Each year we invite a prominent speaker on an issue relevant to international development to give the IDS Annual Lecture. These events are open to the public and available to attend in person and watch online. Past speakers include the President of the Republic of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, world-renowned economist Jayati Ghosh, Architect, Yasmeen Lari and Karuna Nundy, Advocate at the Supreme Court of India.
Karuna Nundy’s IDS Annual Lecture is entitled ‘Gender, Justice and Joy: Legal travels through the patriarchy, suppressed speech and corporate crime’. She reflects on how patriarchal laws have travelled across the globe alongside colonialism, how women’s activism comes into conflict with...
The Pakistan floods – re-building though women’s empowerment and sustainable design. Watch now https://youtu.be/TvIitZtGqyo The floods in Pakistan have caused devastation on an unprecedented scale, leaving one third of the country under water and 33 million people displaced. The...
Malawian born artist Samson Kambalu delivered this year’s IDS Annual Lecture. Samson is a globally renowned artist and intellectual whose Antelope sculpture will feature on London Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth in 2022. Watch now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u32L8hyn54Q The...
Building back better with environmental sustainability and inclusion: What must development practitioners and young leaders do? Watch https://youtu.be/QgHqVh4zwjk Covid-19 is a health crisis and an economic crisis facing countries across the world. H. E. the President of Costa Rica and...