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
Digital public infrastructure (DPI) holds great potential in strengthening increasingly digitalised tax administration, but important questions persist on how to fully unlock this potential for governments in low-income countries. Drawing from their work under recently concluded DIGITAX...
22 October 2024
The Living Off-Grid and Infrastructure Collaboration (LOGIC) launches its new website today, exploring the relationship between infrastructure, food security and nutrition across five cities in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. LOGIC researchers found many examples of food’s fundamental...
21 October 2024
World renowned economist, Mariana Mazzucato, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL) will be the guest speaker for this year’s IDS Annual Lecture. Professor Mazzucato will deliver the lecture on ‘Rethinking growth: making economies...
17 October 2024
