IIED online
People from more than 225 countries and territories visit www.iied.org every year. This website is the key place to find out about our research, read about our projects and learn about the thinking of our researchers and partners.
The web facilitates organisational transparency: we publish annual statutory trustees reports and regular impact stories, and provide information about our finances and funding and corporate policies to ensure that we are accountable.
Good practice and innovation
In building our main website and our sub-sites, IIED is committed to achieving good practice in web development, from technical considerations such as building secure sites, using open-source technology where possible, and ensuring the site is accessible, to complying with privacy regulations and drawing on the latest thinking in user-experience design. IIED has endorsed the Principles for Digital Development.
Technical innovation and digital disruption bring technical challenges – and exciting opportunities. We can publish evidence and research in multiple formats – from videos to animations and in-depth longreads. We work closely with our researchers to build their profiles online, allowing colleagues and collaborators to follow their work.
We are especially aware of the exponential growth of digital audiences across the global South. Tens of thousands of new users in medium-to low-income countries are accessing the digital platforms for the first time, and most of them are using mobile phones.
A critical part of our digital work is to ensure that all our sites present information in formats which are both engaging and accessible for people in the global South: responsive for those using mobile devices and aware of the difficulties faced by users dealing with restricted bandwidth.
We consider the obstacles to increased digital working – from bandwidth and connectivity issues to cost, environmental impact and the political climate – to practical ways to ensure perspectives and voices from the global South are heard. A study we carried out in 2021 considered all this and more.
Our other sites
As well as www.iied.org, we also maintain or oversee around 15 other websites and networks, such as the Reversing Environmental Degradation in Africa and Asia (REDAA) work to catalyse research, innovation and action to help people and nature thrive together, and a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on pastoralism in development.
We frequently share our expertise with partner organisations, creating online platforms that fulfil a diverse range of communications needs and reflect current good practice in web development. We also use digital technology to monitor and evaluate the impact of our communications.
Open access research
Our Publications Library has more than 7,000 publications, most of which are available for free download. Almost half of the more than 200,000 downloads per year from our Publications Library are from the global South.
The world is social
An important part of our manifesto is to find ways to strengthen the voices of those who are normally excluded from policy, and to facilitate conversations online.
We work across a wide range of social networks, exploring how these platforms can enable us to engage with diverse audiences and create new connections around the globe.
Where you can find us online
LinkedIn
Our most active and largest network; track our latest vacancies and developments, including our latest news, insights and publications, and network with our expert researchers.
Instagram
Share in our work in visual form through photos and short videos.
Facebook
Use one of the world's biggest social network sites to stay up-to-date on our latest news, insights, publications and events, and interact with our work.
Twitter/X
Although we are no longer actively updating this network as an institute, there is a rich archive and many of our experts and partners remain active.
Newsletters
Receive regular email updates on our general work, food systems, nature and biodiversity, and more direct to your inbox, featuring the latest insights, news, views and publications.
YouTube
Watch interviews with researchers, animations and films featuring our work, including coverage of events and collections of related videos.
SlideShare
View and download presentations our researchers give about their work at conferences and workshops, and leave comments.
Flickr
View picture galleries focused on our work and events attended by our researchers, and interact and use as a photographic resource.
Soundcloud
Listen to episodes of IIED's Make Change Happen podcast, also available through your favourite podcast platform.
Vimeo
Watch high-quality films featuring our work, with a focus on our audiences in countries where YouTube is unavailable.
Pinterest
Discover collections of our work in visual form and track how our researchers engage with a global audience.
Academia
Find our expert researchers on the academic networking site, interact with them and and view their publications.
GOXI
Connect with our work on mining and other energy issues on a specialist platform for better governance of extractive industries.
Spotify
IIED playlists on Spotify.