Membership
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The Development Studies Association is the largest and most coherent national platform for individuals and organisations working in Development Studies.
We have very active Study Groups which meet throughout the year around the UK and Ireland and members can join as many of these as they wish.
Benefits of Individual Membership
- Reduced entry to annual conference and other DSA events;
- Membership of any of our 25 study groups;
- Networking opportunities;
- Opportunity to participate in large-scale consultations via DSA;
- Monthly email bulletin with development studies news;
- Free publicity in our email bulletin and on our website for your news and publications. (Please note this does not apply to journals advertising or other commercial advertising.)
- Research profile in our directory of individual members;
- Affiliation via DSA to European Association of Development Research & Training Institutes (EADI) and OneWorld.
- Discounted journal subscriptions and special offers from development studies publishers.
Benefits of Institutional Membership
- Reduced entry to annual conference and other DSA events for up to two or five members of the organisation (depending on membership level);
- Membership of any of our 25 study groups;
- Networking opportunities;
- Opportunity to participate in large-scale consultations via DSA;
- Monthly email bulletin with development studies news;
- Free publicity in our email bulletin and on our website for your news and publications. (Please note this does not apply to journals advertising or other commercial advertising.)
- Representation in either our Course Directory or our Directory of Development Research (depending on membership level)
Our membership options
> Concessionary Membership (£15 per year)
> Conference Bursary Membership (year of Conference award only)
> DSA Africa Standard Individual Membership
> DSA Five Year Membership
> DSA Ireland Concessionary
> DSA Ireland Individual
> Masters Student One Year FREE TRIAL membership
> PhD Student One Year FREE TRIAL membership
> Standard Individual Membership (£30 per year)
> Under-graduate student one year FREE TRIAL membership
> Advertiser one month
> Associate Institutional Membership
> Large Institution - Basic membership (£150 per year)
> Large Institution - Full membership with listing in both Directories (£300 per year)
> Large Institutional - Full membership to include listing in one Directory (£250 per year)
> Small Institution - Basic Membership & entry on one Directory (£100 per year)
> Small Institution - Full membership & listing on both Directories (£125 per year)
Individual Membership
Individual Membership options are for individuals only and include our 'free year' trial offer to post-graduate students, concessionary members (students, reired academics and unwaged) and standard membership.
Concessionary Membership (£15 per year)
Subscription per annum: £15.00
back to topConference Bursary Membership (year of Conference award only)
Subscription per annum: £0.00
DSA Africa Standard Individual Membership
Subscription per annum: £0.00
DSA Five Year Membership
Subscription per annum: £140.00
DSA Ireland Concessionary
Subscription per annum: £15.00
DSA Ireland Individual
Subscription per annum: £30.00
Masters Student One Year FREE TRIAL membership
Subscription per annum: £0.00
PhD Student One Year FREE TRIAL membership
Subscription per annum: £0.00
Standard Individual Membership (£30 per year)
Subscription per annum: £30.00
Under-graduate student one year FREE TRIAL membership
Subscription per annum: £0.00
Institutional Membership
Development research organisations who join DSA enjoy a range of benefits:
Advertiser one month
Subscription per annum: £50.00
Associate Institutional Membership
Subscription per annum: £0.00
The application process
For the first year there will be no subscription fee payable. Following this first year the DSA will review this, at which point it may become necessary to introduce a modest and negotiable subscription fee. A sub-committee of the DSA Council will review requests/applications in order to verify that the institution concerned fits the profile.
How to apply
Large Institution - Basic membership (£150 per year)
Subscription per annum: £150.00
Large Institution - Full membership with listing in both Directories (£300 per year)
Subscription per annum: £300.00
Large Institutional - Full membership to include listing in one Directory (£250 per year)
Subscription per annum: £250.00
Small Institution - Basic Membership & entry on one Directory (£100 per year)
Subscription per annum: £100.00
Small Institution - Full membership & listing on both Directories (£125 per year)
Subscription per annum: £125.00