The global digital public infrastructure (DPI) agenda is substantially informed by experiences from the Global North and South Asia. Africa has its own vast array of contributors to add to the debate. In a historic move, under India’s G20 Presidency (and with support from UNDP and...
What lessons can we learn from using local knowledge in countries like Sierra Leone to combat past epidemics like the Ebola outbreak and the recent Covid-19 pandemic. When an Ebola outbreak swept across West Africa in 2013, claiming thousands of lives in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, the...
Join this T20 thinktank event on Fighting Hunger and Poverty in the UK and Internationally: Contributions to the G20 in the context of Brazil’s Presidency. The discussions will contribute to the process of establishing a Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, which aims to include...
https://youtu.be/7Ojb-9I6zow This seminar will share insights from researchers and activists from the Global North and South who are working together in the Trans-Atlantic ‘Building Back Better from Below’ and ‘Panex-Youth’ action research projects to document innovative responses to...
This is the end-of-project dissemination seminar for the ANTICIPATE project where we will present findings from our work in Western India. https://youtu.be/ZkpJeTKGfWI Changing rainfall patterns caused by climate change can increase the severity and frequency of both droughts and floods....
https://youtu.be/hIOI8BMk7iI Join us for a launch event for Prof Sabina Faiz Rashid’s book Poverty, Gender and Health in the Slums of Bangladesh: Children of Crows, published by Routledge UK. Author Prof Sabina Faiz Rashid will read excerpts from her book, which is a compelling...
International collaborative research group, the Food Equity Centre (FEC), will share insights into inequities in food systems in Brazil, South Africa, the UK and globally, particularly in the context of South Africa’s 2024 elections, climate change, and the United Nations Sustainable...
Watch now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbminon-7x8 Questions about rigour, validity and credibility are central concerns of all evaluation practice. So too should be how we pay attention to meaningful participation to enable greater equity, especially when embracing complexity and seeking...
This seminar delves into Brazil's multifaceted engagement with international development, with specific reference to the hunger agenda. Watch at 1pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV8ejkRgTOE It will examine Brazil's evolving strategies, partnerships, and its impact on the global stage....
The Food Equity Centre and the People Centered Food Systems project are curating a set of webinars in 2024 on the topic of human rights for equitable food systems. The big question for the webinar series is: How do rights move us forward in achieving equitable food systems? Our first talk...
In an era of hashtag campaigns and online organising, politicians and corporations are spending billions to disrupt dialogue and drown-out dissent online across Africa. Join this event to discuss these issues and more, explored in the new book Digital Disinformation in Africa: Hashtag Politics,...
In this special event to mark the culmination of Melissa Leach’s tenure as Director of IDS, a panel of experts will debate the future of development and development studies, offering their thoughts on where development has come in the last 10 years and crucially, where it might be...
