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

November 10, 2025

New Research Sheds Light on What Drives Support for Climate Policy

A recent international survey-based study by researcher Felix Schulz (LUCSUS) and Christian Brette (University of Queensland) reveals a new take on why some people strongly back climate action while others do not. Their findings show that familiar psychological constructs effectively boil down to two core orientations of a self-focus and other-focus.

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.

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...