Organised by the Governance and Inclusive Development research group at the University of Amsterdam, the Just International Development Forum is designed to provide space for interactive and co-creative encounters, among colleagues in the academia and beyond.
The first event took place in March 2023 with the ‘Justice in International Development’ as the main theme. For more information and stories, please visit here.
The second Forum was held in January 2026 with the ‘Transformative Approaches in Times of Polycrises’ as the main theme. For more information and stories, please visit here.
About us: Governance and Inclusive Development, UvA
Governance and Inclusive Development (GID) is a research group within the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), based in the Department of Human Geography, Planning and International Development at the University of Amsterdam. Through research, education and social engagement, we foster a more just, sustainable and inclusive world. We do this by engaging with, examining and challenging dominant patterns and understandings of ‘development’, as a contested notion and its relationship to (in)justice. We critically examine what has been done in the name of ‘development’ in the past and the present, and how the impacts of ‘development’ have been distributed among people and places. These insights allow us to (re)imagine the future of development that is more just, sustainable and inclusive.
Since its inception in the 1990s, the GID group has responded to and set research agendas for understanding the ever-changing field of international development studies. Transformations in political, environmental, economic, social, cultural and technological contexts can contribute to progress, but also to persisting, and often deepening injustices within and between population groups. As an interdisciplinary team, we scrutinise the underlying assumptions and premises of those transformations which exacerbate deepening inequality and injustice, from diverse perspectives and using different research methods. Our work focuses on linking up a range of themes to governance and inclusive development within and across the Global South and North, East and West. In addition, our research applies relational perspectives, highlighting the transnational/local and inter-scalar nature of development processes and their impacts.
Our work advances academic excellence, contributes to methodological innovation and focuses on impact. We work across academic disciplines and engage with stakeholders in sectors beyond academia and integrate diverse knowledges into our work.
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Get in touch!
If you have any questions regarding the Forum or would like to get in touch with us, feel free to send an email toJustID@uva.nl
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