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What Might Uncertainty Teach Me?

There is a growing recognition of the importance of teaching students about sustainability issues. But given the many uncertainties and unknowns, what kinds of learning approaches are appropriate? In partnership with a leading school-wide initiative in Brighton and Hove, Our City Our World, the...

Rebecca Webb & 2 others

27 October 2023

Opinion

Lessons from Indonesia: Rampant Corruption in Village Governance

Corruption is defined as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. In terms of village corruption, the perpetrators generally engage in corrupt practises to enrich themselves, their social groups, or to fund village head elections. In this blog, IDS alum Egi Primayogha investigates...

Egi Primayogha, IDS alum

26 October 2023

Opinion

Mobilising knowledge with care and intent

As the world faces increasingly frequent and interconnected deadly crisis, the urgency to identify effective responses has never been felt more acutely. Locally driven responses to the recent Covid-19 crisis may hold the key. Institutional readiness The paradox of research during the...

James Georgalakis

Andrea Ordóñez Llanos

23 October 2023

Opinion

Processing crops in Zimbabwe: adding value through mechanisation

This blog continues our short series on small-scale agricultural mechanisation in Zimbabwe. This week we turn to how mechanisation is changing the capacity to process agricultural produce and so add value locally. Selling to larger scale manufacturers, millers and so on is less and less...

Ian Scoones

23 October 2023

Opinion

Shifting knowledge power through community engagement and involvement in health research

In this opinion piece, we’ll explore why the global health sector is emphasising the need to involve communities in health research and ask, ‘whose knowledge counts?’ in the context of global health. Community participation in health Community participation in health is: not new; ...

Erica Nelson

19 October 2023

Student Opinion

Meet our MA Food & Development students

On World Food Day, we asked our current cohort of MA Food & Development students why they chose to study this topic, and what change they would most like to see in the world.

17 October 2023

Opinion

Forging renewed commitments towards eradicating extreme poverty

‘Decent Work and Social Protection: Putting Dignity in Practice for All’ is the theme of this year’s UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty held on 17 October. Enabling these outcomes and practices is more pertinent than ever. According to recent reports, the world is...

Keetie Roelen

Vidya Diwakar

17 October 2023

Opinion

Is this the last chance to guarantee the right to food in Mexico?

As World Food Day is celebrated, Mexico’s unfolding legislative process on the right to food deserves attention. The broad consensus around a holistic understanding of this right is a milestone in the country’s history. The narrow window of opportunity now open to turn this right into...

Evelyn Nunez González

16 October 2023

Opinion

Small-scale mechanisation in Zimbabwean farming: boosting production

Following the introduction to the blog series last week, this blog focus on how small-scale mechanisation is boosting production across our sites. Processes of intensification and commercialisation are driving demand for a variety of forms of mechanisation to assist with tillage, irrigation,...

Ian Scoones

16 October 2023

Opinion

Contextualising Gaza: Colonial violence and Occupation

“We are at war”, stated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a recorded statement early on Saturday morning, and “we will win it”. While the unprecedented events of 7 October - constituting ‘the worst breach of Israel’s defences in 50 years’ - precipitated a declaration of...

Chloe Skinner & 2 others

13 October 2023

Opinion

Participatory research and inclusive education: five critical considerations

It is nearly 30 years since the UNESCO Salamanca Statement called for inclusive education to become the norm. Sustainable Development Goal 4 demands ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promotes lifelong learning opportunities for all including children with disabilities. Yet...

Stephen Thompson

Brigitte Rohwerder

12 October 2023

Opinion

Embrapa at 50 should be a celebration of its fringe heroines

This year the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) commemorates its 50th anniversary. Embrapa is well know for driving the Brazilian Green Revolution, centred on soybean and the power of science to conquer nature and push through agriculture modernization. This celebration...

Lídia Cabral

11 October 2023

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What Might Uncertainty Teach Me?

Lessons from Indonesia: Rampant Corruption in Village Governance

Mobilising knowledge with care and intent

Processing crops in Zimbabwe: adding value through mechanisation

Shifting knowledge power through community engagement and involvement in health research

Meet our MA Food & Development students

Forging renewed commitments towards eradicating extreme poverty

Is this the last chance to guarantee the right to food in Mexico?

Small-scale mechanisation in Zimbabwean farming: boosting production

Contextualising Gaza: Colonial violence and Occupation

Participatory research and inclusive education: five critical considerations

Embrapa at 50 should be a celebration of its fringe heroines

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