Students at IDS often have the chance to attend seminars, panel discussions and workshops, in addition to regular classes.

After being drawn into a scene onstage at a participatory play in London’s West End, Riya Behl, MA Power Participation & Social Change (class of 2024-25), reflects on the role of theatre in ...

Ravi Jaiswal, MA Governance, Development and Public Policy alum, analyses the role of participatory theatre in promoting the rights of migrant domestic workers in the UK, highlighting its ...

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and how to make the policies count with the limited time and resources available ...

In an era of shrinking aid budgets and closing civic space, how external funders support CSO networks matters.

Shafqat reflects on how his experience in policy practice shaped his understanding of development and how his time at IDS has ...

Shafqat reflects on how his experience in policy practice shaped his understanding of development and how his time at IDS has ...

This study investigates the challenges and opportunities in coordination between Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP), a programme that provides social assistance to severely poor ...

Ian Scoones new blog on cultural changes around marriage, divorce and inheritance in Zimbabwe’s land reform farms./ ...

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

The Coptic Cultural Heritage Protection and Revival Conference brought together partners from Egypt, Iraq, and Syria, to ...

Across generations, changes in attitudes have led to shifting roles, with women taking on more activities. This has empowering effects, as many of our informants explained, but it can also mean more ...