Showing 1–10 of 53 results
29 April 2026
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
South Africa’s digitalisation of social protection has inverted traditional accountability relationships. Rather than the state being...
14 August 2025
2 July 2025
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Community engagement is a crucial part of preparedness and response to health emergencies. It can enable more effective and equitable...
2 July 2025
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Community engagement, in public health practice, includes a wide range of activities to work with community members to promote...
2 July 2025
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This short report describes findings from the Cleveland, Ohio site of the ‘Community Engagement in Pandemic Preparedness (CEPP)’...
2 July 2025
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This evidence brief draws on anthropological research in Ealing, a borough in Northwest London, to demonstrate how investing in...
This project looks to strengthen knowledge systems for policy to address hunger and food insecurity and make them more equitable. By...
Building timely new capacities for learning about just climate policy action with and for urban municipalities in the Marmara Region of Türkiye.
This project explores how Brazil’s political divides influence how government officials interpret and use evidence in climate change-related policymaking. In partnership with ENAP, IPEA, and FLACSO Brasil, we investigate how public institutions can remain resilient amid political shifts and continue to base decisions on sound evidence. We examine what counts as credible evidence, who decides that, and how these views shape climate policy. Methods include participant observation, interviews, focus groups, social network analysis, document analysis, and a large-n survey. The study focuses on the debates and decisions leading up to COP30, which Brazil will host in November 2025.
Our project on ‘tackling inequities in HIV treatment failure’ builds on longstanding ethnographic work in Kampala, Uganda on the political-economic and social context of men’s HIV vulnerability. Over 18 months, we will use ethnographic and participatory methods to understand the social determinants of HIV/AIDS amongst young men and engage policymakers to identify strategies to improve treatment experiences.