Both the EU and UK have introduced several stringent Technical Barriers to Trade (TBTs) that mandate environmental protection ...

This report synthesises learning from these audits and is part of a larger project that focuses on understanding the links between sexuality, gender plurality and poverty with the aim of improving ...

In this paper we analyse how new actors, interests, and resources become salient to food system governance and how the domain of food system governance transforms as a result. Specifically, we focus ...

A new report from experts, including researchers from IDS, on the transformative change needed to stem biodiversity loss ...

There is growing debate on the need for transformational approaches to tackle the challenges facing development in the face of climate change. If current incremental approaches to preventing dangerous ...

The year 2024 had more than 60 countries representing nearly half of the world’s population voted for national elections.

As 2024 comes to an end, many feminists are reflecting on the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence campaign, ...

The reduction of absolute poverty has become a central goal of the international community including the governments of many developing countries. However, the appropriate strategy for achieving ...

The European Union (EU) has been a leading proponent of using trade policy to pursue its environmental goals. The value of imports into the EU are second in value only to the United States, with ...

The introduction of ‘digital-by-default’ welfare and social protection systems in the UK and beyond has delivered ...

Uncertainties are everywhere. Whether it’s climate change, financial volatility, pandemic outbreaks or new technologies, we ...

Ian Scoones is a professor in the Resource Politics and Environmental Change cluster. He was co-director of the ESRC STEPS Centre at Sussex (2006-21) and the principal investigator of the ERC Advanced ...