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📣 One month left to submit your abstract for ICSD’s 2027 conference!
Explore 13 tracks and share your research, practice or policy insights on social development and justice.
📅 Deadline: 1 December 2026
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The new international Human-Centered AI award recognises ethical innovations that put people first.
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📢 Call for submissions!
For our next newsletter, we invite ICSD members to share books they have published in 2026. Please send the title, author/editor names, publication details, a link, and one or two sentences on the book’s main contribution by 2 November.
How do economic crises shape retirement for older workers on low incomes?
In ICSD’s SDI journal, Hyesu Yeo and Seunghyun (Max) Moon review evidence from the Great Recession and highlight priorities for policy support.
Read: socialdevelopment.net/volume…
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Join ICSD President Prof Leila Patel for the 21st Helen Joseph Memorial Lecture on South African women’s movements and the care agenda.
📅 9 November 2026 | 17:00–19:00
📍 UJ, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
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13 tracks. Shared commitments to social development and justice.
Explore ICSD’s 2027 conference tracks—from poverty and employment to climate, AI and peace—anchored in the Copenhagen and Doha Declarations.
Abstract submissions close on 1 December. socialdevelopment.net/25th-i…
Meet Dr Hans Kolstad, one of ICSD’s UN representatives. A philosopher and longstanding European Branch member, he brings a focus on peace, democracy and human rights to social development.
Read his profile: socialdevelopment.net/meet-i…
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Start planning for ICSD’s 2027 conference! Explore the theme, focus areas and tracks, and note the key dates for your diary.
Find out more: socialdevelopment.net/25th-i…
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Congratulations to Prof Bipin Jojo and the newly elected ICSD Asia Pacific Branch committee! We wish them every success as they work to grow and diversify the branch.
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📢Abstract submissions are now open for the 25th ICSD Biennial Conference!
Share your research and ideas to advance social development.
🗓️16–18 July 2027
📍Atlanta, USA
Learn more: socialdevelopment.net/25th-i…
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🌍 A conversation at @drjregan's first ICSD conference more than 25 years ago helped lead to her first faculty position. Now an ICSD Board member, she reflects on the connections, opportunities & global network that have shaped her career.
Read: bit.ly/4hEDevE
🌏Meet ICSD UN Representative Dr Raj Yadav of @QUT
His work brings a Global South perspective to issues including poverty, climate change, technology, the digital divide & sustainable development.
Read more: socialdevelopment.net/meet-i…
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Congratulations to ICSD member Prof Tanusha Raniga on receiving the 2026 Distinguished Woman Researcher Award: Humanities & Social Sciences at South Africa’s prestigious #SAWiSA awards.
Her research advances work on poverty, gender equality, decent work & sustainable livelihoods.
🌍 Meet ICSD’s UN Representatives: Prof Manohar Pawar.
Former ICSD President Prof Pawar is helping strengthen ICSD’s participation in processes, build member capacity & deepen partnerships for global social development.
Read more: bit.ly/4dd62IZ
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Join the next #ICSD Africa Branch Working Paper Webinar!
Achem Evi Claire will explore an innovative, co-designed approach to bridging the experience gap & promoting decent work for young women in Cameroon.
📅 5 October | 12:00–13:00
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📢 The ICSD Africa Branch is pleased to invite you to join the next session of our Working Paper Webinar Series, featuring a presentation by Achem Evi Claire on gender, youth employment and decent work in Africa.
📅 5 October ⏰12pm SAST
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📢 The ICSD Africa Branch is pleased to invite you to join the next session of our Working Paper Webinar Series, featuring a presentation by Achem Evi Claire on gender, youth employment and decent work in Africa.
📅 5 October ⏰12pm SAST
🔗events.teams.microsoft.com/e…
ICSD has joined IASSW, ICSW and IFSW in calling for an inclusive, interdisciplinary International Panel on Inequality within the UN system.
Support the call: socialdevelopment.net/beyond…
📖 Explore the latest issue of Social Development Issues.
From climate & economic crisis to women’s health, vaccine hesitancy & refugee youth, the issue brings together diverse international perspectives.
Read more: shorturl.at/KE9K4
🌍Looking ahead to #CSocD65 in February 2027
The UN Commission for Social Development will focus on strengthening social development through intergenerational approaches towards 2030 and beyond.
ICSD looks forward to contributing the perspectives of our global membership.
Water insecurity isn't only about infrastructure. It's about inequality, governance, dignity and justice.
ICSD Institutional Member @CSDA_UJ is bringing community perspectives from South Africa into global discussions on #SDG6 and water justice.
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