The 8th PhD Conference on International Development is a student-led event organised by PhD students from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex (UK). This conference represents a collaboration with a number of institutions in...
IDS Research Staff are presenting at this major international conference convened by the Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre (ESID), at the Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester. This conference will take stock of what work on the politics of...
–between the lines– podcast series
We're celebrating one year of --between the lines-- with a special episode that brings together clips from all the episodes across the series. This special episode showcases the range of speakers and wealth of ideas from the series, drawing out some of the key elements needed for progressive...
–between the lines– podcast series
This month Hayley Macgregor speaks with Maya Unnithan, Professor of Social and Medical Anthropology at the University of Sussex, about her new book, ‘Fertility, Health and Reproductive Politics: Re-imagining Rights in India'. Drawing on ethnographic research over the past eighteen years,...
Evidence into Policy and Practice Series
Both governmental and non-governmental organisations sometimes struggle to engage with academia and find that within their own sectors vastly different attitudes exist around what counts as evidence and what it is meant to be used...
What are we doing at IDS on Inclusive Education as part of the DFID Disability Inclusive Development programme? Chair: Mary Wickenden, Institute of Development Studies Speakers Jo Westbrook and Jacqui Shepherd, University of Sussex, Centre for international Education Experiences in...
The Agenda 2030 affirms that democracy, good governance and the rule of law are essential to achieving sustainable development. SDG 16 commits Member States to protect fundamental freedoms (SDG 16.10) and ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making (SDG 16.7)....
SDGs Learning, Training and Practice Workshops during HLPF 2019 Bringing the voices and experiences of those who have been left behind – through empowerment and participation – goes beyond enabling agency and towards developing a more inclusive and democratic society. Come to listen to and...
Civic space is changing in terms of who participates and how. Dwindling civic space limits liberal human rights actors while widening right-wing, extremist and conservative groups. The growth of the digital space has reshaped the civic space for all actors and helped the unruly protest movements...
Directly contributing to the discussions around the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2019 theme “Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”, this side event invites the audience to revisit the connections between Goal 1 ("End poverty in all its forms everywhere"), Goal 16 on...
The UK's Department for International Development (DFID), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK Research Innovation (UKRI), UK Collaborative on Development Research (UKCDR) and the Impact Initiative are jointly convening a one-day knowledge exchange event. In order to get the best...
This international academic symposium, held at the Institute of Development Studies, will explore the theme of uncertainty – the STEPS Centre’s theme for 2019. About the symposium Thinking across diverse domains – from finance, to climate, to migration, to disease, to innovation, to...