As the death toll rises day by day, the response to this week’s devastating earthquake in Türkiye and Syria is being hindered by politics, according to IDS researchers specialising in the region. “The earthquake has underscored how so-called 'political complexity' and access restraints...
10 February 2023
New research published by the Institute of Development Studies this week shows how the Brazilian Cerrado, one of the most biodiverse regions in the world, is being exploited by agribusiness using increasingly violent strategies, including arson attacks against traditional...
8 February 2023
The Rejuvenate project share an animation designed to challenge preconceived ideas and start conversations about what children are capable of.
8 February 2023
IDS Research Fellow and Director of the IDS-led Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID), Professor Mariz Tadros, has been appointed to the Council of Experts for the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance (IRFBA). Founded in 2020, the Alliance is a network...
3 February 2023
A new policy paper by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and WWF-UK highlights the need for aligned policy on trade and farming reform to help drive the global transition to better farming systems. The Ukrainian crisis has exposed the vulnerabilities of the global food system, raising...
2 February 2023
The phenomenon of multiple crises happening simultaneously is leading to increased inequalities and demanding new approaches to global development, a panel of IDS experts warned yesterday. With the world slowly emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic at the same time as seeing other crises...
1 February 2023
Digital deception is the new face of information warfare. Social media has been weaponised by states and commercial entities alike, as bots and trolls proliferate and users are left to navigate an infodemic of fake news and disinformation. In this episode of the IDS Between the Lines podcast,...
31 January 2023
The IDS-hosted Sanitation Learning Hub is delighted to announce that we have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Islamic Relief, Pakistan. Islamic Relief, Pakistan share our commitment towards everyone having the right to safely managed sanitation and hygiene and ensuring...
20 January 2023
The UK’s democracy and human rights work has delivered useful results, often in difficult political contexts, but has been significantly affected by budget reductions and the lack of a strategic framework, a new review by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) has found. The aid...
18 January 2023
IDS is recruiting up to three Fellows to join our research clusters. This includes two vacancies to join the Rural Futures cluster as Social Protection Fellow and a vacancy to join the Digital and Technology cluster as Cluster Leader. Social Protection Fellows The Rural Futures Cluster...
4 January 2023
Will 2023 be a year in which we make progress on development, or continue to falter? Join the Institute of Development Studies on Tuesday 31 January at 4.00pm (UK time) for Recasting Development in 2023 to discover new thinking on where development is heading in the coming...
4 January 2023
As we entered the third year of the global Covid-19 pandemic, 2022 was set to be another year of discourse about the social and political dimensions of health and humanitarian crises. The research and engagement conducted through the IDS-partnership Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform...
19 December 2022
