Faith leaders, activists, charity workers and academic experts from across faiths and sectors gathered to discuss at the inaugural Forum for Freedom of Religion or Belief and Inclusive Development which took place on 11 June in London
17 June 2019
IDS Director, Professor Melissa Leach, has highlighted how a prejudiced UK visa system that is refusing visas for African researchers is undermining international collaborations and efforts to tackle global challenges such as the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
10 June 2019
Failure to support healthy brain development can result in life-long consequences. With training, parents can become even more effective providers of the care and stimulation that babies and young children need to develop properly. Launched today, research conducted in Ngororero District,...
10 June 2019
As we move towards the five year anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development (Global Goals), the Institute has begun the process of developing its next five year strategy and is thinking hard about how it can contribute to accelerating much...
3 June 2019
Recommendations from a group of health experts, including IDS Research Fellow Dr Gerald Bloom, highlight the vital role that the G20, who are due to gather in Japan in June 2019, can play in achieving universal health coverage (UHC). UHC is a key target articulated in the United Global Goals...
24 May 2019
More than 200 UK and Kenya researchers, policymakers, businesses and civil society delegates met this week in Nairobi to explore the potential for new innovative collaboration on affordable housing and sustainable infrastructure.
24 May 2019
IDS Director Melissa Leach was one of three panellists to take part in a UK parliament event, ‘China and ‘Global Britain’ – a sustainable development partnership for the future?’. This high profile event was jointly hosted by IDS, the All Party Parliamentary China Group and the All...
24 May 2019
Sir David Attenborough has backed a new report revealing the stark health impacts of plastic pollution and rubbish on world’s poorest people. The report has been co-authored by international relief and development agency Tearfund, conservation charity Fauna and Flora International, IDS and...
14 May 2019
IDS played host to Sussex academics and advocates undertaking research and supporting refugees and asylum seekers for an evening of discussion, debate and calls to action. The event was a chance for those who research and those who advocate for refugees to come together, to explore linkages...
13 May 2019
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29 April 2019
The 2019 Ester Boserup prize for research on development has been awarded to Ian Scoones, Professorial Fellow at IDS and co-director of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) STEPS Centre. The Ester Boserup prize is ‘awarded to a scholar whose research has improved and deepened...
25 April 2019
Professor Melissa Leach calls for more rigorous and robust evidence around the opportunities and challenges that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) presents in terms of achieving sustainable development outcomes at launch of Belt and Road Studies Network.
24 April 2019
