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DSA 2010 and 2011 Annual Conference

A note for your diaries on dates for our forthcoming Annual Conferences:

• 2010 - at Church House, Westminster on Friday 5th November 2010. 15 themed panels and 4 plenary speakers are now confirmed.

Professor Bina Agarwal, University of Delhi
Michael Anderson, Director General for Policy, DFID
Professor Stephen Chan, SOAS Professor
Renato Maluf, Food & Nutrition Adviser to Govt of Brazil
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• 2011 - EADI-DSA Annual Conference - We are hosting EADI's 13th General Conference in the UK in 2011 so are combining our Conferences for what we hope will be the largest gathering of development studies researchers, practitioners and policy makers from around the world.
  
  More details on this event here.

DFID Research 2009 to 2010 showcases a year of progress

DFID has published its first research report highlighting research achievements over the past twelve months. DFID Research 2009-2010 describes all current research projects along with 26 case studies which demonstrate immediate and long-term impact on poverty reduction.

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Journal of International Development accepted in ISI

The DSA has great pleasure in announcing that its journal - the Journal of International Development, published by Wiley-Blackwell - has been accepted for coverage under the ISI Social Sciences Citation Index.

They will start coverage with the current volume, so the first official Impact Factor will be the 2011 Impact Factor (counting citations made in 2011 to papers published in 2009 and 2010). This will be released in June 2012.

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The Big Question for Development

Each month the IDS speak to people working on development issues across the world, finding out a bit about their work and asking them ‘What do you think is the big question that Development Studies needs to answer?'

Research Excellence Framework – Units of assessment and recruitment of expert panels

The funding bodies have published ‘Units of assessment and recruitment of expert panels’ (REF 01.2010), setting out decisions in relation to the following aspects of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF).

Funding Opportunity: New call for Programme Partnership Arrangements

DFID is inviting applications for a new round of Programme Partnership Arrangement (PPA) funding for the period from April 2011 to March 2014. The new round of applications will be managed through a fully open process. At the end of the competition, DFID expects to finalise strategic level agreements with a limited number of leading Civil Society Organisations that are best able to demonstrate real impact on poverty reduction, significant policy engagement, and a clear fit with DFID’s values and priorities.

EADI Masterclasses

EADI presents the autumn series of Masterclasses. DSA members are eligible for discount.