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 ...

Around the world, democracies are being contested and face a growing challenge: fewer people are showing up to vote.

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

Join IDS and Peking University Department of Global Health for a panel discussion for UK-China research for global health: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

This framing paper, developed by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), outlines the role of school meals programmes in fragile and conflict-affected settings, ...

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