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| Institute of Development Studies (Sussex) | |
|---|---|
| Name | Institute of Development Studies |
| Established | 1966 |
| Location | University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, England |
| Type | Research institute |
| Affiliations | University of Sussex |
Institute of Development Studies (Sussex) is a research and learning organisation located at the University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, England, founded to advance policy-relevant studies on global development. The institute engages with international partners across continents, contributing to debates that involve the United Nations, World Bank, African Union, European Union and Commonwealth institutions.
The institute was founded in 1966 amid postwar reconstruction debates involving figures associated with the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Marshall Plan and Commonwealth Secretariat, building on networks linked to the University of Sussex, London School of Economics, Oxford University, Cambridge University and St Antony's College. Early directors drew on contacts with scholars from Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley, Columbia University, Yale University and Princeton University, and collaborated with NGOs such as Oxfam, Save the Children, Christian Aid, CARE International and Amnesty International. During the 1970s and 1980s the institute interacted with policy makers from the British Foreign Office, Department for International Development, European Commission, African Development Bank and Asian Development Bank, and hosted visiting fellows from the Economic Commission for Africa, Inter-American Development Bank, United Nations Development Programme and World Health Organization. In the 1990s and 2000s IDS expanded links with research centres including the Overseas Development Institute, Centre for Global Development, Chatham House, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Institute of Development Economics and the International Food Policy Research Institute.
IDS research programmes cover subjects such as poverty and inequality with connections to studies by Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Angus Deaton, Daron Acemoglu and Esther Duflo; gender and development linked to work by Gayatri Spivak, Naila Kabeer, Judith Butler, bell hooks and Chandra Talpade Mohanty; climate and environment in dialogue with IPCC reports, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, World Resources Institute, Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth; governance and public policy examined alongside analyses by Elinor Ostrom, Douglass North, Francis Fukuyama, Robert Putnam and Samuel Huntington; and health and social protection intersecting with research from WHO, Médecins Sans Frontières, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Gavi. Cross-cutting themes connect to Sustainable Development Goals discussions with UNESCO, UNICEF, FAO, ILO and WTO.
IDS delivers postgraduate degrees and short courses in collaboration with the University of Sussex, University of London International Programmes, British Council, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, Chevening Programme and Erasmus Mundus partnerships, engaging visiting lecturers drawn from King's College London, SOAS University of London, University of Manchester, University of Oxford and University of Cambridge. Teaching integrates methods from econometrics popularised at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, qualitative approaches influenced by Clifford Geertz, ethnographic traditions from Columbia University, participatory action research practised by Paolo Freire, and comparative case studies used in works by The World Bank, OECD, Asian Development Bank and Inter-American Development Bank. Students have undertaken fieldwork in partnership with NGO programmes run by CARE International, Oxfam, Save the Children, ActionAid and Mercy Corps.
IDS maintains partnerships with multilateral institutions including United Nations Development Programme, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Health Organization and United Nations Children's Fund, and with regional bodies like the African Union, Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Mercosur. Collaborative research networks include the Global Development Network, Research for Development (R4D), Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre, Future Earth, and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network, and it works with universities such as Harvard, Stanford, University of Cape Town, University of Nairobi, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Peking University. IDS also engages with policy platforms and philanthropic organisations including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, Wellcome Trust and Open Society Foundations.
The institute publishes working papers, policy briefs, books and journal articles with presses and journals such as Routledge, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Journal of Development Studies, World Development, Global Environmental Change, Development and Change and Third World Quarterly. IDS outputs have informed policy processes at the United Nations, World Bank, UK Parliament, European Commission, African Development Bank and policymaking in countries such as India, Brazil, South Africa, Kenya and Bangladesh. Research from IDS has been cited alongside influential reports by the IPCC, World Bank World Development Reports, UNDP Human Development Reports, OECD Development Assistance Committee reviews and WHO global health studies.
Governance arrangements involve oversight linked to the University of Sussex Council, academic boards with members drawn from institutions such as King's College London, London School of Economics, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge and University of Edinburgh, and advisory committees including representatives from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, British Academy, Royal Society, Wellcome Trust and National Institutes of Health. Funding sources combine competitive grants from the European Commission Horizon programmes, UK Research and Innovation, Economic and Social Research Council, UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, philanthropic grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Open Society Foundations and private consultancy contracts with agencies including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and African Development Bank.
Alumni and staff have included scholars, policymakers and practitioners associated with institutions such as the United Nations, World Bank, African Union, European Commission, British Parliament, Government of India, Government of Brazil, Government of South Africa, Oxfam, Amnesty International, Save the Children, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Royal Society, British Academy, International Development Research Centre and NGO networks. Notable individuals connected through careers or visiting posts include development economists, political scientists and public health experts who have links to Nobel laureates, major prize winners and leading universities across North America, Europe, Africa and Asia.