As the economic geography of Zimbabwe reconfigures following land reform, the growth of small towns continues to be an important phenomenon. No longer is economic growth concentrated in the ...

Resilience has, in the past four decades, been a term increasingly employed throughout a number of sciences: psychology and ecology, most prominently. Increasingly one finds it in political science, ...

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 ...

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

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

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...