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We build digital infrastructure and interventions to benefit everyone.
Find out how you can support our work
 
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GLOBAL GRAND CHALLENGES.
GROUNDBREAKING IMPACT INNOVATION.



IDEMS collaborates with innovative expert researchers and local communities
around the world to develop pioneering digital interventions and infrastructure
designed to work in – and scale across – low-resource contexts for responsible,
sustainable global impact. 


THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL IMPACT

Our transdisciplinary, research-based Collaboratories are multiyear
collaborations with expert researchers and community organisations around the
world. We work together to responsibly conceive, develop and scale digital
interventions to global grand challenges.



Explore an IDEMS Collaboratory

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COLLABORATORY IMPACT INNOVATION


EVIDENCE-BASED DIGITAL INTERVENTIONS

We’re at the frontier of impact innovation: our digital interventions emerge
from rigorous research and responsible development to deliver measurable benefit
to underserved communities and adaptively, affordably scale across global
social, economic and environmental complexity for sustainable impact.



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EDUCATION

GIVING MEANINGFUL MATHS FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING

IDEMS is the impact commercialization partner to open-source mathematics
assessment platform STACK. Our team is helping build and expand STACK’s product
and question banks, and leading the integration of STACK into university-level
teaching and learning in Europe and Africa. We’re currently piloting STACK in
the US with Caltech.

Learn how STACK is improving maths education

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PUBLIC HEALTH

SCALING PARENTING SUPPORT TO PREVENT CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND
VIOLENCE

Our multiyear collaboration with the University of Oxford’s Global Parenting
Initiative and UNICEF – supported Parenting for Lifelong Health is leading to
proven digital interventions that are reducing violence against children and
intimate partner violence, as well as improving parenting, mental health, and
well-being.

Learn more about our Parenting Collaboratory

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AGROECOLOGY


FARMER-OWNED TECH, FARMER-LED RESEARCH, FARMER-SERVING DATA

On-the-ground work with farmers and farmer federations is leading to more
sustainable food systems managed by local communities

Learn more about agroecology innovation

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CLIMATE

MAKING SENSE OF HISTORICAL CLIMATE DATA TO HELP PREDICT THE FUTURE

Our work with the World Meteorological Organization and regional African Met
Services Offices is turning decades of historical climate data into actionable
projections about climate change and its effects on local weather.

Learn more about climate innovation

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EDUCATION

GIVING MEANINGFUL MATHS FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING

IDEMS is the impact commercialization partner to open-source mathematics
assessment platform STACK. Our team is helping build and expand STACK’s product
and question banks, and leading the integration of STACK into university-level
teaching and learning in Europe and Africa. We’re currently piloting STACK in
the US with Caltech.

Learn how STACK is improving maths education

->

PUBLIC HEALTH

SCALING PARENTING SUPPORT TO PREVENT CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND
VIOLENCE

Our multiyear collaboration with the University of Oxford’s Global Parenting
Initiative and UNICEF – supported Parenting for Lifelong Health is leading to
proven digital interventions that are reducing violence against children and
intimate partner violence, as well as improving parenting, mental health, and
well-being.

Learn more about our Parenting Collaboratory

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AGROECOLOGY


FARMER-OWNED TECH, FARMER-LED RESEARCH, FARMER-SERVING DATA

On-the-ground work with farmers and farmer federations is leading to more
sustainable food systems managed by local communities

Learn more about agroecology innovation

->

CLIMATE

MAKING SENSE OF HISTORICAL CLIMATE DATA TO HELP PREDICT THE FUTURE

Our work with the World Meteorological Organization and regional African Met
Services Offices is turning decades of historical climate data into actionable
projections about climate change and its effects on local weather.

Learn more about climate innovation

->

EDUCATION

GIVING MEANINGFUL MATHS FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING

IDEMS is the impact commercialization partner to open-source mathematics
assessment platform STACK. Our team is helping build and expand STACK’s product
and question banks, and leading the integration of STACK into university-level
teaching and learning in Europe and Africa. We’re currently piloting STACK in
the US with Caltech.

Learn how STACK is improving maths education

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COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS:




COLLABORATIVE IMPACT R&D PARTNERSHIPS

IDEMS’ team of PhD mathematical scientists, social scientists, and applied
technologists is a long-term research-and-development partner to global experts
leading impact innovation in their fields.



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Professor Lucie Cluver

Professor of Child and Family Social Work,
Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, and
Advocate Lead, Global Parenting Initiative

“For our global-scale project, IDEMS co-designs interventions using
human-centred design approaches, whilst recognising the limitations of this
methodology, and dealing effectively and efficiently with the complexity
associated with our applied research into ‘accelerators’ – factors which combine
to achieve multiple SDGs simultaneously. 

This conceptual versatility and methodological flexibility provide essential
reinforcement in maintaining the integrity of our evidence-base alongside
promoting its universal accessibility.

IDEMS is an outstanding example of real-world impact through partnership
expertise and endeavour – at the cutting edge of technology and on the
frontlines of crisis.”




HIGH-IMPACT INNOVATION FROM LOW-RESOURCE CONTEXTS

Working in low-resource environments for digital inclusion of underserved
communities and users leads our team to unexpected and original innovation on
everything from large scale public-good digital infrastructure to open-source
impact tech products.

Learn more about IDEMS innovation

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DEMOCRATISING DATA SCIENCE: R-INSTAT



R-Instat’s open-source software emerged from the need to make data analysis and
modeling easily available to non-data scientists. By allowing regional African
Meteorological Services Offices to make sense of current and historical weather
data, R-Instat is transforming the region’s ability to understand and address
climate change.



Learn more about how R-Instat makes data science accessible to everyone

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PIONEERING MATHS-BASED DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE R&D

Technology for social impact requires complex underlying digital infrastructure
for localized versioning and adaptation—all within a system that allows for
hierarchies of knowledge and ownership, as well as open collaboration. IDEMS is
collaborating with Berkeley, California- and Oxford-based Topos Institute, a
mathematics research organization, to test and develop the maths-based
architecture to enable complex digital deployments in social complexity.




LOCAL CAPACITY BUILDING

We develop early mathematical talent and help exceptionally talented career
mathematical scientists develop toward careers in social impact innovation in
low-resource environments around the world.

Learn about the Capacity Building principle
that underpins IDEMS

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DEVELOPING NEXT-GEN TALENT WITH MATHS CAMPS

IDEMS Director David Stern founded the first maths camp in Kisumu, Kenya in
2011. In the week-long camps, students participate in activities from hands-on
computer-based investigations to problem-solving sessions. They learn
mathematics beyond their curriculum, such as game theory, spherical geometry,
mathematical modeling and number theory through talks, discussions, games,
activities and computer software. In 2020, in response to Covid, IDEMS developed
maths camps materials into a technological ecosystem, with the card deck,
booklet, website and a chatbot all part of a common authoring system.

Buy IDEMS maths cards,
support students in Africa

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INNODEMS: THE AFRICAN TEAM SETTING THE STANDARD FOR REGIONAL SOCIAL IMPACT
INNOVATION R&D

Founded by Zach Mbasu, a data scientist and former maths educator, the INNODEMS
office is based in Kakamega, Kenya. Its team of African PhD mathematical
scientists, researchers, and developers work throughout Western Africa. The
INNODEMS team leads collaborations with local organisations and communities,
ensuring responsible digital application development and localisation for
measurable impact.

Learn more about INNODEMS

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003 – Interviews 01: Zach Mbasu and INNODEMS
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IDEMS CO-FOUNDING DIRECTOR DAVID STERN INTERVIEWS INNODEMS FOUNDER ZACH MBASU


A PATHWAY TO PURPOSE

IDEMS develops talented mathematical scientists seeking purpose-driven careers –
and offers a professional alternative to traditional careers in academia or
mainstream profit-centric technology companies.



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POSTDOCTORAL IMPACT ACTIVATION FELLOWSHIPS


A TWO-YEAR FELLOWSHIP DEVELOPING POSTDOCTORAL ACADEMICS FOR CAREERS IN IMPACT
INNOVATION

Since 2020, IDEMS has supported more than a dozen two-year postdoctoral
fellowships. International postdocs gain valuable expertise and experience,
produce original research, and develop an understanding of the many unsolved
problems in underserved areas. Postdocs from low-resource contexts gain the
freedom to pursue impact research or the professional development needed to grow
in an existing role. All work collaboratively with experts in other fields.



GEORGE SIMMONS

PhD in Mathematics



Gaining new skills in biological pest & disease modelling



George has become the interface between Berkeley, California-based CASAS and the
needs of local communities in Africa for CRFS, figuring out how to unlock and
apply more than 30 years of research to local agroecology.

JAMES MUSYOKA

PhD in Mathematics



Gaining new skills in climate services



James works in statistics education at Kenya’s Maseno University, with an
interest in climate. The university granted him leave to support his
professional development. He is now conducting research in climate services,
learning how to deliver on projects and becoming a recognised global expert.

LUCIE HAZELGROVE PLANEL

PhD in Anthropology



Gaining new skills in agroecology and community research methods



Lucie is supporting data-based research methods for local projects with farmer
organisations in Kenya. Her postdoc work led to a permanent position: She is now
the Principal Investigator on a West African support grant, building local teams
to offer scalable program support.

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A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND FELLOWSHIP COHORT

IDEMS is bringing together 10 Africa-based and international postdoctoral
researchers in a novel Agroecology Impact Activation Fellowship Cohort. Fellows
will continue their own local research or for undertaking new research to
support existing projects, all focused on social-impact innovation in the
African context. Fellows gain new transdisciplinary research skills and develop
original research for publication, with the goal of developing careers in
agroecology.

The Cohort brings local and international fellows together to share experiences
and knowledge–and form professional relationships, research connections, and
valuable networks.



Get in touch to learn how you can support the cohort

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AMBITIOUS INNOVATION MEETS PUBLIC GOOD

As a UK-based Community Interest Company, IDEMS has a mandate to be a profitable
nonprofit: profits are reinvested to support the growth of our impact-serving
research, development and innovation.

Learn more about the IDEMS mission and vision

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THE IDEMS PRINCIPLES


PRINCIPLED BY DESIGN

All IDEMS work is guided by underlying organisational principles for purpose-led
decision making and responsible, human-serving technologies. We’re so dedicated
to our principles that we recorded The IDEMS Principle, an entire podcast series
dedicated them.


Listen to one. Listen to them all.



The IDEMS Principle
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