As a critical component in batteries used for electric vehicles, demand for cobalt continues to surge. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has the world’s largest reserves of cobalt and […]
Blogs
Read about the latest research and analysis from the Collective.
Research for resilience: we go further when we go together
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been far-reaching, far beyond the tragic loss of life itself. Yet it is just one of many other crises that also affect lives […]
Four approaches to shifting mindsets for decolonising knowledge
In the context of knowledge for development, what does it require to deconstruct the dominant narratives and personal privileges embodied in our race, class, gender, etc.? And, in a knowledge landscape […]
Improving communication across stakeholders for the socio-economic resilience of migrant workers in Northern Vietnam
During the Covid–19 pandemic, migrant workers in Northern Vietnam experienced severe food and nutrition insecurity due to a number of social, economic and institutional factors, such as: limited labour rights, […]
Community Research Network: Bridging research needs and ethics
With support from Covid Collective, PeaceRep and Nyan Corridor, a Myanmar-based research organisation, we formed a network of researchers from different communities in the country between 2022 and 2023. This […]
Governing digital innovation to improve health for all must keep pace with change
A new report by a partnership involving IDS researchers on the rapid growth of digital health services since Covid-19 warns that governance systems have not kept up with the pace […]
Learning from a people’s agenda for pandemic preparedness
Now that Covid-19 has officially become an established health issue, and no longer a public health emergency of international concern, this is an important time to act, learn lessons and collate […]
Community mapping in Kenya improves state Covid-19 response
This case study – originally published as part of the Covid Collective Research for Policy and Practice series – shows how an urban social movement was able to produce the knowledge that […]
Emerging research priorities in a post-pandemic world
With the ongoing war in the Ukraine, extreme weather events such as the flash flooding in Turkey or Cyclone Freddy in Malawi, and a hunger crisis in East Africa, Covid-19 […]
Preparing for the next pandemic: lessons from Zimbabwe
There is a lot of talk about pandemic preparedness, but what does it mean? Too often there are narrow, medicalised versions – focused for example on drug stockpiling, vaccine banks […]
Managing intersecting crises: What have we learned from the Covid-19 response?
The world is facing the prospect of more frequent complex, uncertain, and harmful compound shocks, that are happening simultaneously or in rapid succession. Currently we are facing multiple, overlapping challenges […]
Covid-19 and poor microfinance clients
Microfinance, a ground-breaking idea for providing access to finance to the poor, was first introduced and developed in Bangladesh in the 1970s. Since then, it has spread all over the […]