2020 – New Leadership for Global Challenges

Virtual - University of Birmingham

The theme for this year’s conference was “New Leadership for Global Challenges”. Panels and discussions also encompassed a broad range of development studies interests. Our aim was to investigate where and how leadership is emerging at global, regional and local levels to address critical issues such as climate emergency, identity-based inequalities, poverty, violence, ill-health, resource plunder, and digital surveillance. ‘New leadership for global challenges’ asks us to investigate where and how leadership is emerging at global, regional and local levels to address critical issues such as climate emergency, identity-based inequalities, poverty, violence, ill health, resource plunder, and digital surveillance.

Conference convenors

Fiona Nunan & David Hudson, University of Birmingham

Plenary speakers

Srilatha Batliwala, CREA & Gender at Work, sponsored by Oxford Development Studies

Alpa Shah, London School of Economics, sponsored by Development and Change

Shireen Hassim, Carleton University & Wits University, sponsored by Journal of Development Studies

View the two getting published sessions’ videos from the DSA2020 conference.

View some written panel summaries from the conference.