Programme
Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development (K4D)
K4D is a UKaid funded programme consortium led by the Institute of Development Studies.
K4D is a UKaid funded programme consortium led by the Institute of Development Studies.
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA) is an international research partnership. We are working together to discover how agriculture and food-related interventions can be better designed to improve nutrition, particularly for children and adolescent girls.
The Pakistan Hub provides focus in a country at the leading edge of development thinking and practice and is centered on a long-term partnership between IDS and the highly regarded Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). It recognises that...
Deadly diseases with pandemic potential are a global concern, but local people’s understandings of these diseases and their knowledge in preparing for them is often ignored. This research will explore ‘preparedness from below’ by highlighting the importance of local perspectives to disease...
Evidence-based policy is often framed by questioning what works, for whom and in what situations. It is often forgotten that the ability to answer this question depends on knowledge about what has happened, what is happening and what is likely to happen.
This programme will develop evidence-based policy and programme guidance on low-carbon energy investments to benefit poor people.
The Rising Powers in International Development programme is developing an evidence-base around the role of rising powers (including the BRICS countries) in development and will be producing practical policy guidance on effective approaches for engaging with them.
Understanding the links between sexuality, gender plurality and poverty and producing practical options for activists and policymakers for strengthening legal protection of LGBTIQ people and sexuality rights.
The ESRC STEPS Centre (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability) is an interdisciplinary global research and policy engagement centre.
Together with partners around the world, our focus is to support and strengthen the sector to tackle the complex challenges it faces in delivering the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.2.
Transform Nutrition research programme aims to produce the necessary evidence to transform how people think about nutrition and tackle the global nutrition crisis.
Over 40 percent of global populations are under 25 yet young people cannot secure work and increasingly face a crisis of citizenship. Youth Employment and Politics at IDS builds on decades of research to develop knowledge and evidence that contributes to effective interventions that supports,...