Five years after the inception of our Shaping Policy with Evidence training course, Director of Evidence and Impact and Course Convenor James Georgalakis reflects on how the learning process has evolved. Back in 2019 IDS launched this specialist short course which built on many years of support...
8 April 2024
At IDS we are passionate about our rich legacy of participatory methods, and we believe that PAR is more important than ever in the current context of complex and polarising challenges. It is a methodology that brings different perspectives into dialogue, helps to identify systemic issues and...
27 March 2024
Hassan was born in 1996 into a relatively well-off family in Afghanistan, where he and his siblings farmed on their father’s land. However, in 2016 his father died in a car accident and the costs of the funeral considerably reduced his household’s resources. By 2018, Hassan’s family fell...
14 June 2023
This week, applications opened for our popular online course for professionals: Shaping Policy with Evidence. The course is designed for practitioners and researchers seeking to build their skills and knowledge to more effectively shape policy with evidence for positive social...
29 April 2021
This training offers participants new approaches and insights that they can use to tell more compelling and respectful stories that amplify the messages needed to achieve water, sanitation and hygiene for all.
Short course to equip individuals and organisations to more effectively design impact evaluations using a contribution analysis framing.
This new in-person course offers an opportunity for participants to work through the thorny questions and challenges that arise when undertaking Community Engagement and Involvement (CEI) in practice. Find out more and apply now.
There is just one week left to apply for the IDS-hosted Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN) specialist professional course on mixed methods research and evaluations on poverty and inequality. Find out more about this exciting new online course - and apply before the deadline.
30 August 2023