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

In this series, learn how citizens and progressive politicians can and are resisting the decline in democracy globally.

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Zimbabwe’s national statistical agency, ZimStat, recently reported that 76% of the national economy is informal. This should be of no surprise to anyone, but what to do about it is the big question ...