Join IDS for an exciting exhibition exploring diverse art work about humanitarian protection in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Art is seeing a powerful resurgence amongst researchers, activists and humanitarian practitioners. Interdisciplinary projects are using photography, theatre,...
In this episode of Between the Lines, Priya Raghavan, Post-Doctoral Researcher in the IDS Governance Cluster, interviews Nicky Falkof, co-editor of the book: Intimacy and injury: In the wake of #MeToo in India and South Africa. Listen now Through the lens of the #MeToo moment, this...
With Pauline Koelbl, Founder and Managing Partner of ShEquity, Founder & CEO of AfriProspect, and IDS alumna. IDS is hosting a lecture exploring leadership in global development inspired by the legacies of three individuals central to our history: Hans Singer, Dudley Seers and Richard...
*Please note this event has been postponed. Future date TBC*. Nihal Perera is Professor of Urban Planning at Ball State University. His most recent books are People’s Spaces (Routledge, 2016) and Transforming Asian Cities (edited with Wing-Shing Tang, Routledge, 2013). In this Sussex...
A public webinar on connecting and supporting preparedness 'from below', featuring expert speakers, videos from the field and debate. Through a Wellcome Trust-funded collaborative award, the Pandemic Preparedness Project has been researching preparedness ‘from below’ since 2019. It...
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...
There has recently been a global resurgence of demands for the acknowledgement of historical and contemporary wrongs, as well as for apologies and reparation for harms suffered. Drawing on the histories of injustice, dispossession and violence in South Africa, this book examines the cultural,...
Interested in studying with IDS? Come and meet us at the University of Sussex's online Postgraduate Open Day on Saturday 12 November. Book your place online Saturday 12 November 10:30 - 14:30 You will get the opportunity to: Attend live subject sessions with the academics who teach...
What is the future of multilateralism? The UK's recent Strategy for International Development announced a reduction in funding for the World Bank and other multilateral institutions, instead indicating a move to bilateral spending that will ‘focus funding on UK priorities’. Yet universal...
As the world gathers in Egypt to discuss responses to the climate emergency (at the annual Climate Conference of Parties, COP 27), we ask, where is climate action occurring? Watch now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLIVaSqJLTM We will explore ‘signs of hope’ in the climate talks –...
Levels of hunger and food insecurity in middle-income and high-income countries are often higher than might be expected, and in some cases are rising rather than falling in recent years. Watch now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JauPZ8tHmQ Levels and trends in selected food security...
Religious Inequalities in Development
Join us for the launch of IDS’s first eBook What About Us? Global Perspectives on Redressing Religious Inequalities. Produced by the IDS-led Coalition Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID), the book explores how we can make religious equality a reality for those on the margins...