The Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID) provides research evidence and delivers practical programmes which aim to redress the impact of discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief, tackle poverty and exclusion, and promote people’s wellbeing and...
Global progress on gender equality is under threat. We are living in an age where major political and social shifts are resulting in new forces that are visibly pushing back to reverse the many gains made for women’s rights and to shrink civic space. This patriarchal backlash is escalating...
The European Engagement Initiative provides research focus on the universal development challenges that have a global dimension within a region undergoing geopolitical change. It recognises that now the UK is out of the European Union it is even more important for IDS to engage with partners,...
The Food Equity Centre exists to challenge the power and politics that make food systems inequitable. We conduct research and generate contextualized knowledge into the complex socio-economic factors that lead to certain people being unable to access affordable, nutritious food, or earn a...
Future Agricultures is a network of researchers on agriculture and food policy in Africa, formed of more than 100 people working in 12 countries across Africa and in Europe.
Future Health Systems is a research consortium working to improve access, affordability and quality of health services for the poor.
The central aim of this programme is to influence norms and institutions at global and local levels to more effectively tackle the challenge of achieving gender equality.
The Ghana Development Hub, part of the IDS International Initiatives, provides focus in a geography at the leading edge of development thinking and practice due to accelerating environmental, economic, pollical and social change. It recognises that tackling challenges such as climate change,...
The Humanitarian Learning Centre (HLC) brings together high-quality analysis, dialogue and debate with accessible, operational learning to improve humanitarian response, practice and policy.
The IDS China Centre, part of the IDS International Initiatives, provides research focus on a country transforming global geopolitics due to its strategic importance, role in the global south and its commitment to development. It recognises that tackling universal challenges such as climate...
We work to better understand the relationship between sexual rights and poverty to help make sexual rights real.
This major international ESRC-funded programme aims to explore how trust mediates the relationship between inequality and governance in settings where democratic institutions may be unstable or under threat.
