About the blog

This will be the last post to be published on this blog. The Institute of Development Studies now publishes all our members’ and guest bloggers’ posts directly onto our website.

You can keep up to date with the latest opinion and expert analysis from your favourite development bloggers, comment on and share their posts, by visiting our website, following us on social media or subscribing to updates from the following IDS research and knowledge clusters:

• Business, Markets and the State in Development
• Cities
• Conflict, Violence and Development
• Digital
• Gender and Sexuality
• Governance
• Green transformations
• Health and Nutrition
• Participation
• Power and Popular Politics
• Resource Politics
• Rural Futures

Many of the blog posts are written under the auspices of four major research programmes which  KNOTS team members are currently working on. These are the Future Health Consortium, the STEPS Centre, the Future Agricultures Consortium and ZimbabweLand.

The posts on this blog reflect the opinions of each individual, and not necessarily those of IDS. We welcome your views, questions and feedback, so do let us know what you think and join the conversation.

About IDS

The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is a leading global institution for development research, teaching and learning, and impact and communications, based at the University of Sussex. Our present vision is a world in which poverty does not exist, social justice prevails and sustainable economic growth is focused on improving human wellbeing. We believe that research knowledge can drive the change that must happen in order for this vision to be realised.

Founded in 1966, IDS enjoys an international reputation based on the quality of our work and our commitment to applying academic skills to real-world challenges. Our theory of change is at the heart of what we do. We think that knowledge should be generated by sound methodology and in partnership with other development and non-development actors.

The Institute is home to over 120 staff working in research and teaching, 70 in knowledge services, communications and the library and about 200 students at any one time. But the IDS community extends far beyond this, encompassing an extensive network of over 360 global partners, 2,100 alumni and hundreds of former staff across the development community worldwide.

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