Our Aims and Objectives

We are the UK association for all those who research, study and teach global development issues

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What is Development Studies

What is development studies and decolonising development.

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Our Members

We have around 1,000 members, made up of individuals and around 40 institutions

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Governance

Find out about our constitution, how we are run and meet our Council

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People

Meet our Council members and other staff who support the running of DSA

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About

The DSA Conference is an annual event which brings together the development studies community

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DSA2024

Our conference this year is themed "Social justice and development in a polarising world"

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Past Conferences

Find out about our previous conferences

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Study Groups

Our Study Groups offer a chance to connect with others who share your areas of interest

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Students and ECRs

Students and early career researchers are an important part of our community

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Publications

Our book series with OUP and our relationship with other publishers

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North-South Research

A series of workshops exploring North-South interdisciplinary research with key messages and reports

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Membership Directory

Find out who our members are, where they are based and the issues they work on

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News from the Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre

News
Jessica Omukuti awarded COP26 Fellowship: IGDC Postdoctoral Research Associate, Jessica Omukuti, has been awarded a Fellowship to conduct research on scaling climate finance in the run-up to COP26 in Glasgow in 2021.

The rise of the double burden of child malnutrition in Jamaica: IGDC Co-Director, Henrice Altink explains how changes in the global economy and conditions affect child malnutrition in Jamaica and also contributes to a rise in childhood obesity.

The wellbeing of childcarers in Mexico City: IGDC Director, Jean Grugel discusses her work on the diminishing health and wellbeing of childcarers in Mexico City.

Publications
Changing the Narrative: Economics After Covid-19 by Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven and Carolina Alves, Review of Agrarian Studies