The UK government has today published a White Paper on International Development – a formal government document setting out future policy proposals – to state its approach to international development until 2030. In the foreword to the White Paper the UK’s new Foreign Secretary, David...
20 November 2023
The IDS Annual Lecture with Karuna Nundy on ‘Gender, Justice and Joy: Legal travels through the patriarchy, suppressed speech and corporate crime’, is less than one week away. In the last forty years IDS has made a unique contribution to the research, practice and learning on gender and...
9 November 2023
The PASTRES programme, co-hosted by IDS and the European University Institute, free open access online course on Pastoralism and Uncertainty has been updated with new sections. The three new sections explore the issues around biodiversity and climate change, shaped in part by high-level...
6 November 2023
Foreign aid and international development frequently bring with it a range of unintended consequences, both negative and positive. This episode of the IDS Between the Lines podcast delves into these consequences, providing a fresh and comprehensive guide to understanding and addressing...
1 November 2023
As summer transitions into autumn in the UK, the seasonal change sees IDS bid farewell to one cohort of students who make way for the class of 2023-24. It is an exciting time of year for everyone across the institute, as we get to celebrate success with our 2022-23 students and welcome over...
23 October 2023
If you can’t control or predict the future, how can you prepare for it? Uncertainty can be scary, but can it also be a source of hope or opportunity? A new series from the IDS co-hosted PASTRES programme of seven illustrated stories explores uncertainty in the worlds of economics, banking...
17 October 2023
The leading international lawyer, human rights advocate and voice for gender equality, Karuna Nundy, is announced today as the guest speaker for this year’s IDS Annual Lecture, on Tuesday 14 November. Listed by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world...
12 October 2023
The new episode of the IDS Between the Lines podcast examines how the 'giving' industry of development can be an extractive industry as well, through the use of domestic workers and the lack of rights that these workers often have. The podcast features an interview with Dinah Hannaford,...
6 October 2023
Speakers at the forefront of new ideas for development have been confirmed for this Autumn term’s Sussex Development Lectures, run in partnership between IDS and the University of Sussex, who together are ranked no.1 in the world for development studies. The lectures will cover topics...
3 October 2023
Governments in Nigeria, Ghana, Morocco, Malawi, and Zambia are collectively spending at least $1bn a year on digital surveillance technology contracts with companies in the US, UK, China, EU and Israel, new research reveals today. The research, published by the Institute of Development...
27 September 2023
Following ten years of inspirational leadership by Melissa Leach, IDS is now advertising for a new Director to lead the organisation after Melissa steps down in April 2024. The new Director will take forward the organisation’s pioneering work, building on our reputation as one of the...
19 September 2023
A week ahead of the UN SDG Summit in New York, an event organised by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) used the mid-point of the Sustainable Development Goals to take stock of global collaboration on development. Entitled Hope at the halfway point: Forging a shared agenda for change,...
14 September 2023
