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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Development Studies Association

Unity in Diversity? The Future of Development Studies

Unity in Diversity? The Future of Development Studies

June workshop on reflections on the current state of development studies: looking at: framings of development, the universality or not of development; and questions of decolonisation.

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New Frontiers of Urban Informality Research: call for papers

New Frontiers of Urban Informality Research: call for papers

Submit papers before 5 April 2024 for a conference on urban informality organised by DSA's Study Group on Urbanisation and Development.

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DSA Masters Dissertation Prize 2024 winners

DSA Masters Dissertation Prize 2024 winners

Ana Palma Garcia from IDS is the winner of the DSA's Masters Dissertation Prize 2024 for her work entitled: Co-constructing notions of inclusion with Deaf women in Colombia throughout cooperative inquiry.

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Past News