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Are robot lawyers the future of increasing access to justice?

In March 2023 GPT-4 passed the solicitors qualifying exam (the SQE) which is the national qualifying exam to become a solicitor in the UK. In the same month GPT-4 also passed the Bar Exam in the United States. Does this mean that in the future we will no longer need lawyers, as all our legal...

Sarah Stephens
Sarah Stephens

1 November 2023

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Are we in the age of the polycrisis?

Last week, as part of the Global Challenges Research Fund Islands of Innovation in Protracted Crises project, a workshop organised by Professor Jeremy Allouche, Dr. Shilpi Srivastava and Dr. Megan Schmidt-Sane brought together philosophers, sociologists, political scientists, political...

Jeremy Allouche
Jeremy Allouche & 3 others

31 October 2023

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On the move: transporting agricultural goods in Zimbabwe

As production and marketing has increased from the new resettlement farms, the demand for transport has grown. The earlier blog series highlighted the importance of transport operators as part of the expanding ‘hidden middle’. Transporters facilitate value chains of all sorts, transporting...

Ian Scoones
Ian Scoones

29 October 2023

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What Might Uncertainty Teach Me?

There is a growing recognition of the importance of teaching students about sustainability issues. But given the many uncertainties and unknowns, what kinds of learning approaches are appropriate? In partnership with a leading school-wide initiative in Brighton and Hove, Our City Our World, the...

Rebecca Webb
Rebecca Webb & 2 others

27 October 2023

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Lessons from Indonesia: Rampant Corruption in Village Governance

Corruption is defined as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. In terms of village corruption, the perpetrators generally engage in corrupt practises to enrich themselves, their social groups, or to fund village head elections. In this blog, IDS alum Egi Primayogha investigates...

Egi Primayogha, IDS alum

26 October 2023

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Processing crops in Zimbabwe: adding value through mechanisation

This blog continues our short series on small-scale agricultural mechanisation in Zimbabwe. This week we turn to how mechanisation is changing the capacity to process agricultural produce and so add value locally. Selling to larger scale manufacturers, millers and so on is less and less...

Ian Scoones
Ian Scoones

23 October 2023

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Meet our MA Food & Development students

On World Food Day, we asked our current cohort of MA Food & Development students why they chose to study this topic, and what change they would most like to see in the world.

17 October 2023

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