The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) was established in 1966 at the University of Sussex by economistDudley Seers, who served as its first director from 1967 to 1972. The institute was founded to promote research, teaching, and communication on economic development, addressing global issues such as poverty, inequality, and social justice.[1]
IDS consists of ten research clusters or teams which concentrate their research on specific angles of development.
IDS has engaged in teaching since 1973 when the first MPhil course in development began.[1] Currently it teaches at postgraduate and doctorate level and has been awarded accreditation for its teaching programme by theEuropean Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI).
IDS offers nine master's courses and two PhD degrees.[3]
Carlos Fortin, political scientist, Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations (UNCTAD, Geneva), 1990–2005, currently Emeritus Fellow and Research Associate
Philip Proudfoot, anthropologist based in the Power and Popular Politics Cluster[11]
Ernest Aryeetey, development economist and former vice-chancellor of the University of Ghanna, member of the IDS Board of Trustees[12]
Bob Baulch – worked for 13 years as a fellow at IDS for 13 years before joining Prosperity Initiatives in 2008.
Chris Colclough – a fellow (from 1975), and professorial fellow (from 1994)
Stephany Griffith-Jones – has contributed to research and policy suggestions on how to make the domestic and international financial system more stable so it can better serve the needs of inclusive economic development and thereal economy.
Peter Newell is a professor at theUniversity of Sussex, specialising in climate change. He is co-editor of the European Journal of International Relations, associate editor of the journalGlobal Environmental Politics and sits on the editorial board ofGlobal Environmental Change, theJournal of Environment and Development and theJournal of Peasant Studies.[19]
Neil McCulloch – Previously a research fellow in IDS Globalisation team. An economist specialising in the analysis of poverty in developing countries and the linkages between poverty and both global and local economic reform. Has led research on the possibilities of theTobin tax for development.[20]
Andrea Cornwall, political anthropologist who specialises in theanthropology of gender and sexuality, citizen participation and participatory research.
Robina P. Marks, South African High Commissioner to Sri Lanka[26] – MA Gender and Development 1999
Salim Mvurya, Kenyan politician – Power Participation and Social Change 2011
Nancy Okail, Egyptian scholar and activist – Doctor of Philosophy 2009
Naana Otoo-Oyortey, social activist and women's rights defender – Mphil Development 1993
Melanie Robinson, Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe – MA Governance and Development 2012
Colette Solomon, South African policy researcher, women's rights activist and the director of the non-governmental organisation Women on Farms Project – PhD 2003
Isatou Touray, Vice President of The Gambia – PhD/DPhil Development Studies 2004
