Join us for this book launch in which author Matthew Greenslade describes the damage being done by the World Bank's insistence on pursuing a poverty-targeted approach to social protection (social security, or the benefit system) in lower income countries. Watch...
Join us for this event between the editor of The July Resolve, and Bangladeshi academics on the role of testimonies and art play in preserving memories of the uprising, the dilemmas of curating and constructing memories, and what future holds for Bangladesh. Bangladesh went through a...
In this talk, former Chilean Minister of Economy Nicolás Grau shares first-hand insights from the design and implementation of industrial policies (2022–2026). It reflects on the institutional capacities, political constraints and governance innovations required to advance productive...
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS), in partnership with the University of Sussex, has been ranked first in the world for Development Studies in the QS World University Rankings for the tenth consecutive year. Together with the University of Sussex, we provide 29 postgraduate degrees...
This in-person event in London will discuss what we can do to revitalise democracy around the world. Join the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) to discuss what we can do to revitalise democracy around the world. Democracy has...
Join us online for the launch webinar of the Chinese Renewable Energy (RE) Investment Overseas Database and explore new insights! The International Institute of Green Finance (IIGF) and Institute of Development Studies (IDS), in collaboration with our media partner Ember warmly invite you to...
As part of the REPAiR Project's series on 'rangeland myths', the fourth online conversation of 2026 is on the myth of ‘carbon is carbon’. The event is for anyone with an interest in rangelands, pastoralism and myths about them, with an invitation to join, share stories and rethink how...
This seminar builds on the work of IDS and partners focused on Urban Infrastructures of Care. Together, they will build on and extend gendered political economy discussions on the overlaps between care and infrastructure via the exploration of three different urban contexts: Colombo, Sri...
Disability is very much part of the human experience, with an estimated 16 percent of the world’s population experiencing significant disability. Despite this, people with disabilities often remain excluded or underrepresented in development programmes and research. Listen to this episode...
Join us for the paperback launch of Food Fight – a book by food and nutrition expert Stuart Gillespie that shines a light on the evolution of our global food system from its origins in colonial plunder through the last fifty years of neoliberalism, before concluding with a set of actions to...
Do Global Value Chains (GVCs) really ‘boost incomes, create better jobs, and reduce poverty’? Join us for this Sussex Development Lecture, with guest speaker Professor Benjamin Selwyn, who will discuss his new book, co-authored with Christin Bernhold, which challenges this mainstream view by...
There is a growing recognition that existing agri-food systems, dominated by corporate interests and neoliberal policies, are working against the environment, health, and well-being of the people. Consequently, continuous efforts are needed to build mechanisms that enable sustainable, just,...
