GEOFORMATIONS

A text graphic by the Geoformations project, resharingthe latest blogs on : • Researching organisational learning & strategy in INGOs by Akila Munir • The paradox of participatory empowerment by Fionn Casey • Researching NGOs & Climate Adaptation amid Global Aid Shifts by Ivonne Lopez Arce.

Revisiting Geoformations Blog Articles:
Over the past months, Geoformations has published a series of blogs exploring how governance works across scales from community-level participation to national and global policy arenas
If you missed any, you can revisit and share: at: geoformations.eu/news/

A graphic image showing a new Geoformation blog post titled "Doing things right, or doing the right things?" Researching organisational learning & strategy in INGOs by Akila Munir (MDP Graduate)

New Geoformations Blog
Are we doing things right or doing the right things?

The study asked: How does organisational learning shape strategy in INGOs?
The research showed that; Read at: 🔗 geoformations.eu/doing-things...

#DevelopmentStudies #INGOs #Geoformations

Image graphic of Ruby Paterson showcasing her published Geoformations blog on "Encountering Context: Reflections from a Pilot Visit to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania."

New Geoformations Blog

“Encountering Context” by Ruby Paterson (PhD) reflects on her pilot fieldwork in Dar es Salaam,Tanzania and how being in place reshapes research questions, methods, and assumptions.

🔗 geoformations.eu/encountering...

#DevelopmentStudies #Geoformations

The image is an invitation to visit the geoformations project website and explore the project outputs and publications at: https://geoformations.eu/outputs-publications/

Geoformations publications are now on our website🌍
Explore papers, blogs, and governance maps that examine how development governance is being reshaped by power, relationships, and uncertainty.

Not final answers. Shared thinking.
🔗 geoformations.eu/outputs-publ...
#DevelopmentStudies #Geoformations

Publication announcement featuring authors Susan P. Murphy and Maeve McGandy, focusing on locally led development and reforming international development cooperation

New Geoformations publication 📘

Susan Murphy & Maeve McGandy analyse how institutional donors are engaging with localisation and locally led development amid today’s global polycrisis.

Read more at: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#LocallyLedDevelopment #DevelopmentStudies #Geoformations

🌍 DSAI Annual Conference | Jan 15–16, 2026 | Dublin

Join the DSAI Annual Conference to explore how today’s conjuncture is reshaping development cooperation — and what futures are still possible.

📍 Trinity College Dublin
🔗 Registration now open: www.dsaireland.org/activities/c...

New blog: The paradox of participatory empowerment in rural Uttar Pradesh.
Field research shows that empowerment brought women confidence and visibility — but also resistance and social regulation, often from within their own communities.

Read more: geoformations.eu/the-paradox-...

New blog: Shifting Aid, Shifting Ground
The 2-part blog examines how NGOs in Costa Rica’s Pacific Region are adjusting to sudden aid cuts, shifting donor priorities, and rising pressure on climate adaptation efforts.
Read at: geoformations.eu/shifting-aid...
#ClimateAdaptation #AidCuts #CostaRica

New Geoformations Research Publication :
A New Brussels Consensus? Qatargate and the (Re)articulation of EU International Development Cooperation Governance

By: 📄 Susan Murphy & Cian McMahon (2025)

🔗 doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2025.2585304
#Research #EU #Governance #Development #Geoformations

New Blog: Researching NGOs & Climate Adaptation amid Global Aid Shifts.
In this article, our researcher shares research insights and field reflections from Costa Rica’s Pacific Region.

Read Part 1 of our two-part series at: geoformations.eu/navigating-g...
#ClimateAdaptation #Geoformations

How my time as a Visiting Researcher with GEOFORMATIONS shaped my doctoral research My research journey:   When I first reached out to Dr. Susan Murphy, recognising our shared research interests and having followed the GEOFORMATIONS project’s evolution, we discussed the opportunities...

How can collaboration reshape research?
One of Our Visiting researchers shares how her time with GEOFORMATIONS helped her reimagine her PhD - exploring gender, climate policy, and inclusive governance in Kenya. 🌍

Read her story: f.mtr.cool/pwlnhqmxiw
#ClimateJustice #Researchblog #GEOFORMATIONS

🌍 Climate & biodiversity

Join the E3 Trinity College Dublin Webinar exploring how climate action & biodiversity protection can align while tackling trade-offs in land use & sustainability.

📅 17th of October, 2025 | 🔗 Registerat: lnkd.in/g5fPn-9z

#ClimateAction #Biodiversity#Geoformations

Join the DSAI pilot Webinar Series showcasing Research Symposium on Irish Funded Development research.
@dsaireland.bsky.social

📅29 Sept|⏰ 12–1pm | Free on Zoom

For more details and to register, visit this link 👉: www.dsaireland.org/updates/even...

#DSAI #geoformations

This call for submissions remains open @dsaireland.bsky.social.

Don’t miss the upcoming deadline. Submit panels, papers, or posters using the link below👇. Good luck!

Autumn School 2025 | DSA Ireland Autumn School 2025 DATE: Wednesday, 3rd (online)September TITLE: Indigenous Knowledge and Practice: an optimistic response to the global funding crisis? VENUE: Online Register here: Autumn &#8230...

🚨 Don’t miss out!
📅 Tomorrow – 3rd Sept | 💻 Online

DSAI Autumn School 2025

Theme: Indigenous Knowledge & Practice: an optimistic response to the global funding crisis?

Register at: www.dsaireland.org/activities/s...

#DSAI #AutumnSchool2025 #IndigenousKnowledge

“Localisation” is everywhere in international development, but is it real change or recycled rhetoric?

Visit the link for insights from TCD E3 + Susan Murphy of the GeoFormations project at: www.tcd.ie/e3/news/loca...

#Localisation #ClimateJustice #DevCoop #TrinityCollegeDublin

Autumn School 2025 | DSA Ireland Autumn School 2025 DATE: Wednesday, 3rd (online)September TITLE: Indigenous Knowledge and Practice: an optimistic response to the global funding crisis? VENUE: Online Register here: Autumn &#8230...

DSAI Autumn School 3rd, September 2025

When global aid budgets shrink, can indigenous knowledge light the way forward? 🌍

👉 Register now at: www.dsaireland.org/activities/s...

#IndigenousKnowledge #Development #Geoformations #DSAI #ClimateJustice #Humanitarian

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

📢 Call for Panels: EADI/IOB 2026 Conference
🗓️ 29 June – 2 July 2026 | 📍 Antwerp, Belgium

🌍 Theme: Shaping Sustainable Futures: Global Challenges, (G)local Solutions?

More details at 👉: www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...

#EADI/IOB2026 #Geoformations #DevelopmentStudies #InclusiveDevelopment

We hosted a powerful #DSAI “Conversations for Change” conference at Trinity College Dublin with Paul O’Brien of Amnesty USA
He unpacked the global harm of U.S. Aid cuts.
Thank you to all the participants who joined us to reflect, connect, and act.
#Aid#HumanRights #Development #DSAI #geoformations

📣 Applications are now open for the Irish Aid Fellowship Programme!

Details at: 🔗 irishaidfellowships.ie

Feel free to share widely or tag someone who might benefit.

#IrishAid #FellowshipOpportunity #IrelandFellowshipProgramme #DevelopmentStudies #Geoformations

Call for Panels and Abstracts / Papers and Posters | DSA Ireland Conference Title: Development in the Interregnum: Past, Present, and Future(s)   Conference Theme:International development is at an inflection point with the current conjuncture defined by a &#8...

📣Call for Panels, Papers, or Posters.

DSAI Conference: Development in the Interregnum

Exploring shifting power, climate crisis, and futures in global development
@dsaireland.bsky.social

Submit panels/papers/posters at: www.dsaireland.org/activities/c...

#Devstudies#DSAI#CallForPapers

Big conversations incoming 🎙️
We’re hosting Paul O’Brien, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, for the next DSAI Conversations for Change at Trinity College Dublin.
🗓 July 21
🎟️ Few spots left: www.dsaireland.org/updates/even...

#HumanRights #Development #Aid
#ConversationsForChange

Development Dialogues: GEOFORMATIONS Team Launch Action Research Roundtable Series The GEOFORMATIONS team recently launched the Action Research Roundtable (ARRO) Series, a platform for collaborative dialogue on key themes and questions within the realm of development practice. The f...

Excited to launch our Development Dialogues series! Our Action Research Roundtables have sparked critical conversations on transformation and localisation. Key insights captured in our latest blog - read here: geoformations.eu/transforming...

Research Assistant in Geography – Geoformations Research Assistant in Geography Applications are invited for a research assistant to join the GEOFORMATIONS research team. GEOFORMATIONS examines the geographies of dynamic governance assemblages in d...

We are hiring! Geoformations are currently inviting applications for a Research Assistant in Development Geography. Closing date Feb 24th. All information at geoformations.eu/jobs/research-assistant-in-geography/

A reminder for the Action Reasearch Table taking place on Monday, 9th December, 3 pm in Trinity College Dublin.
If interested in participating contact susan.p.murphy@tcd.ie

Geoformations on LinkedIn: Our first transdisciplinary Action Research Roundtable is planned for… Our first transdisciplinary Action Research Roundtable is planned for Monday, 9th December 2024 (3pm, Trinity College Dublin). Dr Aruna Rao and Dr Kaustuv…

Dr Aruna Rao and Dr Kaustuv Bandyopadhyay will share insights on their experiences of operationalizing locally-led civil society action at our first Action Research Roundtable on 09.12.
Please contact susan.p.murphy@tcd.ie if you are interested in participating

www.linkedin.com/posts/geofor...

We are pleased to share that our paper “A Brussels Consensus? Qatargate and the (re)articulation of EU International Development governance,” has received the Best Paper Award in the theme “7C The new geopolitics of global development” of 2024 ICSD.

ic-sd.org/2024/10/31/2...

We are delighted to contribute to the EADI Directors' Meeting (7and 8 November), hosted by the Centre for International Studies and Development at Jagiellonian University, and the Polish International Studies Association (PISA) 2024 Congress, Krakow

www.eadi.org/fileadmin/Dr...

GEOFORMATIONS participated in the workshops on the Africa Charter: Advancing transformative research collaborations between Africa and the rest of the world, convened jointly by the University of Bristol and the Coimbra Group, with the support of the University of Bergen (6-7November 2024, Brussels)

The Geoformations team is chairing the panel on Climate & Development (Thursday 31.10) at the DSAI Annual Conference 2024, hosted by university of Cork ( 30.10-31.10)

Details on sessions and speakers are available here: www.dsaireland.org/activities/c...