Carbon offsetting in dry and arid lands is not a proven way to help fight climate change. Research from the Great Green Wall shows why.

Aranya Sawhney Malik, MA Development Studies student blogs about the importance of studying international development.

Simin Ibnat Dharitree, MA Gender & Development, wrote her dissertation on unpaid care in Gaza whilst the uprising in ...

MA Poverty & Development alumna Molly Charker shares how she has applied the knowledge and skills she learnt at IDS.

The UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer says we should be mainlining AI directly into every part of government and the economy.

The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) proudly celebrates the graduation of its 2025 cohort, marking a momentous achievement for each of the students who have completed their Master’s or PhDs.

The Institute of Development Studies will hold its flagship event Recasting Development on 28 January to explore key trends ...

Secondly, I would advise prospective Chevening Scholars to reach out to past Chevening scholars through LinkedIn or through the Chevening community in your country. This community is very generous ...

Jeremy Swift, long-time IDS Fellow and pioneer of pastoralism studies, sadly passed away on the 22 December 2024.

In this commentary we argue that, to transform the bioeconomy sectors towards ecologically less harmful and socially fairer outcomes, the bioeconomy policy project must be questioned, re-politicised ...

This year it’s 25 years since Zimbabwe’s controversial land reform. Ever since the year 2000 when people invaded the land and former white farmers were dispossessed of their farms, we have been ...

We have recently produced three new booklets summarising our work on themes relating to rural development challenges based on our work across our sites. The booklets contain lots of photos and draw ...