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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IDD, University of Birmingham: Event, Publications & News – September

Publications

Fiona Nunan published a paper in African Identities: ‘A gendered analysis of fisherfolk migration on Lake Victoria, East Africa’, 2021..

Niheer Dasandi published an article (with Nicola Chelotti and Slava Jankin Mikhaylov) in International Studies Quarterly: ‘Do Intergovernmental Organizations Have a Socialization effect on Member State Preferences? Evidence from the UN General Debate’, 2021.

Sian Herbert, Zenobia Ismail, Rebecca Gordon, Pearl Boteng, and Will Avis produced a GSDRC literature review, looking at evidence on effective interventions in relation to British Council programming areas and UK government priorities. It particularly looked at teachers’ and school leaders’ knowledge and skills gaps.

Sanne Weber published a book (in Spanish) about the experiences of female ex-combatants before, during and after the internal armed conflict in Guatemala.

Sanne Weber published the chapter entitled ‘Gender and Transitional Justice’ in the recently published text book Transitional Justice: Theories, Mechanisms and Debates.

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