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Navigating through floods and droughts with dryland buffaloes and swimming camels

The PASTRES team recently visited Kachchh in Gujarat, a place that has undergone tremendous change over the last 20 or so years, especially since the investment push following the earthquake that devastated the region in 2001. Natasha Maru, who has recently completed her thesis on pastoral...

Ian Scoones

27 January 2023

Opinion

Durdin-er Diaries: chronicles of hard times in Bangladesh

Which governance channels do people whose livelihoods and incomes were severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic navigate while attempting to bounce back? Through a joint IDS and BIGD research project we aim to answer this question by exploring the trajectories of recovery, coping strategies,...

Syeda Salina Aziz & 4 others

27 January 2023

Student Opinion

The top five questions we get asked by prospective students

Choosing a Master’s degree is a big decision, and we know that the application process can throw up a lot of questions for prospective students considering studying at IDS. Below, we’ve answered the top five questions we get asked about studying at IDS. Am I qualified / will I get...

26 January 2023

Student Opinion

How diversity has impacted my experience at IDS

Yasmin Almeida Lobato Morais studied the MA Power, Participation & Social Change in 2022/23. In this blog post Yasmin reflects on the diversity, new connections, deep conversations, and complex thinking that have shaped her experience at IDS. Before I came to IDS, I was living with my family in...

Yasmin Almeida Lobato Morais, MA Power, Participation & Social Change, 2023

25 January 2023

Student Opinion

Top five things students love about studying at IDS

We sat down with a group of our current students to find out what they liked most about studying at IDS. Here are the top five reasons they gave! It only takes a year to get a Master’s degree in the UK The quicker timeframe for achieving a Master’s degree is a big plus, as it helps to...

24 January 2023

Opinion

How has social assistance responded to climate-related disasters in Pakistan?

Regions within Pakistan have been vulnerable to and impacted by climate-related disasters long before the widespread flooding of 2022. In Chitral, a district in the north of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, flooding and landslide risks from monsoon systems and glacial melting have been increasing in...

Shahida Aman & 2 others

24 January 2023

Opinion

The true role of ethnicity in Sahelian herder-farmer conflicts

The Sahel is inflamed by violent conflicts that are usually traced back to an ethnic matrix, an alleged atavistic hatred between communities of nomadic herders and settled farmers. But this narrative is highly reductive and does not take into account the complexity of such conflicts. There are,...

Massimo Equizi

20 January 2023

Student Opinion

Life at IDS: Studying, socialising and beyond

Haruki Ume joined IDS in September 2022 to study a Master's in Development Studies. In this blog post, he shares reflections on student life at IDS from his first few months, and why he chose to study at IDS. Studying in the IDS community My most favourite part of student life at IDS is the...

Haruki Ume, MA Development Studies 2023

19 January 2023

Student Opinion

Being part of the IDS community

A student who studied for their Master's in Governance, Development & Public Policy in 2022/23 reflects on their time at IDS, and the sense of community she feels a part of. One of my first impressions of IDS was on the induction day. Staff had a name badge for every student, where we are from...

A student on MA in Governance, Development & Public Policy, 2023

19 January 2023

Student Opinion

Why do a Master’s in international development?

Andrew Adwera was part of MA Society, Science and Development and graduated in 2008. He has set up his own social enterprise which seeks to empower young people in Kenya, and is currently working on influencing policy around energy and renewable energy sources. Before I came to study at IDS I...

Andrew Adwera MA Society, Science and Development, 2008

19 January 2023

Opinion

Countering gender backlash in Uganda’s infamous Sexual Offences Bill

Uganda has registered significant steps in promoting gender justice, equality and women’s rights in recent years. Considerable progress has been seen in women’s collective advocacy for strengthening rights in marriage, inheritance of family property and political participation since...

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Josephine Ahikire

19 January 2023

Opinion

Let’s get back to the drawing board on insecurity in Karamoja

Save for a recent event, the last time there was a mass burial in Karamoja was in 1972, when the Ugandan government of President Idi Amin killed protesters against his culture policies in present Napak district. These traumatic experiences were relived three weeks ago, when the district local...

Simon Peter Longoli

18 January 2023

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Navigating through floods and droughts with dryland buffaloes and swimming camels

Durdin-er Diaries: chronicles of hard times in Bangladesh

The top five questions we get asked by prospective students

How diversity has impacted my experience at IDS

Top five things students love about studying at IDS

How has social assistance responded to climate-related disasters in Pakistan?

The true role of ethnicity in Sahelian herder-farmer conflicts

Life at IDS: Studying, socialising and beyond

Being part of the IDS community

Why do a Master’s in international development?

Countering gender backlash in Uganda’s infamous Sexual Offences Bill

Let’s get back to the drawing board on insecurity in Karamoja

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