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Research Conversations: Interactive Webinars on Sustainable Development
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From Sunday january 1 2023 to Wednesday december 31 2025
Are you interested in the new development research coming out? Would you like to see the latest results from studies carried out by AFD and its partners, and talk with researchers? Then the “Research Conversations” webinar series is for you!
On average, two Research Conversations webinars are organized each month. Below you will find a schedule of upcoming dates as well as links for signing up for each webinar on Livestorm.
- How to measure the costs and economic risks of strong sustainability development ? - June, the 11th, 2025 from 11am to 12:30pm
Speakers
Thomas BINET, Director, VertigoLab
Julien CALAS, Biodiversity expert, AFD
Adrien COMTE, Researcher, IRD
Mathilde DELBAUFFE, Senior Nature Climate Consultant Engineer
Yann KERVINIO, Assossiated Researcher, CIRED
Jean-Christophe MARTIN, Consultant-Researcher, VertigoLab
Maxime PETROSINO, ECOPRONAT project manager, AFD
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Since foresight and understanding mean acting in a more effective manner, we carry out applied research at AFD. Our goal? To provide support to developing countries in their economic, ecological and social transition.
Bringing together academics from developing and developed countries, this research is carried out by multidisciplinary teams: specialists in economics, environmental sciences, sociology, demographics, anthropology and political science.
Beyond knowledge production, it is also essential that we share it, speed up its diffusion and debate about it to bring it alive and make it useful to development stakeholders.
It's important to provide a regular discussion platform on topics concerning research, results, and public policy perspectives. Entitled "Research Conversations," these webinars are offered on Wednesdays, in French or English, depending on the speaker.
Climate change, preserving biodiversity and forging social ties, are just of a few of the topics to be covered.
Our last Research Conversation was about:
Bonds for Sustainable Development? - May, the 14th, 2025
Speakers:
Bastien BEDOSSA, Climate Economist, World Bank
Jonas DAVID, Research Director, Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII)
Ulf G. ERLANDSSON, Founder/CEO of Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII)
Jean-Baptiste JACOUTON, Research Officer, AFDDjedjiga KACHENOURA, coordinator of the research project on finance and climate, AFD
You can watch the replays of previous Research Conversations here:
- Identifying farming systems that contribute to food security, the fight against poverty and biodiversity: challenges and possible solutions - April, the 30th, 2025
Speakers:
Mariam ABBAS, Principal Researcher and Director, OMR (Obersavatorio do Meio Rural) & Postdoctoral Researcher, Cologne University of Applied Sciences
Julien CALAS, Biodiversity expert, AFD
Olivier DUCOURTIEUX, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Agriculture at AgroParisTech
Nícia GIVÀ, Researcher and lecturer at Faculty of Agronomy and Forest Engineering (FAEF), Department of Economics and agrarian development, Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM)
José LIMA SANTOS, Researcher, Instituto Superior de Agronomia da Universidade de Lisboa
Maxime PETROSINO, ECOPRONATproject manager, AFD
Vera SOARES, Doctoral Researcher, OMR
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- What are the concrete effects of climate change education on ecological transitions? - April, the 2nd, 2025
Speakers:
Linda ZANFINI, Research Officer, AFD
Virginie DELISEE-PIZZO, Head of Education Division, AFD
Bertrand FOUCAULT, Climate and Nature Coordinator for the Education Division, AFD
Benjamin QUESADA, Associate Professor and Director of the Earth System Science Professor, University of Rosario (Colombia)
Lisa SALVETTI, Doctoral student in experimental economics, Centre d'Economie de l'Environnement de Montpellier
Abdoulaye FAYE, Head of the Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Partnership Division at the Environmental Education and Training Centre, Ministry of Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, Senegal
Abdoulaye NDAO, Department of Planning and Reform (DPRE), Ministry of Education, Senegal
Simon KLEIN, Scientific Mediator, Office for Climate Education
Won Jung BYUN, Team Leader, Partnership for Greening Education, UNESCO
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- Comparative Study of Biodiversity Metrics for Public Development Banks: Challenges and Opportunities - March, the 5th, 2025
Speakers:
Julien CALAS, Biodiversity Expert, AFD
Maxime PETROSINO, ECOPRONAT project manager, AFD
Suzanne COTILLON, Biodiversity Research fellow, BIOTOPE
Jo DE RYCK, Biodiversity & Sustainability Consultant
Marshall GECK, Principal, Green Economy Specialist, EBRD
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- Greening Colombia's Economy: The Future of Jobs and Pensions and Implications for Inequality - February, 5th, 2025
Speakers:
Anda DAVID, Senior researcher, AFD
Oscar BECERRA, Associate Professor, School of Economics, Universidad de los Andes
Carl BERNADAC, Director of the Economic Diagnostics and Public Policy Department, AFD
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- Measuring environmental sustainability of a country : application of the ESGAP framework in Colombia and South Africa? - November, 27th, 2024
Speakers:
Maxime PETROSINO, ECOPRONATproject manager, AFD
Alison FAIRBRASS, Research Fellow in Natural Capital Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, University College London
Arkaitz USUBIAGA-LIANO, Researcher, Basque Centre for Climate Change
Estéfany GARCÉS ARANGO, Researcher, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Odirilwe SELOMANE, Researcher, Stellenbosch University
Paul EKINS, Professor of Resources and Environment Policy, University College London
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- Restoring wetlands in Uganda: an integrated approach for sustainable solutions - September, 18th, 2024
Speakers:
Maxime PETROSINO, ECOPRONATproject manager, AFD
Yong JIANG, project coordinator, Associate Professor, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Frank KANSIIME, local lead partner, Professor, Makerere University
Anne VAN DAM, Project co-leader, Associate Professor, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Jimmy MUHEEBWA, Project partner, Nature Uganda
Bernard ARINAITW, Key stakeholder, Ministry of Water and Environment
Raphaël BILLÉ, Programme Director and Deputy Director General, La Tour du Valat
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- Stimulus effects of public employment programs - June, the 12th, 2024
Speakers:
Anda DAVID, Senior researcher, AFD
Ihsaan BASSIER, Researcher, UCT SALDRU
Maikel LIEUW-KIE-SONG, Senior Employment Intensive Specialist – ILO
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- A strategic framework for Nature-Based solutions in urban area: Feedback from Addis Ababa and Kigali - May, the 22nd, 2024
Speakers:
Julien CALAS, Biodiversity expert, AFD
Lisa BEYER, Urban Water Infrastructure Manager, WRI
Alemakef TASSEW, Urban Development Project Specialist, WRI
Marc MANYIFIKA, Lead, Urban Resilience for Africa, WRI
Liku WORKALEMAHU, Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development (EiABC), Addis Ababa University
Jean-Pierre MUGABO, Team Leader, Rwanda Young Water Professionals
Charles KARANGWA, Global Head, Nature-based Solution Management Hub, IUCN
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- Innovation for strong sustainability trajectories - April, the 3rd, 2024
Speakers:
Antoine GODIN, Head of the GEMMES macroeconomic modeling unit, Agence Française de Développement
Eric KEMP-BENEDICT, Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and Associate Professor of Ecological Economics at the University of Leeds
Emily GHOSH, Researcher on energy modelling & planning at the Equitable Transitions program, Stockholm Environment Institute
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- Coastal areas of the Gulf of Guinea faced with relative sea-level rise - November the 22nd, 2023
Speakers:
Marie-WOILLEZ, Climate Change Research officer, AFD
Philip MINDERHOUD, Assistant professor in Land subsidence and coastal-deltaic systems, Wageningen University
Pietro TEATINI, Associate Professor in Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, University of Padua
Kwasi APPEANING ADDO, Professor in Coastal Processes, Director of the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies, College of Basic and Applied Science, University of Ghana
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- Balancing Conservation and Community Welfare: Enhancing the Management of Marine Protected Areas in Indonesia - July 12th 2023
Speakers:
Oskar Lecuyer, Research Officer at AFD
Lia AMELIA, researcher, the SMERU Institute
Muhammad SYUKRI, senior researcher, the SMERU Institute
Julian CLIFTON, Senior Lecturer / Programme Leader, senior researcher, University of Lincoln
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- Nature-related risks in South Africa - March 14th 2023
Speakers:
Antoine GODIN, Head of the GEMMES macroeconomic modeling unit, Agence Française de Développement
Julien CALAS, Biodiversity expert, AFD
Paul HADJI LAZARO, Ecological Macroeconomist, Sorbone Paris-Nord University
Yuval TECHECHIK, Technical Advisor and Director, Strategic Program and Sustainable Finance, Department of Environmental Affairs
Alex MARSH, Policy Advisor, South Africa National Biodiversity Institute
Julie CLARKE, Environmental Analyst, Development Bank of South Africa
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- Middle Classes : A socioeconomic exploration of Ghana and Argentina - March 7th 2023
Speakers:
Anda DAVID, Senior researcher, AFD
Felipe KORREALES, Research Officer, AFD
Danielle RESNICK, Researcher, IFRPI & Brookings Institution
Matthieu CLEMENT, Researcher, BSE - U. Bordeaux
Eric ROUGIER, Researcher, BSE - U. Bordeaux
Stephen AFRANIE, Researcher, ISSER - U. Ghana
Robert DARKO, Researcher, ISSER - U. Ghana
Gabriel KESSLER, Research, Conicet – U. Nacional de La Plata
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- Green transition in developing countries - challenges and opportunities - April, the 5th 2023
Speakers:
Gaëlle LE TREUT, Research Officer, AFD
Camila GRAMKOW, Economic Affairs Officer, ECLAC
Gabriel PORCILE, Economic Affairs Officer, ECLAC
Igor PAUNOVIC, Chief of Economic and Environmental Affairs, UNCTAD
Guilherme MAGACHO, Senior Economist, AFD
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- Colombia: Implementing structural reforms to address the great challenge of inequality - March, the 15th 2023
Speakers:
Felipe KORREALES, Research Officer, AFD
Jairo NÚÑEZ, Researcher, Fedesarrollo
Lamine SOW, Director for Colombia, AFD
Daniel OSORIO, General Directorate of Macroeconomic Policy, Ministry of Finance
Laura CASTILLO - UNDP economist
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- Raising the Bar of Sustainable Finance: Cooperation Between Multi and National Banks - March, the 8th 2023
Speakers:
Régis MARODON, Special Advisor Sustainable Finance, AFD
Thomas MAROIS, Department of Development Studies, SOAS University of London
Elif TIMUR, Head of the Office of Evaluation, CEB
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- Climate change and environmental pressures in vietnam - December, 14th, 2022
Speakers:
Marie-Noëlle WOILLEZ, Climate Change Research officer, AFD
Thanh NGO-DUC, Associate Professor, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi
Guilherme MAGACHO, Senior Economist, AFD
Nicolas GRATIOT, Research Director IRD, Deputy Director IGE
Clara JULLIEN, PhD student in urban studies and geography, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Thi Thu Ha NGUYEN, Macroeconomic modeler - PhD student in Economics LASTA, University of Rouen Normandy
Quang Chi TRUONG, Researcher, Can Tho University
Marc GOICHOT, Lead Freshwater WWF Asia Pacific
Quang KHAI HA, Lecturer, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
Thuy LE TOAN, Leader of the Biomass group at CESBIO
Hoang VO, Post-doctoral researcher at Wageningen University
Hervé CONAN, country director, AFD Vietnam
Sepehr ESLAMI, chercheur senior, DELTARES
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- Inequalities and environmental changes in the Mekong region - July, 6th, 2022
Speakers:
Hélène DJOUFELKIT, Director of the Economic Diagnostics and Public Policy Department
Alexis DROGOUL, Director of Research in Computer Science, IRD
Etienne ESPAGNE, Senior Economist, AFD
Linh HUYNH THI PHUONG, Social Scientist, IRD
Stéphane LAGRÉE, Social Scientist, IRD
Jean-Pierre MARCELLI, Director of Operations, AFD
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- Can we talk of a Just Transition in South Africa ? - May 18th, 2022
Speakers:
Wendy ANNECKE, Independent researcher in social sciences
Anda DAVID, Senior researcher, AFD
Antoine GODIN, Senior researcher, AFD
Nthabi MOHLAKOANA, Researcher, Centre for Sustainability Transitions (CST), Stellenbosch University
Britta RENNKAMP, Researcher, African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) University of Cape Town
Peta WOLPE, Climate change practitioner
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- Strong environmental sustainability and international commitments: setting the right targets to preserve ecosystems - April 27th, 2022
Speakers:
Pr Paul Ekins, OBE, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London
Eric Tromeur, Deputy Head of the Biodiversity and Resources Office, CGDD, Ministry of Ecological Transition
Oskar Lecuyer, Research Officer at AFD
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- Digital labour platforms: What challenges and opportunities for Argentina? - March 15th, 2022
Speakers:
Cecilia POGGI, Economist, Social Protection Research Officer, AFD
Francisca PEREYRA, Sociologist, Adjoint Professor, Universidad Nacional general Sarmiento (UNGS)
Sonia FILIPETTO, Economist, Researcher, UNGS
Lorena POBLETE, Sociologist, Full Professor, CONICET-IDAES/Universidad Nacional de San Martín
Ariela MICHA, Economist, Researcher, CONICET-UNGS
Martín TROMBETTA, Economist, CONICET-UNGS
Uma RANI, Senior Economist, Research Department, International Labour Organization (ILO)
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- Energy Transition Metals’ extraction and Sustainable development goals (SDG) - December 8th, 2021
Speakers:
Etienne ESPAGNE, Senior Economist, AFD
Hugo LAPEYRONIE,Research officer and PhD student in economics, AFD
Rémi BAZILLIER, University Professor - Deputy Director of the Sorbonne School of Economics, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
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- Low-carbon transition: What macroeconomic vulnerabilities for developing countries? - November 24th, 2021
Speakers:
Antoine GODIN,Head of the GEMMES macroeconomic modeling unit, Agence Française de Développement
Guilherme MAGACHO,Economist, Agence Française de Développement
Sebastian VALDECANTOS,Aalborg University as Assistant Professor
Mariana DEHEZA,Climate Finance Expert, Agence Française de Développement
Cécile VALADIER,Deputy director, Economic Diagnostic and Public Policy Department, AFD - Linking social protection and the environment: Perspectives in Southeast Asia - November 16th, 2021
Speakers:
Etienne Espagne, Senior Economist, AFD
Anda David, Senior Economist, AFD
Pascale Turquet, Assistant professor in economics, LiRIS, Université Rennes 2
Phuong Linh Thi Huynh, Doctor of Philosophy, Institute of Research for Development - IRD, Office in Hanoi
Dr Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Director, Research Strategy and Innovations ERIA
Garima Bhalla, Economist and social protection specialist at Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Federico Spano, Social Protection and Resilience Officer, FAO
Cecilia Costella, Independent Consultant, University of Twente, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Anna McCord, Independent Consultant
Marie-Christina Dankmeyer, Social Protection and Climate Change Specialist, Social Protection Department (SOCPRO), ILO
Nuno Meira Simoes Da Cunha, Senior Technical Specialist on Social Protection (Decent Work Technical Support Team for East and South-East Asia and the Pacific), ILO
Language: English
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- Socio-economic impacts of climate change in Vietnam - November 10th, 2021
Speakers:
Etienne Espagne, Senior Economist, AFD
Marie-Noëlle Woillez, Climate scientist, AFD
Manh-Hung Nguyen, Economist, INRAE/TSE
Thi Thu Ha Nguyen, Economist, IRD/Université de Rouen
Ngo-Duc Thanh, Climate scientist, USTH/IPCC
Emmanuel Pannier, Anthropolog, USSH/IRD
Language: English
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- Structural change and green growth in Colombia - October 6th, 2021
Speakers:
Gustavo Hernandez, Senior Researcher, Departamento Nacional de Planeacion
Santiago Barbosa Naranjo, Researcher and advisor, Departamento Nacional de Planeacion
Language: English
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- A “Silent Spring” for the Financial System? Exploring Biodiversity-Related Financial Risks - September 15th, 2021
Speakers:
Julien Calas, biodiversity expert, AFD
Antoine Godin, Economist, AFD
Etienne Espagne, Economist, AFD
Julien Gauthey, Environmental economist, Office français de la biodiversité
Romain Svartzman, Economist, Banque de France
Mathilde Salin, Economist, ENS
Paul Hadji-Lazaro, Economist, Paris 13 – CEPN
Katie Leach, ShareAction
Nepomuk Dunz, World Bank
Gilles Kleitz, AFD
Language : French
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- Just transition in South-East Asia - June 23rd, 2021
Speakers:
Alexandre BERTHE, Rennes University
Pascale TURQUET, Rennes University
Huynh Thi PHUONG LINH, IRD
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- Debt sustainability in Africa - June 9th, 2021, 2pm CET
Speakers:
Hélène Djoufelkit, Director of the Economic Assessment and Public Policy Department, AFD
Benoît Jonveaux, Country risk economist, AFD
Marin Ferry, Lecturer at Gustave Eiffel University and Associate Researcher at UMR LEDa (Université Paris-Dauphine, IRD, CNRS, DIAL)
Anne-Laure Kiechel, Founder of Global Sovereign Advisory
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- Gender - Women’s paths to success - May 19th, 2021
Speakers:
Prof. Jean François Kobiane, Professor of demographics at the Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population (ISSP), Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Dr. Bilampoa Gnoumou, Lecturer in Demographics, ISSP/Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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- Macroeconomic impact of typhoons on Vietnam through satellite imagery - May 5th, 2021
Speakers:
Boi-Yen Ha, Research Assistant, Paris School of Economics
Kenneth Houngbedji, Researcher, IRD
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- Taking joint action on water territories - March 10th, 2021
Speakers:
Juan Edson Quispe Cabrera, Urban planner, Universidad Privada Boliviana
Jeanne Perrier, Doctor in Political Science, independent consultant, Université Paul Valéry-Montpellier 3
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- Inequalities and Environmental changes in the Mekong region: A review - February 24th, 2021
Contributor:
Phuong Linh Huynh Thi, Socioanthropologist, IRD
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- Youth & sports in the Maghreb and the Middle East - January 20th, 2021
Speakers:
Roman Stadnicki, Lecturer at the Université de Tours, UMR CITERES
Myriam Catusse, Research fellow, CNRS, IREMAM Research Center
Raphaël Le Magoariec, PhD researcher, Université de Tours, UMR CITERES
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- How to finance life on Earth: a high-level discussion with experts in biodiversity finance - January 13th, 2021
Speakers:
Bérangère Abba, Secretary of State under the Minister of Ecological Transition, in charge of biodiversity
John Tobin, Professor, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and lead editor of the LBIN
Andrew Mitchell, Founder and principal advisor of Natural Capital Finance Alliance & Global Canopy, and editor of the “Little Book” series
Daniela Torres, Lead Expert at PNUD-BIOFIN for Mexico
Marisa Drew, Head of Sustainable Development and Worldwide Manager for Sustainability Strategy, Consulting and Finance in Sustainable Development, Crédit Suisse
Fiona Stewart, Lead Specialist in Insurance and Pensions, World Bank group
Gilles Kleitz, Director of the Natural Ecological Transition and Natural Resource Management Department, AFD
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- Impacts of the 2002 crisis on inequality in Côte d'Ivoire - January 6th, 2021
Speakers:
François Bédia a.k.a., Professor, University of Bouaké
Linda Zanfini, Research fellow, AFD
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- Multidimensional Inequality in Vietnam - December 15th, 2020
Speakers:
Vu Thi Quynh Hoa, Head of the campaign and advocacy at Oxfam Vietnam
Doctor Phung Duc Tung, Director of the Mekong Development Research Institute
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- 5 years after COP 21, a research perspective - December 9th, 2020
Speakers:
Hélène Djoufelkit, AFD
Etienne Espagne, AFD
Eloi Laurent, Sciences-Po, France
Rogerio Studart, World Resources Institute, USA
Adam Tooze, Columbia University, USA
Harald Winkler, Cape Town University, South Africa
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There is also a dedicated playlist of Research Conversations webinars on AFD’s YouTube channel.