This is a call for papers for a special issue of the IDS Bulletin which will be looking at how accountability for addressing sexual harassment actually works on the ground. This call is open to scholars, practitioners, policy experts and activists, and we welcome contributions from around the...
17 May 2018
Syrian refugees prevented legal residency by complex bureaucracy and prohibitive costs are struggling in poor, makeshift housing not officially recognised by the Lebanese authorities. This ‘illegal’ living is taking its toll on both Syrian refugees and the local Lebanese communities living...
3 May 2018
To mark the launch of the new IDS Bulletin on Accountability for Health Equity, and to consider the key learning and implications for actions to achieve Universal Health Coverage, UHC2030 and IDS announce a new webinar on 17 May.
3 May 2018
IDS and the University of the West Indies - Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) - have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the University’s annual conference on ‘Sustainable Futures for the Caribbean: Critical interventions and the 2030...
30 April 2018
How can we leverage the transformational potential of these innovations and accelerate progress towards achieving Universal Health Coverage in low and middle-income countries in Asia and Africa?
17 April 2018
IDS and Sussex alumnus Mamunur Rahman has been shortlisted for a prestigious British Council Alumni Award in the South Asia regional Social Impact Category. The Award recognises the outstanding achievements of alumni with a UK higher education whose work has positively changed their society or...
17 April 2018
UK Research and Innovation has appointed IDS Fellow Jaideep Gupte to one of nine ‘Challenge Leader’ posts to help direct the work of a £1.5bn government research fund.
16 April 2018
For student’s mid-way through their international development courses and for anyone with an interest in development studies we have put together a selection of recently published titles and some from our history which reflect a wide range of themes in development studies.
9 April 2018
IDS and partners took the twin opportunities of International Women’s Day and the Commission on the Status of Women to share research highlighting key barriers to women and girls being empowered, particularly around unpaid care, decent work and life choices.
5 April 2018
Carlos Alvarado Quesada, a former MA student at IDS wins the presidential election held in Costa Rica.
4 April 2018
A new IDS project is looking for examples of where people are empowered to have their say in their economic future, whether in economic policymaking or grassroots economic alternatives – can you help?
28 March 2018
IDS commemorates life of inspirational partner and friend, Simeen Mahmud, a Fellow at the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD).
21 March 2018
