Themes and Projects

This research advances rigorous, approaches to evaluation, generating actionable evidence on what works in development policy and practice. 

This research explores the role of education in fostering social mobility, challenging inequality, and enabling broader processes of economic and political change. 

This research examines the unequal distribution of environmental harms and benefits, the different ways in which power creates these inequalities and approaches to more just and sustainable futures. 

This research explores the role of media, communication technologies, and digital platforms in shaping development narratives, public debate, civic participation, and social change. 

This research examines the drivers and governance of human mobility, from forced displacement to labour migration. 

This research investigates the ecological, social, and political dimensions of food production and distribution, incorporating concerns for food security, food sovereignty, climate resilience and environmental justice.

This research engages with pressing global challenges and ways of addressing these.