Special "Gender equity and development": The German government recently announced to pursue a feminist development policy – but what does this entail? Gender-related research at IDOS reflects a diversity of disciplines and concepts.
The Managing Global Governance (MGG) network brings together governmental institutions, think tanks and research institutions as well as civil society and business organizations
Special "Food security and agriculture for a world without hunger": Food security and agriculture have made a remarkable return to the global agenda. With a world population and incomes increasing, demand for agricultural products is rising. Natural resources – land, water and biodiversity – are under pressure. In addition, new developments such as modern technologies, biofuels or large scale investments in land challenge traditional modes rural development. How can we achieve food security?
Special TREND Analytics: TREND analytics is an unique online tool offering its users a birds’ eye perspective of 300 environmental provisions in 630 preferential trade agreements that have been signed since 1945. At the same time political decision makers, researchers or civil society actors are enabled to zoom into the great diversity of this environmental provisions.
Home » Research » The Trump Doctrine The Trump Doctrine Photo: Ash_crow / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Flickr The Trump Doctrine From 20 January 2017 until 19 January 2019, Donald J. Trump was 45th President of the United States of America. During his election campaign and his transition into office, this new occupant of the White House had, among other things, distinguished himself through sexist and racist remarks, repeatedly proposed to stop immigration by building a wall,…
Special "Sustainable Urban Development": More than half of the World’s population already lives in urban areas; in 2050 it will be two third. Most of the growth will happen in emerging and developing countries, where the number of city-dwellers who live informally is still increasing.
The T20 Africa Standing Group (T20 ASG) works on topics related to economic, social and political change in Africa and the global economy. The network will generate cross-regional knowledge production and evidence-based policy recommendations on cooperation between the G20 and Africa.
Special "Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research": The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) is one of the participating partners of this interdisciplinary research institute. In this special, you can find information on the centre’s research and on ongoing events.