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35 years of work at IDS on the environment: Announcing a new IDS archive Bulletin

This year it’s 35 years since the establishment of the Environment Group at IDS. To mark this milestone, a new IDS archive Bulletin – Environmental Change, Development Challenges – Revisited – has just been released, edited by Melissa Leach and Ian Scoones. The archive Bulletin...

Ian Scoones

Melissa Leach

5 February 2025

Opinion

Reimagining social assistance in the Kurdistan region of Iraq: The vital role of local organisations

The state of social assistance in the KRI: A system in flux Since 2015, the social assistance system in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) has been largely inactive due to fiscal constraints, political instability, and administrative challenges – leaving vulnerable communities reliant on...

Louisa Seferis & 2 others

4 February 2025

Opinion

New businesses in small towns in Zimbabwe

What are the new businesses being established in the small towns of Zimbabwe? As the last blog has illustrated our long-term study of Mvurwi, Chatsworth and Maphisa shows a variety of changes, with different drivers associated. There are varying links too with a changing agriculture, but what is...

Ian Scoones

3 February 2025

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Brazil-UK partnership against hunger: three priorities for the year ahead

This year’s celebration of the bicentennial anniversary of Brazil-UK relations happens at a time of unique convergence between the two countries. It also comes amidst much disruption and uncertainty in global diplomacy. The two countries must seize this moment and work together on three...

Lídia Cabral

3 February 2025

Opinion

The turbulence and the toll of the USAID freeze

The election of President Donald Trump has ushered in a sharp turn of direction for the US government in its domestic and international engagement. Since his inauguration on 20 January, President Trump has been quick to enact policy change, including freezing all international development...

Peter Taylor

3 February 2025

Student Opinion

Being part of powerful network working for social change

Bruna Viana de Freitas studied MA Power, Participation & Social Change (MAP) at IDS in 2021-22 and went on to set up Cúrcuma, a consultancy working with participatory approaches for justice and inclusion, mainly focusing on socioenvironmental and human rights fields. In this blog post, Bruna...

Bruna Viana de Freitas, IDS alumna

31 January 2025

Student Opinion

Studying for a career at the intersection of development and climate

Pedro Sanches de Frias, currently studying MSc Climate Change, Development and Policy, is one of the first students taking part in a double master’s programme as a result of our partnership with Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (FGV EAESP). This partnership offers students...

Pedro Sanches de Frias

30 January 2025

Student Opinion

From Brazil to Brighton – reflections on the first term at IDS

Lucas dos Santos Miranda, MA Globalisation, Business & Development student (class of 2025), joined IDS as part of a double master’s programme partnership between IDS and Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). We asked Lucas to tell us a bit about why he joined IDS, his first impressions and his...

Lucas dos Santos Miranda, IDS student

29 January 2025

Student Opinion

The top three things students ask our careers advisor

Did you know that students at IDS (and graduates for up to three years) have access to a range of skills development opportunities and careers support during their time with us? This includes a regular careers drop-in session with Helen Gorman, Careers and Employability Consultant at the...

Helen Gorman, Careers and Employability Consultant at the University of Sussex

27 January 2025

Opinion

The continuing growth of small towns in Zimbabwe

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 metropolitan areas where industrial areas have declined, but it’s in small towns. Some of these have...

Ian Scoones

27 January 2025

Opinion

Carbon offsetting in arid lands won’t help fight climate change: the Great Green Wall shows why

Carbon offsetting – the practise where businesses or individuals offset their carbon emissions by investing in environmental projects - is expanding from reforestation projects to tree planting in areas with no history of tree cover, such as semi-arid to arid lands, despite the serious doubts...

Jeremy Allouche

Detlef Muller-Mahn

24 January 2025

Student Opinion

Why study international development? Insights from an MA Development student

We spoke to Aranya Sawhney Malik, MA Development Studies student (Class of 2025), about the importance of studying international development, why inclusive and free education is one of India’s most pressing needs, and how she’s planning to tackle it. Interviewer: What were you doing before...

Aranya Sawhney Malik, IDS student

24 January 2025

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35 years of work at IDS on the environment: Announcing a new IDS archive Bulletin

Reimagining social assistance in the Kurdistan region of Iraq: The vital role of local organisations

New businesses in small towns in Zimbabwe

Brazil-UK partnership against hunger: three priorities for the year ahead

The turbulence and the toll of the USAID freeze

Being part of powerful network working for social change

Studying for a career at the intersection of development and climate

From Brazil to Brighton – reflections on the first term at IDS

The top three things students ask our careers advisor

The continuing growth of small towns in Zimbabwe

Carbon offsetting in arid lands won’t help fight climate change: the Great Green Wall shows why

Why study international development? Insights from an MA Development student

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