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IDS alum Olusola Owonikoko (MAGlob10) shares his thoughts on how Nigeria's insecurity is damaging the country's developmental progress. More...

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Find out more about the participatory development art therapy provided by the Kiota Initiative (founded by IDS alum Andrew Adwera Ochieng [MASSD01]) i… More...

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IDS alum Nicoline Nwenushi Wazeh (MAGen28) with contributions from Ndi Nancy Saiboh share details about the financial and social management of the Cov… More...

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An update on how ELLA and it's founder, alum Mamunur Rahman (MA20) have been working to make and distribute thousands of cloth pads and masks during t… More...

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Suvojit Chattopadhyay (MAGov09) on how after 50 years of being an independent country, Bangladesh could tackle inequalities. Including inclusive devel… More...

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IDS alum Suvojit Chattopadhyay (MAGov09) gives us an update on Kenya's response to Covid-19. Highlighting 3 urgent areas: vaccinations, a plan for lon… More...

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Environmental injustice within a racialised context is environmental racism – a branch of institutional racism in which the realities are evident in t… More...

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Suvojit Chattopadhyay (MAGov09) reflects on his work since IDS on what is good governance, where bureaucray fits in and what considerations need to be… More...

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Ayushi Misra (MADev14) gives a personal perspective on the informal sector workers of India on whom a spotlight of attention fell when Covid-19 expose… More...

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IDS student Aylin Estrada (MADev14) re-imagines some well known development concepts. In collaboration with others they continue to seek answers to di… More...

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A documentary on gender based violence in Bhutan created by IDS and Chevening Alumni to be used in future sensitization efforts, from Project Gakyid (… More...

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Pulkit Mogha (MADev14) shares the stories of three people living and working in Agra to show us how climate change impacts the most vulnerable urban p… More...

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Sam Huckstep (MAGov21) tells us more about how online networks bring risks as well as opportunities to activists and citizens organisations. More...

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MA Gender & Development student Koketso Dlongolo (MAGen34) on UK homelessness in a global context More...

A Better State

The third and final hope for the post-pandemic, wishing a reinstated “role of the state”, evolving to affirm a more just, more equal, and more fratern… More...

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The Covid-19 crisis has added more pressure to Sudan's transitional government and yet a number of opportunities have arisen in response to the socioe… More...

Isabelle Tickel (MAGen33) tells us how the Covid-19 pandemic has shown how the current British system detrimentally affects some of the most marginali… More...

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Katheryn-Margaret Pascoe (MADev12) shares some practical information and tips for starting and surviving your first year of being a PhD researcher usi… More...

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IDS Student Anjali Dhingra (MADev13) highlights how inequalities are being exacerbated by Covid-19, with marginalised, low-income groups and women bea… More...

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IDS alum Ranjani Krishnamurthy (MP13) briefly analyses several key international development reports looking for new trends and strategies in a world … More...

Smart Green Lifestyles

A second hope for the post-pandemic, wishing that some of the new sustainable behaviours being adopted in the wake of covid-19 find a way to adhere to… More...

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Simone Fernandes (MADev13) asks if given the inequality that persists in cities whether Western countries have a right to criticise booming middle-inc… More...

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Sarah Stever (MAFood02) tells us about decoloniality, a leading initiative that IDS and many organisations have adopted, and how it must begin as an i… More...

Watch Abraham Abhishek (MADev02) interview Liby Johnson to find out who the migrant workers are who gathered in their thousands on India's streets whe… More...

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