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View article: Vernacular Resilience and conflicting temporalities in Côte d’Ivoire: Between resistance, resignation, débrouillardise and hope
Vernacular Resilience and conflicting temporalities in Côte d’Ivoire: Between resistance, resignation, débrouillardise and hope Open
Building on critical scholarship on multiple resiliencies, this article takes temporalities seriously as the basis for its analysis. While disasters are usually described by resilience scholars as moments of temporal rupture, the article e…
View article: Towards a New Political Economy of Climate Change and Development
Towards a New Political Economy of Climate Change and Development Open
In this article, the authors propose a new political economy of climate change and development in which explicit attention is given to the way that ideas, power and resources are conceptualised, negotiated and implemented by different grou…
View article: Rethinking ‘farmer–herder’ conflicts in the Ivorian internal frontier
Rethinking ‘farmer–herder’ conflicts in the Ivorian internal frontier Open
There is a heightened concern among the media, United Nations (UN) agencies, and security experts about the rising number of localized conflicts in West Africa. While many of these conflicts are labelled as farmer–herder conflicts, they ar…
View article: The Great Green Wall as a Social-Technical Imaginary
The Great Green Wall as a Social-Technical Imaginary Open
The Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative (GGWI), launched in 2007 by the African Union, is one of Africa’s most important green transformation projects. From a pan-African environmental movement to a mosaic of locally m…
View article: Nexus Framing of Sustainability Issues: Feasibility, Synergies, and Trade-Offs in Terms of Water-Energy-Food
Nexus Framing of Sustainability Issues: Feasibility, Synergies, and Trade-Offs in Terms of Water-Energy-Food Open
Multisectoral integration has been at the core of sustainability debates and is continuously rearticulated through different concepts. Following the 2007–2008 financial, food, and energy crises, a new concept, the water–energy–food nexus, …
View article: Introduction: Enacting Peace Amid Violence: Nonviolent Civilian Agency in Violent Conflict
Introduction: Enacting Peace Amid Violence: Nonviolent Civilian Agency in Violent Conflict Open
Worldwide, civilians experiencing violence make agential choices about how they interact with conflict landscapes. This special issue assembles contributions that specifically deepen our understanding of nonviolent civilian agency amid vio…
View article: The Great Green Wall in Senegal: questioning the idea of acceleration through the conflicting temporalities of politics and nature among the Sahelian populations
The Great Green Wall in Senegal: questioning the idea of acceleration through the conflicting temporalities of politics and nature among the Sahelian populations Open
In January 2021, the Great Green Wall Accelerator was announced at the third One Planet Summit in Paris. Based on
\nthe notion of acceleration developed by Harmut Rosa and using the idea of conflicting temporalities in the study of social-…
View article: Women’s Agency and Humanitarian Protection in North and South Kivu, DRC
Women’s Agency and Humanitarian Protection in North and South Kivu, DRC Open
This Working Paper analyses the role and practices of women’s groups in relation to women’s protection in the provinces of North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Contrasting qualitative materials from communiti…
View article: The Great Intergenerational Robbery: A Call for Concerted Action Against Environmental Crises
The Great Intergenerational Robbery: A Call for Concerted Action Against Environmental Crises Open
Human interactions with wildlife are a defining experience of human existence. These interactions can be positive or negative. People compete with wildlife for food and resources, and have eradicated dangerous species; co-opted and domesti…
View article: The Water-Energy-Food Nexus Beyond “Technical Quick Fix”: The Case of Hydro-Development in the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
The Water-Energy-Food Nexus Beyond “Technical Quick Fix”: The Case of Hydro-Development in the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia Open
This paper builds upon empirical material from a case study of two dam sites in Ethiopia to revisit nexus narratives from a political ecology perspective. The two dams on tributaries of the Upper Blue Nile are examples of the success of hy…
View article: Needs and Vulnerability in Afghanistan
Needs and Vulnerability in Afghanistan Open
This paper draws on a series of events under the Afghanistan Strategic Learning Initiative (ASLI). The initiative has been convened with the support of the UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub and the donor, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Develo…
View article: Bringing WASH into the Water–Energy–Food Nexus in Humanitarian Settings
Bringing WASH into the Water–Energy–Food Nexus in Humanitarian Settings Open
This paper examines the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus in a humanitarian context, with a specific focus on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). It highlights the complex and non-linear interactions that WASH has with other areas of the WEF…
View article: How to Co-produce Transdisciplinary and Plural Knowledge to Solve Complex Humanitarian Problems? An Illustration in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
How to Co-produce Transdisciplinary and Plural Knowledge to Solve Complex Humanitarian Problems? An Illustration in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Open
Delving deeper, Camille Maubert and Jeremy Allouche shine a light on what the tensions and dilemmas might be. In addition to those inherent to the conflict of cultures between aid actors and researchers, there are the unequal consideration…
View article: Vernacular Resilience: An Approach to Studying Long-Term Social Practices and Cultural Repertoires of Resilience in Côte d’Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Vernacular Resilience: An Approach to Studying Long-Term Social Practices and Cultural Repertoires of Resilience in Côte d’Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of Congo Open
This working paper aims to situate our research project within the various debates around resilience. It advocates a historical, cultural and plural approach to understanding how communities develop and share resilient practices in context…
View article: Humanitarianism and Religious Inequalities: Addressing a Blind Spot
Humanitarianism and Religious Inequalities: Addressing a Blind Spot Open
Religious identity is critically important to consider in assessing patterns of displacement and the dynamics of conflict and peace-building, as well as programmatic and policy responses to humanitarian crises. Conflicts are frequently dri…
View article: Evidence Synthesis - The Humanitarian Innovation and Evidence Programme (HIEP): Bringing New Evidence and Methods to Humanitarian Action
Evidence Synthesis - The Humanitarian Innovation and Evidence Programme (HIEP): Bringing New Evidence and Methods to Humanitarian Action Open
In 2013, the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) created the Humanitarian Innovation and Evidence Programme (HIEP). The programme was established in response to the paucity of evidence and the need for innovation…
View article: Lessons on Integrated Policy Approaches for Ireland’s A Better World Policy
Lessons on Integrated Policy Approaches for Ireland’s A Better World Policy Open
A Better World – Ireland’s ambitious new international development policy – emphasises that an integrated approach is required to meet the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This IDS Policy Briefing reviews evidence from existing IDS…
View article: Working Across the ‘Nexus’ of Equality, Sustainability, Inclusivity and Security: Existing Lessons, Future Directions
Working Across the ‘Nexus’ of Equality, Sustainability, Inclusivity and Security: Existing Lessons, Future Directions Open
This report examines integrated policy approaches for sustainable development, focusing on key lessons and recommendations that would support the implementation of integrated policymaking, with particular reference to Ireland’s policy for …
View article: Nationalism, Legitimacy and Hegemony in Transboundary Water Interactions
Nationalism, Legitimacy and Hegemony in Transboundary Water Interactions Open
This article examines how discourses of water nationalism are used to justify and legitimise a state’s water policy both domestically and internationally and how that discourse constitutes a battleground of ideas and power in transboundary…
View article: States of power: Energy imaginaries and transnational assemblages in Norway, Nepal and Tanzania
States of power: Energy imaginaries and transnational assemblages in Norway, Nepal and Tanzania Open
Support to energy, particularly hydropower, has formed an important element of many donor programmes. How have such interventions shaped the emergence of particular energy imaginaries in the countries engaged with? ‘Energy imaginaries’ can…
View article: ‘Good Governance’ as Conflict Resolution? Locally Mediated Governance and Mining Law at the Côte d’Ivoire Ity Gold Mine
‘Good Governance’ as Conflict Resolution? Locally Mediated Governance and Mining Law at the Côte d’Ivoire Ity Gold Mine Open
This paper examines the exploitation and management of gold mining in the western region of Côte d’Ivoire and the associated local social tensions and conflicts. Taking a historical sociological analysis, the paper shows how good governanc…
View article: The Knowledge Nexus and Transdisciplinarity
The Knowledge Nexus and Transdisciplinarity Open
Recent decades have witnessed the emergence of various movements concentrating on\ninterconnections among nature, society and technology – and the disciplines that deal with them –\nwhether under the broad title of environmental science, o…
View article: How Can Mining in Côte d’Ivoire Better Serve Local Communities Without Exacerbating Conflict?
How Can Mining in Côte d’Ivoire Better Serve Local Communities Without Exacerbating Conflict? Open
Côte d’Ivoire is currently experiencing a mining boom. The country’s growing mining sector is quickly becoming an important source of national income, and could help to finance part of the government’s development agenda in the coming year…
View article: Violence and Violence Reduction Efforts in Kenya, Uganda, Ghana and Ivory Coast: Insights and Lessons towards Achieving SDG 16
Violence and Violence Reduction Efforts in Kenya, Uganda, Ghana and Ivory Coast: Insights and Lessons towards Achieving SDG 16 Open
This report develops evidence-based insights into contextual dimensions of violence and practices on reducing violence, from multiple perspectives and at multiple levels of governance. In presenting our analytic narrative we are particular…
View article: The birth and spread of IWRM - A case study of global policy diffusion and translation
The birth and spread of IWRM - A case study of global policy diffusion and translation Open
How did the idea of IWRM emerge at the global level? Why has IWRM become so popular and so resilient, at least in discourse and policy? What has caused IWRM policies to diffuse across time and space? The principal goal of this article is t…