Event series IDS Annual Lecture Each year we invite a prominent speaker on an issue relevant to international development to give the IDS Annual Lecture. These events are open to the public and available to attend in person and watch online. Past speakers include the President of the Republic of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado... Most recent event IDS Annual Lecture with Karuna Nundy
Event series Sussex Development Lectures The Sussex Development Lecture series is an opportunity to hear from leading global thinkers on development. It is jointly run by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), the School of Global Studies , the Science Policy and Research Unit (SPRU) and the Centre for International Education... Most recent event Against decolonisation: On Africa’s place in the global circuit of ideas
Event series Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series The IDS Conflict, Violence and Development seminar series focuses on mass violent conflicts as well as every day forms of insecurity, looking at their relationship with poverty and development. It provides a forum to discuss the Institute's work in this area, as well as some exciting work on... Most recent event MACEDA: A new events data set on the self-determination conflict between the Mapuche indigenous group and the Chilean state (1990-2016)
Event series Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development Seminar Series The Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development (CRPD) conducts and facilitates research on: the impact of the BRICS and other rapidly-changing and increasingly influential middle-income countries on low-income countries the need for the restructuring of global development... Most recent event How China Became Rich: can we Engineer Economic Growth?
Past Event Roundtable: The UN Framework Tax Convention Following last year’s historic vote supporting the establishment of a new UN Framework Tax Convention, a UN Ad Hoc Group has now been convened and a zero draft terms of reference (TOR) for a future UN Framework Tax Convention has been published. An amended version of the TOR is set to be... 12 July 2024
Past Event Participatory approaches to complex social issues like child labour The praxis of child participation This seminar critically reflects on the praxis of children’s participation in a five-year programme tackling the worst forms of child labour in Nepal and Bangladesh. Posed as a conversation between theory and practice, the speakers share what they had to learn (and unlearn) to work effectively... 11 July 2024
Past Event How can critical accounting contribute to development studies? Critical accountants study how accounting shapes organisations and the social world. They aim to bring alternative accounts into focus. This parallels radical aspirations in development studies to empower countervailing voices in the economic sphere. Yet little dialogue exists between these... 10 July 2024
Past Event Participatory approaches to complex social issues like child labour From learning to action through participatory adaptive management CLARISSA responded to the complex challenge of child labour through a deliberate and participatory approach to adaptive management. But what does it really mean to implement such an approach in practice? And what evidence do we have of how it worked? In this webinar we will reflect on our... 10 July 2024
Past Event Participatory approaches to complex social issues like child labour Hard labour: Understanding children’s experiences of urban child labour and what drives small informal businesses to hire them This webinar articulates the research findings of a large participatory programme on Worst Forms of Child Labour in Bangladesh and Nepal (CLARISSA). It used participatory methods to build a micro level understanding of children’s lives, their workplaces, and their neighbourhoods. Watch... 9 July 2024
Past Event Participatory approaches to complex social issues like child labour Chain Reaction: Child labour revisited Chain Reaction is a documentary film that explores a ground-breaking approach to Participatory Action Research where children working in the worst forms of child labour and the small business owners that employed them, analysed their circumstances and took action. Watch... 8 July 2024
Past Event Finding hope amongst the gridlock Join us for a special event to celebrate the 90th birthday of Richard Jolly and 100th birthday of Molly Beirne. As this year’s UNDP Human Development Report explores, the world is in dangerous gridlock resulting from “uneven development progress, intensifying inequality, and escalating... 3 July 2024
Past Event Tax and Digitalisation in Africa: Lessons for the G20 GovTech Agenda The global digital public infrastructure (DPI) agenda is substantially informed by experiences from the Global North and South Asia. Africa has its own vast array of contributors to add to the debate. In a historic move, under India’s G20 Presidency (and with support from UNDP and... 26 June 2024