There is increasing attention on how to develop cutting edge research in close collaboration with those that are most likely to benefit from it. So I very much welcomed the recent exciting event and new publication focused on research-policy partnerships in international development. The...
22 July 2019
19 July 2019
Across the world, there is a new problem that we have in common: the crisis of democracy. But while this presents serious challenges, defining it as a global problem also opens up new pathways of learning from each other– not only about the nature of this crisis but also the solutions to...
18 July 2019
15 July 2019
Mariz Tadros, Director of the Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID) shares her response and reflections to the recently published independent review on the persecution of Christians. On Boxing Day last year, the UK Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, announced...
11 July 2019
9 July 2019
‘Smart cities’ use new technologies to meet their most pressing urban challenges and become more sustainable. IDS researchers have been investigating how inclusive these solutions really are, with a focus on a large-scale smart cities initiative in India. The Indian government’s Smart...
9 July 2019
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is the world’s largest infrastructure plan with the potential to accelerate progress towards global sustainability. Whether it can live up to this promise is the subject of intense, often polarised debate. Some point to the BRI’s alignment to the...
9 July 2019
Huge numbers of people continue to flee the world’s most intractable conflicts. Many of these refugees are not destined for camps, but are increasingly channelled into urban informal settlements, chiefly in developing countries. With few signs of this abating, IDS has been working to improve...
9 July 2019
Ensuring everyone in the world has access to decent healthcare is the concept behind universal health coverage. This ambition is part of the Global Goals, but has been on international agendas since 1978, when the Alma-Ata Declaration identified primary healthcare as key to attaining health for...
9 July 2019
Ahead of tomorrow's Global Conference for Media Freedom hosted by the UK and Canadian governments in London, Professor Mariz Tadros, Director of the Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID) reflects on the tensions between protecting Freedom of Religion or Belief...
9 July 2019
5 July 2019
