The Call for Panels closed recently and the conference committee are reviewing all proposed panels. Proposers will be notified of their decisions around 14 December. The Call for Papers will be open from 18 December to 8 February 2021. More information will be posted to the website soon and all papers are to be submitted to your panel of choice via the website.

The DSA put out a statement, signed by the majority of our institutional members, disagreeing with the UK government’s recent decision to cut the foreign aid budget to 0.5% of GDP. Read the full statement here and please do circulate and tweet out the message to keep pressure on the government and MPs to avoid this legislative change. An earlier version was published as a letter in The Guardian on 22nd November.

The study group offers a forum for exchange of ideas and work in progress amongst development researchers interested in land tenure, land reforms and the governance of land and property rights, at all career stages. Visit their new webpage to read more and to see how you can get involved with the study group’s activities.

Young Lives second phone survey findings

Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) launched with the government of Honduras

Best Research Film award in the 2020 AHRC Research in Film awards for Shelter without Shelter

Oliver Bakewell is the GDI’s lead on a new project researching EU migration management in Africa and the Middle East.

Shamel Azmeh wrote a piece in The Conversation about increasing aid to fight Covid-19 and why developing nations face tougher choices.

Pritish Behuria authored a new blog on Covid-19 and the Myth of Convergence: The West, the Rest and the urgent need for fiscal space in the remainder.

Drugs & (dis)order flagship publication

World Bank Fragility Forum 2020 virtual series event

Data management for complex research projects

Global Development Management graduate secures Grand Union Doctoral Partnership scholarship

Businesses to play greater role in curbing domestic violence, Open University researcher tells UN General Assembly

Open University launches its first ever Global Development microcredential on online Futurelearn platform

Tuesday 8 December 9am (GMT)
Free registration

4 December – Reflecting on the demise of DfID – Clare Short
11 December – Global Power Shift to Asia: Great Power Competition in the Marketplace for World Order – Danny Quah

8 December – Reversals of fortune: World Bank 2020 poverty and shared prosperity report

4 December – Are we ready to de-colonise medicine?
10 December – 16 days of activism: no haven at home

8 December – Myles Wickstead on the changing face of aid and development

Health in Urban Development (HUD) MSc Scholarship – Deadline: 1 July 2021
KNOW Doctoral Training Course – Deadline: 3 December 2020
ESRC Studentship 2021/22 – PhD funding – Deadline: Various

Last chance to apply for this Editor role
Closing date: 6 December