IDS Researcher Robert Chambers books (authored or co-authored) have been made open access for all to read for free. We are thrilled to announce that the IDS Participation, Inclusion and Social Change (PISC) cluster, in collaboration with Practical Action Publishing, and a generous group of crowdsource funders have recently made his back catalogue of books
This is the first of a series of blogs hosted here that builds on, and extends, Reflecting Forewords (2024), a collection of forewords written by Robert from 1986 to 2020, each of which is paired with one or more pieces that offer contemporary riffs or contemplations on his ideas. Here, in the spirit of Reflecting
The Inclusive Rigour Co-Lab report back from the European Evaluation Society conference. It has been over a month since EES2024, where we convened a discussion on Rethinking Rigour, together with colleagues from the Causal Pathways initiative and the Kinnect Group. In that time, we have been reflecting on the evolution of the discourse relating to
The Food and Agriculture Organization have recently announced a Call for Submissions under the theme ‘Community Engagement for Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality‘ – from 9 October to 13 December 2024 through the Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition. The main goal of this call is to gather good practices, experiences, and lessons learned on community-led interventions from a wide range of contributors, both
Key information: Date: 3rd December 2024 Time: 10:00 – 11:30 CET Format: Online webinar: This event, hosted by Terre des Hommes, will: People Driven Solutions will support teams, programmes or organisations to reflect on their own practice and current and future programmes/projects – and to contextualise and shift these toward a context-specific, evidence-informed, and child- and people-centred
This blog was originally posted on WEN, who are collaborating with the University of Sussex on Food Lives Tower Hamlets, a new programme part of FoodSEqual. Since attending the 7th European Congress Qualitative Enquiry (ECQE) in Finland earlier this year, the Food Lives team have this summer taken part in two other events. In May the team were invited to
Authors: Mary Wickenden behalf of disability researchers at the Institute of Development Studies This is a compilation of challenges disability researchers at IDS have encountered while working on a variety of research projects focussed on diverse aspects of disabled people’s lives in different cultural contexts, in high, middle and low-income countries. These draw mainly on
Robert Chambers is a pioneering author whose work has reshaped development theory and practice. His work continues to inspire and provoke debate and discussion about participation, poverty, and knowledge among development practitioners, activists, and academics from around the world. We are trying to make all of his books with Practical Action Open Access but £10,000
This blog was authored by Mariah Cannon, Robert Chambers and Alice Webb and originally appeared on the IDS website. Here at the Institute of Development Studies, on the second floor of the Octagon, is a hidden treasure trove: the Participation Resource Centre (PRC). Full of useful resources on participatory methods and the theory of power
For the last couple of years, the Rejuvenate project has been hosting conversations for practitioners and researchers to reflect on child and youth rights and participation, alongside building a living archive of related projects and resources. The idea Throughout this work, the project have been suggesting that we need to transform the way we work with children and young
As part of Revolutionising Development week at the Institute of Development Studies - colleagues and friends have got in touch to share their written and video reflections on the work of Robert Chambers, who celebrates his 90th birthday this year. Sara Bagheri and Seyed Babak Moosavi Nejad Freelance consultants on participatory approaches, Iran Tracing Robert’s footprints in facilitators’
“This new collection of articles on participatory research from new generation of researcher-activists is heartily welcome. With a wide variety of epistemological and contextual locations, the collection will inspire continued creativity and plurality in the elaboration of participatory research. Hopefully, the transformational potential of participatory research will begin to contribute to post-pandemic, resilient and fairer