Counters critiques of theories of change and outlines principles for good theory of change practice to strengthen use in most ...

IDS student Aya shares how she stepped out of her comfort zone, what she learned in the process and how studying at IDS is ...

A recent event in London saw participants identify ways that democracy can be strengthened through greater citizen ...

Destruction of datacentres in war expose a new vulnerability. The focus should not be on who controls data but if it can be used.

The research study identifies five enabling conditions that create openings for transformation in South Africa's social grant system.

The people that digital technologies are designed to serve are absent from the governance architecture. Accountability is ...

Ahead of the Global Partnerships Conference, IDS researchers look at what needs to be addressed to tackle global challenges.

This paper explores the intersection of climate change and extremes, conflict, and social protection in Ethiopia. It examines the long-term, 40-year history of climate extremes over Ethiopia and ...

The humanitarian sector is losing its memory. Funding cuts, closures, and the slow decay of digital infrastructure are all ...

This basic ‘how-to’ guide aims to help frontline staff and field facilitators to understand the philosophy and principles of CLTS, and to use some of the practical tools and techniques flexibly and ...

Technology contributes both positively and negatively to the resilience of ‘social-ecological systems’, but is not considered in depth in that literature. A technology-focused literature on ...

As part of the ongoing tripartite collaboration between the University of Sussex (Sussex), the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), and the University of Ghana, Sussex, led by the Sussex ...