Experts are raising the alarm that women’s and LGBTQI+ rights are increasingly being eroded around the world, as they warn of a ‘rising onslaught’ of repression. The warning and call for progressive movements to build solidarities and overcome differences to help protect gender rights are...
21 November 2024
Join us at the University of Sussex’s online Master’s Open Day on Saturday 23 November. The event starts at 10.30am, and IDS’s session is from 1:30 to 2.30pm. Register here Hear from our Director of Teaching and Learning, as well as current and former students about: Why...
20 November 2024
Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is proud to share that Lídia Cabral, Research Fellow and founding member of the Food Equity Centre, has been selected to join the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) for the...
20 November 2024
The G20 summit has been held in Brazil this week, with global leaders discussing issues ranging from the economy to sustainable development and health to agriculture and climate change. In the months running up to the summit, IDS academics have worked with researchers from G20 member countries...
19 November 2024
To mark the UN’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, IDS is involved in a series of events around gender equality. With gender and sexual rights increasingly under threat from a global wave of backlash, strategies are urgently needed to help feminist and LGBTQI+ groups come...
18 November 2024
Social protection features in numerous country policies and development agency strategies, as well as in several Sustainable Development Goals. However, following more than two decades of considerable expansion in policies, programmes, and research, the sector finds itself at a crossroads. In...
14 November 2024
From 16 to 18 September 2025, the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) will be hosting an international conference organised by the Better Assistance in Crises (BASIC) Research programme called 'Social and Humanitarian Assistance in Crises: agendas, ambitions and aspirations for more effective...
12 November 2024
Each year the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funds a number of scholarships for research in the social sciences, via the South East Doctoral Training Arc (SEDarc) partnership. Potential IDS PhD researchers can apply via our partner the University of Sussex but should note that...
7 November 2024
The IDS Participation, Inclusion and Social Change cluster is excited to announce the launch of the newly revamped ‘Participatory Methods’ website. The relaunch brings an array of new features and refreshed content to help users find relevant content to aid them in engaging with...
4 November 2024
A new report finds that marginalised workers were excluded from the design of digital social protection systems and that many without smartphones or digital literacy were unable to access social protection via digital systems. The report from the IDS convened African Digital Rights Network...
31 October 2024
Social protection needs urgent reimagining in the light of growing pressures and opportunities, according to new research published today in the IDS Bulletin. Social protection provides a lifeline for people living in poverty, and recently the world passed a milestone with more than half...
29 October 2024
IDS is leading one of 12 new teams receiving UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding to tackle infections. The ‘Zoonotic influenza preparedness: a transdisciplinary One Health approach’ (ZIP) project seeks to develop new ways of thinking about the risk factors for bird flu (avian...
24 October 2024
