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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DSA2025

Our conference this year is themed "Navigating crisis: dangers and opportunities in development"

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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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Decolonising Development

The initiatives we are undertaking that work towards decolonising development studies

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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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Seeking convergence across social and feminist movements, geographies and habitat-related struggles
As President of Habitat International Coalition (HIC), DPU’s Adriana Allen participated in the 3rd World Forum on Human Rights and spearheaded a cross-regional gathering of social and feminist movements working to advance the right to the city.

DPU’s Azadeh Mashayekhi receives funding for project on role of religious actors in urban planning
Congratulations to the DPU’s Dr. Azadeh Mashayekhi for receiving the Urban Studies Foundation Seminar Series Awards to conduct a research project on “The role of religious actors in shaping urban planning”.

Publications

Community-Led Housing in Yangon: The Struggles of Non-Confrontational Resistance and Feminist Crisis Management
By Marina Kolovou Kouri, Shoko Sakuma, Catalina Ortiz

Post-pandemic cities: An urban lexicon of accelerations/decelerations
By Simon Marvin, Colin McFarlane, Prince Guma, Michael Hodson, Andrew Lockhart, Pauline McGuirk, Andrew McMeekin, Catalina Ortiz, Abdou Maliq Simone, Alan Wiig

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