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Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
IDS is a unique centre for research, learning and communicating on development. Working with a wide network of southern and northern partners, it generates, manages and shares knowledge to influence development policy and to enable all people, the powerless in particular, to have a greater say in the decisions that affect their lives and livelihoods. • hosts a range of innovative web-based information services on development issues, incl. the British Library for Development Studies, Eldis, BRIDGE and id21 • offers 7 Masters courses in development, as well as a DPhil programme • produces regular publications such as the IDS Bulletin, Working, Discussion Papers and In Focus and more - available on the website.
News from IDS Website
New podcast series: ‘between the lines’ – Exploring books for a better world
IDS is excited to announce the launch of a new podcast series called ‘between the lines’ – exploring books for a better world.
IDS welcomes UK government commitment to tackle modern slavery and child labour
Response to range of new initiatives announced by UK government that will improve understanding of the factors that drive modern slavery and the worst forms of child labour
IDS welcomes new intake of development studies students 2018-19
This September, IDS welcomes students from over forty countries to study one of our eight master's degrees in international development.
Millennium Villages Impact Evaluation published
An independent, mixed method impact evaluation of a Millennium Villages Project (MVP) covering 35 villages in Northern Ghana has published its findings.
Authoritarian populism is on the rise, claiming support from rural areas
New online hub focuses on countering violent extremism in Kenya
Launched on 5 September 2018 in Nairobi, a new online hub focusing on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) in Kenya hopes to connect researchers, practitioners and policymakers.
Policy lessons for youth employment and private sector growth in Africa
Ahead of a new IDS Bulletin entitled ‘Youth Employment and Private Sector Growth in Africa’ out in November 2018 and edited by Dominic Glover, Seife Ayele, Marjoke Oosterom, IDS has published three Policy Briefings which contain important lessons for policymakers concerned with youth employment, pos
Ideas from IDS: Graduate Papers from 2016/17
It gives me great pleasure to present this first edition of published term papers authored by IDS graduates (2016/17) from across our suite of master’s degrees.
IDS welcomes UK government initiatives to improve lives of people with disabilities globally
IDS researcher Mary Wickenden welcomes new UK government initiatives to help improve the economic opportunities as well as health and education outcomes for people with disabilities living in low and middle-income countries.
Five-stars for transparency
IDS has been awarded five-stars for transparency in the Transparify 2018 global rating of the financial transparency of major think tanks.
Latest Publications
Developing Disability-Inclusive Higher Education Systems
2020/01 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; research paper; Author(s): Stephen Thompson
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A New Policy Narrative for Pastoralism? Pastoralists as Reliability Professionals and Pastoralist Systems as Infrastructure
2020/01 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; research paper; Author(s): Emery Roe
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Political Ecology and Differential Vulnerabilities to Droughts Among Livestock Farmers in South Africa: A Case Study of Mpakeni Community
2020/01 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; research paper; Author(s): Eromose Ebhuoma et al.
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Are Women Not ‘Working’? Interactions Between Childcare and Women’s Economic Engagement
2020/01 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; research paper; Author(s): Deepta Chopra et al
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Blog: The 2020s Is the Decade That Demands More From Environmental Politics
2020/01 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; blog post; Author(s): Melissa Leach
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Democratisation in Tanzania: No Elections Without Exemptions
2019/12 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; research paper; Author(s): Ole Therkildsen, Ane Karoline Bak
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Education and Stability: Synopsis Paper
2019/12 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; research paper; Author(s): Juliet Millican
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The Belt and Road Initiative and the SDGs: Towards Equitable, Sustainable Development (PDF)
2019/12 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; IDS Bulletin; Author(s): Gong Sen, Melissa Leach, Jing Gu (Editors)
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Improving Knowledge, Inputs and Markets for Legume Expansion: A Contribution Analysis of N2Africa in Ghana and Ethiopia
2019/12 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; research paper
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Transformative Spaces in the Making: Key Lessons From Nine Cases in the Global South
2019/11 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; Sustainability Science; Author(s): Laura Pereira et al
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Courses
STEPS Summer School on Pathways to Sustainability, Brighton, 21-22 May 2020
Participants will explore the theme of pathways to sustainability through a mixture of workshops, lectures, outdoor events and focused interaction with STEPS Centre members. This year’s summer school will be the ninth and last in the series, which has run since 2012 with the generous support of the ESRC, International Science Council (ISC) and others. In its final year (2021), the STEPS Centre is planning a different set of activities around the theme of Methods, as well as updating a set of Open Access online materials that draws on lectures and readings from past Summer Schools and will remain online for the coming years.
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MA Governance, Development and Public Policy
A distinct feature of the MA is the focus on policy and practice. Core modules – taken by all MA Gov students – provide theoretical and topical foundations for the degree. Optional modules, which build on these foundations, apply concepts and theories to a range of development issues, focusing on equipping students with the methodologies and tools to assess and critique different policy options. We draw upon case-studies, faculty, students, and research partners from Africa, East Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, and South Asia, to enrich the curriculum of the MA.
Duration: One year full-time or two years part-time.
The academic year commences in September.
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Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton
This degree (formerly called the MA Governance and Development) provides you with a theoretical and practical understanding of debates on political change and how public authority is created and exercised. Based at IDS, you’ll build your critical and analytical skills, and improve your ability to develop and implement policies across state and non-state organisations.A distinct feature of the MA is the focus on policy and practice. Core modules – taken by all MA Gov students – provide theoretical and topical foundations for the degree. Optional modules, which build on these foundations, apply concepts and theories to a range of development issues, focusing on equipping students with the methodologies and tools to assess and critique different policy options. We draw upon case-studies, faculty, students, and research partners from Africa, East Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, and South Asia, to enrich the curriculum of the MA.
Duration: One year full-time or two years part-time.
The academic year commences in September.
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MA Power, Participation and Social Change
Designed for experienced practitioners and social activists, the MA combines coursework with work-based learning and action research.
You will critically reflect on your own practice, deepen and enrich it by learning about different concepts and debates related to power, participation and social change. Further, you will develop your analysis and facilitation skills to engage critically and constructively with change processes at various levels.
A core component of this degree is the four-month period of work-based action learning for which students attach themselves to a host organisation or social process. Students examine their own practice and that of the host, and seek to apply their learning to the benefit of the host.
Duration: One year full-time or two years part-time.
The academic year commences in September.
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Explore the challenges of power relations, participation and citizen engagement, and what it means to facilitate change processes in pursuit of social justice.Designed for experienced practitioners and social activists, the MA combines coursework with work-based learning and action research.
You will critically reflect on your own practice, deepen and enrich it by learning about different concepts and debates related to power, participation and social change. Further, you will develop your analysis and facilitation skills to engage critically and constructively with change processes at various levels.
A core component of this degree is the four-month period of work-based action learning for which students attach themselves to a host organisation or social process. Students examine their own practice and that of the host, and seek to apply their learning to the benefit of the host.
Duration: One year full-time or two years part-time.
The academic year commences in September.
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MSc Sustainable Development (Online)
Meeting the SDGS requires extensive transformations in the way markets, civil society and states work in much of the world. These sustainability transformations will need to be impassioned and practical, bridging different socio-economic sectors, knowledge disciplines and policy silos. They will need knowledgeable social entrepreneurs, engaged scholars and committed political activists, equipped to work across silos and sectors, with suitable interdisciplinary skills.
It is such entrepreneurs, scholars and activists that this distinct Masters aims to empower. Delivered by three of the most proficient research units in this area, the Science Policy Research Unit, School of Global Studies and Institute of Development Studies, this interdisciplinary Masters will help develop conceptual and constructive skills based on interrogating knowledges across multiple disciplines. It will enable you to contribute effectively to the realisation of the SDGs through widespread sustainability transformations.
Duration
This course is part-time and can be completed in a minimum of two years and maximum of four. Students have the opportunity to step on and off the course, pausing their studies if their work or life commitments require.
Course start dates
There are six start dates every academic year, providing maximum flexibility for our students; July | September | November | January | March | May
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Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton
Taught 100 per cent online, study the University of Sussex’s world-renowned MSc Sustainable Development at a time and place that suits you. In September 2015, the United Nations adopted 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Aiming to end poverty and hunger while achieving gender equality, peace, responsible production and consumption, urgent climate action, as well as caring for life on land and below water, the Goals are challenging and ambitious.Meeting the SDGS requires extensive transformations in the way markets, civil society and states work in much of the world. These sustainability transformations will need to be impassioned and practical, bridging different socio-economic sectors, knowledge disciplines and policy silos. They will need knowledgeable social entrepreneurs, engaged scholars and committed political activists, equipped to work across silos and sectors, with suitable interdisciplinary skills.
It is such entrepreneurs, scholars and activists that this distinct Masters aims to empower. Delivered by three of the most proficient research units in this area, the Science Policy Research Unit, School of Global Studies and Institute of Development Studies, this interdisciplinary Masters will help develop conceptual and constructive skills based on interrogating knowledges across multiple disciplines. It will enable you to contribute effectively to the realisation of the SDGs through widespread sustainability transformations.
Duration
This course is part-time and can be completed in a minimum of two years and maximum of four. Students have the opportunity to step on and off the course, pausing their studies if their work or life commitments require.
Course start dates
There are six start dates every academic year, providing maximum flexibility for our students; July | September | November | January | March | May
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MA Poverty and Development
Duration:
One year full-time or two years part-time. The academic year commences in September.
World-leaders in development studies
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is a global research and learning organisation for equitable and sustainable change. In partnership with the University of Sussex, IDS is ranked first in the world for development studies by the QS University Rankings. Who is the degree for? We welcome applicants with a broad range of career trajectories. Successful applicants will have some practical experience in development alongside an interest in critical academic enquiry. Most MA Poverty and Development students are experienced professionals, having worked in government, NGOs, bilateral and multilateral donor and lending agencies, UN programmes, the private sector, or civil society organisations. Many students join the course after a period of voluntary work or an internship.
Careers
IDS postgraduates have gone on to work as ministers in national governments, high-level officials in development organisations, civil servants, leaders of civil society organisations and high profile academics at universities across the world. They are all working to define and solve some of the most pressing global challenges. Some also go on to work in academic research.
Application Deadlines:
1 August 2019 if you're an international student 1 September 2019 if you're a UK/EU student.
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Poverty reduction is the ultimate measure of development effectiveness. Gain the knowledge and skills to engage professionally with the design, implementation and assessment of national and international efforts to reduce poverty. Through an interdisciplinary lens, you’ll gain a sound understanding of the main theories of development and poverty reduction in development, and a solid grounding in the concepts and skills needed to engage in debates on poverty and development.Duration:
One year full-time or two years part-time. The academic year commences in September.
World-leaders in development studies
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is a global research and learning organisation for equitable and sustainable change. In partnership with the University of Sussex, IDS is ranked first in the world for development studies by the QS University Rankings. Who is the degree for? We welcome applicants with a broad range of career trajectories. Successful applicants will have some practical experience in development alongside an interest in critical academic enquiry. Most MA Poverty and Development students are experienced professionals, having worked in government, NGOs, bilateral and multilateral donor and lending agencies, UN programmes, the private sector, or civil society organisations. Many students join the course after a period of voluntary work or an internship.
Careers
IDS postgraduates have gone on to work as ministers in national governments, high-level officials in development organisations, civil servants, leaders of civil society organisations and high profile academics at universities across the world. They are all working to define and solve some of the most pressing global challenges. Some also go on to work in academic research.
Application Deadlines:
1 August 2019 if you're an international student 1 September 2019 if you're a UK/EU student.
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Applying Circular Economy Approaches for a Sustainable Future, 3-6 June 2019
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Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton
The circular economy concept offers a new vision for global sustainability and development. It goes beyond the current linear make-use-dispose extractive model and focuses on positive society-wide benefits. The concept has gained attention from policymakers, businesses and development practitioners as an approach to solve pressing development issues such as the global waste and plastics crises, resource depletion, water pollution, sanitation and climate change.IDS
MA Gender and Development
- women’s empowerment;
- political economy, and the environment;
- masculinities and patriarchy.
Our groundbreaking work challenges ideas about gender. We work with nuanced, fluid perspectives on gender and sex, and the ways they interact. You’ll gain the skills required to participate effectively in gender- and development-related research, policy-making and programme implementation.
Careers
Our graduates become specialists and advisers in gender and human rights for governments and development organisations worldwide – including ministries of foreign affairs in countries such as Azerbaijan and Indonesia, UNIFEM, USAID, and the UK’s Department for International Development. Some of our graduates also go on to teach gender studies in universities around the world.
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Having recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, this is one of the longest running degrees on gender and development. You’ll gain a solid understanding of debates in feminist thinking, and link them to gendered policy and programming. You develop in-depth knowledge and capacity for gendered analysis of specific issues such as:- women’s empowerment;
- political economy, and the environment;
- masculinities and patriarchy.
Our groundbreaking work challenges ideas about gender. We work with nuanced, fluid perspectives on gender and sex, and the ways they interact. You’ll gain the skills required to participate effectively in gender- and development-related research, policy-making and programme implementation.
Careers
Our graduates become specialists and advisers in gender and human rights for governments and development organisations worldwide – including ministries of foreign affairs in countries such as Azerbaijan and Indonesia, UNIFEM, USAID, and the UK’s Department for International Development. Some of our graduates also go on to teach gender studies in universities around the world.
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MA Food and Development
This MA draws on wide-ranging expertise of faculty at both IDS and School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex (where you will be based). You will gain an advanced understanding of the complex relationship between food and development. We build your analytical and practical skills, improving your ability to engage critically with issues such as:
- food and nutrition security
- sustainable food systems
- value chains and corporate power
- agri-food technology and its contestations
Our faculty have extensive knowledge and direct field experience. And our guest speakers – from government bodies, international organisations, NGOs, and local food networks and movements – introduce you to contemporary policy debates and practices.
Careers
We expect our graduates to become specialists and advisers in food and development issues worldwide, working for either governments, international development agencies, civil society organisations or social movements engaged with food-related themes. Many of our graduates go on to teach in universities around the world.
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Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton
Food is a cross-cutting development issue that concerns hunger, food insecurity, malnutrition, environment sustainability, power politics, social justice and cultural identity. It is about the global and the local and the hard trade-offs that the globalisation era has brought about.This MA draws on wide-ranging expertise of faculty at both IDS and School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex (where you will be based). You will gain an advanced understanding of the complex relationship between food and development. We build your analytical and practical skills, improving your ability to engage critically with issues such as:
- food and nutrition security
- sustainable food systems
- value chains and corporate power
- agri-food technology and its contestations
Our faculty have extensive knowledge and direct field experience. And our guest speakers – from government bodies, international organisations, NGOs, and local food networks and movements – introduce you to contemporary policy debates and practices.
Careers
We expect our graduates to become specialists and advisers in food and development issues worldwide, working for either governments, international development agencies, civil society organisations or social movements engaged with food-related themes. Many of our graduates go on to teach in universities around the world.
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MA Development Studies
Based at IDS, you’ll learn how to approach development problems with creativity, confidence and the ability to work collaboratively. You’ll develop an understanding of the main debates in development, and engage in informed and critical ways with professionals from diverse backgrounds.
Who is the degree for?
A hallmark of this degree is the diversity of cultures, experience and perspectives that our students bring. Successful applicants will have some practical experience in development alongside an interest in critical academic enquiry. We welcome applicants with a broad range of career trajectories.
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Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton
Develop the analytical and practical skills required to address some of today’s most pressing global challenges including inequality, sustainability and security.Based at IDS, you’ll learn how to approach development problems with creativity, confidence and the ability to work collaboratively. You’ll develop an understanding of the main debates in development, and engage in informed and critical ways with professionals from diverse backgrounds.
Who is the degree for?
A hallmark of this degree is the diversity of cultures, experience and perspectives that our students bring. Successful applicants will have some practical experience in development alongside an interest in critical academic enquiry. We welcome applicants with a broad range of career trajectories.
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Social Protection: Policies, Programmes and Evidence, 01.07. - 04.07.2019
Get up to speed with current knowledge, evidence and practice of social protection. You will broaden your knowledge base of approaches to social protection; develop an understanding of challenges in design and implementation in programming; and build your skills to critically assess the current evidence base. The course will enable you to confidently engage in critical debate about social protection to improve policies and programmes for positive social change.
Course aims
This course aims to equip participants with knowledge about current thinking and practice on social protection, with a focus on social assistance – social cash transfers, conditional cash transfers, school feeding and public works programmes. Participants will also build their skills in aspects of social protection analysis, design and implementation, such as targeting mechanisms, payment systems, financing options, and assessing the impacts of social protection programmes.
Who should attend?
The course is suited to a wide audience of policymakers, practitioners, researchers and project managers who are already or will be working in the area of social protection.
Deadline for applications: 20 May 2019
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Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton
Further your knowledge of approaches to social protection and gain the skills to improve policies and programmes for positive social change.Get up to speed with current knowledge, evidence and practice of social protection. You will broaden your knowledge base of approaches to social protection; develop an understanding of challenges in design and implementation in programming; and build your skills to critically assess the current evidence base. The course will enable you to confidently engage in critical debate about social protection to improve policies and programmes for positive social change.
Course aims
This course aims to equip participants with knowledge about current thinking and practice on social protection, with a focus on social assistance – social cash transfers, conditional cash transfers, school feeding and public works programmes. Participants will also build their skills in aspects of social protection analysis, design and implementation, such as targeting mechanisms, payment systems, financing options, and assessing the impacts of social protection programmes.
Who should attend?
The course is suited to a wide audience of policymakers, practitioners, researchers and project managers who are already or will be working in the area of social protection.
Deadline for applications: 20 May 2019
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