Projects

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

Project Background Polarization is an emerging concern in Kyrgyzstan and may have important implications for the country’s social…

Project Background In February 2023, parts of Syria and Türkiye were struck by two of the most destructive…

Project Background Over 100,000 reunifications of families separated by forced displacement take place in OECD countries every year,…

Project Background Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, and Niger are highly vulnerable to drought, a challenge that is recently…

Project Background Sudan is facing a severe humanitarian crisis as ongoing violent conflict has led to widespread food…

Project Background Syria is facing multiple overlapping crises, including the prolonged effects of war, recurrent droughts, soaring inflation…

ISDC is partnering with Evidence Central Asia to implement a research project in Kyrgyzstan, assessing the existing social assistance program for poor households.

Project Background In 2022, the World Bank Group launched the Invest in Childcare initiative to drive investments in…

Project Background Climate change poses a serious threat to food security in the Kyrgyz Republic, particularly for poor…

ISDC is studying activities related to bringing victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence rapid and flexible assistance to cover their essential needs and unavoidable expenditures in sustainable ways that respect their dignity.

Strengthening social protection in complex humanitarian settings is a top priority for policy-makers and practitioners. This project will generate relevant evidence from two reseach studies.

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.

In this project, we study the gendered long-term impacts of conflict exposure on social behavior and economic well-being among Iraqi and Syrian refugees in Jordan.

This research aims to delve into the intersection of armed conflict and climate change, exploring how conflict and climate events jointly shape socio-economic outcomes with a particular focus on gender and age disparities.

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

ISDC is helping UNHCR Jordan to develop a climate change vulnerability index for refugees based on household survey data. This index will plug into UNHCR's existing Vulnerability Assessment Framework (VAF).

ISDC is conducting a desk review of global policies, practices, and standards on child safety and digital space.

ISDC is running an impact evaluation of an FAO program designed to support farming and pastoral communities in Sudan.