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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

📌 Fragile Lives 2026 keynote speaker spotlight 🎓 Caitriona Dowd (UCD): "The Gendered Contours of the Conflict-Hunger Nexus" 🎓 Juan Vargas (University of Turin): "The Long Shadow of Landmines: Evidence from Colombia and Implications for Policy" 👉 Join us in Berlin, 30 Sept-1 Oct: fl26.exordo.com

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

🚨 Big news for Fragile Lives 2026: IRC and J-PAL Europe are partnering with us on two sessions 🌍 IRC: climate adaptation in fragile contexts, where vulnerability is highest & funding shrinking. 🧠 J-PA's: mental health & violence prevention in fragile contexts. 👉 Register here: fl26.exordo.com

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

🔎 Fragile Lives 2026: MENA spotlight 🌍 Egypt: Nada Rostom on correcting farmers' climate beliefs 🌍 Jordan: Sarah Fenzl on refugee climate vulnerability 🌍 Syria: Melodie Al Daccache on IPV prevention 🌍 Syria: Maria Pilar Ouro Paz on conflict & food markets 👉 Register for more! fl26.exordo.com

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🔎 Under the spotlight: the Sahel One of Fragile Lives 2026's regional focuses, explored across Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Mauritania, Chad & Sudan. Fragility is multi-faceted, even within regions. We're excited to feature research like this in Berlin on 30 Sep and 1 Oct 👉 Register: fl26.exordo.com

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

📌 What changes minds in a warzone? Not always incentives or force, sometimes its dialogue, radio, or tailored support. At #FL2026, join Dr Henrique Barros (ISEG), Dr Tatiana Orozco (ISDC) & Dr Antonia Delius (Oxford) with evidence from Mozambique, Niger & Kenya. 👉 Register now! fl26.exordo.com

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

📌𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: 𝗔 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗢𝗻𝗲: Amber Peterman's keynote + a session on empowering women & girls in fragile settings 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝘄𝗼: Patricia Justino on trust erosion worldwide, 🔍 "Trust creates virtuous cycles." 👉 Registration for #FL2026 is open! Early bird ends 31 July: fl26.exordo.com

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Register now! 📣 🎟️ Early bird tickets are now available for Fragile Lives 2026 Register here before 31 July to secure the early bird rate: fl26.exordo.com 📅 30 September – 1 October 2026 📍 martas Guesthouses Hauptbahnhof Berlin, Seydlitzstraße 20, 10557 Berlin We hope to see you in Berlin!

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Prof. Tilman Brück, Founder and Director of ISDC, and Prof. Eran Edirisinghe, Dean of Research at the University of Central Asia, have officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding. This MoU reflects the continuity of a long-standing partnership. 👉'Life in Kyrgyzstan' Study: lifeinkyrgyzstan.org

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

We're hiring! If you're a Berlin-based student with an interest in communications or administration (and you care about our topics), we want to hear from you. Student Administrative Assistant (f/m/d): isdc.org/work-with-us... Student Communications Assistant (f/m/d): isdc.org/work-with-us...

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

🚨A new study published in Nature Communications provides the first empirical evidence of a "chain of violence" connecting political violence to domestic harm against children and adolescents. 📖 Read the full open-access paper via this link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

War is costly, but peace isn’t free either. 🚨📄 In their new paper 'Financing Peace Negotiations', the authors examine how peace negotiations are funded, and how this shapes processes and outcomes. 🔗📄Full paper is now available: brill.com/view/journal...

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Calling all Berlin-based data students! 📣 We're looking for a Student Research Assistant to join our Welfare Research Program! Find out more about the role and submit your application before 12 April by clicking on this link: isdc.org/work-with-us...

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

In his latest paper, "A microeconomic perspective on violent conflicts and peace," @tilmanbrueck.bsky.social explores why this disregard for peace-measurement is a systemic risk to our global institutions. 👉The paper is available in German: elibrary.klettcotta.de/article/10.2...

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

We're very happy that Caitriona Dowd and Juan Vargas will be joining us on 30 September and 1 October to give the Fragile Lives 2026 keynote speeches 🎤! If you are as excited to see these keynote speeches as we are, you're in luck! The call for papers is still open 👉 zerohunger.de/wp-content/u...

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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Fragile Lives is returning to @isdcberlin.bsky.social Berlin on 30 September and 1 October 2026, once again inviting papers and sessions that analyze the micro-level causes, dynamics and consequences of crisis, insecurity, and violent conflict around the world. isdc.org/call-for-pap...

Call for papers: Fragile Lives 2026. The themes of interest include lives, livelihoods, farming, gender, migration, forced displacemnt, food security, nutrition, poverty, inequality, political behaviour, peacebuilding, demography, mental health, public health, climate change, shocks, coping strategies, and the impacts of policies and programs. Submit by 7 April 2026

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

🚨 Call for Papers: Fragile Lives 2026 📣 Fragile Lives is returning to Berlin on 30 September and 1 October 2026, and we're once again inviting papers and sessions! See the full CfP and submit your work 👉 zerohunger.de/wp-content/u...

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denebberlin.bsky.social @denebberlin.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

📢 11th DENeB PhD Workshop 📢 taking place on April 17, 2026, in Berlin, hosted at @isdcberlin.bsky.social We’re excited to welcome Karlijn Morsink as our keynote speaker! Sponsored by @Geo_X_ 🔗 Apply by February 27, 2026 ⬇️ Links in the comments! ⬇️

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Is the humanitarian aid system at a breaking point 🌍 ? We were thrilled to host Julia Steets, Director of GPPi, in Berlin, for a seminar on a topic that is affecting us all: "The end of humanitarian aid? Dealing with scarcity and power shifts." More details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

The European Network of Early Career Agricultural Economists is hosting an online seminar at 2pm CET on 21 January 2026, exploring the topic of “Agricultural Development and Conflict: Research Trends and Field Realities” Learn more about the event and join online! sites.google.com/view/ageconm...

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Can cash transfers (or other economic interventions) address intimate partner violence early in life? Audrey pereira's first PhD paper tackles this question and is now available open access in Culture, Health & Sexuality! Read the paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

🚨📃New article alert: Shocking social safety: Evidence from violence and drought in North-east Nigeria' This paper examines the combined effects of conflict and climate shocks on the social safety nets of households in fragile settings. 👉Read full article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

📢Closing date for submissions: 31 December 2025 Tilman Brück and Wolfgang Stojetz will co-host the 2026 Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference at @humboldtuni.bsky.social in Berlin on 22-24 June 2026. 👉 See the full call and submit your abstract: lnkd.in/g_aM9U6

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

⏳ Only two days left to submit your papers for the special issue of the Journal of Development Effectiveness on the effects of peacebuilding approaches! 👉 Learn more and submit your manuscript: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu... The deadline is 12 December 2025.

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

📢 New Working Paper: Jobs and Livelihoods for Stability in Fragile Places 🚨 Tatiana Orozco García and Neil Ferguson evaluate support to SMEs in Tunisia and Somalia, implemented by Stichting SPARK to develop demand-driven local growth. Read full study @unu-wider.bsky.social: shorturl.at/8kEFz

Read the full study in the @UNU-WIDER Working Paper series: https://www.wider.unu.edu/publication/jobs-and-livelihoods-programming-economic-and-social-stability-fragile-places

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UNICEF Evaluation @unicef-evaluation.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

How can we tackle collective & interpersonal violence in fragile settings? At #FragileLives hosted by @isdcberlin.bsky.social UNICEF Evaluation's, Amber Peterman shared insights on integrated, evidence-based approaches. 👉 zerohunger.de/fragile-live...

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

We're looking for a Junior Researcher (f/m/d) to join our Behavior Research Program. If you have strong skills in statistical analysis, experience working in or on fragile and transition settings, and a social science master's degree, we want to hear from you! isdc.jobs.personio.de/job/2251639?...

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

We are thrilled to have Audrey Pereira join ISDC as a Senior Researcher in our Welfare Research Program. Audrey brings deep expertise in social protection, gender, and child- and youth-wellbeing, with a focus on developing contexts.

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

What should we do when projects fail? There is an incentive to ignore mistakes, especially when the political or social context is regards economic development cooperation sceptically. Despite that, there is large potential to increase effectiveness through open analysis.

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lennartkaplan.bsky.social @lennartkaplan.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

I look forward to this week's dialogue on a (sadly) timely topic: Sudden aid cuts @langlotzsarah.bsky.social @isdcberlin.bsky.social @adreher.bsky.social @kiel.institute @uni-goettingen.de @fuchsa.bsky.social

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Francisca Castro @fcastrog.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

In Helsinki for the UNU-WIDER conference where I’ll present @isdcberlin.bsky.social work on the long term impacts of conflict on Syrian refugees in Jordan.

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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

📣 The call for panels for our flagship event, the EADI/IOB general conference is out! 📅 Submit by 7 September 2025 www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...

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EADI/IOB 2026: Call for Panels: Shaping Sustainable Futures: Global Challenges, (G)local solutions?

29 June – 2 July 2026, Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Deadline for submissions: 7 September 2025

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Very happy that Ghassan Baliki and Sahar El Hachem will talk about our ongoing work with FCDO (and more) in a 3D Seminar on 22 May! Register today so you don't miss this insightful event! 👇 listserv.gwdg.de/mailman/list...

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Tilman Brück @tilmanbrueck.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

📣The Call for Papers and Sessions of the 2nd international expert conference Fragile Lives on 30 September and 1 October 2025 at Humboldt-University of Berlin in Germany is about to close. 1/6 #callforpapers #Berlin #HiCN #FragileLives @isdcberlin.bsky.social

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Call for Papers: Fragile Lives 2025 HiCN Workshop – HiCN

30 September - 1 October 2025 Berlin, Germany Every year, Fragile Lives convenes international experts from academia, policy, and practice on the use of rigorou

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CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Call for Papers: Fragile Lives 2025 HiCN Workshop 📆30 September – 1 October 2025 Fragile Lives 2025 & the 21st HiCN Annual Workshop will review the role of gender & institutions in the formation, functioning & impacts of fragility, insecurity, conflict & emergency.

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Call for Papers: Fragile Lives 2025 HiCN Workshop – ISDC

30 September - 1 October 2025 Berlin, Germany Every year, Fragile Lives convenes international experts from academia, policy, and practice on the use of rigorou

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

📄 New Working Paper: Mutual Knowledge of Social Norms And Political Behavior by Anselm Hager, Elnura Kazakbaeva, Lukas Hensel and Damir Esenaliev!

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Congratulations to @fcastrog.bsky.social for defending her PhD! 👩‍🎓🎉 Join our webinar tomorrow to see her present current research on Syrian refugees in Jordan: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2bc92d...

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

We're very excited for Francisca and her colleagues to be this fascinating research next week! Join us for our 'Cross-border Legacies of Conflict Exposure' webinar on 27 March at 1pm CET: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2bc92d...

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣 Fragile Lives is returning this year and will once again host the Households in Conflict Network (hashtag#HiCN) Annual Workshop. Join us on 30 September - 1 October 2025 at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in the heart of Berlin for Fragile Lives 2025! hicn.org/call-for-pap...

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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

📣 Check this call for papers: Fragile Lives 2025 HiCN Workshop 🔎 Gender, Institutions and Fragility 📆 30 September – 1 October 2025 🗺️ Berlin, Germany @isdcberlin.bsky.social

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Help us drive policy impact: ISDC is hiring a Communications Officer! 📣 For one of our flagship research projects on Syria, we are looking for a motivated and proactive person to translate our research findings into policy-relevant products. Find the full job-ad here: isdc.org/work-with-us...

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

REMINDER: We currently have two exciting job opportunities that are closing soon! You can find both job ads on our website: isdc.jobs.personio.de

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Are you a graduate with strong quantitative skills? Do you want your work to tackle real world questions on how to build peace, mitigate violence and support non-violent forms of conflict resolution? ISDC is hiring a Junior Researcher for our Peacebuilding Research Program! isdc.jobs.personio.de

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

We're thrilled to announce that Timur Cipa has joined our Behavior Research Program! Timur’s work will explore how multidimensional crises in Sudan affect livelihoods and how interventions can support affected populations. Welcome to ISDC, Timur!

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Tilman Brück @tilmanbrueck.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

In this German-language podcast on NDR, Sarah Emminghaus discusses why so many people in the world are chronically food insecure, how hunger shapes people's lives and what can be done about it. #hunger #foodsecurity #SDG2 www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...

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(116) Hunger in der Welt - eine Naturgewalt?

Seit Jahrzehnten sieht die Welt Bilder von hungernden Menschen in den Medien - trotzdem verändert sich nichts. Warum?

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

🚨 ONE WEEK LEFT 🚨 ISDC is hiring a Senior Researcher (f/m/d) and the deadline to apply is now this Sunday (12.01.2025)! We're looking for someone with a PhD and strong quantitative research skills, with experience working in and on fragile and conflict-affected settings. isdc.jobs.personio.de

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

On 8 December, the trajectory of life in Syria changed substantially. In light of the significant moment the Syrian people are experiencing, we’ve curated a collection of our work from more than 10 years of conducting research in the country. s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com//files.crsen...

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ISDC - International Security and Development Center @isdcberlin.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Now available in Global Food Security 📜 'Armed conflict and gendered participation in agrifood systems: Survey evidence from 29 African countries' In this paper the authors combine large-N survey data with temporally and spatially disaggregated conflict event data from 29 African countries.

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