What's New - November 2008

Conference 2008 - papers and presentations available for download

Study Group information

Journal of International Development

CONFERENCE 2008 "Development's Invisible Hands" Saturday 8th November, Church House, Westminster, London

Papers and presentations are available to download for most of the panels and plenaries from the Parallel Session webpage

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History of the DSA

Mike Tribe, Honorary Secretary, has written a comprehensive paper on the history of the DSA which will form part of the Journal of International Development Special Edition for the Conference next year. A draft copy of the paper can be downloaded here.  Please send any comments, contributions or suggestions you might have to Mike Tribe at m.a.tribe@bradford.ac.uk

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Study Group News

Ageing and Development Group are meeting on 7th January at HelpAge International

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Journal of International Development

CALL FOR POLICY ARENAS 2008

‘Policy arenas’ are a special feature of the Journal of International

Development. They comprise 3-4 articles with an introduction written by guest editors, and focus on a policy theme or a theme that has clear policy implications.

General guidelines for policy arenas are:

·       The introductory article should be in the form of a review article that engages with the literature in the area of the policy arena as well as introducing the articles

·       The articles should directly address policy issues in international development

·       Policy arenas should have a referee from a relevant policy domain as well as an academic referee (see below).

We are particularly keen to have policy arenas that engage with and blend the natural and social sciences in addressing development policy

We are also keen to have policy arenas that address a topic of immediate relevance - ‘hot topics’. If proposals of this kind are made, we will endeavour to support the refereeing process so that they can be published quickly.

Guest editing and refereeing guidelines are available.

Proposals for policy arenas and special issues should include a title, description of the theme/topics to be addressed and, preferably, abstracts of the articles to be included. However exploratory ideas can also be discussed.

Proposals should be submitted to Hazel Johnson (h.e.johnson@open.ac.uk).

 

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Changes to the DSA Website and implications for membership correspondence

We are in the process of changing over our website to the new one with a host of up to date facilities. This does mean, however, that we are unable to process your membership applications at the moment. For new members we will start your year's membership from the date we input your details, and for those of you renewing, there will be no gap in your membership.

Thanks for your understanding.