SweDev at NorDev25: Advancing Nordic Cooperation and Research Solidarity in an Era of Global Uncertainty

November 3, 2025

SweDev’s chair becomes new head of Sida’s research unit 

Jesper Sundwall, SweDev’s chair and researcher at Lund University, will become the Head of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency’s Research Unit starting 1 January 2026. The research unit is now being reinstated after previously having been removed. Jesper has been part of SweDev’s steering committee since 2020.

October 23, 2025

SweDev at NorDev 2025 

The Joint Nordic Development Research Conference (NorDev25) was held at NMBU in Ås, Norway, gathering around 200 participants to discuss solidarity, social justice, and sustainability in uncertain times. SweDev was represented by Janet Vähämäki in the final panel, contributing reflections on the importance of continued research cooperation and solidarity across borders.

October 14, 2025

Behind the Research – Environment and Rural Change

Our next institutional support member is the Swedish University of Agriculture Science (SLU), represented by Linda Engström, researcher at the Department of Urban and Rural Development. Through her insights you’ll learn more about the division’s research on the politics of environment and rural transformations. Happy reading!

The End of Development Aid?

This is a blog post written by Aram Ziai, Professor of Development and Postcolonial Studies at the...

South Africa and the Global (Dis)order

This is a blog post written by Henning Melber, Associate of the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) and...

Southeast Asia set to miss SDGs to end diseases by 2030

This is a summary of an article published on SciDev.Net on Southeast Asia’s struggle to meet...