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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ODID, Oxford, March 2024

Are we viewing climate migrants just as victims, when we should be recognising their potential role as agents of change? Watch the video of our latest Climate Change and the Challenges of Development talk here.

Artisanal and small-scale mining provides employment to millions in the Global South but workers often lack rights and protections. A recent ODID research project explored the obstacles to improved formalisation.

Pakistan’s post-election landscape is characterized by a dangerous combination of diminishing resources, an authoritarian elite clinging to power, and an institutional vacuum, writes Associate Professor Adeel Malik in a post for Project Syndicate

The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and the UNDP in Latin America and the Caribbean have signed an agreement to improve technical and policy support for countries in the region in the design and implementation of multidimensional poverty reduction strategies. Find out more.  

Ruben Andersson & David Keen explore how ‘wars’ on terror, drugs and irregular migration are exploited to be economically and politically profitable in a post for Project Syndicate.

Publications

Bjola, Corneliu, and Ilan Manor (eds) (2024) The Oxford Handbook of Digital Diplomacy, Oxford University Press

Ferreira, LZ, FC Wehrmeister, J Dirksen, LP Vidaletti, M Pinilla-Roncancio, K Kirkby, LI Ricardo, AJ Barros, and AR Hosseinpoor (2024)  ‘A composite index; socioeconomic deprivation and coverage of reproductive and maternal health interventions’. Bulletin of the World Health Organization