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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Practical Action Publishing latest publications – January

Thank you to all our authors, readers, reviewers, editors and partners for your support during this difficult year – you have made it possible to do all this!

Take a look at our year in books

PS Missed book delivery deadlines? Ebooks are available to download any time!

 

New Journal Issue

New Journal Issue

NEW Waterlines issue online!

Featuring Open Access articles on sanitation behaviour change, and on financing for WASH in schools; plus articles on schistosomiasis in KwaZulu-Natal; city-wide inclusive sanitation, and a more integrated approach to WASH responses.

Read it here

Publishing in January

Publishing in January

Self-Supply: Filling the gaps in public water supply provision

This well-reasoned source book highlights the magnitude of the contribution of self-supply to urban and rural water provision world-wide, and the gains that are possible when governments recognise and support household-led supply development and up-grading.

> Order your copy or read it Open Access

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