New IDS research shows that out of 120 active mineral mine projects in Argentina and Chile, over 50 percent (61) are in conflict. In Chile, the majority of mineral mines are in conflict, with indigenous peoples in many cases, who are left to risk their wellbeing to protest against the lithium...
9 August 2023
Sir Gordon Conway, who was the Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sussex between 1992 and 1998 and former Chair of IDS has died. Early career Professor Conway trained in agricultural ecology, attending the University of Wales (Bangor), the University of Cambridge and the University of...
7 August 2023
Extreme heatwaves have hit countries around the world in the past few weeks including those in Southern Europe, the USA and China, where a temperature of 52 degrees was recorded. In the UK the Met Office reported that the record breaking 40 degree temperatures experienced in 2022 will become...
3 August 2023
The UK Parliament’s International Development Committee has published the FCDO's own Equality Impact Assessment, compiled earlier this year to assess the impact of the significant cuts to the UK’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget for 2023-24. Widely reported in the media, the...
2 August 2023
Much has been written about industrialisation and the growth of economies transforming people’s lives, but little is written about how industrialisation can transform ethnicity within countries. In this episode of the IDS Between the Lines podcast, IDS Research Fellow Max Gallien, interviews...
1 August 2023
A new open access book “Digital Citizenship in Africa: Technologies of Agency and Repression” explores African citizens’ use of tech tools to freely participate in social, economic, and political life despite a wider context of growing repression and digital authoritarianism. This is the...
27 July 2023
Globally, conservation projects to expand carbon sinks are seen as critical in the fight against climate change. As these ‘Nature-based Solutions’ (NbS) projects expand in number and scale, understanding their social dimensions and how to achieve just outcomes is crucial for people and the...
25 July 2023
On Monday 17 July, we were delighted to celebrate the graduation of 50 students who had completed either their Master’s or their PhD. Among the class of 2023 were Dilmurad Yusupov, whose thesis 'Disability and Citizenship in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan' explored the role of disabled people’s...
19 July 2023
In the last week of June 2023, IDS hosted university leaders from across the Greater Mekong Subregion and Timor-Leste. This high-profile visit was part of an ongoing British Council and Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation, Regional Centre for Higher Education and Development...
11 July 2023
Future pandemic responses to restrict new infections need to be better balanced with allowing people to earn a living, say researchers, in a new report on the impacts of Covid-19. Published by the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN), based at the Institute of Development Studies, the report...
11 July 2023
Power wielded by ‘big food’ and other powerful actors is leading to vulnerable groups being disadvantaged by unjust and inequitable food systems, according to a new IDS report published today. It calls for marginalised social groups to be placed at the centre of food system transformation,...
27 June 2023
Today (20 June) marks World Refugee Day, an opportunity to celebrate the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution, and honour refugees around the globe. More than one per cent of the global population (84 million people),...
20 June 2023
