Do we need the Global Commission on the Economics of Water to value water? Let’s delve into the Global Commission’s proposals for water governance and the threats they pose from a water justice perspective

Should and can water be governed as a global commons? Join this seminar, which promises to be an insightful and engaging session: "Do we need a Global Commission on the Economics of Water to tell us how to value water?"
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/do-we-need...

The Challenges of Decolonising Sustainability and the Environment in Development Studies (DS) - The European Journal of Development Research This think-piece makes a case for addressing the colonial roots of sustainability. It examines how enduring colonial mechanisms and biases have led to certain forms of value and valuing, problematic v...

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The Challenges of Decolonising Sustainability and the Environment in Development Studies (DS)
link.springer.com/10.1057/s412...

@ids.ac.uk @eadi.bsky.social

We still rise

Gathering Captives

Fearless Conductor

Happy that we made it to the Charles Wright Museum of African American History in #Detroit while at the #AAG. V moving & shocking experience explaining why so much is still wrong + legacies of injustice but also the power of fearless struggle.

Lecturer in Environmental Politics:Oxford Road

📢 Exciting Opportunity! The University of Manchester is hiring a Lecturer (Assistant Professor – permanent position) in Environmental Politics! 🌍 Join a dynamic research community for exploring key environmental governance challenges. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

EPE reception at AAG conference

EPE Plenary lecture

Hello #AAG2025!
Environment & Planning E @natureandspace.bsky.social is having two exciting events on Thursday (see below). The annual lecture by Jamal Wright followed by a Reception. Join us! @geographers.bsky.social

Accountable Adaptation symposium — Accountable Adaptation This Symposium brings together researchers, practitioners and policymakers working on defining and measuring the success of adaptation policies and interventions to explore the underlying politics of ...

Critical adaptation scholars, practitioners and policymakers, this is the event for you. Deadline for the Accountable adaptation symposium is 26 March. www.accountableadaptation.org/events/accou...

Looking for a new postdoc position in climate?

Help us build a reanalysis-based storyline approach to consider how individual extreme events and their impacts are altered in different climates.

Based in Edinburgh as part of collaborative project:
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

How Aid Cuts Will Shatter Global Water and Sanitation Progress The principle of leaving no one behind is central to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The progress toward achieving SDG 6, which aims to ensure universal access to water, sanitation, and h...

Op-ed #WorldWaterDay2025. Follow Keynes’ advice from 1941- wealth tax on the super-rich can help fund social spending & defense. There’s no need for shameful cuts that will increase vulnerabilities for the most marginalised people. #USAID #water #Sanitation ipsnews.net/2025/03/aid-cuts-w...

Development as domination: inequality and authoritarianism in India - Institute of Development Studies The erosion of democracy in India is not happening in isolation - it reflects broader global trends of rising authoritarianism.

Over the past 10yrs, authoritarian tendencies have intensified in #India, with democratic institutions undermined and dissent silenced.

So, what does the future hold for Indian democracy?

Read the blog by @lylamehta.bsky.social and Salonie Muralidhara Hiriyur 👇

www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/dev...

Compounding barriers to environmental justice This paper examines how environmental justice (EJ) activists and scholars experience and think about the barriers to beneficial change. It reports findings from an international study that used Q m...

New: Compounding Barriers to Environmental Justice. It has long been argued (and clearly demonstrated) that institutionalised racism is a key barrier to EJ. We illustrate 4 distinct, interrelated ways this is manifest: general, political, legal, and cultural. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Webpage for NOAA's external affairs team. At top is pink salmon colored box with text that says all external affairs people were fired.

Check out the external affairs page at NOAA right now. That's right. Everyone at NOAA external affairs was fired.
www.noaa.gov/external-aff...

‘Devastating blow’ to UK’s aid budget - Institute of Development Studies In response to the Prime Minister’s announcement to cut the overseas development assistance from 0.5 percent to 0.3 percent of GNI by 2027 to fund the increased defence budget, Professor Peter Taylor,...

@petertaylor-uk.bsky.social IDS Director on UK's aid cut:
"This reduction in aid of billions of pounds in real terms is a disappointing and short-sighted move from the Labour Government.

Increasing spending on defence should not come at the expense of development."

www.ids.ac.uk/press-releas...

IDS Bulletin The IDS Bulletin is an open access, peer-reviewed journal exploring emerging international development topics.

Delighted to be part of this @ids.ac.uk
archive bulletin on 'Environmental Change, Development Challenges Revisited'. 35 years of scholarship highlighting how questions on environment (& climate) are central to IDS & development studies more generally.
bulletin.ids.ac.uk/index.php/id...

A Lancet Editorial: “American chaos: standing up for health and medicine”

“...to care is an act not of weakness, but of strength.”

The Lancet response: bit.ly/4jRb5Av

A man and a woman walk towards the camera along a tree-lined path. Seven goats walk in front of them. The man carries a large white sack on his head.

IDS Bulletin: Environmental Change: Development Challenges Revisited.

This issue tells the story of the contribution that IDS has made of key debates on #environment & #development over the past 35 years. 

Editors: @ianscoones.bsky.social & Melissa Leach.

Read: bulletin.ids.ac.uk/index.php/id...

Understanding the importance of SHAPE to the UK research ecosystem The UK has a long-established reputation for excellence in research across a broad range of fields, but in recent years, there has been greater emphasis on STEM investment and greater recognition of t...

🙏 Feedback please! This is a preprint on understanding the #SHAPE disciplines in the UK research ecosystem. It has lots of what we hope is great data on the excellence, influence and innovation of #humanities and #socialsciences

Views and comments very welcome!

arxiv.org/abs/2501.16701

At our annual Recasting Development seminar @ids.ac.uk, @lylamehta.bsky.social talking about authoritarian developmentalism and reflecting on ways forward to make development work for all. #inclusivecitizenship #criticalhope

Calling early career sustainable transport scholars! The scholarship in my father’s name is open until 15 April. vref.se/lee-schipper...

Climate Extremes: Pathways for Preparedness and Anticipatory Action - The All India Disaster Mitigation Institute Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 215, January 2025

This latest edition👇🏼 covers our work from the @britishacademy.bsky.social funded ANTICIPATE project. Our team members share their perspectives on #co-locatedhazards #floods #droughts #heatwaves #livedexperiences @lylamehta.bsky.social @shibbose.bsky.social @ids.ac.uk
aidmi.org/climate-extr...

A photo of the IDS building in autumn. It is a brick building, with a lawn in front and lots of leaves.

I'm currently open to supervising #DevelopmentStudies PhDs at @ids.ac.uk focused on these themes:
#DisabilityInclusion
#Blindness & #VisualImpairment
#InclusiveEducation
#TertiaryEducation & #Universities
#ParticipatoryMethods
#Volunteering
Get in touch if interested: www.ids.ac.uk/people/steph...

Excited to be speaking at this flagship @ids.ac.uk annual event on Recasting Development in 2025 that will explore key development trends.

Please join us in person or online on 28 Jan, 16 hours, UK time. Registration details below.

Podcast: Navigating uncertainty - radical rethinking for a turbulent World - Institute of Development Studies Uncertainties are everywhere. Whether it’s climate change, financial volatility, pandemic outbreaks or new technologies, we don’t know what the future will hold. For many contemporary challenges, navi...

Many aspects of life are marked by turbulence and volatility, but there are many strategies to respond to the uncertainties we face - as @ianscoones.bsky.social explains in this episode of the @idsglobaldev.bsky.social podcast.
www.ids.ac.uk/news/podcast...