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
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) has released its review on UK aid for trade. It found that many objectives are being met such as delivering significant reductions in the time to trade across borders and contributing to increases in trade. However, there is a lack of sufficient...
6 June 2023
A new report from a cross-party group of MPs calls for the UK Government to strengthen its modern slavery strategy and more support for children moved out of harmful child labour as a result of regulation, such as education or social protection. The report ‘Child Labour: strengthening the...
6 June 2023
Questions of justice are relevant to all aspects of climate and environmental change, from how and where the impacts are felt the most, the allocation and prioritisation of funding, the type of responses that are considered, to how negative impacts can arise from mitigation, adaptation, or...
5 June 2023
A new report by a partnership involving IDS researchers on the rapid growth of digital health services since Covid-19 warns that governance systems have not kept up with the pace of change, leading to concerns over the cost, quality and accessibility of provision. In response to the...
2 June 2023
A century since the League of Nations first began to discuss international taxation, global tax governance has reached a critical juncture. As the OECD’s Inclusive Framework negotiations draw towards a conclusion, there is a sense that the decade-long experiment to reform international tax...
2 June 2023
IDS Director Professor Melissa Leach and IDS researcher Stephen Devereux will speak alongside experts from around the world tomorrow (11 May) at the landmark Extinction or Regeneration conference, convened to respond to the growing global climate and food crises. Organised by Compassion in...
10 May 2023
