Events
Contributions from Developing Country Firms and their Interaction with Governments, EADI Nordic Conference 2017
21 Aug 2017In this panel, Jodie Thorpe, Research Fellow and Business, Markets and the State Cluster Leader at the Institute of Development Studies, will be discussing her research on 'Beyond Growth: Understanding the Development Effectiveness of State-Business Relations'.
More detailsThe Politics, Philosophy and Economics of Financial Inclusion, EADI Nordic Conference 2017
21 Aug 2017In this panel, Philip Mader, Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies will be presenting his research on 'Digital Financial Inclusion And The Crusade Against Cash: Empowerment Or Disempowerment For The Poor?'. This research relates to his recent paper 'Card Crusaders, Cash Infidels and the Holy Grails of Digital Financial Inclusion'.
More detailsWorld Social Science Report 2016: Implications for development studies, EADI Nordic conference 2017
23 Aug 2017Panel discussion drawing on the World Social Science Report: Challenging Inequalities: Pathways to a Just World – Implications for Development Studies.
More detailsDevelopment Economics for Non-Economists
15 Jan 2018 until 19 Jan 2018This unique course offers a stimulating, interactive, and entertaining introduction to the world of development economics.
More detailsIntegrating Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
22 Jan 2018 until 26 Jan 2018This course equips policymakers and practitioners with the knowledge and skills to more effectively integrate disaster risk reduction with adaptation to climate change, in the context of development and poverty reduction.
More detailsUsing Participatory Action Research to Improve Development Practice
22 Jan 2018 until 26 Jan 2018This five-day course on Participatory Action Research (PAR) will provide participants with the conceptual and practical tools to design and carry out PAR. They will learn about a range of methods and develop their ideas into a detailed plan that they will be able to put into action on returning to their organisation.
More detailsTaxation and Transparency Short Course (Scholarships are available)
08 Aug 2017 until 11 Aug 2017This short course focuses on major dimensions of transparency in taxation and raises questions about the meanings and implications of transparency.
More detailsPublic-Private Collaborations for Secure and Inclusive Rural Economies (Invitation Only)
19 Jul 2017IDS and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) have been collaborating to develop a framework to study the conditions for agricultural value chains to include marginalised farmers on better terms, including in in post-conflict areas.
More detailsTransforming Nutrition: Ideas, Policies and Outcomes 2017
17 Jul 2017 until 21 Jul 2017Applications are now open for this 5 day course, designed for both for policy makers and practitioners. The course will take participants through new ways of thinking about undernutrition and what to do about it.
More detailsPerception data as a metric of well-being - HLPF side event (UNICEF)
13 Jul 2017This High Level Political Forum lunchtime side event is hosted by the Government of Guatemala, in partnership with UNICEF, WFP, SDG Action Campaign, Institute of Development Studies and UN Global Pulse.
More detailsInside/out? Locating sexualities studies within academia and beyond
05 Jul 2017This seminar, by Professor Yiu-tung Suen, aims to provoke researchers to reflect on the space that sexualities studies occupy within academia and beyond.
More detailsIDS Annual Lecture with Jayati Ghosh
04 Jul 2017 Watch/Listen AgainWorld renowned economist, Professor Jayati Ghosh devliered this year's IDS Annual Lecture on ‘The complexities of success: Globalisation, inequality and economic insecurity in China and India’.
More detailsHow do we manage the delicate balance between ‘technical’ and ‘social’ in translating evidence to action?
29 Jun 2017In the first of the Research to Action Roundtable webinar series the Institute of Development Studies, the Impact Initiative and Health Systems Global Thematic Working Group ‘Translating Evidence to Action’ will host an expert panel to discuss their experiences in turning evidence into impact on 29 June.
More detailsSustainable Lifestyles, Livelihoods and the Circular Economy
27 Jun 2017 until 29 Jun 2017The third International Conference of the Global Research Forum (GRF) on Sustainable Production and Consumption, hosted by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex.
More detailsThe BRICS Effect: The Impact of South-South Cooperation in the Social Field of International Development Cooperation
21 Jun 2017 Watch/Listen AgainThe growing number of development stakeholders and initiatives in developing countries have added complexity to the social field of international development cooperation (IDC).The arrival of new agents with their alternative practices increased the bargaining power of recipient countries, strengthening their capacity to negotiate the terms and drive the implementation of development programmes.
More detailsSocial Protection: policies, programmes and evidence short course 2017
12 Jun 2017 until 15 Jun 2017This short course is open to a wide audience of policy makers, practitioners, researchers and project managers who are already or will be working in the area of social protection. It aims to provide a platform for strengthening conceptual grounding and for engagement in critical debate about knowledge, practice and evidence on social protection.
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