2025

The PeaceFIELD initiative works towards closing key knowledge gaps at the heart of the peacebuilding field, generating evidence on what works and how.

ISDC is using quasi-experimental methods in order to understand the impact of policy changes and associated outcomes on refugees living in urban areas using existing UNHCR micro-data.

ISDC is using quasi-experimental methods in order to understand the impact of cash based interventions in the context of Afghanistan.

This project aims to generate and share new, micro-level insights into the patterns, drivers, and consequences of polarization in Kyrgyzstan.

This project will assess the adverse conditions and challenges facing crisis-affected populations in Türkiye and Syria.

ISDC is working closely with UNHCR and a range of local partners in order to understand existing data and limitations on family separation and reunification, and develop sustainable methodologies.

ISDC is conducting a rigorous impact study on one Anticipatory Action framework in cooperation with UN OCHA.

ISDC is conducting an impact evaluation of a joint program for nearly 300,000 people in South, Central, and North Darfur, applying its expertise in causal analysis in crisis settings.

In this project, we are conducting two impact studies building on two different implementations in North East and North West Syria, using quasi-experimental approaches.

This project will focus on collecting the 7th wave of the LiK survey, including a household childcare module, in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank, which provides co-funding for data collection.

In this project, we will collect and analyse Life in Kyrgyzstan panel survey data to study climate change adaptation, food security, and energy transition among Kyrgyz households, especially in rural areas.

The goal of ISDC’s work in Bentiu is to measure the development of behavioral and welfare outcomes of internally displaced households in light of shocks and humanitarian assistance, specifically anticipatory one-off cash transfers (in anticipation of floods), by regularly following up with the same 1,200 households.

The primary aim of this impact evaluation is to identify, quantify, and rigorously assess different targeting approaches for WFP Lebanon’s food assistance program in Lebanon.

To enhance the understanding of how food systems respond to shocks and to inform public policy that can strengthen their capacity to manage such crises, this project aims to develop an analytical framework specifically tailored to measure food system resilience in fragile situations, using Sudan as a case study.

FCDO has commissioned ISDC to conduct a rigorous impact assessment for the Year 2 ‘Building Local Resilience In Syria’ intervention activities.

Project Background Armed conflict reverses human development, yet its full impact remains poorly understood due to fragmented research across disciplines. This multidisciplinary project integrates economics, epidemiology, political science, and conflict studies to assess conflict’s effects on economies, health, and political institutions, using a risk-analysis framework to model hazard, exposure, and vulnerability while expanding early-warning systems […]