IDS Alumni blog
IDS alumni are located all over the world and after studying at IDS go on to a range of careers in development. This makes the Alumni Blog uniquely placed to represent opinions on development from a diverse range of experience and professions, all of whom have IDS in common. The posts on this blog reflect the opinions of each individual, and not necessarily those of IDS.
Will the Sustainable Development Goals change our Barbie Doll World?
By Harriet Lamb CBE04 Mar 2015
Former IDS MPhil student, Harriet Lamb argues that that the Sustainable Development Goals must face up to and address excess market power if they are to catalyse transformative change.
What Ebola tells us about how to do state-building
By Richard Mallett, Paul Harvey03 Mar 2015
What does the Ebola crisis tells us about our conventional ways of doing state-building? Richard Mallett and Paul Harvey of the Overseas Development Institute reflect on the lessons from the recent IDS event on Ebola and Lessons for Development.
Mangroves Away: Subsistence Fisherwomen Tell Their Stories
By Zoe Sullivan16 Feb 2015
Pernambuco used to have approximately 5000 women fisher folk. Unlike their male counterparts, who generally use boats to fish off-shore, the women fisher folk work in the tidal mangrove swamps that hug the state's coast.
How IDS shaped my career by an MP10 graduate
By William Lockwood-Benet15 Jan 2015
I am a MP10 grad from Puerto Rico and I am still proud to have been bitten by the comparative development bug.
Alumni Event in Brazil
By James Allen30 Dec 2014
Alumni and Supporters Event held in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Alumni Event in South Africa
By Linda Waldman26 Dec 2014
Alumni and Supporters event held in Cape Town and Johnannesburg, South Africa
IDS Pantomime - Murder in the 21st Century
By Richard Longhurst19 Dec 2014
Alumni Network's Senior Drama Critic reviews the 2014 IDS Pantomime - Murder in the 21st Century.
Belated Children's Day thoughts
28 Nov 2014What exactly is it like to be a child in India outside the cushy, protected confines of the Indian middle class?
My War Diary: Gaza My Soul - Part Two
20 Nov 2014This is part two of a 51 day war account of the how daily lives during the third war on Gaza unfolded one day to the next for its devastated and grieving citizens. By Laila Barhoum
My War Diary - Gaza My Soul
12 Nov 2014By Laila Barhoum. Part One: This is a 51 day war account of the how daily lives during the third war on Gaza unfolded one day to the next for its devastated and grieving citizens.
