Institute of Development Studies
Jan 8, 2025 · We are delighted to announce that Professor Peter Taylor has been appointed as the new Director of the Institute of Development Studies. Professor Taylor has close to 40 years of experience in international development, most recently as Acting Director for IDS since April 2024 and Director of Research at IDS.
Recasting Development 2025 - Institute of Development Studies
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Podcast: Navigating uncertainty - radical rethinking for a turbulent ...
Dec 17, 2024 · Uncertainties are everywhere. Whether it’s climate change, financial volatility, pandemic outbreaks or new technologies, we don’t know what the future will hold. For many contemporary challenges, navigating uncertainty – where we cannot predict what may happen – is essential. But how is this done, and what can we learn from different contexts about responding to …
Explore Research - Institute of Development Studies
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We provide world-class, short courses on a range of specialist themes to help you grow professionally and develop the skills and knowledge needed to realise more equitable and sustainable societies.
Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: A Framework for Analysis
Jan 1, 1998 · The concept of ‘sustainable livelihoods’ is increasingly important in the development debate. This paper outlines a framework for analysing sustainable livelihoods, defined here in relation to five key indicators.
Disability as an international development issue: an IDS perspective
Oct 22, 2024 · It is often assumed that people with disabilities are a small minority group. However, the latest global estimates are that they make up on average 16% of populations or more in any context (WHO 2022). Around 10% of children have a disability, the figure rising to about 40% in the elderly, many people acquiring impairments […]
PhD by Research - Institute of Development Studies
World leaders in development studies. Ranked first in the world for Development Studies (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023) for the eighth year in a row – the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) transforms the knowledge, action and leadership needed for more equitable and sustainable development globally, through …
Specialist short course - Institute of Development Studies
You will join a diverse international cohort of policy, programme and evidence entrepreneurs from governments, development agencies, charities, social enterprises and research organisations, to share learning and gain new insights into improving policy and programmes through the better use of evidence.
Navigating Uncertainty: Radical Rethinking for a Turbulent World
Aug 1, 2024 · Cite this publication . Scoones, I. (2024) Navigating Uncertainty: Radical Rethinking for a Turbulent Road, Polity Press: London Copy