The changing geo-political landscape has shifted focus from generalised normative preferences in trade policy towards more realist goals that seek to create the best advantage for a country under ...

IDS graduates Callum Chapman and Norma Jean Park (MA Food & Development, Class of 2024) were lead authors on an IDS Working ...

Dr. Ben Cislaghi is an international development scholar and practitioner specializing in gender norms, social justice, and community-led development. Ben has led and contributed to major research ...

The cuts to ODA budgets have severe consequences for climate change projects around the world, warns experts at IDS.

Thematic expertise and methodological support for the Peace Governance and Equality (PGE) section of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is provided by the consortium Partnership ...

In early 2024 the UK government introduced legislation requiring that when housing or infrastructure development occurs in ...

Urban areas are critical for human development. They are often viewed as key places for the pursuit of economic growth, for addressing epidemics, for modern day warfare, or for adapting to and ...

Our research partnerships examine how to tackle deeply entrenched inequalities that lead to social and economic injustices. Our work draws attention to the needs of people living in chronic poverty, ...

Moinul Zaber is a Research Fellow in the Digital and Technology Cluster at IDS and a computational social scientist with over 19 years of interdisciplinary experience in artificial intelligence, ...

Young people’s urban lives are often riddled with inequalities and everyday obstacles inhibiting their full societal participation, to negatively affect their health and wellbeing. Findings from a ...

The future of funding for global health programmes like those detecting and treating HIV/Aids are in peril after funding cuts.