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Romania’s Development Policy: Policy Challenges and Unexplored Potential

By Stefan Cibian / Part of the European Development Policy Outlook Series

In the early 1970s, Romania offered partner countries over 300 million USD per year in technical assistance. In 2022, Romania disbursed only 80,87 million USD in bilateral aid, while the overall budget of RoAID, the Romanian Development Agency, managing a part of Romania’s bilateral aid,  was less than 13 million EUR. Such a difference reflects a limited political prioritization of development assistance and partner countries in Romania’s foreign and development policies after 1989.

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The Daily Multi-Layered Barriers Faced by Non-Native English Researchers

We can talk in English, but can we talk about English?

By Basile Boulay (part 2 of 3)

In this second of three blogposts on the linguistic predominance of English in research (first one here, third here), I explore the variety of ‘everyday’ barriers faced by researchers whose first language is not English when producing, presenting and/or publishing their findings in this language. The focus here is on the immediate issues they face in the current context, and potential solutions. The deeper considerations of political economy and power will be the subject of the third, final blogpost.

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Money, Ministries, Motives, and Meh: How Might the Election Change UK Development Policy?

By Andy Sumner / Part of the European Development Policy Outlook Series

The UK election is at hand. The campaign has been dominated by questions of what might change in the UK (or not). But there’s been relatively little attention on overseas and specifically, foreign and development policy. What are the main political parties pledging?

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We Can Talk in English, but Can We Talk about English?

Social science Research and Linguistic Predominance

By Basile Boulay (part 1 of 3)

The 50th anniversary of EADI is a good opportunity to reflect on the multiple evolutions of Development Studies, and social sciences more generally, over the past decades. Through this series of three blogposts (second post here, third post here), I would like to open a space for discussion and reflection on the issue of languages and epistemic communities. The growing predominance of English has imposed a radical change on the academic landscape; a change so profound that many non-native English speakers in academia barely question this linguistic hegemony, while native speakers themselves are often unaware of its effects.

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Unravelling the Geographies of the Green Transition: Understanding the Finance-Extraction-Transitions Nexus 

By Tobias Franz and Angus McNelly

The transition from fossil fuels to green energy in the 21st century – driven by the urgent need to address anthropogenic climate change – represents a monumental shift in not just global energy systems but generally within global capitalism. This transition mirrors historical transformations in energy systems, such as the emergence of fossil capital in northern England or the shift from coal to oil in the 20th century, which have had profound impacts on the world economy. The ongoing green transition presents similar unique challenges and opportunities, requiring a fundamental reconfiguration of energy production and consumption patterns to avoid catastrophic climate collapse.

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