Development experts will assess the latest trends in development and explore what challenges and opportunities might arise in 2024, at the Institute of Development Studies’ Recasting Development in 2024 event on 30 January. Chaired by IDS Director Melissa Leach, the event will examine...
17 January 2024
2024 is a unique year for democracy as billions of people will go to the polls in over 50 countries across the world. Elections are due to be held in countries including Pakistan, India, Taiwan, South Africa, Mozambique, Rwanda, Mexico, the United States, and the UK. The election in India alone...
11 January 2024
The past year has brought with it extensive challenges for global development. From the ongoing legacies of Covid-19 and focus on polycrisis at the start of the year, to the Earth’s hottest summer since global records began and currently - a war in Palestine where the people of Gaza bear the...
18 December 2023
Following on from our Summer reads and listens news story, IDS staff and students have put together a new list of essential reading and listening list for 2023. These books and podcasts cover a whole range of themes within development studies: from colonial rule; the conflict in the Middle...
14 December 2023
In the context of an escalating humanitarian crisis for the people of Gaza, IDS notes with sadness the failure of the United Nations Security Council to call for an immediate ceasefire in the war on Gaza. Professor Melissa Leach, Director of the Institute of Development Studies, says: “We...
12 December 2023
IDS Researcher Ian Scoones has co-edited a new open access book titled Climate Change and Critical Agrarian Studies. It explores the effects of climate change and responses to it on the rural world, including contributions from scholars of critical agrarian studies from around the...
5 December 2023
Accessibility should be a cornerstone of society whether you are in a working environment or studying at a School or University, but often this aspect is neglected, even in modern societies. Indeed, research at IDS led by Stephen Thompson and Mary Wickenden has looked at different areas...
30 November 2023
The UK government has today published a White Paper on International Development – a formal government document setting out future policy proposals – to state its approach to international development until 2030. In the foreword to the White Paper the UK’s new Foreign Secretary, David...
20 November 2023
The IDS Annual Lecture with Karuna Nundy on ‘Gender, Justice and Joy: Legal travels through the patriarchy, suppressed speech and corporate crime’, is less than one week away. In the last forty years IDS has made a unique contribution to the research, practice and learning on gender and...
9 November 2023
The PASTRES programme, co-hosted by IDS and the European University Institute, free open access online course on Pastoralism and Uncertainty has been updated with new sections. The three new sections explore the issues around biodiversity and climate change, shaped in part by high-level...
6 November 2023
Foreign aid and international development frequently bring with it a range of unintended consequences, both negative and positive. This episode of the IDS Between the Lines podcast delves into these consequences, providing a fresh and comprehensive guide to understanding and addressing...
1 November 2023
As summer transitions into autumn in the UK, the seasonal change sees IDS bid farewell to one cohort of students who make way for the class of 2023-24. It is an exciting time of year for everyone across the institute, as we get to celebrate success with our 2022-23 students and welcome over...
23 October 2023
