American academics facing threats to their work on health equities can apply to temporarily relocate to the UK to continue their research, in a new initiative announced today. The Sanctuary for Health Justice, set up by the Institute of Development Studies, provides US researchers with an open and w...

This event will bring together humanitarian leaders, legal experts, and Palestinian voices to reflect on the urgent question: What should humanitarian actors do to stop the genocide in Gaza? The discussion will examine the limits and responsibilities of humanitarian action, what humanitarian efficac...

Famine has been declared in Gaza City but the international system still fails to act, according to IDS researcher Philip Proudfoot.

On 30 May 2025, IDS Honorary Associate and former UN Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffiths described the situation in Gaza as genocide. Alongside IDS Research Fellow Philip Proudfoot, here he calls for ...

Evacuation order in Gaza disrupts aid distribution, intensifies conflict between Israel and Hamas, causing humanitarian crisis.

At least 20,000 Dutch men per year are guilty of child sexual abuse abroad, according to researchers’ estimates on behalf of the Scientific Research and Data Center (WODC).

On 30 May 2025, IDS Honorary Associate and former UN Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffiths described the situation in Gaza as genocide. Alongside IDS Research Fellow Philip Proudfoot, here he calls for ...

Government’s rhetoric undermines the ability to tackle challenges at home and abroad, says Peter Taylor

Government’s rhetoric undermines the ability to tackle challenges at home and abroad, says Peter Taylor

As Palestinians today mark the 77th anniversary of the Nakba – the expulsion of Palestinian Arabs from their homeland in 1948

The Indian government’s military response to the Pahalgam terror attack which killed 26 civilians in Indian occupied Kashmir was disguised as a ‘military retaliation’- a war for peace.

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Hungary's government has decided to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas, told state news agency MTI on Thursday.

The Trump administration moved forward with the sale of more than 20,000 U.S.-made assault rifles to Israel last month, according to a document seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the matter, pushing ahead with a sale that the administration of former president Joe Biden had delayed over concerns they could be used by extremist Israeli settlers.

Today, Thursday 3 April, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) published its provisional statistics on how UK aid was spent in

Initiatives that emerged during the Covid-19 pandemic provided marginalised communities with dignified access to food and can play a much larger role in shaping a fairer food system.

Peter Taylor, IDS Director, calls UK aid budget cuts to fund increase in defence spending as a devastating blow.

Earlier this week, the prime minister said he would be cutting the budget to fund a boost in defence spending.

For over a century, poets, publishers and printers filled this Delhi district’s narrow lanes. But as profits plummet, bookshops are being replaced by kebab shops

Labour PM is set to fly to Washington to meet the US President who has piled pressure on Britain to bolster its armed forces

The announcement comes ahead of a high-stakes meeting between Keir Starmer and Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday.

By Nita Mishra For Development Studies (DS) to truly decolonise itself, it must include the voices that do not find their way to its dominant narrative. To locate these hidden voices, and amplify t…