Institute of Development Studies
Meet the people working with the Institute of Development Studies (@ids.ac.uk) to further the use of research and evidence for social justice and equality. I've also included some of our initiatives which are posting on Bluesky.
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@stevemetcalfe.bsky.social
@k4dd.ids.ac.uk
K4DD supports the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and other UK Gov. departments with learning and evidence to improve the impact of development and diplomacy policy and programmes. https://k4dd.ids.ac.uk/
@amritasaha.bsky.social
Trade and Development, Gender, Food Policy, Focus: India, UK/EU, Africa, Global. Research Fellow at Institute of Development Studies. Views personal
@gauthiermarchais.bsky.social
Researcher at the Institute of Development studies. Views are my own. ‘Seule la route connaît le secret’
@stuartgillespie.bsky.social
Nutrition, food justice, health, cycling | writer, freelance Non-res senior fellow, IFPRI, hon associate IDS FOOD FIGHT https://canongate.co.uk/books/5139-food-fight-from-plunder-and-profit-to-people-and-planet/ NEWSLETTER: stuartgillespie.substack.com
@beckycarter.bsky.social
Researcher of social assistance in crisis settings and social protection more broadly. Institute of Development Studies.
@johngav.bsky.social
@foodequitycentre.bsky.social
The Food Equity Centre exists to challenge the power and politics that make food systems inequitable. https://ids.ac.uk/foodequitycentre Brazil, South Africa, UK
@repairproject.bsky.social
A research project that critically explores how ‘nature-based solutions’ and other approaches are applied in the contexts of Southern Africa’s rangelands. repairproject.org
@futurenatures.bsky.social
Sharing stories and thinking about the politics & ecologies of crisis, enclosure, commoning and possibilities for building plural futures. Get involved: futurenatures.org Podcast: futurenatures.org/podcast
@sshap-action.bsky.social
We provide social science evidence on demand, capacity-building and networking spaces on emergencies that relate to health, conflict or the environment. Find out more: www.socialscienceinaction.org #Humanitarian #EmergencyResponse
@stephenthomo.bsky.social
Research on development, geography, and inclusion. Fellow - Institute of Development Studies/University of Sussex
@leahmb.bsky.social
Communications and Digital Marketing Officer @ids.ac.uk | She/Her | All views my own.
@petertaylor-uk.bsky.social
Researcher, fan of participatory and inclusive approaches to global development, Director of Institute of Development Studies, wanabee Celtic and trad musician
@dortethorsen.bsky.social
Research Fellow at IDS, working on mobilities, learning, gender and family relations in Africa. Special focus on children and youth. Views are mine, not my employer's.
@maxgallien.bsky.social
Political Economy, Development, Informality, Tax, North Africa. Author, "Smugglers and States" (Columbia 2024). Research Fellow IDS and ICTD. 💚🐧
@amberhuff.bsky.social
Conservation, political ecology, commons, and value. Research Fellow at @idsglobaldev.bsky.social, mostly doing @futurenatures.bsky.social and @repairproject.bsky.social.
@nathanoxley.bsky.social
Omnia sunt communia // Research communication - interested in commons, commoning, nature(s), storytelling and creativity. futurenatures.org / futurenatures.bsky.social repairproject.org / repairproject.bsky.social
@bloggs74.bsky.social
Director of Evidence and Impact at the Institute of Development Studies and doctoral researcher at University of Bath. Interested in evidence into policy and epistemic communities. All views my own
@philipproudfoot.bsky.social
Researcher of activism, labour, accountability, and humanitarianism in the Arab World & elsewhere | co-founder of The Accountability Archive | Personal account, views, especially the bad ones, are my own.
@phatcontroller.bsky.social
Academic working on digital citizenship, digital rights, digital authoritarianism, digital disinformation, civic tech, digital surveillance and all that jazz. Free typo with every post.
@nicknisbett.bsky.social
Member, Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies @ids.ac.uk Professor of Global Public Policy, Nutrition & Health Equity, University of Sussex, UK
@lylamehta.bsky.social
Professor of environment & development; Water, sanitation, climate, covid; human rights; displacement; feminist; anti-fascist; Editor @Natureandspace; UK, India, Austria, Norway. Twitter migrant; also on @Lylamehta@mas.to.Views my own;
@stevemetcalfe.bsky.social
Interested in global development, inequality, the climate crisis. And cycling. Head of communications at the Institute of Development Studies @ids.ac.uk / www.ids.ac.uk