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Participation, Power and Social Change Team
Linking research, learning and action to build just and sustainable societies
Participation, Power and Social Change Team
The Participation, Power and Social Change (PPSC) team at IDS works in partnership with diverse collaborators from around the world to generate ideas and action for social change.
Citizens and their organisations, policymakers, development workers and researchers are increasingly appreciating that standard recipes for managing the complexity of our inter-connected world have not worked.
Through research, innovation and learning in rights-based and participatory approaches, we work with people to identify and implement alternative approaches to social change that respond to local situations and bridge operational practice with research and policy change.
Our work intends to help tackle the power inequalities that create crises and sustain poverty and injustices through the suppression of alternative or marginalised voices.
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Pathways of Women's Empowerment consortium presents findings from research to UK parliamentarians
Published: 30 Jan 2012
Celebrating the launch of its synthesis report, the Pathways consortium brought together academics, NGOs and parliamentarians to discuss women's empowerment.
Arab uprisings one year on – Egypt cannot afford to miss the signs of a revolution twice
Published: 25 Jan 2012
Latest IDS Bulletin analyses why and how the Arab uprisings began and what this means for human rights and public policy.
A show of strength and creativity in Karamoja
Published: 19 Jan 2012
IDS Researcher works with Karimojong youth to present their research findings on life and livelihoods in Karamoja, Uganda.
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Latest Team Publications »
- Tadros, M. (forthcoming) Islamist Politics in the Middle East: The Muslim Brotherhood, Oxford: Routledge Press
- Geig, A. and Edstrom, J. (2012) 'Mobilising Men in Practice: Challenging Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Institutional Settings' , Brighton: IDS
- Kabeer, N. Khan, A. and Adlparvar, N. (2012) 'Afghan Values or Women’s Rights? Gendered Narratives about Continuity and Change in Urban Afghanistan', IDS Working Paper 387, Brighton: IDS
- Scott-Villiers, P., Wilson, S. and Scott-Villiers, A. (2012) 'How a group of young people did it in Napak and Moroto in Karamoja, Uganda'
- Justino, P. (2011) 'The Impact of Armed Civil Conflict on Household Welfare and Policy', IDS Working Paper 384, Brighton: IDS