On the eve of the 10 October 2025 ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the former Commissioner-General of the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) told an audience at the Institute of Development Studies that there is no peace in the region. Philippe Lazzarini, speaking...
9 October 2026
New findings reveal six tried and tested strategies to help scale-up innovation in sectors such as health and agriculture, to ensure real-world social and economic benefits for people and communities. The Cards for Innovation Systems Strengthening report published by IDS, bring together...
9 October 2026
We are delighted to announce that our MA Food & Development – delivered in partnership with the University of Sussex – is changing name to MA Food Systems & Sustainable Development to better reflect the content of the course. The MA Food Systems & Sustainable Development engages...
16 September 2026
The sudden collapse of USAID in 2025 sent shockwaves through Uganda’s HIV response and the people hardest hit are those the system was already failing. Listen to this episode on your favourite podcast provider: Acast | Spotify | Apple | YouTube | Soundcloud When Elon Musk...
10 September 2026
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
