@isdcberlin.bsky.social
ISDC – International Security and Development Center is a non-profit academic institute based in Berlin, Germany. We conduct research to improve lives and livelihoods shaped by violent conflict, fragility and humanitarian emergencies.
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?...
Audrey holds a Master of Science in Public Health in health systems and economics from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and a PhD in Public Policy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Welcome to the team!
Before joining us, she worked at the UNICEF Evaluation Office, the UNICEF Office of Research, and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). She has also consulted for FAO, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and The World Bank.
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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.
The webinar will take place on 3 July 2025 at 9:00 am CEST. Please register via email to
brac@seebohm.berlin.
The center of the webinar is the recent BRAC Failure Report, from which co-author Kazi Ashfaqul will give unusual insights into past BRAC’s past mistakes and their learnings. ISDC Director Tilman Brück will contribute his expertise.
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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.
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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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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📣 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/...
Happening this week!
Sign up via the link 👇
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...
📣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
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.
IZA Working Paper 👇!
isdc.org/publications...
However, when mutual knowledge was created, engagement increased significantly. Further experiments show this is due to fear of social punishment: people act differently when they know others are on the same page.
28.03.2025 09:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0This paper is about a field experiment with 5,201 women in Kyrgyzstan, exploring whether making social norms mutual knowledge influences behavior. Evidence demonstrates that just giving info on societal support for female activism didn’t change behavior.
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📄 New Working Paper: Mutual Knowledge of Social Norms And Political Behavior by Anselm Hager, Elnura Kazakbaeva, Lukas Hensel and Damir Esenaliev!
28.03.2025 09:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Congratulations 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...
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...
Keynote speakers: Patricia Justino (UNU-WIDER - United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research)
Amber Peterman (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Under the theme of 'Gender, Institutions and Fragility', we are inviting papers and panels that analyse causes, dynamics and consequences of insecurity and violent conflict around the world.
⏰ Submission deadline: 6 April 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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📣 Check this call for papers: Fragile Lives 2025 HiCN Workshop
🔎 Gender, Institutions and Fragility
📆 30 September – 1 October 2025
🗺️ Berlin, Germany
@isdcberlin.bsky.social
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...
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
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
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!
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/...
🚨 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
