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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

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People

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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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LSE – October 2024

Publications:

Majid, Hadia and Shami, Mahvish (2024) Unpacking rural-urban clientelist networks. Oxford Development Studies, 52 (2). 160 – 178. ISSN 1360-0818. The research finds that rural clientelist networks are more pervasive, vary in nature, and perform more functions than their urban counterparts.

Boone, Catherine, Crespin-Boucaud, Juliette and Kyung Kim, Eun (2024) Sectoral interests and welfare and accumulationin African countries. Studies in Comparative International Development. ISSN 0039-3606 (In Press) Item availability may be restricted.

Kar, Sohini (2024) Who benefits? On welfare and accumulation. Global Social Policy, 24 (2). 327 – 330. ISSN 1468-0181

Kirk, Thomas and Pinnington, Rose (2024) Introduction: development practice, power, and public authority. Global Policy, 15 (S4). pp. 5-10. ISSN 1758-5880

Strasser, Julia, Ouedraogo, Ramatou, Baird, Sarah and Coast, Ernestina (2024) Global workforce implications of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The Lancet, 403 (10445). pp. 2669-2671. ISSN 0140-6736

Strong, Joe, Freeman, Emily, Coast, Ernestina and Moore, Ann M. (2024) Pregnancy recognition trajectories: a novel conceptual framework. In: Abortion + SRH Seminar Series, 2024-09-04 – 2024-09-04, Online.

Chiavaroli, C. (2024)The reproductive geography of miscarriages. Social identities, places, and reproductive inequalities. Social Science & Medicine, 360 (117351). ISSN 0277-9536

News

Professor Jean-Paul Faguet has been named a Fellow of the Academy of Social Science, which is the national academy of academics, practitioners and learned societies in the social sciences. Read LSE’s press release here.  

Professor Ernestina Coast and Dr Philipa Mladovsky have been named incoming co-chairs of the LSE Global Health Initiative (GHI) together with Dr Beth Kreling from the Department of Health Policy. The title was previously held by Justin Parkhurst from the Department of Health Policy.