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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People

We are run by a Council elected by our members

 

Who we are

DSA is run by an elected Council. Most members of Council are based in universities or development organisations in the UK. Two members of Council are based in the global South, and elected directly by global South members.

Please do say hello if you see us at meetings or conferences, or feel free to contact us on email.

DSA has one member of staff, our Communications Officer. Our finance and administration are run by NomadIT

 

DSA Council

Photo of Uma Kambhampati University of Reading
Uma Kambhampati President, EDI Audit, Publications (term ends 2026) University of Reading
Photo of Jonathan Fisher University of Birmingham
Jonathan Fisher Secretary, Dissertation prizes (2nd term ends 2026) University of Birmingham
Photo of Shailaja Fennell University of Cambridge
Shailaja Fennell Treasurer, Publications (2nd term ends 2026) University of Cambridge
Photo of Laura Camfield University of East Anglia
Laura Camfield Dissertation prizes, Students, EDI Audit (coopted since 2014) University of East Anglia
Photo of M. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury University of Dhaka
M. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury Global South Representative (1st term ends 2026) University of Dhaka
Photo of Eyob Balcha Gebremariam University of Bristol
Eyob Balcha Gebremariam Decolonising Development (1st term ends 2026) University of Bristol
Photo of Tuesday Gichuki University of Makeni, Sierra Leone
Tuesday Gichuki Global South Representative (2nd term ends 2025) University of Makeni, Sierra Leone
Photo of Michael Jennings SOAS
Michael Jennings Conference, NGOs, Dissertation prizes (1st term ends 2024) SOAS
Photo of Naila Kabeer LSE
Naila Kabeer Study Groups (2nd term ends 2024) LSE
Photo of Ingrid Kvangraven King's College, London
Ingrid Kvangraven Decolonising Development (1st term ends 2024) King’s College, London
Photo of Emma Mawdsley University of Cambridge
Emma Mawdsley Students (1st term ends 2026) University of Cambridge
Photo of Zechariahs Benapugha Owutuamor University of Reading
Zechariahs Benapugha Owutuamor Student representative (1st term ends 2026) University of Reading
Photo of Annalisa Prizzon Overseas Development Institute
Annalisa Prizzon Communications (2nd term ends 2026) Overseas Development Institute
Photo of Sheila Ronoh Coventry University
Sheila Ronoh Student representative (1st term ends 2026) Coventry University
Photo of Touseef Mir University of Bath
Touseef Mir EDI Audit (1st term ends 2026) University of Bath
Photo of Indrajit Roy University of York
Indrajit Roy Decolonising Development, Global South (1st term ends 2024) University of York
Photo of Peter Taylor Institute of Development Studies
Peter Taylor Global South, Dissertation prizes (2nd term ends 2026) Institute of Development Studies

Other contacts

Photo of Rowena Harding Development Studies Association
Rowena Harding Communications Officer Development Studies Association
Photo of Rohan Jackson
Rohan Jackson NomadIT
Photo of James Howard
James Howard NomadIT