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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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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New funding for Young Lives
Young Lives has forged a new partnership with the Wellcome Trust which will lead to a new stream of research focusing on wellbeing and mental health. The funding comes as the team prepare to launch their latest survey round, the first in person since the pandemic. Read more.

Women’s Gurgaon
In a new short film, young women share their aspirations and anxieties as part of the Women’s Gurgaon project, which is exploring the impact of rapid urbanization of the Indian city from the point of view of women and their everyday lives. Watch the film.

Humanitarian aid as performance?
When refugees use humanitarian assistance in rational but unexpected ways, aid agencies often fail to understand this ‘off script’ response. Naohiko Omata suggests identifying the roles actors in the aid system are expected to perform can help address mismatches between them. Read more.

Plane used for renditions located
An artist creating an animation for an ODID research project documenting human rights violations in 1970s South America has unexpectedly located an Argentinian naval plane used for the secret rendition of political prisoners between countries. Read more.

New UN report on green technology
A new report by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) exploring the potential opportunities green technologies offer low-income countries draws on research by Professor Xiaolan Fu. Read more.

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