Countries in Africa experienced over 190 internet shutdowns between 2016 and 2024, new research reveals today.

Ten years on from the creation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the scale of global consensus achieved in 2015 seems ...

The Land Redistribution Initiative, co-led by Ian Scoones, will present experiences of redistributive land reform from across the world ...

Zohra Jalal, MA Gender & Development and Chevening Scholar, outlines the key pieces of advice for applying for this funding.

This framing paper, developed by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), outlines the ...

Radical Rethinking for a Turbulent World, now a year old, with the New Books Network podcast. The host was Morteza Hajizadeh who asked a set of great questions over an extended discussion. We ...

IDS Researcher Robert Chambers books (authored or co-authored) have been made open access for all to read for free.

Germany’s initial open-door policy quickly gave way to political backlash, societal tensions, and restrictive shifts in ...

Conflict, Fragility and Displacement, has launched to coincide with the IDS-hosted conference, organised by the  BASIC ...

With the window for applying for the Chevening Scholarship closing next month, we reached out to some IDS graduates who were ...

Research on adolescents’ snack choices in school food environments has predominantly focused on high-income countries, leaving gaps in low- and middle-income contexts. This study addresses these gaps ...