IDS has published a new overview of its research on pastoralism, drawing on work from the last 50 years. The bibliography, compiled by Prof Ian Scoones with assistance from Linda Pappagallo of the PASTRES programme, is available as an online ‘flipbook’ or as a free PDF download. Pastoralism...
19 March 2020
Following the global commodities boom, investment has poured into large-scale extractive, green energy and other resource development projects around the world. Many of these are in the rural margins – places geographically but also politically distant from the centres of economic power. In...
17 March 2020
COVID-19 has been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) which has urged strong government and community action worldwide. In response, the Institute of Development of Studies (IDS) has decided to act swiftly to help reduce the spread of the virus, while...
12 March 2020
This International Women’s Day the theme is ‘an equal world is an enabled world’ and achieving gender equality and gender justice continues to be a global aim under the UN Global Goal 5 and one that cuts across all aspects of international development. Building on IDS’ 40 year history...
6 March 2020
A new IDS-led project working with BRAC (Bangladesh), IDEAS (Pakistan), ISST (India) and CARE (Nepal), will be identifying and analysing cases where women’s struggles and movements have been successful in protecting and progressing the gains they have made despite social and political backlash.
5 March 2020
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) has been ranked first in the world for development studies in the QS University Rankings by Subject, together with the University of Sussex. Our degrees are delivered in partnership with the University of Sussex who support and accredit our teaching...
4 March 2020
IDS and Sussex alumna Sosan Aziz has won a prestigious British Council Alumni Award in Pakistan’s Social Impact Category. The Award recognises the outstanding achievements of alumni with a UK higher education whose work has positively changed their society or community. This year, more...
2 March 2020
Ahead of International Women's Day, a new IDS Bulletin shares important evidence on how understanding and acting on the differences between women and men in how they access and use energy is vital for achieving both gender equality and SDG7, sustainable energy for all.
26 February 2020
The Prosperity Fund’s Better Health Programme in Mexico aims to improve health care in the country by promoting a more inclusive and evidence-based response to the growing challenge of prevention, treatment and management of non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease. It is...
19 February 2020
IDS Director Professor Melissa Leach and Research Fellow Dr Hayley MacGregor have been working with colleagues at the Wellcome Trust and the WHO on integrating social sciences into the COVID-19 response, as the virus continues to cause concern globally. A new report has now been published on...
18 February 2020
Over twenty activists and feminists from Egypt, Iraq, Myanmar, Nigeria and Pakistan recently gathered at a workshop organised by the Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID) in which they explored the intersecting inequalities of women from marginalised religious groups...
14 February 2020
We’re excited to be participating in the upcoming Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10). Convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the World Urban Forum has become the premier international gathering for addressing the challenges of sustainable...
5 February 2020
