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IEE greatly represented in the new edition of Rubin

2021 2 rubin coverThe new edition of the RUB’s biannual scientific magazine Rubin was published recently. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are in the spotlight. Certainly, the IEE does a lot of important work in these fields. Thus, we are proud that our projects and members are broadly represented. Prof. Löwenstein shares key insights into the EU-funded project ADAPTED, which focuses on the eradication of poverty, in an interview. Britta Niklas’ and Dr. Anne Siebert’s contribution introduces the South African-German Centre for Development Research and the Master programme in Development Management. Moreover, Prof. Kaltenborn’s research on public-private partnership is presented in an article. Enjoy the read!

MADM student Setonji Ogunbiyi nominated for the "Goal of the Month"

2021 10 OgunbiyiIEE’s Setonji Ogunbiyi from Nigeria was nominated for the “Goal of the Month” on German TV last Saturday (Tor des Monats, Sportschau, ARD). We are very proud of him and encourage everyone to vote for his goal online until October 23, 2021.

Setonji has longstanding experience in amputee football in his home country and even participated in the Amputee World Cup in Mexico in 2018. Since October 2020, directly after starting the MADM programme in Bochum, he has been playing for Fortuna Düsseldorf. Setonji briefly shared some insights on his experience with Fortuna Düsseldorf in our previous newsletter edition.

Go Setonji !!!


[2nd November 2021] - Meanwhile the results for the "Tor des Monats" have been announced and Setonji came second place, just behind Erling Haaland with over 300,000 votes. Congratulations!

Participation in the DAAD Centres of African Excellence Online Research Fair

On September 28-30, 2021, members of the 12 DAAD Centres of African Excellence, further experts from related institutions as well as colleagues from the DAAD joined an Online Research Fair called 'Past and Future Research for Inclusive and Sustainable Development‘, organized by the Centre for Development Research ZEF, Bonn University, and the DAAD West African Centre for Sustainable Rural Transformation. Colleagues from both partners of the South African-German Centre for Development Research, the University of the Western Cape and the Ruhr-University Bochum, contributed in several sessions.

Overall, roughly 80 participants joined for the exchange and discussions of research and scientific projects taking place at the different Centres in order to explore potential synergies, particularly with a focus on opportunities within the new „Round Table Africa“ initiative of the German Government. Participants enjoyed a rich and inspiring programme with lots of opportunities to get into discussion with colleagues about cross-cutting themes and developed bases for further joint projects.

Collaboration between the African Centers of Excellence and beyond will be further enhanced through the new DIGI-FACE platform. This project, funded by the DAAD, aims at supporting and facilitating networks of higher education teaching, learning, and research on the African continent. The launch of the platform will take place on October 1, 2021.

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Britta Niklas, Anne Siebert, and Ruth Knoblich adding research topics to the digital pinboard

Online Workshop “Introduction to Qualitative Research” at Kerala Agricultural University

Following the invitation from the Department of Agricultural Extension, IEE’s Anne Siebert and former research fellow Raffael Beier (now TU Dortmund) offered the online workshop “Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods” from 10-13 August 2021.

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Call for Applications - Alumni Conference 2021

"Implementing the SDGs – Practical Challenges, Creative Solutions and Best Practices for Knowledge Transfer and Policy Learning"

The conference will take place online from 12-14 November 2021 and is hosted by the Master’s Programme in International and Development Economics at HTW Berlin in cooperation with the MA Development Management, IEE, at Ruhr University Bochum, and the Small Enterprise Promotion and Training (SEPT), University of Leipzig.

Deadline for proposals: 7 July 2021.

Please find more information in the Call for Applications.

Congratulations, Dr. Vilmondes!

After successful defence of her PhD Thesis on Wednesday 25 February 2021, Mariana Vilmondes from Brazil has been awarded the degree of a Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.).

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Her thesis with the title "Accountability Relations in Social Housing Programs: a comparative legal analysis of Brazilian and Chilean case studies" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Markus Kaltenborn and Prof. Dr. Katja Bender. Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein chaired oral exam – the first online PhD defense at IEE.

10th UN-Research Colloquium on "The UN and Resources" at the IEE

united nations 1184119 1920This week, the 10th UN-Research Colloquium on "The UN and Resources" takes place at the IEE. It was jointly organised by the Working Group on Young UN Research in the United Nations Association of Germany (Deutsche Gesellschaft für die Vereinten Nationen, 'DGVN'), the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE) and the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) of the Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB).

Under the topic "The United Nations and Resources", the role of resources (material and immaterial) for the stability of the UN as well as the global regulatory framework and peace between states, but also the resource focus of transnational corporations will be examined. In doing so, the colloquium wants to shed light on "traditional" resources such as money, manpower, natural resources / land resources, water, land, but also on often forgotten resources such as political influence, trust, good governance and other soft power elements. Especially big global challenges like the current COVID-19 crisis raise questions about the distribution and value of these very diverse resources.

The IEE's managing director Prof. Wilhelm Löwenstein and the IFHV's executive director Prof. Pierre Thielbörger will open the programme with keynote speeches and set the scene for the upcoming panels.

The annual colloquium was brought to the RUB by Henrike Roth (IEE) and Timeela Manandhar (IEE, IFHV), who will welcome all speakers to Bochum - with some participants joining digitally.

They are also participating as authors and speakers, Henrike Roth with a paper on "Economic Growth, Poverty, and Globalisation – A Theoretical Explanation for Development" and Timeela Manandhar with a paper on "The UN Guiding Principles – Human Rights Due Diligence of Corporations".

Programme of the Colloquium (German) as PDF file

 

Congratulations, Dr. Al Asadi!

After successful defence of his PhD Thesis on Wednesday 15 July 2020, Mohammad Al Asadi from Syria has been awarded the degree of a Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.).

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Prof. Dr. Matthias Busse, Mohammad Al Asadi, Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein

His thesis with the title "Financing recovery in conflict-affected countries: Financing resources and fiscal sustainability" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein and Prof. Dr. Matthias Busse. Prof. Dr. Helmut Karl chaired the oral exam.

Call for Papers

10th UN-Research Colloquium:
"The United Nations and Resources"
8 - 10 October 2020 at the Ruhr-University Bochum

The colloquium is organized by the Working Group on Young UN Research (AG Junge UN-Forschung) in the United Nations Association of Germany (Deutsche Gesellschaft für die Vereinten Nationen, hereinafter DGVN) in cooperation with the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE) and the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) of the Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB).

Under the topic "The United Nations and Resources" the role of resources (material and immaterial) for the stability of the UN as well as the global regulatory framework and peace between states, but also the resource focus of transnational corporations will be examined. In doing so, we want to shed light on "traditional" resources such as money, manpower, natural resources/land resources, water, land, but also on often forgotten resources such as political influence, trust, good governance and other soft power elements. Especially big global challenges like the current COVID-19 crisis raise questions about the distribution and value of these very diverse resources.

Deadline for abstracts: 1st August 2020

Please find more information in the full Call for Papers: English / German

New European Joint Doctorate Programme ADAPTED will start in 2021

The IEE as coordinator has successfully submitted a proposal for the implementation of a European Joint Doctorate (EJD) on the topic "Eradicating Poverty: Pathways towards Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals" (ADAPTED). The proposal has been evaluated within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, Innovative Training Networks (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2020) and reached a top result of 98%.

ADAPTED

With a funding volume of 3.9 m. Euro, ADAPTED has a duration of four years and will start in February 2021. 15 PhD researchers will join the IEE and our partner institutions in Europe (International Institute for Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam, Kooijmans Institute for Law and Governance of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Economics, Boğaziçi University, and Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne) in autumn next year. Additional partners are the Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungs-GmbH, Agence Française de Dévelopement, Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes, and six universities from five African countries.

More information will follow soon. See also the website of RUB for detailed information in German.