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Welcome to our new Council members
At the AGM at DSA2024 we said goodbye and thank you to Naila Kabeer and Ingrid Kvangraven, who have completed their terms on Council. As well as their official duties as Council members, we were grateful to have their wider experience and insights.
We are delighted to welcome in their place three new members:
- Ibrahim Natil, Research Fellow at the Institute for International Conflict Resolution at Dublin City University;
- Claire Mcloughlin, Associate Professor at the International Development Department, University of Birmingham;
- Kamna Patel, Associate Professor, Bartlett DPU, UCL.
We will share profiles and interviews of our newest members soon.
Turning thought into action
Many of you will have heard about the Africa Charter at our webinar earlier this year. The DSA have recently signed the Charter, but we recognise this is one of many steps and we look forward to working with other stakeholders to drive change in decolonising development studies further. Look out for news stories on activities around this.
Read more about decolonising development studies |
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DSA receives ACSS funding for academics of colour
To support in addressing the retention and progression of academics of colour, the Academy of Social Sciences has provided funding for the DSA to run workshops with early career academics of colour to better understand their needs and generate a support network; and provide training to address structural barriers to progression.
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Diverse delegate insights at DSA2024
Diverse topics, diverse ways of presenting and diverse approaches to social justice were on offer at DSA2024.
Read the experiences and insights from Claude Samaa, Hamid Khalafallah, Kristen Hope, Emanuela Girei, Alice Mpofu Coles, Kole Odutola, Chelsea Klassen, Muthanna Saari and Lawrence Ado-Kofie.
And remember, the conference may be over but their research continues so do look for ways to connect through our study groups.
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Calling Scotland-based researchers and students
Offers of presentations are welcome from international development researchers and doctoral research students based in Scotland for the Study Group’s forthcoming mini-conference taking place Friday, 6 September 2024 at the University of the West of Scotland.
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Quick tips on publishing books & journal articles
DSA2024 presented a great opportunity for you to meet editors of journals and book publishers and talk about your ideas. We hosted a couple of sessions on book and journal publishing and summarised some of the key tips to get you inspired for writing. There’s also links to other resources to improve your publishing success.
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Call for Papers: Interrogating Localisation from Social Justice Perspectives
DSA’s NGOs and development study group hosted a panel on localisation and social justice. Co-convenors from the group, Emanuela Girei and Ibrahim Natil are now editing a special issue on the topic for Development In Practice journal. The editors are particularly interested in contributions exploring localisation from Global South perspectives and lived experiences. Submit before 30 October 2024.
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Institutional Members' news
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DPU highlights articles on Palestine
DPU reported that the latest edition of the journal ‘City’ has made accessible 20 selected articles on Palestine/Israel, emphasising the urgent need for a ceasefire and an end to the occupation.
Among these articles are three that are published by associates of The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, UCL:
* Prof. Michael Safier (retired) discusses the complexities of Jerusalem as an arena of nationalist conflict or crucible of cosmopolitan co-existence.
* Dr Rami Nasrallah and Prof. Haim Yacobi co-authored an article on Jerusalem’s inner city frontier.
* Prof. Haim Yacobi’s article examines the evolution of Jerusalem from a ‘divided’ to a ‘contested’ city, raising critical questions about its state.
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News from LSE
LSE have a vacancy for an Assistant Professor in Development Studies.
Plus, in addition to a suite of blogs for Refugee Week, they have new titles on:
* development as change versus intention
* welfare and accumulation
* brokers for urban slums
* targeting the centre and least poor in Pakistan
* humanitarian protection in DRC, Syria and South Sudan
and more.
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Blogs and C4P from Global Development Institute
GDI have a call for papers on Structural Transformation and Contemporary Late Development. Submit before 15 September.
Blogs on:
* Solidarity, technology and the future of Development Studies: GDI at DSA2024
* Refugees and the city
* Employability, including getting your CV ready and entering the Indian development market
Plus the latest publications and working papers.
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Development research informing policy
* Current measurements for determining the international poverty line are a ‘misleading shortcut method’
* New paper on global poverty projections
* Brief on UK and EU global development cooperation
* Development studies on EU policy and development
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New research to help build a resilient world
The Institute of Development Studies is part of a new research initiative that will further understanding of a region spanning Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central, East & Pacific Asia, led by the University of Glasgow’s Central and East European Studies.
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Become a member of the DSA
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DSA membership is open to anybody with an interest in development studies and you may join as an individual, or as an institution. Members can be from around the world, and a fee-waiver is currently in place for those living in and citizens of low- and middle-income countries. Members in the UK may claim tax relief on DSA membership subscriptions they have paid for themselves, via HMRC.
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