What does it mean? Exploring terms and methodologies

2024
Position paper

Reflections on Decolonising Knowledge for Development: An invitation to an EADI conversation

The European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)’s 50th anniversary creates a moment for reflection amidst what is increasingly viewed as a time of crisis in development and

2023
Position paper

Towards Structural Changes for Building Responsible Academic Partnerships

EADI Blog by Roseanna Avento, Kelly Brito and Susanne von Itter elaborating how funding, inclusive knowledge and spaces for discourses around needs and equity contribute to responsible academic partnerships.

2023
Book

Challenging Global Development - Towards Decoloniality and Justice

This book presents contributions to decolonize Development Studies. It seeks to promote and sustain new forms of solidarity and conviviality that work towards achieving social justice. Recognising global poverty and

2023
Position paper

Global North–Global South research partnerships are still inequitable

Historical legacies of colonialism and inequity are still preventing us from realizing equitable and mutually beneficial partnerships. Despite increasing calls for more equitable Southern engagement in agenda-setting processes actual practice

Marine scientist Ocean Mercier says requests to collaborate with researchers in the global south should be sincere and respectful.

2023
Scientific paper

Pack up the parachute: why global north–south collaborations need to change

Nature spoke to four global-south researchers who say that it’s time for their global-north colleagues to pack up the parachute and have frank discussions about how to conduct equitable collaborations.

Image: Credit: Grant Maiden

18.12.2023
News

"Wie sinnvoll ist Entwicklungshilfe?"

Advents- und Weihnachtszeit ist Spendenzeit. Doch wie sinnvoll ist Entwicklungshilfe überhaupt? Das diskutieren in der neuen Folge des Podcasts «Laut + Leis» Elísio Macamo vom Zentrum für Afrikastudien der Uni

19.6.2023
News

Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not.

Interactive charts on Research and Development.

Image: Source: UNESCO (via World Bank) • OurWorldInData • CC BY

On International Women's Day, 8 March, the women in Lokolo demonstrate for their rights.

2023
Publication

Blog: Decolonisation in Visual Communication

When planning a communication campaign that relies on photographs and moving images it is important to be aware of stereotyping and possible colonial influences in our visual communications. In this

Image: DRC 2023: Justin Makangara / Action de Carême/ Fairpicture

29.6.2023
News

Ein neuer Blick auf die koloniale Vergangenheit der Schweiz

SRF Kultur-Talk: Historiker Georg Kreis hat zusammengetragen, wie vielfältig Schweizerinnen und Schweizer am Kolonialismus beteiligt waren. Im Kultur-Talk spricht er über die koloniale Vergangenheit und ihre Konsequenzen auf die Gegenwart.

2023
Article

"Appeals for decolonising North-South collaboration in research"

Our current global challenges require global collaboration. The colonial practices for North-South collaboration in research create dependence and invisibility, undermining the chances of finding solutions to these challenges. To combat

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2023
Publication

Localisation - can you still contribute as a professional from the Global North?

In international development, the process of handing over more decision-making power and resources to local actors is called localisation. At Forum cinfo 22, Shazia Islamshah and Pascal Bijleveld, as humanitarian

8.6.2023
News

Open Science as a Means to Decolonize Scientific Publishing and Foster Fairer Research Collaborations

Scientific publishing is a cornerstone of research. However, current publishing systems are highly inequitable. In an interactive virtual workshop, speakers and participants jointly identified challenges and explored ways of decolonizing

Image: Flickr

2023
Publication

IGS North-South Tracer Study 2022: Decolonizing a PhD Programme and Beyond

The IGS North-South Tracer Study critically examines the IGS North-South and reflects on decolonizing the academia.

Image: Unsplash.com, Vojetech Bruzek

2023
Position paper

How ethical can research relationships be in Development Studies?

Contribution in an EADI BLOG on Development Research

Image: P. L. Tandon

2023
Publication

“Diversity is the key to decolonizing research”

From climate change to biodiversity loss or conflicts over resource use: today’s crises are global. In tackling them, North–South research collaboration plays an important role, especially by providing knowledge for

19.12.2022
News

Decolonizing Swiss-African Research Collaborations

How to decolonize Swiss-Africa research collaborations? Anja Soldat summarizes the discussion at the Swiss Researching Africa Days on decolonizing Swiss-African Research Collaborations in the latest SSAS newsletter.

2022
Report

Wenn die Forschung koloniale Züge annimmt

Im Rahmen der Nord-Süd-Forschungszusammenarbeit werden die Länder des Südens mehrheitlich mit Forschungsgeldern und -konzepten aus dem Norden erforscht. Die Dekolonisation erfordert eine Korrektur der unausgewogenen Machtverhältnisse.

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2022
Factsheet

Decolonising academic collaboration - South-North perspectives

Decolonisation was originally intended as a revolutionary concept and approach, but contemporary debates, including in the global North, have arguably mainstreamed the concept of decolonisation. Indeed, one might ask whether

2022
Publication

Radical Alternatives or Ambivalent Engagements? Development Understandings from the Global South

EADi Blog by Alba Castellsagué and Sally Matthews

25.8.2022
News

Schweizer Museen und Sammlungen aus der Kolonialzeit

Wie viel Kolonialismus gibt es in Schweizer Museen? Viel – das zeigt die Aufarbeitung im Bernischen Historischen Museum. Beitrag im 10vor10 vom 25.08.2022.

2021
Scientific paper

“My Flight Arrives at 5 am, Can You Pick Me Up?”: The Gatekeeping Burden of the African Academic

Over the past decade, there has been increased awareness and discourse around the inequalities which structure North–South academic collaboration. The purpose of this discussion is to look at the other

2021
Article

Decoloniality and anti-oppressive practices for a more ethical ecology

Christopher H. Trisos, Jess Auerbach & Madhusudan Katti

Researchers want to expand scientific terms in African languages including Luganda, which is spoken in East Africa. Pictured: student-teachers in Kampala.

24.8.2021
News

Masakhane MT: Decolonise Science

Many words common to science have never been written in African languages. Now, researchers from across Africa are changing that.

Image: Credit: Eye Ubiquitous/Alamy

2021
Report

Research colonialism still plagues Africa

African researchers are suffering from power dynamics that favour global North collaborators. While some initiatives are helping build local capacity, others undervalue African collaborators. COVID-19 is aiding the creation of

Image: Copyright: Je'nine May

2021
Report

Risk dumping in field research: some researchers are safer than others

EADI BLOG by Linda Johnson and Rodrigo Mena

Image: Charl Folscher on Unsplash

2020
Scientific paper

Do no harm? Field research in the Global South: Ethical challenges faced by research staff

The rise of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to rigorously evaluate development policy is characterized by a wide range of ethical complexities. While the literature has identified ethical challenges pertaining to

Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE)

List of Publications on Decolonizing Research Partnerships

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