Institute of Development Studies

Biography

Undisciplined with background in biology, history and public administration. Current concerns and interests include professionalism, power, the personal dimension in development, participatory methodologies, teaching and learning with large numbers, agriculture and science, Seasonality Revisited, and community-led total sanitation.

Selected Projects

• Going to Scale? The Potential of Community-Led Total Sanitation
• Participation and Development Relations
• Action Learning, Networking and Support for Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS)
• Immersions for Aid Practitioners

Thematic Expertise

Participation Methodologies.

Selected Publications »»

• Bongartz, P. and Chambers, R. (2009) 'Beyond Subsidies – Triggering a Revolution in Rural Sanitation', IDS InFocus Policy Briefing 10, Brighton: IDS
• Chambers, R (2009) 'Who Counts? The Quiet Revolution of Participation and Numbers (Research Summary)', IDS Research Summary of IDS Working Paper 296, Brighton: IDS
• Hossain, N. with Bishop, K., Chambers, R., Carroll, K., Eyben, R., Jolly, R., Melamed, C and Sabates-Wheeler, R. (2009) 'Towards a New Social Justice Agenda: understanding Political responses to crises', IDS InFocus Policy Briefing 11.5, Brighton: IDS
• Chambers, R (2009) 'Going to Scale with Community-Led Total Sanitation: Reflections on Experience, Issues and Ways Forward (Research Summary)' RSPP1, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies
• Kar, K., Chambers, R. (2009) Handbook on Community-Led Total Sanitation, IDS
• Chambers, R (2009) 'Going to Scale with Community-Led Total Sanitation: Reflections on Experience, Issues and Ways Forward', IDS Practice Paper 2009.1, Brighton: IDS
• Chambers, R (2008) Revolutions in Development Inquiry, London: Earthscan
• Chambers, R (2007) 'Who Counts? The Quiet Revolution of Participation and Numbers', IDS Working Paper 296, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies
• Chambers, R (2007) 'From PRA to PLA to Pluralism: Practice and Theory', IDS Working Paper 286, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies
• Chambers, R (2007) ' Poverty Research: Methodologies, Mindsets and Multidimensionality', IDS Working Paper 293, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies
• Chambers, R (2007) 'Out of the Closet, Into the Open: Professionalism, Power and the Personal in Development', World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development 4.4:385-394, Inderscience
• Chambers, R (2006) 'Poverty Unperceived: Traps, Biases and Agenda', IDS Working Paper 270, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies
• Chambers, R, Cornwall, A, Gaventa, J, Musoki, S and Pettit, J (2005) 'Participatory Learning and Action: Critical Relections: Future Directions'
• Chambers, R (2005) Ideas for Development, Earthscan
• Irvine, R., Chambers, R. and Eyben, R (2004) 'Learning from Poor People's Lives: Immersions' 13