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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Blog

Reimagining the World to Change it: Reflections on Participating in the DSA2026

Reimagining the World to Change it: Reflections on Participating in the DSA2026

Aishwarya Bhuta, a PhD candidate at the University of Sheffield, reflects on her experience of participating in the DSA2026.

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A call for hope: from one development community to the next

A call for hope: from one development community to the next

With back-to-back development studies conferences in Antwerp with EADI and Ireland for DSA, Nicola Banks urges a pause to reflect on the role we play in hope.

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What Delhi’s villages teach us about development

What Delhi’s villages teach us about development

Development often asks cities to look forward. But in Delhi, looking forward without looking beneath our feet risks repeating a familiar violence: the erasure of villages that made the city possible.

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