📢 We’re turning 60! 🏫Be part of the celebration on 8–9 Oct 2025 at @uonbi as we mark 60 years of research under the theme: "Questioning Development Studies and Practice in a Dynamic World." 🔗Register here: https://t.co/Ozwzf9pzAB #IDSAt60 #IDSResearchAgenda #Weareuon

🎙️ Our Director at @IDS_UONBI, Prof. Paul Kamau, will be among the distinguished panellists at next week’s high-level #PolicyDialogue co-hosted by @afrobarometer, @africa_amani & @AU_ECOSOCC 🗓️ 3 Nov 2025 | 14:00 EAT 🔗 Join us:

Data plays a vital role in shaping citizen perception about democracy and assessing the effectiveness of coalition governance in South Africa. Reliable data helps citizens understand government performance, policy impact, & accountability levels. @afrobarometer @_IJR_ @IDS_UONBI

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the Afrobarometer Methods Note Series — short, accessible publications that take you behind the numbers to explore the choices, challenges, and innovations shaping our surveys. From pioneering a telephone panel survey in South Africa to

(1/4) Last week, Afrobarometer joined the Institute for Development Studies (@IDS_UONBI), our Core Partner for East Africa, for their 60th anniversary celebrations in Nairobi. Our Director of Surveys, Boniface Dulani, and our Zambia national investigator, Edward Chibwili, took

After two days of inspiring reflections, the #IDSAt60 anniversary celebrations come to a close. Thank you to our speakers, alumni, partners, and friends who joined us onsite and online to honour six decades of shaping #developmentresearch & policy #IDSResearchAgenda #WeAreUoN

Our Director of Surveys, Boniface Dulani, and our National Investigator in Zambia, Edward Chibwili (@mwamu2030), joined a panel discussion as part of the Institute for Development Studies (@IDS_UONBI) 60th anniversary celebrations on Thursday 9 October 2025. Together, they

Great to have been a panelist; thank you Ids@60

During Day 2 of #IDSAT60, @IEAKwame participated in a panel discussion on “Influence of the Prevailing Development Discourse in Africa – Using Data as Evidence for Development Policy.” @IDS_UONBI @HumanitiesUoN @WanjaMDouglas

Prof. Sara Kinsberg from Radboud University has emphasized the need for collaboration between #Education #Research and the Society @IDS_UONBI @HumanitiesUoN #IDSresearchAgenda #WeAreUoN

The IDS at the @uonbi is celebrating its 60th Anniversary from today, 8th to 9th Oct. Our ED, @ManyasaChebi, is in attendance, along with other prominent scholars in the field of development studies. You can join the live proceedings through this link https://t.co/xKI1eGiuPh

Prof. Winnie Mitullah is moderating a panel session on, ' Future- Proofing IDS: Resilience in a dynamic Would Prof. Kabiru Kinyanjui has emphasized that for anyone to remember, they remember on purpose. In this case, IDS and #Research Mr. Tom Were, CEO, Act has cautioned

Congratulations to our Core Partner for East Africa, the Institute for Development Studies (@IDS_UONBI), on your 60th anniversary! For six decades, IDS has been at the forefront of advancing research and thought leadership that shape Africa’s development agenda. Join their 60th

Keynote speaker at the IDS @60, Prof. Sam Hickey from the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, has called for a shift in investment and influence from North to South and new rules of the game in research funding and publishing.

⁦@IEAKwame⁩ discussing use of data in policy and planning during IDS@60 ⁦@IDS_UONBI⁩ ⁦@afrobarometer⁩ ⁦@IEAKenya⁩

⁦@IDS_UONBI⁩ ⁦⁩ discussion on data during IDS@60 ⁦@afrobarometer⁩

Happening now at #IDSAt60: Panel on using data for development policy. Prof. Boniface Dulani highlights @afrobarometer policy impact: “Africa’s democracy crisis isn’t about demand, it’s about supply. Citizens value #democracy but are frustrated by its performance.” #WeAreUoN

Thought- provoking discourse and reactions from the audience at the #IDSat60 event. ' Data doesn't make policy, people do!Scientific evidence can dispute sound evidence, .So we shouldn't rely only on data to make policies #Health for instance, gets a lot of funding and

Day 2 of #IDSAt60! Yesterday, we revisited six decades of research excellence on #Africa’s #development journey. Today, we look ahead, exploring new ideas on shaping the future of #developmentstudies. Join us onsite & online: https://t.co/Se69k32ynK #IDSResearchAgenda

' Facts and data are the basis for #Development .. Ideology makes the use of data very hard. The statistical offices that work on data are grossly underfunded and yet they play an integral role in development discourse. Political economy contest will be measured by someone who

Development is politics. Learned that in my first year at the World Bank 35 years ago. Quit “development” joined politics. Now I’m doing development.