Join the Institute of Development Studies for our annual event to examine prospects for a recasting of development around the world. During 2024 inequality continued to grow, the world experienced its hottest year ever, the war on Gaza continued unabated and President Trump won the US...
In conversation with Antonia Mulvey, Founder and Executive Director of Legal Action Worldwide (LAW). Speaker Antonia, a British lawyer, is specialised in international human rights law, international criminal law and refugee law, with over 20 years of professional experience. She has...
When a massive Chinese factory complex attempts a high-stakes expansion in rural Ethiopia, three women in search of prosperity have their faith in industrialization tested to the limit. Join us for a screening of award-winning documentary 'Made in Ethiopia', exploring the realities of...
Silvia Masiero’s new book Unfair-ID critically examines the claims that Digital-ID advances international development goals. Based on a decade of empirical research in India she uses a ‘data justice’ lens to analyse examples of digital exclusion as well as cases of ‘adverse...
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...
Pathways to Development is a multidisciplinary conference that brings together empirical and historical research by economists, political scientists, sociologists, legal and constitutional scholars, and law and policy reform experts, within and outside Pakistan, to document and describe the...
Uncertainties are everywhere. Whether it’s climate change, financial volatility, pandemic outbreaks or new technologies, we don’t know what the future will hold. For many contemporary challenges, navigating uncertainty – where we cannot predict what may happen – is essential. But how is...
Governments across the African continent are investing heavily in digital transformation and have made huge progress in the past decade. Many core functions such as tax filing and payment are fully digitised in many contexts. The development of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) has been key to...
*Please note this webinar has been postponed to the New year. Date to be confirmed. By the turn of the millennium, a once marginalised feminist agenda - the prevention of harm to women’s bodily integrity - ultimately succeeded in becoming integrated into a range of powerful norms and...
The global expansion of authoritarian rule is witnessing a brand of development that is intensifying processes of social polarisation and growing inequalities. In engaging with these pressing issues of our times, this webinar brings together grassroots activists and development...
This seminar will share insights from the POTENCIAR programme about brokering dialogue in adaptive programmes, examining what incentivises collaboration in highly centralised authoritarian contexts and what we are learning about collaborative practices – including why they operate like...
As digitalisation climbs the policy agenda on national, regional, and international stages, tax administrations worldwide are implementing digital reforms and leveraging digitized data. However, ongoing research and policy debate are demonstrating the complexities of implementing effective...
Watch now https://youtu.be/VypXV2DPXL0 As Brazil's 2024 G20 presidency draws to a close, a panel of expert speakers will discuss how much progress has been made on the country’s stated priority areas of fighting poverty, promoting sustainable development and reforming global governance,...
