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13th Cambridge International Law Journal's Conference

Our PhD IDS Student Emmanuel Monyei was a panelist at the Cambridge International Law Journal (CILJ) 13th Annual Conference which took place at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge on the 8th and 9th of April, 2024.

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Bochum based ADAPTED PhD Students attended Annual Meeting in Paris

The consortium of the European Joint Doctorate Programme ADAPTED came together for the third Annual Meeting. From 26 February until 1 March, 2024, Early Stage Researchers (ESRs), academic supervisors, advisory board members, African partners and practice partners jointly discussed the progress and initial findings of the individual PhD research projects. The meeting took place at the Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne of Paris 1 University (CES/ CRNS) and was organized by the IEE in close cooperation with CES/ CNRS.

Muhammad Saleh, Akua Martinson, Natalia Zakharchenko and Irene Among, the ADAPTED Early Stage Researchers based at the IEE, presented their projects and attended the network-wide trainings offered by the consortium members Prof. Galina Cornelisse , Prof. Wil Hout and Prof. Wilhelm Löwenstein as well as the external trainer Dr. Sven Grimm (German Institute of Development and Sustainability - IDOS).

Further information about the third ADAPTED Annual Meeting can be found here.

MADM Students of the Bochum Group Graduated 2024

On Friday, 23rd of February, 16 candidates of the MA in Development Management programme received their graduation certificates after having successfully defended their Master thesis during the week.

Congratulations Dr. Fiza Lee Malhotra

After successful defence of her PhD Thesis on Tuesday, 6th February 2024, Fiza Lee Malhotra has been awarded the degree of a Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.).

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Call for Applications – Alumni Conference 2024: Structural Policy Changes in the Global North and Their Impacts on the Global South – Implications for Development Research and Practice

The conference will take place in Berlin, Germany, from 17-21 June 2024 and is hosted by the MIDE programme at HTW Berlin, in cooperation with the MADM and the SEPT programme at the University of Leipzig.
Deadline for applications: 20 February 2024.
Please find more information in the call for applications.
It would be great to see many of you there!

Strengthening the cooperation between RUB and VfL Bochum

Presentations and Discussion on important (life) skills of coaches in sport took place with the MADM student Selina Weber, the head coach of “VfL Bochum”, Thomas Letsch, and Sebastian Fritz of the organisation “KICKFAIR e.V.”

On the 8th of November 2023, Britta Niklas (IEE) invited Selina Weber, a current MADM student; Thomas Letsch, the head coach of VfL Bochum; and Sebastian Fritz, a representative of the organisation KICKFAIR e.V., to speak at an event about the importance of life skills of coaches in sports.

Panel of speakers (from left to right): Thomas Letsch, Selina Weber, Sebastian Fritz, Britta Niklas
Copyright: IEE

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Call for Applications - PhD IDS intake 2024

The Call for applications for the PhD IDS intake 2024 is open until 31st March 2024.
Eligible applicants can additionally apply for a DAAD GSSP scholarship.
More information can be found in the “How to apply” section of the PhD IDS.

Congratulations Dr. Sidy Ouattara

After successful defence of his PhD Thesis on Thursday, 14th December 2023, Sidy Ouattara has been awarded the degree of a Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.).

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1st UNITAR Conference at the UN in Bonn

Our PhD IDS Student Emmanuel Monyei was a panelist at the 1st International United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Conference which held at the United Nations, Bonn on the 23rd and 24th, November 2023.

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Successful Alumni Conference

From 17 to 20 October, the IEE hosted the international alumni conference on ‘Development Cooperation in Times of Multiple Crisis’, which was funded by the DAAD. The event provided a great networking space for almost 70 alumni, students, researchers, and resource persons. In diverse formats, participants discussed aspects of a changing development landscape and possible responses as well as practice-related experiences.

Five development-related MA programmes collaborated for the event, i.e., the MADM (RUB), the MA in International and Development Economics (HTW Berlin), the Small Enterprise Promotion and Training Programme (U. Leipzig), the MA in Development and Governance and the MA in International Relations and Development Policy (both U. Duisburg-Essen).