When Maddy joined IDS as an international student, it was a local Brighton food project that helped her connect with her ...

Yougyeong Na, MA Food and Development, class of 2024-25, reflects on her professional journey as a Programme Policy Officer at the World Food Programme (WFP) in Tanzania, her experience studying at ...

IDS student Yasara Kannagara reflects on her unconventional path to pursuing the MA Poverty, Policy & Development Practice at ...

A blog by IDS alum and Chevening scholar Joydeep Sinha Roy, the Country Director of BRAC Tanzania, who studied at IDS.

Biometric digital-ID cards should only be introduced once safeguards are in place, and with the consent and participation of ...

As part of our analysis of the story of land reform over 25 years, we have also been looking at communal areas that are nearby our A1 sites. These are where many people who invaded the farms and were ...

In this blog, we share how the K4DD programme is managing the transformation in the rapidly changing demand for evidence.

After decades of export-focused economic policy, Mexico is looking back at its domestic market. Last year, the government ...

In this IDS Sparks event, we have selected four bold ideas which offer possibilities for tackling some of the biggest issues of 2026 ...

The world is experiencing more conflict now than since 1946. This blog explores state fragility and cascading climate risks ...

This year is the 60th anniversary of the Institute of Development Studies based at the University of Sussex. IDS has been an independent institute linked to the university since June 1966, so the ...