A scientist who left her UN job to join the Gaza flotilla explains why – and how – the aid sector should go from advocacy to activism.

Burnham's local-decision making aim is also an opportunity to tackle political exclusion and democratic backsliding in the UK.

Letters: Prof Lyla Mehta says the glacial floods and loss of life are a stark reminder that climate disruption is global and highly unequal. Plus letters from Lynda McDonald and Jan Bengtsson

Researchers analyse the backlash against a new initiative to test the piloting of public restaurants in Nottingham and Dundee.

IDS researchers analyse the case of the Manono lithium in the DRC, which has become one of the messiest disputes in African mining.

IDS becomes a member of the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty, launched at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 2024.

Expert research view on whether countries should follow the policies of Indonesia that led to its success with nickel mining.

IDS researchers say new Prime Minister Andy Burnham should implement these ideas to deliver his ambitions for the whole of the UK.

IDS Director says that the FCDO annual report lays bare the reality and scale of cuts to UK support for countries with great need.

Experts share insights from research on pastoralism as part of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralism.

The UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer says we should be mainlining AI directly into every part of government and the economy. The Foreign Secretary says he is planning to bring ‘AI into the heart of our work’. However, there is a great deal of evidence about the harms that AI can cause. Here I outl...

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IDS will lead the new FCDO-funded Multi-Hazard Research Network to strengthen decision-making before, during and after crises.

A project to measure how reflective paint reduces indoor temperatures is delivering tangible benefits across Africa

Can countries can act together to turn this critical mineral boom into a driver of development before the window closes.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has determined that the current Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), underscoring the need for rapid, coordinated action and s...

The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) welcomed the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Dr Harini Amarasuriya, yesterday to celebrate the institute’s 60th anniversary.

Trump–Xi summit in Beijing should not be read as a great-power settlement between Washington and Beijing

Citizens, globally, want to be able to play an active role in developing their own futures , and in shaping the policies and programmes that affect them.

"Times of crisis offer the biggest opportunities to rethink, to do things differently."We've just launched our new strategy, Knowledge and solidarity for a j...

US seeks free-market private investment deals over development assistance as experts warn of ripple effects

International students from Lebanon describe studying while there is a crisis at home and share tips for coping.

The 14th WTO ministerial failed to deliver the necessary push for reform with only some small steps forward.

Countries across the continent have spent more than $2bn on Chinese tracking technology that is not ‘necessary or proportionate’, new report finds

explores how cooperation between China and countries across the Global South works in practice