How do humanitarian practitioners turn real-world frustrations into research questions? To mark World Humanitarian Day, IDS Research Fellow Philip Proudfoot joined students Romy Massaad and Erry Hakiki for a conversation about humanitarian research, dissertation journeys and what it means to...
19 August 2026
As climate shocks become more frequent across East and Southern Africa, building resilience is critical to reducing poverty and improving wellbeing. Listen to this episode on your favourite podcast provider: Acast | Spotify | Apple | YouTube | Soundcloud In this episode of the...
17 August 2026
IDS has become an official member of the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty, following widespread engagement by IDS researchers to support the aims of the Alliance since its launch at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 2024. Recent crises have stalled progress to end poverty and...
5 August 2026
The International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD), based at IDS, has officially released its major report, Taxing Smarter: Advancing Reform Through Research and Partnership. This comprehensive publication serves as both a reflection on 15 years of rigorous research, a celebration of...
3 August 2026
IDS staff and students have put together an essential reading and listening list for the year so far. From AI and climate change to colonialism and gender, these books and podcasts tackle the ideas shaping our world today. Thought-provoking and insightful, they explore both historical...
30 July 2026
Long-term poverty reduction in East and Southern Africa can only be achieved through integrated packages of support to help people on the lowest incomes cope with climate crises. This is the finding of the new IDS Bulletin on ‘Climate Resilience and Poverty Reduction’, published...
21 July 2026
The UK’s incoming Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, set out his vision for the country in a speech last month, with clear domestic policy aims around decentralising power, ‘bottom-up’ growth and more state intervention. This ‘Manchesterism’ ideology, following his decade-long role...
17 July 2026
The publication of the UK government's FCDO annual report 2025-26 reveals the Official Development Assistance (ODA) and non-ODA support per country per year, up to 2028-29. "Lays bare the scale of UK aid cuts" In response, Professor Anuradha Joshi, Director, Institute of Development...
17 July 2026
This year is the UN’s International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP 2026) and to mark it, a new blog series from the PASTRES project, hosted by IDS, shares insights on the importance of rangelands and pastoralism across the world. Drawing on the archive of materials produced...
15 July 2026
On 10 July, alumni from the IDS MPhil in Development Studies class of 2006 (MP28) gathered in Brighton for a 20-year reunion to reconnect with classmates and reflect on the different paths their careers have taken since graduating across the international development sector and...
14 July 2026
African countries must work more closely together at regional and continental levels if they are to overcome barriers to innovation and drive sustainable development, experts have warned. Listen to this episode on your favourite podcast...
9 July 2026
IDS researchers and PhD candidates are out in force presenting at this year’s Development Studies Association (DSA) conference – the biggest of its kind in Europe – and which takes place in Dublin from the 8 to 10 July. The theme of the conference this year is Reimagining Development:...
6 July 2026
