Development Studies Association

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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DSA2026

Our conference this year is themed "Reimagining Development: Power, Agency, and Futures in an Uncertain 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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Latest events and webinars

King’s College London

Book Launch: Political Economy of Digital Monopolies | King’s College London
10 October 2025

NCRM training: Visual and Embodied Methodologies for Social Science – online | King’s College London
13 October 2025

Souls in the Kalyug: The Politics and Cosmologies of Migrant Workers in Contemporary India | King’s College London
15 October 2025

Was Capitalism Just a Detour? – A Talk by Professor Timothy Mitchell | King’s College London
15 October 2025

Art-research collaborations: encountering, making, and developing body-health-environment relations | King’s College London
30 October 2025

NYRA: Pre-Launch | King’s College London
3 November 2025

Keep Reading

Call for papers and panel: gender conference at UEA

Short courses relevant to global development researchers and practitioners

Jobs and fellowships in development studies

Latest events and webinars

Cambridge submit evidence on aid contracting

British Council on soft power

DSA Masters Dissertation Prize 2025 winners

British Society for Middle Eastern Studies fundraiser for Gaza universities

Chance to lead a DSA study group: convenors wanted