Development Studies in Collaboration

Tiina Kontinen is Professor in International Development Studies at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. She leads a research group on Civil Society and Citizenship in Development and has been Principal Investigator in several projects with universities in Tanzania, Zambia, and Uganda.Shukrani K. Mbirigenda is Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Development Studies of the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He has published on Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility, leadership and ethics, education and development, philosophical sagacity and critical thinking, youth risk behaviours, and globalization and regional cooperation.Nyamwaya Munthali is a Development Studies Lecturer at the University of Zambia, specializing in Communication for Development. Her research focuses on digital communication, technological innovation, and decolonising knowledge. She has lectured internationally, serves on journal editorial board(s), and has experience with project management and consultancy in agricultural development.

• 1. Introduction: Collaborative Insights in Development Studies from Tanzania and Zambia Nyamwaya Munthali, Tiina Kontinen, and Shukrani K. Mbirigenda Part 1: Decolonizing Development Studies 2. The Decoloniality Discourse in African Development Studies: A Bibliometric Analysis 3. Decolonizing Development Studies: Lessons from the Dar es Salaam School of Thought 4.Toward Decolonizing Global Climate Change Governance: Lessons from Nationally Determined Contributions of Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia 5. Toward Decolonizing Development Relationships? Analysis of Recent Policies of Tanzania and Finland Part 2: Epistemic Justice in Curricula and Pedagogies in Development Studies 6. Evolution, Development and the Core Competencies of Development Studies: The Cases of University of Dar es Salam, Tanzania and the University of Zambia 7. Conceptualizing Curricula Justice with the Case of Development Studies 8. Decolonizing Pedagogical Practices: Integrating Feminist Perspectives in Gender and Development Studies Education Part 3: Emerging Scholarship in Development Studies 9. Techno-Solutionism and the Use of Emerging Technologies in Pushing Frontiers of Mining: New Methods and Justifications for Expanding Extractivism 10. Energy Transition Goes Local: Everyday Security in Shifting Away from Charcoal in Chelstone Township, Lusaka, Zambia 11. Militarized Conservation and Maasai Displacement in Ngorongoro: A Collapse of the Multiple Land Use Model? 12.Leveraging Online Platforms for Inclusive Governance: Insights from Selected Civil Society Organizations in Tanzania 13. Toward Localization of Women's Empowerment Initiatives: Analysis of Village Community Banks in Tanzania 14. Conclusion: Centering African Perspectives in Development Studies Thought and Practice