In the 2020 Highly Cited Researchers List compiled by Clarivate Analytics, Professor Ian Scoones of the Institute of Development Studies, and Professor Adrian Smith of the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) have been recognised as globally influential within their field. Both are part of STEPS...
19 November 2020
The Institute of Development Studies is currently inviting papers for a forthcoming issue of the IDS Bulletin on the theme of ‘China and International Development: Knowledge, Governance and Practice’. About the IDS Bulletin The IDS Bulletin is an open access, peer-reviewed journal...
18 November 2020
A new CREID Working Paper argues that the technical approach which underpins international humanitarian practices do not recognise intersecting forms of identity, including religious ones, and this can lead to marginalisation of religious minorities. And yet, religious identity is critically...
11 November 2020
We are pleased to announce the launch of Health Systems Global’s new initiative: Reimagine health systems: future scenarios for better health and social justice. With your help, this will explore the potential for changes and transformations in health, health systems, and wellbeing. From...
10 November 2020
The social and economic impact of Covid-19 has led to an unprecedented need for effective social protection measures across the globe. In June 2020, the Centre for Social Protection at IDS, in collaboration with Irish Aid, launched a free, online course that provides a basic introduction to...
10 November 2020
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is working with the UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and a group of world leading organisations to develop urgently needed research that will support recovery from Covid-19. The FCDO funded Covid Collective will commission...
10 November 2020
On 5 November, Dr Adhanom Ghebreyesus Tedros, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) will launch of the Sixth Global Symposium for Health Systems Research (HSR2020) where he will be speaking of the importance of ‘reimagining health systems’ in Covid-19 times. Date:...
4 November 2020
IDS is partnering with the Victoria Forum, a partnership between the University of Victoria, Canada, and the Senate of Canada, to co-host three events aimed at exploring social divides to find transformative solutions to contemporary and urgent environmental, economic, and social...
4 November 2020
President of Costa Rica to call for environmental sustainability and inclusion in Covid-19 response at IDS Annual Lecture, with special guest Farhana Yamin. The IDS Annual Lecture 2020 will be given by former IDS student, His Excellency the President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado Quesada. The...
28 October 2020
Less than two weeks before Myanmar’s national elections, May Sabe Phyu, Director of the Gender Equality Network (GEN), describes how violence against women in Myanmar continues unabated in this latest CREID Podcast. Sexual violence including rape against women from ethnic and religious...
27 October 2020
Today, IDS Director Melissa Leach will join a high-level panel to discuss the future of international development cooperation. The impacts of Covid-19 have thrown global development governance into sharp focus. Many new questions and challenges are emerging. The need for effective development...
27 October 2020
Staff at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) have expressed their solidarity with IDS alumni who are participating in peaceful protests against police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria. Professor Melissa Leach, Director, Institute of Development Studies, said: “We share the outrage expressed...
22 October 2020
