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IDS is a leading institute on international development providing research and knowledge for equitable and sustainable societies. Follow us to know about our research, partnerships, and learning.

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The UK’s new Right to Food Commission aims to support community kitchens. But do they need some re-design?

The DISHED research project, led by IDS is inquiring into the concept of ‘public restaurants’ as an alternative to the community kitchen model:https://ids.pulse.ly/xolqovtyeo

#RightToFood
Two pairs of outstretched arms and hands across either sides of a wooden table holding a bowl of fresh salad. Other plates of food can be seen on the table below to salad bowl.
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Join us for this lecture with Chenai Mukumba, Executive Director of Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA).

Chair: @giuliamascagni.bsky.social @ictdtax.bsky.social and Research Fellow, IDS.

Wednesday 3 Dec at 16:00 to 17:30. Online on Zoom.

Book now: https://ids.pulse.ly/7kqrukhr1x
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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📢 New research!

As world leaders meet at #COP30 in Brazil, the new IDS Bulletin ‘Struggles for justice in the energy transition: Voices from the front lines’ reveals that the green energy transition is far from ‘just’ and inclusive.

Read at: https://ids.pulse.ly/ogfkeyvvdm
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Deadline extended!

Are you a US-based public health academic working on issues of health equity? If your work is under threat, the Sanctuary for Health Justice initiative at IDS could help.

You now have until 30 November to apply 👇
https://ids.pulse.ly/otlnmngso3

#PublicHealth #HealthEquity
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Live from #COP30 Voices from the front lines of energy transitions.

This event brings together voices from marginalised front-line territories on how to construct more just energy futures.

Wed 12 Nov | 10:00 to 11:30 (Brazil) 13:00 to 14:30 (UK).

Book now: https://ids.pulse.ly/z5iw1hdqsl
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Join us for this #SussexDev Lecture with renowned Indian scholar @surajyengde.bsky.social for a lecture and discussion on his new book #Caste a Global Story.

Thursday 4 November at 4pm. At IDS and online.

Book your place here: https://ids.pulse.ly/ebtdfm4zmh
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Governments need to focus on local practical delivery, and people focused mechanisms, including dignity to deliver more effective social assistance in crisis contexts, experts explain in a new episode of the IDS #podcast.🎙️

Listen on your favourite podcast provider:https://ids.pulse.ly/re0njrdkld
October 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Decade Zero: The fight for justice for people and planet.

Join us for the our #SussexDev Lecture with Asad Rehman, Chief Executive of @friends-earth.bsky.social

📅Tuesday 21 October
🕐16:00 to 17:30.

@https://sussex.pulse.ly/ksnqjanoqp

Book your place at: https://ids.pulse.ly/wod2ympsea
October 6, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Around 200 instances of internet shutdowns recorded in Africa since 2016. Who ordered them and what was the motivation?

Listen to Felicia Anthonio, #KeepitOn global campaign manager on the scale and impact of shutdowns 👇

@phatcontroller.bsky.social @accessnow.org
September 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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What encourages you to vote? 🗳️

From traditional door knocking to SMS texts, recent IDS student Wafa Alam shares insights from her dissertation, with evidence from around the world about what has proven to be most effective 👇

https://ids.pulse.ly/likqglixms

#Democracy #VotingMatters
A woman in yellow places a white voting card into the top of a plastic voting box with a green lid. Two women sit at a desk in the background.
September 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Today, on #InternationalDayofDemocracy, we are witnessing a worrying democratic decline, with fewer people around the world now living in a liberal democracy.
'Nearly 3 out of 4 people in the world now live in autocracies.' written in white on a red background with an outline of the world map. Graphical figures are repeated many times, in white to represent those living in autocracies and fewer of them in black to represent those who are not.
September 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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On #InternationalDayofDemocracy it has never been more important to understand the role of citizen action in how and why government's become more or less democratic.

Find out more in the new IDS Bulletin 'Democracy Contested' 👇

https://ids.pulse.ly/s8k6qinzyt
"We are living in a time of democratic backsliding" quote in white text on a red background with IDS logo and #InternationalDayofDemocracy
September 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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A new IDS Bulletin reveals that autocratic leaders are using identity-based narratives to influence citizens and their voting choices, fuelling a decline in democracy.👇

www.ids.ac.uk/news/identit...
September 12, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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IDS webinar!

Join the authors of the IDS Bulletin #Democracy Contested to hear insights into what can be done to halt and reverse democratic backsliding, and to address feelings of discontent.

📅Wed 17 Sept | 🕐16:00 | 💻Online on Zoom

Book now: https://ids.pulse.ly/ysh5mbt96m
September 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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🌍Early career researchers worldwide have built connections, strengthened skills & gained confidence to shape more inclusive development through the Disability Inclusive Development Network.

Read the full impact story ➡️ https://ids.pulse.ly/ibhqn0n9ak
September 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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📣 We're delighted to announce the release of our 2024-25 Annual Review, showcasing how our work is helping confront injustices and make progress towards a more sustainable world 🌍

https://ids.pulse.ly/n4ybka7e8u
September 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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🎙️#Podcast

Breaking the silence on #caste in academia.

In this episode of Between the Lines, we explore how caste hierarchies continue to influence the production of knowledge, access to opportunities, and the experience of being in higher education.

Listen at: 📻https://ids.pulse.ly/zurgipl2pg
September 2, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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🎓 #Chevening Scholarship applications are now open!

✏️ At IDS we are creating content & an event to help with applications - watch this space!

📩 Deadline for Chevening Applications: 7 October 2025

Find out more ➡️ https://chevening.pulse.ly/gc1sdzi41l

#StudyInTheUK #UKScholarship #LifeAtIDS
August 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Today global leaders in #EBHC are excited to launch the #WorldEBHCDay 2025 campaign, ‘Collaborative Knowledge Communication’ – because how we share knowledge matters as much as the knowledge itself

https://ids.pulse.ly/roftjus4ht
A World EBHC Day branded card with the logos of each organising partner. Logos include: JBI, Cochrane, Campbell Collaboration, IDS, Instituto Veredas and Centre for evidence-based health care.
August 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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📣Essential reading 📚 and listening🎙️for 2025!

IDS staff and students have put together an essential reading and listening list for the year so far.

If you have a #book or #podcast you would like to recommend, then share in the comments below.

Read the list at: https://ids.pulse.ly/npfwoymltl
August 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Why are food systems inequitable? Because they have been captured by a handful of transnational corporations says @stuartgillespie.bsky.social

Transforming food systems will require bringing these corporations under control, and focusing more on people and planet.

@foodequitycentre.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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We need to move away from food systems which encourage overconsumption and overproduction, says IDS researcher Lidia Cabral from @foodequitycentre.bsky.social

As citizens, how can we reassess our relationship with food to help achieve this change?
July 30, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Food systems are unfair, often built on legacies of colonialism. We need improved policies to support people marginalised in food systems, especially those working in fields, factories & hospitality.

@deewoods.bsky.social explains how food systems can be changed.

@foodequitycentre.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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What would it take to transform the global food system?

Coinciding with #UNFSS2025 we’re sharing a series of videos from @foodequitycentre.bsky.social hosted by IDS.

For @philbakernz.bsky.social redistribution of resources to enable more households to access healthy food is the key.
July 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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🎙️IDS #Podcast

What does it mean to navigate #motherhood while pursuing a postgraduate degree?

IDS students Patronela Tshuma, Chaltu Merera Fana, and Akinyi Ochieng speak about their journeys as mothers pursuing higher education.

#Gender

Listen at: 👉https://ids.pulse.ly/afmp3twszx
July 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM