In this paper we analyse how new actors, interests, and resources become salient to food system governance and how the domain of food system governance transforms as a result. Specifically, we focus ...
We are delighted to announce that our MA Food & Development is changing name to MA Food Systems & Sustainable Development.
degeopoliticisation critical minerals and extraction - problems rooted partly in unequal relationships reframed as problems ...
A large outbreak of the Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV) was first identified in the Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in May 2026. This marked the DRC’s 17th Ebola outbreak ...
What have we learned from our study, 25 years after land reform in Zimbabwe? Drawing on the research that we have been doing since the early 2000s, we wanted to highlight some of the key findings.
Read the new blog by IDS Researcher Ian Scoones, "Zimbabwe is growing without transforming” says the World Bank, but what ...
Burnham's local-decision making aim is also an opportunity to tackle political exclusion and democratic backsliding in the UK.
The sudden collapse of USAID in 2025 sent shockwaves through Uganda’s HIV response and the people hardest hit are those the ...
This review of the evidence on sexuality and poverty is undertaken by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) as part of a larger Accountable Grant from the UK Government’s Department for ...