Students and fellows alike gathered to hear Danny Burns propose new models of responding to change and complexity.
11 March 2016
Earlier this month, the Operational Research and Impact Evaluation project (ORIE) organised an event to share research findings from ORIE’s evaluation of and operations research with WINNN over the last two years. Kat Pittore reflects on the lessons shared.
11 March 2016
Mental health problems are a major issue in academia. IDS PhD candidate Sophie Valeix highlights the issues and how we can take steps to change things.
11 March 2016
STEPS co-director Andy Stirling was one of the ‘witnesses’ in an interesting debate on the Moral Maze last night, discussing ethics and democracy in science. Alongside its many benefits, science can bring unforeseen consequences and be used for ill.
10 March 2016
Harbouring one of the largest mangrove forest tracks in the world, the Sunderbans cover a sizeable area in southern Bangladesh and east India.
9 March 2016
A new Open Access Special Issue in World Development based on our work on the changing role of China and Brazil in Africa's agriculture is now available. The work was developed under the 'China and Brazil in African Agriculture' project of the Future Agricultures Consortium.
9 March 2016
The question of how to improve farming to feed and sustain people in developing countries is as important as ever, and there are no easy solutions.
7 March 2016
President Evo Morales recently put into effect a Law for the Promotion of Healthy Feeding. Is it just in time or too little too late for Bolivians who are becoming increasingly trapped by market forces, social pressure and the addictive nature of street food?
7 March 2016
A new Open Access Special Issue in World Development based on our work on the changing role of China and Brazil in Africa's agriculture is now available.
7 March 2016
The 2030 Agenda promises Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are “integrated and indivisible” and “leave no-one behind”. Yet goals listed have historically been pursued in ways that bring them into conflict with each other.
3 March 2016
IDS’ Digital Cluster Leader Ben Ramalingam shares his thoughts on INGOS in a complex and uncertain future from this weeks’ BOND Annual Conference 2016.
3 March 2016
Nexus network meetings are a bit like a bar scene in Star Wars, joked Professor Mike Bradshaw, from the University of Warwick: "What we need is a universal translator to make sense of the different languages and topics covered."
2 March 2016
