The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) celebrated its Summer 2024 graduation on Wednesday 24 July, recognising the achievements of 36 students who completed their Master's or PhD programmes. This significant milestone reflects their dedication, perseverance, and academic excellence. Sincere...
25 July 2024
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is part of a new research initiative that will further understanding of a region spanning Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central, East & Pacific Asia, led by the University of Glasgow’s Central and East European Studies (CEES). IDS is a...
25 July 2024
In the context of the recent violence in Bangladesh, in which it is reported that at least 150 people have been killed and many more injured, IDS's Acting Director shares the following statement: Professor Peter Taylor, Acting Director of the Institute of Development Studies, said: “IDS has...
25 July 2024
When the British economist Dudley Seers was tasked with setting up the Institute of Development Studies he knew exactly who to turn to for administrative support. For, during the meeting of senior academics and the politicians at Boarstall Tower near Oxford where the decision was taken to set up...
23 July 2024
IDS researchers are among those receiving new funding grants under two UK initiatives to foster innovative and international social science collaborations. Dr Shilpi Srivastava, a research fellow at IDS, is one of 68 of the most promising research leaders to be funded under the latest...
18 July 2024
IDS has been working with partners in Ghana in recent years as part of two initiatives: firstly, a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Sussex and the University of Ghana (UG), and secondly the IDS Ghana Development Hub, a networking and engagement platform where...
11 July 2024
Two experts in infectious disease have been selected to be Policy Fellows as part of a wider Japan-UK collaboration to tackle the growing crisis of antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major threat to global health, with overuse of drugs, including antibiotics,...
9 July 2024
Southern Voice and IDS are thrilled to invite you to participate in sharing stories and strategies to rebalance power in the knowledge ecosystem. Your stories and strategies will be a source of inspiration, mutual learning, and the basis for strategizing a long-term action and research...
5 July 2024
The International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD), based at IDS, welcomed a new Executive Director, Giulia Mascagni, on 1st July 2024.
2 July 2024
What lessons can we learn from using local knowledge in countries like Sierra Leone to combat past epidemics like the Ebola outbreak and the recent Covid-19 pandemic. When an Ebola outbreak swept across West Africa in 2013, claiming thousands of lives in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, the...
28 June 2024
A new Community of Practice on research and policy in Gender and Tax (CoPGT), whose secretariat is hosted by the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD), held its first official general meeting on Thursday, June 20th. The CoPGT is a partnership between the ICTD and the Center...
25 June 2024
IDS researchers are out in force this year presenting at this years Development Studies Association (DSA) conference – the biggest of its kind in Europe – and which takes place at SOAS, London from the 26 to 28 June. The theme of the conference this year is Social justice and development in...
25 June 2024
