global development on 16 April 2024.
Read moreReport: The consequences of development research funding cuts
Report launch: Development research in Sweden today.
Read moreA closer look at development aid: understanding the obsession with measurement
In their latest book, Obsessive Measurement Disorder or Pragmatic Bureaucracy?, authors Susanna Alexius and Janet Vähämäki explore the complexities of development aid. Leveraging their expertise in organizational research and hands-on experience in the aid sector, they offer valuable insights on the complex dynamics at play.
Read moreRecording: 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.
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