Development Studies Association

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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DSA2025

Our conference this year is themed "Navigating crisis: dangers and opportunities in development"

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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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Decolonising Development

The initiatives we are undertaking that work towards decolonising development studies

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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

Building connections: researching global change

Welcome to the Development Studies Association. We are the UK based membership organisation for all those studying, researching and teaching in the field of global development.

We’ve been together for over 40 years. We are proud of our strong membership base, our diverse networks, our lively annual conference, and our collaborative publications.

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Latest DSA news and events

Centre for Development Studies marks 50 years with DSA2025 conference on navigating crisis

Centre for Development Studies marks 50 years with DSA2025 conference on navigating crisis

DSA2025: engagement from around the globe on the world’s most pressing issues.

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DSA members call on governments for further action on Gaza.

DSA members call on governments for further action on Gaza.

Members of the DSA call for urgent action designed to resolve the situation in Gaza. Members can add their voice.

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Recovering Development: Annual Meeting of the Development Studies Association Scotland Study Group

Recovering Development: Annual Meeting of the Development Studies Association Scotland Study Group

Call for abstracts for the Scotland Study Group annual meeting taking place 30 Sept at the University of Edinburgh.

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DSA members’ news

Black Histories in Bath – a new walking tour app!
CDS University of Bath

Black Histories in Bath – a new walking tour app!

CDS Bath co-created a Black History Walking Tour uncovering stories from Roman times to Windrush, shining light on centuries of African & Caribbean presence in the city.

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GDI June 2025 digest
GDI – Global Development Institute

GDI June 2025 digest

What did you do during the Trump times?; regulating mobile phone suppliers; positive development studies; informal settlements; BRAC’s ultra poor programme and more.

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SOAS June 2025 news digest
SOAS

SOAS June 2025 news digest

What the Lewis model misses; water in India and state governance; politics of the Bangladesh 1974 famine; shifting ideas in conflict; missing girls and reproductive rights and more.

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LSE – June 2025
London School of Economics (LSE)

LSE – June 2025

Anti-narcotic policies; identity politics; fishmeal exports; bloc voting in Africa; decolonising development studies; and development humanities.

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ODID Oxford June 2025 digest
ODID – Oxford Department of International Development

ODID Oxford June 2025 digest

Forced Migration review; White South African refugees; politics in India; refugee experience; political economy of global health science and more.

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Kings College London, Dept of International Development: June 2025
King’s College London

Kings College London, Dept of International Development: June 2025

A new fellowship on gender; resistance amongst migrant women; China’s carbon market; UK’s wealth tax and more.

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Doing integration research on temporary labor migration in Singapore
Dept of International Development, University of Sussex

Doing integration research on temporary labor migration in Singapore

Yoga Prasetyo was highly commended in the DSA Masters Dissertation prize and writes for us about the personal and intellectual process behind doing his dissertation.

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Latest winners of the Sanjaya Lall Prizes
Oxford Development Studies

Latest winners of the Sanjaya Lall Prizes

Winners of the Oxford Development Studies annual prize to honour the memory of the late Professor Sanjaya Lall.

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Events

Recovering Development: Annual Meeting of the Development Studies Association Scotland Study Group

Recovering Development: Annual Meeting of the Development Studies Association Scotland Study Group

Call for abstracts for the Scotland Study Group annual meeting taking place 30 Sept at the University of Edinburgh.

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Online discussions on the future of aid

Online discussions on the future of aid

Recordings and resources from our events on the future of aid and UK aid under Labour.

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What next for a broken aid system?

What next for a broken aid system?

A round up of key points, resources and the recording from our event on how to imagine a better aid system.

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Call for papers and panel: gender conference at UEA

Call for papers and panel: gender conference at UEA

The School of Global Development, University of East Anglia is organising the conference: Debates for a Changing World.

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DSA works on behalf of the development studies community in the UK. We build connections between DSA members, represent their views in relevant consultations and share their work with a wide audience of prospective students, partners and donors.

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