Research Resources

Here are some resources for development education research. These links will be updated regularly.

If you have any suggestions for further links, please send them to Mags: research@ideaonline.ie

Policy and Practice - A Development Education Review

Policy and Practice: A Development Education Review is the only journal on global education published in the island of Ireland. It features contributions from practitioners in a range of education settings based in Ireland, the United Kingdom, across Europe, North America and the developing world. It is in its fifth year of operation, and is now available as an open-access online publication to increase accessibility and global reach. It aims to widen the global education sector’s understanding of the delivery and effectiveness of development education at local and international levels.

The journal is produced by the Centre for Global Education in Belfast. Please click here to access the journal

Two issues are of particular interest to development education research are:

Issue 7- Development Education and Research
Autumn 2010 issue on Evaluation and Monitoring

IDS Research Reports, Summaries, Practice Papers and Policy Briefings

The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is a leading global charity for international development research, teaching and communications. The IDS Bookshop gives access to all IDS publications. Many of these can be downloaded free of charge in PDF format.

Click here to go to the IDS Bookshop

ELDIS

An Internet directory and gateway to a vast range of information sources on development and the environment, produced by the British Library for Development Studies

Gender and Development

This journal focuses specifically on international gender and development issues, and to explore the connections between gender and development initiatives, and feminist perspectives. The journal is co-published by Oxfam GB and Taylor & Francis. Read more about the journal here.

International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning

Published by Trentham Books and edited by the Development Education Research Centre at the Institute of Education in the University of London, this journal presents topical explorations of development education issues. To find out more you can contact the centre by email g.benton[at]ioe.ac.uk. Click on the title above to subscribe.