A poverty line of $6.85 a day, as used by the World Bank, indicates a substantial level of deprivation, impacting the lives of billions globally. Indeed, nearly half of the World’s population falls into this category. So, if poverty is something we all want to see less of, why does it prove so...
30 April 2025
The Institute of Development Studies is pleased to announce the official launch of the new HeatNexus website — a central platform for sharing the work of nine global research projects focused on heat adaptation and health. Explore the website As extreme heat becomes a more common and...
16 April 2025
On 25 February 2025, the University of Duhok hosted a conference titled ‘Preserving Cultural Heritage in Kurdistan - Iraq’. This event, organised in collaboration with the Institute of Development Studies, marked the end of the Middle East People’s Culture Conservation Collective (MEPCCC)...
15 April 2025
IDS researchers are calling for a renewed focus on climate finance commitments to support adaptation and loss for those worst impacted by climate change, amid widespread cuts to development budgets. One researcher describes recent Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding cuts to climate...
10 April 2025
IDS graduates Callum Chapman and Norma Jean Park (MA Food & Development, Class of 2024) were lead authors on the IDS Working Paper Towards Transformative Change: Grass-roots Innovations for Food Security During Crises in Brighton & Hove, UK. This Working Paper analyses the emergence and...
7 April 2025
President Donald Trump announced a suite of tariffs on Wednesday (2 April), claiming that they would address trade imbalances and bring manufacturing and jobs back to the US. The tariffs, framed as being 'reciprocal tariffs', are due to be implemented from 9 April, range from 10 percent to as...
4 April 2025
Humanitarian diplomacy is a broad landscape and possibly one with internal contradictions. For example, traditionally humanitarian agencies have sought to distance themselves from mediation and human rights activism. The concept of humanitarian diplomacy requires at least an end to these silos....
1 April 2025
Gauthier Marchais, Research Fellow at IDS, has won the Jackie Kirk Outstanding Book Award of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) for his work on education in crises. Gauthier was named alongside co-editors Mary Mendenhall from Columbia University, Yusuf Sayed from the...
27 March 2025
The number of conflicts disrupting or halting the mining of critical minerals, like copper and lithium, is putting the energy transition required to combat climate change at risk, researchers warn in a new study. The new research from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) shows that...
25 March 2025
Initiatives led by grassroots organisations and community projects in Brighton & Hove are filling in the gaps left by failing welfare and food systems, according to new research released today. The new research, from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), found that initiatives...
19 March 2025
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS), in partnership with the University of Sussex, has been ranked first in the world for Development Studies in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 for the ninth consecutive year. The consistent number one ranking for Development...
12 March 2025
From the 10 to 21 March, people from all over the world will gather in New York for the sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69), which marks the thirtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. While progress on rights has...
11 March 2025
