The UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer says we should be mainlining AI directly into every part of government and the economy.

The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) proudly celebrates the graduation of its 2025 cohort, marking a momentous achievement for each of the students who have completed their Master’s or PhDs.

Simin Ibnat Dharitree, MA Gender & Development, wrote her dissertation on unpaid care in Gaza whilst the uprising in ...

MA Poverty & Development alumna Molly Charker shares how she has applied the knowledge and skills she learnt at IDS.

This report synthesises learning from these audits and is part of a larger project that focuses on understanding the links between sexuality, gender plurality and poverty with the aim of improving ...

Chevening Scholar Teofilo Moreno graduated in 2023 with an MA in Governance, Development and Public Policy. Having won a ...

The original “Sussex Manifesto” called for radical change in international debate and action about harnessing science and technology to development. It challenged the commonly accepted global division ...

has emerged around their relative efficacy. Some commentators see diversity as a continued source of strength, positioning foundations to address the complexity, contingency and negotiated nature of ...

The Institute of Development Studies will hold its flagship event Recasting Development on 28 January to explore key trends ...

In this commentary we argue that, to transform the bioeconomy sectors towards ecologically less harmful and socially fairer outcomes, the bioeconomy policy project must be questioned, re-politicised ...

Cornwall, A. (2002) Making spaces, changing places : situating participation in development. Working paper series, 170. Brighton: IDS.

Jeremy Swift, long-time IDS Fellow and pioneer of pastoralism studies, sadly passed away on the 22 December 2024.