Covid-19 and the national response has resulted in significant hardship for people with disabilities in South Africa. To date, research focused on how people with disabilities have experienced this period have yet to be deeply investigated. To begin to address this evidence gap an exciting new...
10 December 2020
A statement from global academics On Human Rights Day 2020, we the undersigned express our deep concern over the deterioration of the human rights situation in India, in particular the treatment of minority groups (especially Muslims) students, activists and journalists who are denied their...
10 December 2020
From sharing crucial knowledge on resilience in humanitarian crises, to re-imagining solutions for sanitation and food security for ‘off grid’ communities, IDS researchers are collaborating with global partners to deliver evidence and inform responses to the world’s most pressing...
8 December 2020
In the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we have witnessed the unresolved tension between bio-secure, militarised and ‘vertical’ approaches to public health in contrast to ‘horizontal’ approaches that emphasise community participation, human rights, and social-determinants of...
4 December 2020
A new study from Stanford University has named Dr Stephen Devereux, Research Fellow in the IDS Rural Futures cluster and co-Director of the Centre for Social Protection, as one of the most impactful researchers in the world in 2020. Over six million researchers across 22 scientific fields and...
3 December 2020
Professor Melissa Leach, Director of the Institute of Development Studies, joined global policy makers, development specialists and business leaders at the UK-China Development Forum that took place virtually from 1-2 December 2020. Co-hosted by the Chinese State Council’s Development...
2 December 2020
Professor Melissa Leach, Director of the Institute of Development Studies, has joined other leading research institutions in co-signing a letter from the Development Studies Association (DSA) to the UK government.
27 November 2020
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is working with Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to support recovery from Covid-19. IDS, which played a key role in supporting the response to Ebola in West Africa, has partnered with IDRC to coordinate engagement work...
26 November 2020
In response to the Chancellor of the Exchequer announcement today that the UK commitment to spend 0.7 percent of its GNI on overseas development aid is to be reduced to 0.5 percent, Professor Melissa Leach, Director, Institute of Development Studies, said: “Today’s announcement is...
25 November 2020
A new IDS-led research project seeks to re-imagine sanitation in rapidly urbanising areas in Asia and Africa to help address the sanitation crisis, enhance off–grid economies and improve the well-being of poor and vulnerable women and men, and marginalised communities such as Dalits,...
24 November 2020
The report Tackling racial harassment in higher education has been published today by Universities UK (UUK), following findings from the Equality and Human Rights Commission that uncovered widespread evidence of racial harassment on university campuses. It includes a new set of recommendations...
24 November 2020
The Institute of Development Studies extends warm congratulations to Francisco Sagasti who has been elected by the National Congress of Peru as the President of Peru. In the early 1970s Francisco participated in a joint IDS-SPRU Study Seminar which resulted in the formation of the Science and...
20 November 2020
