Join us as we celebrate 60 remarkable years of shared memories, lasting friendships and the enduring IDS community! This special reunion is a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with old friends, look back on cherished memories and celebrate the people and experiences that have shaped IDS...
Many students come to IDS with experience in the UN or with aspirations for a career in the UN system. This event provides an opportunity to learn about the realities of a UN career, and the opportunity to connect with and gain insights from current and former UN employees. This event...
Join us for the 2nd public lecture in honour of Professor Michael Lipton. The lecture will be delivered by Professor Francisco H. G. Ferreira of the London School of Economics (LSE) who will speak on 'Inherited Inequality in Latin America'. Professor Ferreira argues that relative measures...
Join us for this Sussex Development Lecture with David Archer from ActionAid International to explore why and how transforming the financing of international education is critical to achieving quality education for all. The Sustainable Development Goal on education (SDG 4) aims to ensure...
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...
The Sussex Development Lecture series is an opportunity to hear from leading global thinkers on development. It is jointly run by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), the School of Global Studies, the Science Policy and Research Unit (SPRU) and the Centre for International Education...
The IDS Conflict, Violence and Development seminar series focuses on mass violent conflicts as well as every day forms of insecurity, looking at their relationship with poverty and development. It provides a forum to discuss the Institute's work in this area, as well as some exciting work on...
The Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development (CRPD) conducts and facilitates research on: the impact of the BRICS and other rapidly-changing and increasingly influential middle-income countries on low-income countries the need for the restructuring of global development...
Convened by the IDS-led REPAiR Project, this online discussion will explore how myths about 'participation' affect initiatives that aim to support people in rangelands. We warmly invite anyone with an interest in rangelands, pastoralism and myths about them, to join, share your stories...
Hunger, malnutrition and unsustainable food-system practices persist because of policy gaps and unequal access to the knowledge and tools needed for food security and nutrition (FSN) decision-making. This side-event takes place at the 54th Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food...
The Brighton Ambedkar Reading Circle, in collaboration with the Association of Ambedkar Societies (UK) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is excited to host former Chief Election Commissioner of India S.Y. Quraishi at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS). Mr Quraishi...
A human rights-based approach (HRBA), based on CFS policy products, the right to food, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP), and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) are key to promote resilient food...
In his first public event since leaving his post as Commissioner-General of UNRWA, the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees, Philippe Lazzarini will speak at the Institute of Development Studies. He will address how the war in Gaza has paved the way to the rising hostility towards the UN...
Democratic backsliding is a growing global challenge. This webinar shared perspectives from multiple stakeholders to collectively make sense of the challenges democracy faces, why it matters and how we can resist democratic backsliding. In doing so, this event from the IDS-led Knowledge...
Join Matías Bianchi for a timely conversation on his new book State vs Algorithm? Explore how digital corporations, concentrated wealth, and algorithmic power are reshaping democracy, weakening the state, and shifting public decision-making. Drawing on lessons from the global South, Bianchi...
The transition of quantum computing from theoretical physics to practical engineering marks a pivotal moment in human history, shifting the boundaries of computation from the classical to the quantum realm. This talk with renowned Professor of computer science Dr. Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu explores...