IDS Director, Lawrence Haddad, examines the persistent challenge of malnutrition in India and assesses what more can be done to effectively tackle the challenge.
Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series
This seminar aims to uncover one of the consequences of returning home after conflict induced displacement by taking a closer look at its impact on several dimensions of social capital.
Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series
In the first Conflict, Violence and Development seminar this term, John Spall will trace Angolan war veterans’ struggles to live up to a ‘breadwinner’ archetype in an uncertain economic context.
Sussex Development Lecture by Michael Woolcock, Harvard Kennedy School and World Bank
Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series
In the fifth Conflict, Violence and Development seminar this term, Dr Tom De Herdt will be presenting the work he completed with Kristof Titeca on the education system in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This seminar will address how these findings can inform us on the question of the...
Susan George explores ideas from her new book How to Win the Class War.
In this lecture co-architect of the original MDGs, Jan Vandemoortele, examines whether addressing inequalities must take priority over poverty reduction.
Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series
Growing up in a region wracked by complex and enduring violent conflicts, this seminar explores the everyday lives of the young people who come to be the ‘human’ in human rights. For many in the DRC ‘human rights’ – les droits de l’homme - are understood to be the men and women...
Alfredo Saad-Filho willl examine the recent protest movements in Brazil
Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series
When states collapse and new smaller states emerge, what works and why? If modern Europe can't manage these problems easily, can anywhere else do better?
Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series
Carolyn Hayman, CEO and co-founder of Peace Direct, will argue why ‘local first’ must be accepted as the most viable approach in helping post-war societies recover.
Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series
In recognition of the rapidly increasing trend of urbanisation and associated challenges, especially in developing countries, organisations have been intensifying efforts at getting municipal authorities and other stakeholders to examine the health inequities in cities and to take action....
