Sussex Development Lecture - IDS intro
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The document discusses the work of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic through research and knowledge sharing. It outlines three key areas of focus: 1) Engaging social science expertise to support the pandemic response, 2) Research on "Building Back Better" through scenarios and briefings on public health, gender, social protection and governance, and 3) Reorienting many existing IDS research programmes and projects to cover the wider implications of the pandemic such as on informal settlements, governance at the margins, agriculture policy and more.
Sussex Development Lecture - IDS intro
- 1. IDS Research, Covid-19 and Development Sussex Development Lecture series Opening Panel, 1 October 2020 Melissa Leach, Director Institute of Development Studies m.leach@ids.ac.uk @mleach_ids ids.ac.uk 1
- 2. IDS Strategy 2020-25 Transforming Knowledge, Transforming Lives ids.ac.uk 2
- 3. ids.ac.uk 3 Commitments Responding to the disruptions and shocks of our era
- 4. Upholding climate and environmental justice ids.ac.uk 4 • Sustainability transformations, uncertainties • Sustainable food systems • Pastoralism and environment • Climate change vulnerabilities and adaptation • Agriculture, water and climate change
- 5. Reducing extreme inequities ids.ac.uk 5 • Addressing gender injustices, women’s empowerment – and backlashes • Child labour and modern slavery • Disability-inclusive development • Religious inequalities • Social protection
- 6. Fostering healthy and fulfilling lives ids.ac.uk 6 • Health systems • Nutrition • Health in low income settlements • Epidemics
- 7. Nurturing more inclusive, democratic and accountable societies ids.ac.uk 7 • Action for empowerment and accountability • Tax and accountability • Participatory action research for inclusion
- 8. 8ids.ac.uk • Engaging social science knowledge in the response (Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) • ‘Redesigning Health Systems for UHC during COVID-19 and beyond’ (Health Systems Global) • Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR2020) • Helpdesk function for UK Government, channelled mainly through DFID/FCDO, has adapted strongly and rapidly to respond to a host of requests for knowledge syntheses and reviews on various topics relating to COVID-19 (K4D)
- 9. ids.ac.uk 9 2) “Building Back Better” • Syntheses and briefings on public health, gender, social protection and governance on how to build back better and ‘put furthest behind first’ (Irish Aid) • Scenario and foresight work on critical issues genuinely systemic transformations are needed (The Covid Collective, FCDO) • Support to evidence-based policymaking for response to and recovery from the socio- economic impacts of COVID-19 (IDRC Knowledge Translation Support)
- 10. ids.ac.uk 10 3) Many programmes of work have reorientated to cover the wider implications of of the pandemic • Anthropology of disease threats, preparedness and response in Africa (Pandemic Preparedness Project) • The impact on religious minorities (CREID) • Implications for Child Labour in South Asia (CLARISSA) • Health and accountability in informal settlements (ARISE) • Governance at the Margins (A4EA) • Sanitation and health in high population density urban areas (Sanitation and Learning Hub) • Agricultural policy research in Africa (APRA) • Uncertainty and transformation (STEPS)
- 11. Thank you for listening Read more: https://www.ids.ac.uk/news/responding-to-covid-19-the-social-dynamics/ Institute of Development Studies Library Road Brighton, BN1 9RE United Kingdom +44 (0)1273 606261 ids.ac.uk 11