Welcome back to term
And get ready for DSA2024!
From all accounts it has been a very busy start to term for those undertaking studies, research or teaching, as well as our partners working in the development sector.
It has been an equally busy start for DSA. Our new Council members are moving forward the important Race Audit of Development Studies. We have a webinar planned on climate and development finance that we urge you to attend. And the DSA2024 conference is opening its call for panels. Details of these activities are in this month’s newsletter.
We hope that amongst your busy schedules, you consider convening a panel at our forthcoming conference at SOAS in London.
Hear why Christian Aid convened a panel at DSA
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DSA2024 call for panels is open
Social justice and development in a polarising world:
rights and representation; redistribution and restoration; reproduction and production.
This is the theme of DSA2024 which will take place as a hybrid conference, both online and in-person, at SOAS on 26–28 June 2024.
The conference will also be open to panel submissions outside the conference theme but of relevance to current development theory and practice, or topics covered by DSA Study Groups, even if these are not strongly aligned to the theme.
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How can development and climate finance systems better align to be more effective?
* Are there opportunities for climate and development actors to work together?
* What reforms of the financial architecture need to take place to allow development priorities to align with climate action?
The latest DSA webinar will look at these questions. We urge practitioners whose work does not currently sit within climate to attend and gain a better understanding of how climate finance will impact wider development funding.
Register for the event
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Meet Touseef Mir and Emma Mawdsley
At our AGM in June we appointed several new council members: some new to DSA and others are returning. We are delighted to have their experience and insights to move the organisation further. This month, we talked to Emma Mawdsley, Professor, Geographer and returning DSA council member from Newnham College, Cambridge, as well as Touseef Mir, Asst Prof from the University of Bath, a public engagement advocate and a DSA member from his ECR days. Find out more about them and why they joined the Council
Meet Touseef and Emma
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Update on the DSA Race Audit
As part of our vision for a diverse and vibrant organisation, we are undertaking a race audit of development studies within the UK. Find out about the progress and challenges to understanding the make up of our sector.
Find out more
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Spotlight on our members: The British Council
The British Council manages and delivers successful development projects around the world, works with researchers and higher education institutes. Get to know more about why they're a member, why culture is important to development strategies and how you can work with them.
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IDS latest publications
New open access titles on:
* Mapping the Supply of Surveillance Technologies to Africa
* Landscapes of (In)justice: Reflecting on Voices, Spaces, and Alliances for Just Transition
* Participation For, With, and By Girls: Evidencing Impact
* Bringing Democracy to Governance of Mining for a Just Energy Transition
* Knowledge Translation in the Global South: An Exploratory Mapping of the Literature
Read all IDS news
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Pick of the events
12 Oct: “Global China” in South America: Infrastructure, Urbanization, and The Postcolonial Question
12 Oct: Exploring the challenges of evidence use, IDS
24 Oct: Developing collaborative projects: why, how and with whom?’ Open University’s Centre for the Study of Global Development
25 Oct: Branding Authoritarian Nations: Political Legitimation and Strategic National Myths in Military-Ruled Thailand
26 Oct: A Global Fund for Social Protection: Lessons from the diverse experiences of global health, agriculture and climate funds.
See all events for October
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Jobs and Fellowships
The Centre of Development Studies at the University of Cambridge seek an Assistant Professor in China and Global Development.
IDS is looking for a new Director who will take forward the organisation’s pioneering work.
The Daphne Jackson Trust has fellowships for those looking to return to a research career after a break of two or more years for family, health or caring reasons.
See all jobs
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Job vacancies at University of Birmingham
The School of Government at the University of Birmingham is undertaking a transformative expansion with nine faculty positions at Assistant/Associate/Full Professor level at the University of Birmingham in International Relations, Public Administration, Public Policy, Methodology and Comparative Politics.
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New publications by our members
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Decolonising development with Frantz Fanon
DSA member Benamin Selwyn has written for Le Monde Diplomatique. "Fanon illuminates how racism represented an organising principle for capitalist classes by systematically devaluing the lives of the majority of the world’s population."
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