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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Official Statement

DSA statement: Three guiding principles for UKRI and institutions to minimise the impact of the ODA cuts to grant holders

DSA statement: Three guiding principles for UKRI and institutions to minimise the impact of the ODA cuts to grant holders

The Development Studies Association remains firmly opposed to the savage ODA cuts to UKRI funding that the government recently announced. We continue to work closely with other learned associations and academic colleagues to advocate for the...

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DSA statement on reduction to UKRI’s ODA- funded budgets

DSA statement on reduction to UKRI’s ODA- funded budgets

The Development Studies Association strongly condemns the significant reduction to UKRI’s Official Development Assistance (ODA)-funded budgets for international research. The cuts will be unconscionably damaging to the UK’s research base and directly contradict government’s commitment to...

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DSA & Heads of Centres’ press statement on C-19 vaccine

DSA & Heads of Centres’ press statement on C-19 vaccine

Read the DSA's letter to the UK government, published in the The Guardian, about global vaccine distribution

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Past News