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Call for National Research Teams: Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Inclusivity Measurement

Application Deadline: 15 May 2026

Appel à Manifestation d’Intérêt : Transformations numériques et politiques publiques en Afrique de l’Ouest et au Sahel

Date limite: le 25 avril 2026

Call for Blogs: Public Health Innovations

Share your perspective on the GlobalDev Blog!

WEBINAIRE – Quelle recherche pour accompagner les transformations numériques en Afrique de l’Ouest et au Sahel ?

Le mercredi 25 mars 2026 | De 11:00 à 12:30 (UTC)

Appel à candidatures: Convergences : sciences sociales en images | Un concours pour les jeunes chercheurs en sciences sociales en Afrique Francophone

Date limite: le 30 avril 2026

Call for Blogs: Climate change, human migration and mobility

Share your perspective on the GlobalDev Blog!

Quantifier le coût économique de la guerre: Le cas de Gaza

Hybride Séminaire par Jean-Louis Arcand, Président du GDN

WEBINAR: Doing Research in Tunisia Report Launch

International launch of the Doing Research in Tunisia report

Appel à Manifestation d'Intérêt : Contribuer à l'élaboration d'une revue de littérature critique sur les enjeux croisés du numérique et de la gouvernance en Afrique de l'Ouest

Contribuer à l'élaboration d'une revue de littérature sur les enjeux croisés du numérique et la gouvernance en Afrique de l'Ouest

The Economics of DPI Conference

Organised by GDN and Co-Develop

Navigating Challenges for Sustainable Growth: Insights from the Indian G20 Presidency

Book Launch at the Economics of DPI Conference in New Delhi on June 28, 2025

Foire aux Savoirs 2025

Digitalisation et gouvernance en Afrique de l’Ouest

Call for Ideas: Strengthening Research Capacity in Biodiversity

A global consultation to gather insights on strengthening national research capacity

Appel à Manifestation d'Intérêt - Foire aux Savoirs des thinks tanks du Sahel et de l’Afrique de l’Ouest

Join us for the Evidence Fair 2025 in Benin this May!

Call for Doing Research Assessments in Thailand, Indonesia and Fiji

This call is now closed.

Call for Research Teams in Asia for Doing Research Assessments

GDN welcomes applications from research teams based in Asia to act as Doing Research (DR) national correspondents interested in leading Doing Research Assessments (DRA) in their respective countries.

Appel à consultants pour le renforcement des capacités des chercheurs LRIDA

LRIDA lance un appel à candidatures pour un consultant pour le renforcement des capacités des chercheurs

Appel à manifestation d’intérêt - Foire aux Savoirs des thinks tanks du Sahel

Bienvenue à la Foire aux Savoirs des think tanks du Sahel, un événement destiné à favoriser la collaboration et l'échange de connaissances entre les think tanks travaillant dans l’espace régionale et les acteurs institutionnels aux niveaux national, régional et international.

Appel à jeunes chercheurs et mentors en Afrique francophone

Les Lauréats de la Programme de Bourse de Recherche pour les Jeunes Chercheurs!

Call for Expressions of Interest: Evaluating Social Science Research Systems

GDN calls for applications from research teams in LMICs, especially Tunisia and AASSREC countries, to act as Doing Research national correspondents.

Appel à manifestation d’intérêt: Appui au renforcement des capacités et au rayonnement des think tanks sahéliens

This call for expressions of interest is part of the Savoirs Sahel project led by the French Development Agency (AFD) and the action of the Global Development Network in Francophone Africa.

Global Development Conference 2023 | Last Call for Sessions!

Submissions now welcome till July 30, 2023.

Mentoring at GDN

At GDN, we think of mentoring as a pretext for critical discussion around the structure, potential and progress of a project, that involves the advisor, the grantee, and GDN program managers, each one having a specific role to play in the success of a project.

Le GDN lance trois appels à manifestation d’intérêt en Afrique francophone

Appui au renforcement des capacités et au rayonnement des think tanks dans le Sahel

The Role of Social Sciences and Sustainable Development in Asia

Learn more about the webinar, held on 28 April 2022, with top researchers and policy makers on, ‘Putting people at the center: Why investing in social research will set Asia on the path towards sustainable development?’

(Non-)Role and (In)Significance

To what degree social science and scientists have been involved in national COVID-19 responses across the region to address the pandemic’s multi-dimensional effects?

Policy Labs are key to GDN's strategy

A GDN Policy Lab is a space purposefully designed to enable high-quality interactions between researchers and policy actors

A Talk by Professor Marie Stenseke

Prof. Marie Stenseke delivered a talk titled, 'It takes humans to make peace with nature: On the critical role of social science and humanities research for addressing biodiversity loss.'

AFD-GDN Biodiversity & Development Awards - Program Events

Twenty-two shortlisted research teams working on biodiversity mainstreaming in the global South, from Peru to Fiji, took part in this five-day research lab.

Dissemination of Findings from Doing Research in Indonesia

A webinar based on the results of the Doing Research Assessment in Indonesia.

Dissemination of Findings from Doing Research in Myanmar

A webinar co-hosted by GDN and the Knowledge for Democracy Myanmar (K4DM) initiative of IDRC.

Building Performing Social Science Research Systems in Developing Countries

The importance of social sciences for sustainable development cannot be understated: in its applied version, social science research offers solutions and recommendations to inform concrete action

Promoting Research in Social Sciences in Peru

11-12 June, Peru. GDN presented the implications of the Doing Research program in Peru for Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo's (GRADE) international conference 'How to promote research in the social sciences in Peru?'.

Research Agenda for Central Banks

Global Development Network, along with Banque de France organized a four-day seminar 'Research Agenda for Central Banks' from 4-7 June 2019, in Paris, France.

Closing Program on Firm Level Quality and Productivity

20 February 2019 | In a half day event, the Global Development Network will close its program on quality and improvement in the public and private sectors. The two-year research program documents the link between productivity increases at the firm level and managerial innovation such as Kaizen, a Japanese management approach.

The Challenges of International Collective Action in a Changed Environment.

At a seminar jointly hosted by the Global Development Network and the National Council of Applied Economic Research in India, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Senior Fellow Bruegel, spoke on "The Challenges of International Collective Action in a Changed Environment."

Doing Research Kick-off

On 20-21 December 2018, teams from national research institutions in Bolivia, Indonesia and Nigeria met for the first time in GDN's global office in New Delhi, to discuss emerging research -- including context analyses, stakeholder mapping and data collection -- to document the health of social science research systems in their respective countries.

Knowledge to Action Lab: Impacts, Vulnerability & Adaptation to Climate Change

The #Knowledge2Action lab aimed to define a strategy and develop the tools to close the knowledge gaps in the HKH subregion and downstream countries in South and Southeast Asia

EIB-GDN Impact Finance Workshop Cycle 2

European Investment Bank and Global Development Network will hold an eight days Impact Finance Workshop at EIB headquarters in Luxembourg from 22 to 29 October 2018 to induct ten fellows for cycle two of their project in Applied Development Finance.

Session on Development Studies and Knowledge Production at World Social Science Forum

Global Development Network presented ‘Development Studies and Knowledge Production – Which Way? In Search of a Transdisciplinary and Transformative (Research) Agenda on Equality,' in a panel organized by the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes, at the World Social Science Forum 2018 held from 25-28 September in Fukuoka, Japan.

Regional Climate Change Adaptation Planning

The Global Development Network worked together with the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies to develop a discussion paper on regional adaptation planning which was shared at the at the International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP) 2018 from 18-19 July 2018 in Yokohama, Japan.

A Research Agenda for Central Banks

Global Development Network helped organize a four-day seminar, in partnership with Banque de France to shape a research agenda for central banks.

Assessment in Water and Natural Resources Management

The Global Development Network will participate in the 'Assessment in Water and Natural Resources Management' forum on 17-18 May, 2018 in Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam.

High Level Round Table | African researchers interact with development aid experts

The Global Development Network held a high-level roundtable on the 24th of May, 2018 in Washington D.C. to promote the voices of African researchers.

Policy Lab at UN World Press Freedom Day

The Global Development Network is holding a Policy Lab at the UN World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2018 in Accra, Ghana, in partnership with UNESCO.

EIB-GDN Impact Finance Workshop

GDN and the European Investment Bank (EIB) held a week-long Impact Finance Workshop at EIB Headquarters in Luxembourg from 20-27 September, 2017.

An Expert Formula for Climate Action

Experts from a range of international organizations, NGOs, universities, think tanks and government departments met in New Delhi for a high-level consultation on climate resilience on 15-16 September, sharing their experiences on how to reduce the risks of climate change, and how to tackle the challenges that lie ahead.

Productivity Improvement in the Private and Public Sector: Roles and Lessons from Kaizen approaches

The Global Development Network (GDN) is pleased to launch a new initiative with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

DOING RESEARCH – ASSESSING THE ENVIRONMENT FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Doing Research" is a unique GDN program that develops a comprehensive understanding of the factors that influence the organization of social science research, its quality, quantity and social relevance in developing countries.

Using Evidence for Governance and Service Delivery in India

9 February 2017 | A half-day conference in New Delhi brought together experts from government institutions, non-governmental organizations and national research organizations to discuss the use of evidence in informing policy debate and decisions in India, and the gaps that limit the practice of using evidence for policy.

Final Progress Review Workshop with the Institute of Gross National Happiness Studies, Bhutan

7-8 November 2016 | GDN held a Final Progress Review Workshop with the Institute of Gross National Happiness Studies, (iGNHaS) Bhutan, a grantee of the GDN “Building Research Capacities in Least - Developed Countries” pilot program.

African Voices on Research, Policy & International Development

6 October 2016 | With the financial support of USAID, GDN partnered with the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) and the African Growth Initiative (AGI) at the Brookings Institution, to host a series of three high-level panels on the link between local research, domestic policy processes and international aid in sub-Saharan Africa in Washington DC.

Blended Finance for Local Development and Global Goals: How Will it Work?

16 September 2016 | In partnership with the OECD DAC, GDN organized a two-hour session at the OECD Conference Centre, Paris to explore the challenges of pursuing 'blended finance' as an engine of development.

Doing Research Webinar: "Funding for Social Science Research: Curse or Blessing?"

13 July 2016 | GDN organized the second webinar in its two-part series on its Doing Research program, titled “Funding for Social Science Research: Curse or Blessing?”

What Should Tomorrow's Aid Agencies Look Like?

28 June 2016 | GDN and the Centre for Global Development (CGD) organized a public panel discussion on the future of aid agencies at CGD in Washington DC, gathering key stakeholders in development and winners of GDN's Next Horizons Essay Contest to discuss new -- and ageing -- ideas on the sustainability of development assistance.

Doing Research Webinar: Why Study the Research Environment?

18 May 2016 | GDN organized a webinar, hosted by Research to Action, outlining ‘"Why the Research Environment Matters." It was the first in a two-webinar series drawing on findings from GDN's Doing Research program.

The Future of Data for Development

14 April 2016 | GDN co-organized a panel on "The Future of Data for Development" at the Civil Society Policy Forum on the sidelines of the Spring 2016 World Bank-IMF meetings. Winner of GDN's Next Horizon Essay Contest on the Future of Development Aid, Susannah Robinson presented key points from her essay on the role of of open data in improving aid accountability.

The Global Development Awards Competition

18 March 2016 | The Japanese Awards for Outstanding Research in Development (ORD) and Most Innovative Development Project (MIDP) were presented at the Closing Ceremony of GDN's Annual Global Development Conference in Peru.

Policy Lab: The Quality of Education in Latin America and the Caribbean

15-16 March 2016 | The Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) hosted GDN's Policy Lab on "Public Policies on Quality of Education in LAC: From Evidence to Policy Effectiveness" on the sidelines on GDN's Annual Global Development Conference in Lima, Peru.

Past GDN Events

Take a look at past GDN events from 2010-2015.

Global Development Conference 2025

October 28-30, 2025 in Clermont-Ferrand, France!

Global Development Conference 2024

Check out the Conference Report!

Global Development Conference 2023: Biodiversity and Sustainable Development

Learn more about our conference in Quito, Ecuador

Global Development Conference 2022: Tax Policy for Sustainable Development

Visit the microsite to learn about what transpired at the Global Development Conference on Tax Policy for Sustainable Development.

21st Global Development Conference

Key recordings of the sessions have now been published online.

Video Contest | Southern voices on global transitions

The Global Development Network joined hands with the French Development Agency, AFD, to conduct an online video contest, on key development transitions taking place across the globe.

20th Annual Global Development Conference

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Global Development Network (GDN) are co-hosting an online conference, 'Assessing the Development Impacts of Private Sector Impact Investments.

19th Global Development Conference

#K4SD asked how to strengthen the capacity of the current system of development research to meet new development challenges and facilitate sustainability.

18th Global Development Conference

GDN's 18th Global Development Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation for Development was held from 22-23 March 2018 in New Delhi, India.

17th Annual Global Development Conference

The 17th GDN Annual Global Development Conference was held in Lima, Peru on 17-18 March, 2016

16th Annual Global Development Conference

GDN's 16th Annual Global Development Conference was held in Casablanca, Morocco on 11-13 June 2013.

DPI Roundtable at the Clermont Innovation Week 2025 (April 10)

Join in-person or virtually!

Final Peer Review Workshop l Biodiversity and Development Awards Program

Researchers of the AFD-GDN Biodiversity and Development Awards convened for a productive final peer review workshop on the sidelines of the 2023 Global Development Conference.

15th Annual Global Development Conference

GDN's 15th Annual Global Development Conference focused on 'Structural Transformation in Africa and Beyond'.

Foire aux Savoirs 2024

Lire l'article de blog sur la foire aux savoirs!

Global Development Awards Competition 2024

Learn more about the GDAC 2024 winners!

Workshop | Global Development Awards Competition

Grantees of the Global Development Awards Competition from 2019 to 2022 attended a pre-conference workshop in Quito, Ecuador.

14th Annual Global Development Conference

In 2013, GDN's 14 Annual Development Conference was held in Manila, The Philippines

The PCDI launched on April 4!

The Pôle clermontois de développement international (PCDI) is a collaboration of CERDI, GDN and FERDI.

G20 Conference on A Green and Sustainable Growth Agenda for the Global Economy

The conference was the result of a tri-partite collaboration between Global Development Network (GDN), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and NITI Aayog.

Global Development Awards Competition 2023

Learn more about the GDAC 2023 winners!

13th Annual Global Development Conference

GDN hosted its 13th Annual Global Development Conference titled ‘Urbanization and Development: Delving Deeper into the Nexus.’

GlobalDev's First Communication Training

GlobalDev organised its first communication training on October 30, 2023.

GDN to present at the EADI CEsA Conference 2023

A team from GDN will be presenting on ‘Doing Research in Francophone Africa: Bridging the Research Gap and Improving Development Policies'.

Global Development Awards Competition 2022

Learn more about the GDAC 2022 winners!

Current Opportunities with GDN

Apply now!

Webinar on Common Flaws in Evaluations

GDN and the UK Evaluation Society (UKES) jointly organized a webinar on the topic ‘Common Flaws in Evaluations’ on March 6, 2024.

Innovation financière pour les pauvres dans le monde

Le Global Development Network organise un séminaire pour discuter de cette question, en collaboration avec la Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI), pendant la « Clermont Innovation Week ».

Global Development Awards Competition 2021

Learn more about the GDAC 2021 winners!

Webinar - Challenges to Trust and Legitimacy: Working with the Media

Register now!

Global Development Awards Competition 2020

Learn more about the GDAC 2020 winners!

Past Events

GDN's Past Events

Global Development Awards Competition 2019

Learn more about the GDAC 2019 winners!

The Complete List of GDN Conferences

Review the full list of GDN's global development conferences around the world.

Call for Expressions of Interest

Building on the successes and lessons learnt from the pilot round in 2012, GDN launched a second round of the GRC in mid-2013. Through an open call for applications, GDN received 131 submissions from 72 countries, of which 24 percent where from low income countries. Through internal and external screenings, five research proposals were selected that traverse a range of topics.

Japan Social Development Fund Award

The Japan Social Development Fund Award (JSDF) is a category of GDN's Global Development Awards Competition, which seeks to recognize innovative ideas in the implementation of development projects for vulnerable and disadvantaged communities in developing countries.

Supporting Inclusion in Africa

3 December 2016 | In Dakar, Senegal, GDN and the African Economic Research Consortium hosted a half-day policy dialogue with high-level policymakers, representatives of aid agencies, and senior African researchers to discuss how local researchers, policymakers and aid institutions can advance the research agenda on aid effectiveness and support local development policies.

To Govern and to Serve | A New Book

15 June 2017 | The Global Development Network and the Peru-based Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) co-hosted the launch of the new book, ‘Improving Access and Quality of Public Services in Latin America: To Govern and To Serve’ at the GRADE offices in Barranco, Lima (Peru).

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