Research by SDG

What is happening to Development Studies? Once conceived as a multidisciplinary field with its own identity, it increasingly resembles a space where researchers hold “double loyalties”: they belong to traditional disciplines but conduct research on development. In Sweden, this trend...

Definition I have an old, uncreative newsflash, but one that many in the field of sustainability seem to forget: sustainability is not only CO₂ emissions. Shocking, I know. But what is the definition of sustainability? It is actually pretty subjective....

Why Space Matters for Displaced Childhoods? According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), an estimated 117.3 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide by the end of 2023, including 47 million children under the age of 18. Millions...

How the TikTok Ban Sparked an Unexpected Digital Migration from the U.S. to China In January 2025, growing political debate in the United States over a possible ban on TikTok triggered strong reactions among many American users. Given TikTok’s scale,...

Humanitarian and development aid, provided and funded by wealthy countries such as Denmark, are central elements of the process of development. Denmark is a champion in per capita expenditure dedicated to official development assistance (ODA), ranking 4th worldwide with 0.71%...

We have spent decades finding technical solutions for the climate crisis. Yet, emissions have kept rising, and climate policies fall behind the cultural, political and social behaviors, unabling to provide sufficient responses. Our shared aspirations might be bold, yet our...

Have you felt that we have failed to address environmental crises? If so, you may be experiencing anxiety or guilt feelings while you hunt for alternatives to flights for your dream trips. Or perhaps, you have stopped giving such importance...

What happens when Europe’s own development failures mirror the inequalities it critiques elsewhere?Walking through the streets of Albania, whether for a coffee or during an ordinary car ride, one repeatedly encounters small children and teenage girls carrying babies, begging in...

COVID-19 may now feel like a distant memory for many Ugandans following the full reopening of the economy in January 2022, yet its impacts remain visible in the social and economic hardships they exacerbated. In northern Uganda, recent research from...

Review of Egenligen är  Världen Full av Hopp. Trettiosex röster om Det solidariske motståndet mot den globala konservativa nationalisme. Edited by Olle Törnquist, Anna Sundström & Ulf Camesund, Korpen Publishers, Göteborg, Sweden 2025. (Actually, the World is Full of Hope....