Specialist short courses for development professionals

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Our short courses offer a unique opportunity to learn from IDS researchers and practitioners, our partners and from peers to help you build vital skills and knowledge.

Browse the options below or contact us if you are interested in discussing bespoke training options for your organisation.

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Using Participatory Action Research to Improve Development Practice

Learn how to apply participatory approaches when working with marginalised collaborators, to decolonise research relationships and improve the effectiveness of your social change work.

From 14 September 2026 until 18 September 2026

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Contribution Analysis for Impact Evaluation

Short course to equip individuals and organisations to more effectively design impact evaluations using a contribution analysis framing.

From 11 January 2027 until 15 January 2027

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Shaping Policies and Programmes with Evidence online course

This six-week online course will equip you with the concepts, skills and tools required to use evidence to inform policy and programming.

From 22 October 2026 until 26 November 2026

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Pastoralism and uncertainty (online)

Gain an introduction to to pastoralism, uncertainty and resilience, with lessons for global change.

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Pathways to Sustainability (online)

Explore critical approaches to sustainability, with theories and methods that can help you to discover and support alternative and diverse pathways and perspectives.

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Social Protection: A Primer (online)

Join our free online course to learn about the basics of social protection and its implementation around the world.

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Social Protection: Conflict, Fragility and Displacement E course

This new self-directed course focuses specifically on social protection and humanitarian support in the context of different shocks, in particular conflict and displacement.

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Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation for Learning

Develop your skills to more effectively design and improve monitoring and evaluation systems supporting participatory and adaptive practice with our specialist short course.

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Enabling Empowered Community Engagement and Involvement in Global Health Research

Methods, tools and critical analysis for inclusive, community engaged knowledge production in global health research in our in-person training and exchanges.

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Poverty-Focused Mixed Methods Research and Evaluation Online Course

This course will help you understand, design and implement mixed methods research and evaluations amidst contexts of rapid change.

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Inclusive Digital Transformation in International Development

Short course to equip individuals and organisations with the practical frameworks and approaches to promote inclusive digital transformation in your digital development work

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ICTD Research on Tax and Development Course (hybrid)

Sign up to our course and improve your knowledge and skills in conducting research on taxation in lower-income countries.

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Contribution Analysis for Impact Evaluation

Using Participatory Action Research to improve development practice

Digital and Technology for International Development

Shaping Policy with Evidence (online)

Transform Nutrition: Ideas, Policies and Outcomes

Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation for Learning