DSA Scotland’s 2026 Symposium
We are happy to announce the call for participants for our annual DSA Scotland Symposium, which is to be held at the University of Glasgow in partnership with SCIAF and the University’s School of Social and Political Sciences on Thursday, September 3rd.
The Scotland Study Group’s annual symposium continues to serve as a forum for colleagues working in the field of development to meet, present and discuss research, and exchange ideas. They welcome conceptual and/or empirical contributions that focus on a wide range of issues. This year’s theme will be “Scotland in the New Development Landscape”, which will hopefully provide an opportunity to reflect on the work that the group are doing and how it fits into some of the broader trends that are shaping the world of development.
More information on submissions can be found below and submissions made here. Please do register via Eventbrite as well.
Call for Participants: Scotland in the New Development Landscape
Thursday 3 September 2026 at the University of Glasgow
As geopolitics shift, the aid system morphs, and debates around climate justice, decolonisation, and global inequalities intensify, what can we learn from global development research, pedagogy and practice being undertaken at Scottish institutions?
This annual meeting of the Development Studies Association’s (DSA) Scotland Study Group, being held in Glasgow in partnership with SCIAF and the University of Glasgow’s School of Social & Political Sciences, seeks to bring together scholars and researchers studying global development in
order to foster collaborative networks, showcase research, and spark dialogue regarding ongoing changes in global development.
The organisers invite submissions for research-, pedagogy- and practice-based presentations on issues relevant to the new development landscape. Papers can be empirical or conceptual, and can address topics that include, but are not limited to:
- Aid, international partnerships and the changing development financing architecture
- Climate justice, loss-and-damage debates, and sustainability
- Migration, diaspora, and transnational connections
- Global health, health systems and planetary health
- Food security, food systems and global inequality.
The symposium will take place in-person and registration is free via Eventbrite. Lunch will be provided. PhD students who are DSA members
travelling from outside Glasgow may be eligible for a contribution towards standard class train travel costs within Scotland if they are
unable to obtain funding from their own institution or project. Contact the organisers via email for further information:
[email protected]
To apply to present at the event, please submit an abstract outlining what you would like to present by 6 July. This should be no longer than
250 words and submitted here.