Imagine a group of 26 students from 17 different countries coming together to study MA Gender and Development (GAD).

This book chapter looks at the progress and maturing of Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) in Africa. It introduces innovations and adaptations, poses questions and challenges and suggests possible ...

Significant progress on gender equality has been made in past decades, but in recent years feminist and queer movements have faced a rising onslaught of violence and repression that targets and seeks ...

This paper describes, synthesises and analyses the work of 25 Action Research Groups that were the heartbeat of the CLARISSA Systemic Action Research programme.

The CEDCA Overview of Impact Pathways (Figure 1) presents a visual summary of key impact pathways from across the 12 projects of the Clean Energy for Development: A Call to Action (CEDCA) initiative, ...

Explore the innovative use of wearable devices and sensors in heat-health research through insights from the HeatNexus initiative. Learn about challenges, ethical considerations, and best practices ...

Professor Deepta Chopra is a feminist social scientist whose research interests focus on unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW), empowerment of women and girls; and the role of women’s movements in ...

Experts are raising the alarm that women’s and LGBTQI+ rights that are increasingly being eroded around the world, as they ...

This review of the evidence on sexuality and poverty is undertaken by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) as part of a larger Accountable Grant from the UK Government’s Department for ...

Technology contributes both positively and negatively to the resilience of ‘social-ecological systems’, but is not considered in depth in that literature. A technology-focused literature on ...

This background paper focuses on the potential role that international science and technology ‘foresight-type’ activities might play in informing decision-making processes about innovation, ...

Many people and organisations have sought to promote genetically modified (GM, transgenic) crops as a ‘pro-poor’ technology. However, developing-country farmers’ experiences with GM crops have been ...