True South-North Collaboration Takes Time
by Development is not what it used to be and neither is development research. Changes happened even faster during the years of the Covid-19 pandemic. A …
Author: Asger Roejle Christensen
Applied Sciences / Life on land / Natural Sciences / Resources / Responsible consumption and production
Missing the Long Term Perspective on Development
Advisors have been replaced by consultants. Broader projects have partially been replaced by narrower ones with singular purposes. This has had both positive and negative …
Applied Sciences / Climate action / Life on land / Natural Sciences / Partnerships for the goals / Resources
Fieldwork and Big Data – Researching the Maasai Mara Savannah in Kenya
Researchers from Aarhus University are involved in finding sustainable ways for wildlife and indigenous lifestyles to survive in the Maasai Mara savannah in Kenya. Traditional …
A Great Transition for Development Researchers in South and North
”For development research to thrive in the future, we have to take it very seriously, that it should be a global enterprise rather than merely …
Danish Water Technology Researchers are Creating Development – and Good Business
The Danish water technology sector, which contributes to better drinking water supplies and wastewater treatment everywhere in the world, is exporting its equipment and solutions …
Transforming Migration Through the Arts
Artists are conducting art workshops with migrants in order to increase their self-esteem and well-being, but the whole event is basically research fieldwork. The workshops …
Only the Local Researchers Know the Insider-Nuances
Researchers from North and South are supporting each other in a Danish-supported network exploring how young people in West Africa navigate streams of information about …
Decent work and economic growth / Industry, innovation and infrastructure / Opinions / Social Sciences
The World Has Many Other Axises Than North-South
Development aid is nowadays indistinguishable from development financing. Thus, the development industry may no longer be the same development industry decolonization-focused researchers are critizising. A …
How to Use New Legislation as a Way to Reduce the Risk of Hunger in the Global South
A professor in international development law is a kind of ”technician”, who can be recruited to contribute to broader research and development projects. That is …
Art and Humanities / Opinions / Partnerships for the goals / Peace, justice and strong institutions / Social Sciences
We Have Different Knowledge Pools in South and North
Expertise in Middle Eastern development is getting more concentrated among researchers with roots and base in the Middle East itself. It makes good sense, but …