The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) has published its 2021-22 Annual Review, highlighting the Institute’s response to a year marked by conflict, climate change, and Covid-19. The Review presents our progress over the past year and illustrates how, despite ongoing effects of the...
21 September 2022
There’s an atmosphere of excited anticipation at IDS, as we prepare to welcome an intake of over 200 new students from around the world to study our master’s degrees in international development. Throughout the pandemic IDS has sought to deliver excellent teaching whilst also putting in...
16 September 2022
The Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development (K4D) Programme is hosting an event on 21 September to discuss the importance of putting evidence into action during turbulent times. Crisis and complexity define the current political, social, and economic landscape. Increased global...
13 September 2022
The increased frequency and severity of droughts across Europe, the Arab region, and the Horn of Africa illustrate that climate and water are inextricably linked. This World Water Week, we must consider how to mainstream water into climate policy in the run-up to COP27. To reflect on this...
22 August 2022
Research from IDS and its partners provides insights on the impacts of the past 12 months on the people of Afghanistan and what can be done to best support them. The Taliban took back power in Afghanistan, taking over Kabul on 15 August 2021, after US-led forces withdrew from the country. The...
15 August 2022
As the UK's cost of living crisis bites, new research shows that 1 in 10 of England’s poorest households (9 percent) reduce spending on food or clothes to afford phone or home internet, whilst almost 1 in 5 (17 percent) run out of data before the end of each month. With many essential...
4 August 2022
For students looking to start their postgraduate degree in international development this autumn and for anyone with an interest in development studies, we have put together a selection of recently published books which IDS staff have recommended as essential reading. These books cover a...
3 August 2022
In this episode of the IDS Between the Lines podcast, IDS Fellow Amrita Saha interviews James Bacchus about his book: Trade Links: New Rules for a New World. James is a Distinguished University Professor of Global Affairs and Director of the Center for Global Economic and Environmental...
29 July 2022
The Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) is launching the first French phase of its Fellowship Programme to begin in October 2022. SSHAP is looking for future leaders in social science to be able apply their knowledge to humanitarian emergencies in a locally relevant way....
28 July 2022
International trade and trade policy play a key role in contributing to improved livelihoods across the world. Yet it is well-established that trade generates winners and losers. Research has shown that despite the overall benefits from trade, trade can lead to increasing poverty or have...
27 July 2022
There are many unseen elements to any spectrum, and autism is no different. Navigating this world and society is a means of study for many within the autistic community. Why are things the way they are? What are the rules and governance structures that we must learn from the ground up? How do we...
26 July 2022
In early July, six hundred delegates from over 100 countries attended the International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion Belief, hosted for the first time this year by the UK. The IDS-led Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID) convened over twenty of its...
25 July 2022
