Two new books contribute to the safeguarding of the Syrian Christian and Coptic Christian heritage for future generations.

Across generations, changes in attitudes have led to shifting roles, with women taking on more activities. This has empowering effects, as many of our informants explained, but it can also mean more ...

an important driver of democratic decline is political exclusion and inequality and when citizens are excluded from a role in policy and decision-making spaces ...

Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, which are creating significant uncertainties for local communities as well as private and public agencies ...

The film foregrounds a gamut of human emotions, all personified as animated characters who live inside the main character’s ...

A new animation highlights the backlash that feminist movements in South Asia face as well as the power, joy and hope of collective action.

Reflections from the ATIP learning event in Nairobi, highlighting collaboration, governance and lessons on strengthening ...

IDS authors argue there is an urgent need to rethink democracy by centring people, power, and inequality, and put forward eight building blocks to strengthen democracy and resist democratic decline.

Democratic experts argued for the need for greater international collaboration on democracy at an event this week in the ...

Urgent steps are needed to rebuild the relationship between citizens and state and stem the decline of democracy, a new IDS report warns.

World Trade Organization (WTO) logo displayed on smartphone with world map background. Credit: Poetra.RH / shutterstock.com Addressing disconnects between the benefits of international trade, and its ...

Erry Hakiki, an MA Governance, Development and Public Policy student at IDS, shares his experience of preparing for the Chevening interview and what helped him succeed.