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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

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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.

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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

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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...

E3, Trinity College Dublin on LinkedIn: 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫… 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 2024-2025! We are thrilled to announce the…

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𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 2024-

Geoformations is excited to be presenting our work on localisation at the International Geographical Congress 2024 later this month
igc2024dublin.org

Geoformations is delighted to have the opportunity to meet with World Vision and share our work on localisation last week.

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Calling all researchers.... GEOFORMATIONS is seeking a Research Fellow to join our team. Application information is available at this link:
lnkd.in/e-AWZTKW

or contact us at: info@geoformations.eu

Dr. Murphy will be speaking at DSI Ireland Summer School on just governance in development cooperation.

www.dsaireland.org/activities/s...

Dr. Murphy will be speaking at DSI Ireland Summer School on just governance in development cooperation.

www.dsaireland.org/activities/s...

Imagining Global Development Policy after 2030: What is the EU’s Role and How Will it Sit with Competing Geo-Political Paradigms? By Andy Sumner and Stephan Klingebiel / Part of the European Development Policy Outlook Series The EU has been particularly important in championing Agenda 2030 and keeping the SDGs on the global d…

Article on shifting policy landscape

www.developmentresearch.eu?p=1848