The Research Institute for Development (IRD) is a French research organization, original and unique in the European landscape of research for development.
Focusing on interdisciplinarity, the IRD has been focusing its research for more than 65 years on the relationship between humans and their environment in Africa, the Mediterranean, Latin America, Asia and the French Tropical Overseas Territories.
Its research, training and innovation activities aim to contribute to the social, economic and cultural development of the South.