A call for papers has been issued for the Transformations 2017 conference in Dundee, UK. Transformations 2017 is the third in a biennial series of international interdisciplinary conferences that focuses on transformations towards sustainability.
11 May 2016
Many have criticised the Sustainable Development Goals for being overly broad and unrealistic. While a certain degree of ambition is necessary to drive changes, the fourth SDG (SDG4) on education already bears ten targets.
11 May 2016
Chatsworth is in Gutu district in Masvingo province. Before land reform it was important as a cattle loading siding run by the national railways. Surrounded by around 100 large-scale farms, mostly owned by whites, it was a centre for the ranching business.
9 May 2016
In December 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping flew into South Africa for the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation with great fanfare. Find out what is the real story of China in Africa on the ground, beyond the hype.
5 May 2016
The new 'Pathways' Network had its opening workshop in Buenos Aires recently. At the workshop, participants from Sweden, South Africa, Kenya, the UK, Argentina, USA/Mexico, India and China discussed research questions and how best to share learning.
3 May 2016
It has been sixteen years since Paul Crutzen and Eugene Stoermer first introduced the term 'Anthropocene' to signify that the 'growing impacts of human activities on earth and atmosphere' had reached planetary proportions.
3 May 2016
Small towns near resettlement areas are booming. New business opportunities generated by a change in rural production systems has transformed opportunities. In the past these were very sleepy service centres for the surrounding large-scale commercial farms.
1 May 2016
To celebrate IDS’s 50th anniversary this year, Nepal’s IDS Alumni Ambassador Jimmy Lama reports on the panel discussion exploring how Nepal can effectively respond to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
27 April 2016
The research uptake guide for DFID-funded research programmes has been updated. Amidst the controversy over the anti-advocacy clause and ongoing debate around how to strengthen evidence based development policy and programming, I wanted to share what I like about the new guide and what concerns me.
26 April 2016
MA Gender & Development student Priliantina Bebasari, gives her personal reflection on why events like “Gender Takeover” are important at development institutions like IDS.
26 April 2016
IDS MA Gender and Development students Becca Williams and Prili Bebasari, reflect on the Sussex Development Lecture, Organisational Transformation with a Feminist Lens, on research that can change how organisations address issues of gender.
26 April 2016
Argentina's fifteen-year battle over debts to so-called “vulture funds” has finally come to an end. It began when four hedge funds refused to accept a debt restructuring proposal agreed by 93% of creditors. What can be done to put an end to such funds?
26 April 2016