An International Women’s Day film screening of 'This Stained Dawn', a documentary film about the build up to the 2020 Aurat March (women’s march) in Pakistan. The screening will be followed by a question and answer session with the globally acclaimed film director and producer Anam...
For the continent of Africa, seed’s are integral to life. From deserts, river systems and forests, and for those growing a range of grains and vegetables, seed provides the mainstay for the continent’s 500 million small-scale farmers and is at the heart of rich and varied cultures. But...
The struggles for international development are often blamed on the economic and social excesses of neoliberalism and the ways these produce, sustain and deepen inequalities globally. Gender is internationally recognised as a key dimension of these inequalities. Watch...
His Excellency Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Brazil’s Ambassador to the UK, will discuss Brazil’s vision for tackling pressing global development, climate and environmental challenges, in the year that Brazil is the Presidency holder of the G20. Watch...
This is the second in a new series of IDS seminars spotlighting Brazil’s development challenges and global role in the context of the country’s Presidency of the G20 in 2024 and its hosting of COP30 in 2025. Tackling the intersections of climate justice, crime and freedom of expression,...
Peasant and indigenous households in Mexico have undergone recursive crises for decades caused by economic, socio-environmental, climatic, political and/or social events, which exacerbated vulnerabilities. The overlapping of these vulnerabilities influences control and rights of inhabitants...
2024 is a unique year for democracy as billions of people will cast their votes in over 50 countries. Major challenges are at stake in these elections: strengthening of electoral autocracies, digital disinformation and threats to journalists and activists. IDS research fellows will be joined by...
This is the first in a new series of IDS seminars spotlighting Brazil’s development challenges and global role in the context of the country’s G20 Presidency. It will focus on the Cerrado, Brazil’s most important agribusiness region and a key mining frontier which is rapidly becoming a...
As we start off the year, how can we shift gears in the struggle against injustice, inequity and oppression? Watch now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QYJa7FWI9Y&t=94s In 2024, we look as far away as ever from achieving a world which is genuinely equitable, sustainable and...
Uncertainties of all sorts – environmental, market-based and political – are on the rise, as the world faces climate and environmental change. In this episode of the IDS Between the Lines podcast, Rashmi Singh, interviews Professor Ian Scoones from IDS whose book: Pastoralism, Uncertainty...
The second Pathways to Development Conference will bring together empirical work in economics, sociology, politics and political economy, to find solutions to the grand challenges constraining sustainable growth in Pakistan and the region. Economic growth and poverty reduction can, and often...
The movement to decolonise humanitarian action is gaining critical momentum. Join us for a webinar led by fellows from the Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform to get beyond the buzzwords and explore the multiple and emerging meanings, modes and methods for decolonising aid and...
