Current academics • Sir
Richard Jolly, a development economist who has held various positions within the
UNDP and
OECD, and was awarded honorary fellowship from
The International Institute of Social Studies in 2007. •
Robert Chambers, who has contribution to development for his work in
participatory rural appraisal, is widely acknowledged. • Ian Scoones was co-director of the
STEPS Centre until its closure in 2022, and is well known for his research into land reform in Zimbabwe. • Stephen Devereux is the author of
Theories of Famine. •
Deepak Nayyar, development economist and current Chair of the IDS Board of Trustees •
Mick Moore, head of the
International Centre for Tax and Development • 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 •
Ernest Aryeetey, development economist and former vice-chancellor of the University of Ghanna, member of the IDS Board of Trustees •
Martin Griffiths, former
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, currently an honorary associate of the IDS Humanitarian Learning Centre •
Hilary Wainwright, British sociologist and honorary associate of the Power and Popular Politics Cluster. •
José Antonio Ocampo, colombian writer, economist, and academic as well as former Minister for finance; member of the IDS Board of Trustees •
Ha-Joon Chang, development economist and member of the IDS Board of Trustees
Past academics • 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 the
real economy. • Susan Joekes is noted for her part in the
Women in Development approach. •
Naila Kabeer is a professor of gender and development at the Gender Institute,
London School of Economics. • Simon Maxwell worked at IDS for 16 years and is now senior research associate at the Overseas Development Institute. • Peter Newell is a professor at the
University of Sussex, specialising in climate change. He is co-editor of the European Journal of International Relations, associate editor of the journal
Global Environmental Politics and sits on the editorial board of
Global Environmental Change, the
Journal of Environment and Development and the
Journal of Peasant Studies. • 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 the
Tobin tax for development. •
Andrea Cornwall, political anthropologist who specialises in the
anthropology of gender and sexuality, citizen participation and participatory research. • Mark Robinson – now the chief professional officer for governance, social development, conflict and humanitarian aid in the UK
Department for International Development. •
Hans Singer – known for
Prebisch-Singer thesis,
Bretton Woods • Chris Stevens is senior research associate at ODI concentrating on the impacts of Northern policies on the South. • Robert Wade is professor of political economy at London School of Economics. Economist for the World Bank during the 1980s. •
Ronald Dore- Leading Japanologist and Sociologist •
Ben Ramalingam, author of
Aid on the Edge of Chaos ==Notable alumni==