by Melissa Leach, Hayley MacGregor and Ian Scoones Does the pandemic reveal new directions for development studies? This was the focus of discussion at a recent IDS seminar. A new…
Post-pandemic transformations: new directions for development studies?
Achieving sustainable development means no goal leaving gender behind
This article is part of a series on the Sustainable Development Goals. Feminists and their allies fought strongly for a stand-alone Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on gender equality and empowerment…
Made in China? Mutual learning in a global development era
This week marks the 60th anniversary of the Bandung conference when Asian and African countries gathered in Indonesia to discuss independence, peace and prosperity. The conference resulted in 10 principles…
Why gender equality and sustainable development are inextricably linked
by Melissa Leach, Director, Institute of Development Studies As the world moves towards Sustainable Development Goals for the post-2015 era, there is emerging debate about how target-setting and implementation might…
Global health meets genomics: inequality and politics
Scientific advances in the understanding of genetics and genomics have the potential to generate major improvements for human health in the near future. However, from a global health perspective, the…
Resilience 2014: Limits revisited? Planetary boundaries, justice and power
By Melissa Leach, IDS Director In 1972 Meadows et al’s Limits to Growth made scientific and policy waves, as its ‘World3’ model predicted the end of growth and prosperity as…
Ebola in Guinea – people, patterns and puzzles
By Melissa Leach, Principal Investigator of Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium The francophone West African country of Guinea doesn’t often make international headlines, but has this week for…
Living on the edge: Rethinking aid amidst complexity
By Melissa Leach, STEPS Centre director These days, a remarkably short and convenient flight takes one from Sussex UK – where among other STEPS Centre activities this week I’ve been…
Haemorrhagic fevers in Africa: Narratives, politics and pathways of disease and response
This article by Melissa Leach, STEPS Centre director, appeared in Wellcome History 38 (Summer 2008). Haemorrhagic fevers capture popular imagination as deadly zoonotic diseases that come ‘out of Africa’. Ebola,…