Global Development Conference 2025 in France (Fully Funded)

If you belong to Science Journalism and are a science journalist, and would like to explore cutting-edge academic research by engaging in meaningful conversations on global development, there is a big fully funded opportunity waiting for you in France. You are now able to avail the chance to participate in higher-level, inclusive, and evidence-driven conversations (discussions) on this era’s most pressing development challenges. The opportunity is provided by none other than the GlobalDev – an initiative of the Global Development Network (GDN). Applications are now invited from science journalists so that they can participate in the Global Development Conference 2025. The details are presented in the next lines of this post.

Information Regarding the Global Development Conference 2025

Science Journalists are eligible to apply for the Global Development Conference (GDC) 2025, set to be conducted in Clermont-Ferrand, France, from 28^th October to 30^th October 2025. GDC-2025 is a fully funded conference that will last for three days, where candidates from all parts of the world are eligible to attend. Those who will be chosen will receive a sponsorship that will cover flights, access to the conference, and accommodation.

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GlobalDev is committed and dedicated to strengthening academics’ research communication capacity, offering training programs and publishing opportunities that amplify their work for larger audiences. This year’s focus is on the theme ‘Inclusive Digital Transformation: Social Impacts and Technological Innovations’.

Benefits of the Global Development Conference 2025 in France

Selected participants will have the novel opportunity to:

Make interactions with a global, interdisciplinary mix of academics, researchers, development practitioners, and policymakers
Attend capacity-building workshops that have been specially designed to increase communication and storytelling around complex development subjects/topics
Contribute to the co-design of joint (collaborative) training programs that aptly bridge the gap between media and research

Note: GlobalDev encourages applications from women journalists who are from low-and middle-income countries. Also, applications from underserved communities are encouraged.