Welcome to Development Studies Association

DSA2019: 'Opening Up Development'
Open University, Milton Keynes
19-21 June 2019

The DSA2019 conference is less than 1 week away now!

FINAL INFORMATION
If you are attending the conference you can read the travel email we sent to all delegates recently and/or download the brief travel summary PDF to help with all the basic information on getting to the conference.

Other reminders

- Please register via the website, if you have not already done so
Registration may close before the event due to high numbers and our venue capacity, so don’t miss out!

- Live streaming & filming of plenaries
Three of the four plenary sessions will be live-streamed to an online audience and filmed, so that these events can be accessed by a wider audience both during and post-conference. If you do not wish to be filmed, then you can watch these from the video relay venue (Hub Theatre). All filming and live-streaming will take place in the Berrill Theatre.

Watch the plenaries via the live-stream feed!
If you cannot attend the conference, don't worry you can access the free live-stream footage of three of the four plenaries via The Open University website on the days of the plenaries. There is no fee/registration or account creation required.
When watching remotely via the live-stream feed, if you wish to ask a question to any of the plenary speakers, please email: international-development-research(at)open.ac.uk with your question (and who your question is for during the 4 speaker Early Career Plenary Panel). A selection of email questions received during the plenaries will be read out at the event by the Chair.

- Photography
A photographer will be taking photos during the event, if you expressly do not wish to be photographed either directly or indirectly, then please notify the photographer at the event or email us at: conference(at)devstud.org.uk, so we make sure you are not photographed.

- Remember to bring your re-usable water bottle to the conference
To avoid the use of single use plastics, we will not be providing small water bottles at the conference. There will be large water dispensers around the venue for you to top up your re-usable water bottles.

- Please pay your conference and membership fees before 19th June to avoid queues on arrival
You will not be able to attend sessions until your fees are settled so pay ahead of time and avoid queueing and payment hassles at the door.

Panel and daily timetables are online, see here to find out when your panel will take place.
Travel and accommodation pages are online to assist you with your bookings to attend the conference.
There are many other events taking place during the conference, check them all out here.
Keep an eye on the conference website for all further announcements.

Seeking new book proposals for DSA-OUP series

The Development Studies Association edits a book series on Critical Frontiers of Theory, Research and Practice in International Development Studies, which is published by Oxford University Press. The series profiles research monographs that will shape the theory, practice, and teaching of international development for a new generation of scholars, students, and practitioners. We are seeking exciting proposals for new titles in the series. Recent titles in the series include Playing with Fire: Deepened Financial Integration and Changing Vulnerabilities of the Global South by Yilmaz Akyüz and Taken for a Ride: Grounding Neoliberalism, Precarious Labour, and Public Transport in an African Metropolis by Matteo Rizzo. The series editors can be contacted for further information about the series or for discussing prospective book proposals through the email address: dsabookseries(at)devstud.org.uk

DSA Council Elections - nominations now OPEN

The DSA will hold elections for members of Council during the AGM at DSA2019 at the Open University, Milton Keynes, on 21 June. We need members to stand for three vacant positions, including Secretary. Please consider helping the association and the discipline by putting yourself forward or encouraging others to do so. The deadline for nominations is 1pm, Wednesday 19 June. You can download the information and necessary forms here.

Please share your views about DSA communications

Over the next year, we plan to redevelop our website, improve our communications with members and stakeholders, and do more to raise the profile of Development Studies. To help us plan for this, we would really like to gather feedback from members, current users of our website, Bulletin subscribers, conference attendees and anyone else who interacts with DSA. We have put together a short questionnaire and do encourage you to use it to share your feedback. Any comments you have on the website, Bulletin, our social media and the public profile of DSA will be gratefully received, so please do take a few minutes to offer your thoughts. We will be sharing the results of this exercise with Council at our next meeting on 18th June, and following that will begin implementing our new communications plan. If you have any other comments you’d like to share about communications that aren’t covered by the questionnaire, you can send these directly to our new Communications Officer, Amy Lunt, by emailing comms(at)devstud.org.uk. You can access the questionnaire here.

DSA AGM Agenda online

DSA members are encouraged to attend the DSA AGM which will be held on 21 June at 1245-1345 in the Berrill Theatre at the Open University. The agenda is now online and can be viewed here.

DSA-OUP book series fourth title is now available

Inclusive Dualism: Labour-intensive Development, Decent Work, and Surplus Labour in Southern Africa
by Nicoli Nattrass and Jeremy Seekings
ISBN 9780198841463
May 2019

IN: Critical Frontiers of Theory, Research, and Policy in International Development Studies

Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences

Many congratulations to two DSA members elected Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences: Joe Devine of Bath and Wendy Olsen of Manchester.

‘Meeting the Challenges’ workshop series

How do researchers work across disciplines on global challenges such as health? Videos, blogs and full reports are now available to watch and read from the DSA/ESRC workshop on Zoonoses and One Health at the Institute of Development Studies, the workshop on Research Ethics in Contexts of post-Conflict and Displacement at the University of Reading, the Frontiers in Urban Infrastructure Research and Action workshop at the Global Development Institute, Manchester University, the Responding to Environmental Change workshop at the University of East Anglia, the Poverty & Development workshop at the University of Bristol and the Towards More Equitable Interdisciplinary Partnership workshop at SOAS. The report and videos from the Bradford workshop will be going online very soon.

REF2021 panel membership appointments announced

Sub-panel 22: Anthropology & Development Studies
Chair
Professor Deborah James - London School of Economics and Political Science
Members
Professor Jo Beall - British Council
Professor Barry Bogin - Loughborough University
Dr Peter Evans - Department for International Development
Professor Ravi Kanbur - Cornell Dyson School
Professor Uma Kothari - University of Manchester
Professor Tobias Kelly* - University of Edinburgh
Professor Susanne Kuechler - University College London
Professor David Wield - The Open University
Secretariat
Dr Andrew Taylor - University of Hull

See the full announcement at the REF website

Joe Devine has been invited on to the assessment panel for the REF subpanel Social Work and Social Policy

DSA Gender, Policy & Practice Study Group

The challenges of women’s invisible care work: analysis of new research
Reports are now available to read about this recently held workshop - you can find links to the reports on the SG webpage.

DSA Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change Study Group

Local-level intermediaries in natural resource management: Virtual workshop, 20th September
The Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change (ENRCC) Study Group is planning to hold a virtual workshop/conference on 20th September on the role of local-level intermediaries in natural resource management. The theme is now up on the SG webpage. Please contact Fiona Nunan, f.s.nunan(at)bham.ac.uk if you’d like to be involved in the workshop/conference.

South Asia and Development Study Group

We’re very happy to announce the formation of the South Asia and Development Study group, a joint venture between the DSA and the British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS).

The study group’s participants are involved with examining how shifts in power emerge alongside development practices. We’re keen to emphasise that we encourage participation from scholars working across South Asia.

We have three initial ideas going forward. The first is our opening meeting at the DSA conference, and one of our expected outcomes will to think about our future programme alongside the conference’s theme of ‘Opening Up Development’. This will be held on Thursday 20th June in Library Seminar Room 2, from 1-2pm.

The next potential activity is a webinar series, and the third is a graduate and early career workshop, where we can explore scholarly collaborations further.

We would invite you join our network of individuals across DSA and BASAS to shape and co-develop research programmes. We’re also pleased to have secured some funds from the DSA and BASAS to support our activities.

You can find more about our study group here.
You can sign up to our study group email list here.

DSA Study Group Meetings at DSA2019

Wednesday 19th June 1100 - 1200

Religions & Development Study Group - Library Seminar Room 7 (Library Building)
Women & Development Study Group - JLB Meeting Room 1 (Jennie Lee Building)
DSA Environment, Natural Resources & Climate Change Study Group - CMR Room 11 (Christodoulo Meeting Rooms)

Thursday 20th June 1300 – 1400

DSA NGOs in Development Study Group meeting - Library Seminar Room 7 (Library Building)
DSA South Asia & Development Study Group meeting - Library Seminar Room 2 (Library building)
DSA Business & Development Study Group meeting - JLB Meeting Room 1 (Jennie Lee Building)

ODID - Oxford Department of International Development

GDI - Global Development Institute

Department of Development Studies and the Department of Economics, SOAS

London School of Economics (LSE)

Development Planning Unit (DPU), University College London

IDS, University of Sussex

CIDT, University of Wolverhampton

The Open University

Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich

Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID)

International Development Department University of Birmingham

Humanitarian Academy for Development (HAD)

This month, HAD’s Head of Research and Development, Dr Jennifer Philippa Eggert, led an interactive workshop for PhD and Master students at the University of Birmingham, which focused on research in the development and humanitarian sector. The workshop was implemented in collaboration with the Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (TIMES) Postgraduate Forum at the Department of Theology and Religious Studies. There is a growing awareness for the importance of research amongst practitioners in the development and humanitarian sector. During this workshop, participants learned about the different ways in which research can make a contribution to the work of humanitarian and development practitioners. The workshop specifically focused on the work of faith-inspired organisations in the sector, discussed key opportunities and challenges of the sector and gave participants an opportunity to work on a small research case study.

International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University

ISS and its partners just finalized a major research project on Climate Change Politics, Land Grabbing and Conflict

The 'Climate change mitigation policies, land grabbing and conflict in fragile states: understanding intersections, exploring transformations in Myanmar and Cambodia' (MOSAIC) project - ran from 2014-2018 and was coordinated by Professor Jun Borras (ISS) and Professor Chayan Vaddhanaputi (Chiang Mai University). It was funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research and the UK Department for International Development through the CoCooN - Conflict and Cooperation in the Management of Climate Change - the MOSAIC project sought to understand the links between climate change mitigation initiatives and land grabs by looking at spatial, social, ecological and institutional dimensions. It focused on two fragile states – Myanmar and Cambodia - and their trajectories of conflict and cooperation.

KidsRightsIndex 2019 published on 14 May 2019

Inadequate priority for children's rights in developed countries

There is still a significant gap between international children's rights and the daily reality of children around the world. Even in developed countries the priority for children's rights is inadequate. This is demonstrated by the KidsRights Index 2019, published today by the international children's rights organization KidsRights and the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Remarkable are the results of the United Kingdom and New Zealand. They ranked 170 and 169 on the list of 181 researched countries.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child has been ratified by all states except one: the United States of America. The adoption of the Convention in 1989 was a crucial step in improving children’s rights across the globe. However, there is still a considerable gap between the good intentions of policymakers and the actual effects policies have on the everyday lives of children. The KidsRights Index is a tool to uncover such gaps, chart the performances of countries, and identify themes and trends in the children’s rights arena. The KidsRights Index serves as a watchdog that keeps track of how humanity is promoting or failing the rights of the child. This is especially important in a world full of sustainable development deficits, political unrest and conflict ongoing in many regions.

United Nations University UNU-WIDER

Past events

Press Release | Sustainable development goals at risk without effective climate action – UN organizations in Finland call on MPs and MEPs to make climate policy priority

Public event | UNU-WIDER — UN DESA workshop on inequality | 6 May, UNHQ New York

Public event |The economic consequences of conflict | 6 May, UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, Finland

WIDER Seminar Series | Aimable Nsabimana on weathering shocks: the effects of weather shocks on farm input use in sub-Saharan Africa | 8 May, Helsinki, Finland

WIDER Seminar Series | Ritwik Banerjee on the link between corruption and tax evasion - an experimental investigation 10 May, Helsinki, Finland

WIDER Seminar Series | Ebaidalla Mahjoub Ahmed on understanding inequality of opportunity in child health in Sudan 15 May, Helsinki, Finland

WIDER Seminar Series | Khoa Vu on the causal relationship between parental and children's educational attainment: Evidence from Vietnam 29 May, Helsinki, Finland

Festival | UNU-WIDER at World Village Festival 2019 25-26 May, Helsinki, Finland

EADI

EADI student membership is now free to all students

See here for all the details and how to become an EADI member.

University of Reading

Everyday Life and Environmental Change: Connections, Dynamics and Entanglements Conference
19-20 September 2019

This interdisciplinary conference examines environmental change and the ways in which its effects are incorporated into the spatial and temporal dimensions of people’s daily lives.

Deadline for abstract: 24 June 2019. Please read the full call for all the information.

Global Development Institute (GDI)

Conference: From Politics to Power? Rethinking the politics of development: 9-11 September, Manchester

Convened by the Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, this flagship conference is essential for anyone interested in the politics of development and will also appeal to a broad range of scholars and practitioners interested in leading edge themes including the politics of women’s empowerment, economic growth, social provisioning, natural resources, state capacity, thinking and working politically and governing cities. As well as presenting the findings of the ESID conference, speakers include Harvard’s Lant Pritchett and Merilee Grindle, author of Why Nations Fail James Robinson, Anne Marie Goetz and Prerna Singh. More information.

Call for papers: Everyday Life and Environmental Change: Connections, Dynamics and Entanglements: 19-20 September 2019, University of Reading, UK

Conference convenors: Alex Arnall, University of Reading, and Uma Kothari, University of Manchester. An interdisciplinary conference examines environmental change and the ways in which it effects, is incorporated into, and produced by the spatial and temporal dimensions of people’s daily lives. More information.

University College Cork

Masters (MSc) of Food Security Policy & Management

University College Cork Masters (MSc) of Food Security Policy & Management is now recruiting students from diverse backgrounds to join the International Development Unit of UCC's Department of Food Business and Development. This programme is aimed at students who want to address one of the greatest challenges facing our global community, ending food insecurity & malnutrition. It is one of the few courses worldwide specifically focused on the design and implementation of food and nutrition security policies and programmes.

Apply Now!
Closing date for non-EU applications is 15th June 2019
Please contact Dr. Nick Chisholm Senior Lecturer n.chisholm(at)ucc.ie for any additional queries.

Department of Development Studies and the Department of Economics, SOAS

SOAS's Department of Development Studies is launching two online MSc programmes in October 2019 and applications are now open:

- The MSc Humanitarian Action is a new degree that provides students with a thorough understanding of the principles and history of humanitarianism, and an analysis of the critiques, complexities and contradictions facing humanitarian actors.

- The MSc International Development builds on the reputation of our on-campus Masters programmes to offer a degree that is theoretically founded, equipping students with the analytical tools to address the challenges of contemporary development contexts.

SOAS Summer Schools

Extreme Futures: Capitalism, Crisis and Climate Change
1 July - 19 July 2019

This course provides a critical introduction to understanding the politics of climate change. A theoretical consideration of the history, politics and economics of climate change is the foundation of the course, followed by an interrogation of the diplomacy of climate change negotiations, feminist approaches to the environment and ecosocialism. Finally, the course examines questions to do with technology and the climate, racism and climate denial, and the potential of movements to force governmental action on climate change. Students analyse relevant films that examine case studies from the Global South and conduct field research by participating in a climate protest or demonstration.

The Politics of Protest, Development and Social Change Summer School
1 July - 19 July 2019

This course provides a critical introduction to the history, nature and impact of social protest and social movements, the politics of neoliberal development and rise of NGOs into a global industry. It analyses how social movements and NGOs have interacted and influenced each other, and how they have globalised. It questions the notion of development as economic growth, assesses the critiques against NGOs as alternatives to state-led development models, considers the concept and the use of humanitarian intervention in diverse contexts, discusses the role of labour and labour organising alongside social movements and explores the extent to which movements are posing a challenge to neoliberal and capitalist development. Finally, it examines both the theoretical basis for social movement and NGO strategies for social change, and draws on a number of case studies, exploring what kind of development and social change is possible.

Development and Conflict Summer School
22 July - 9 August 2019

This course examines the linkages between conflict and development, between inequality and violence, and between the structures and interests that contribute to the continuation of violence within and between countries. It is primarily informed by a political economy approach to analysing conflict, and highlights the way in which the economic and political interests of conflict parties and their international backers may conspire to form ‘war systems.’ Additionally, the course explores how legacies of conflict impact development through a focus on gender, trauma, and memory, drawing on case studies from on-going and recent conflicts throughout the world. Students engage critically with literature defining academic and policy debates about the causes and consequences of conflicts, and the role of development assistance, humanitarian intervention and post-conflict reconstruction in building peace as well as in exacerbating and perpetuating conflict.

Populism and the Crisis of Democracy Summer School
22 July - 9 August 2019

From Trump to Modi, right-wing populism seems to be advancing relentlessly around the world. Meanwhile, already-existing authoritarian leaders are tightening their grip. Protest movements have emerged in Brazil, France, India and elsewhere, from left and right, united by their loss of faith in conventional (‘neoliberal’) democracy. Have the things we have been taught to take for granted failed? Will all societies eventually become liberal democracies, are wars, domestic strife and authoritarian governments really things of the past, will capitalism endure indefinitely and is globalisation unstoppable? Why are so many societies buckling under pressure? What role do inequality, exploitation and environmental devastation play in this malaise? Why does immigration feature so prominently in populist campaigns? Why are so many young people cynical about democracy? What role does social media play in these social conflicts? Could conventional wars become a regular feature in the international system? And – if democracies falter, what will replace them? This course will address these questions of today’s world.

University of Derby

Joint Honours Degree in Global Development

The Joint Honours Degree in Global Development at the University of Derby adopts a multi-disciplinary approach to understand the contemporary challenges associated with development studies. It emphasizes a critical understanding of development issues from a local to global scale. The degree equips you with an appropriate set of specialist, intellectual and personal transferable skills of lifelong value that are required by graduate employers. Fieldtrips are key to the course. The focus placed on practical experience and vocational placements provides you with opportunities to gain valuable real world experience. For more information about our course, please visit here.

School of International Development, University of East Anglia

Water Security for Policy Makers and Practitioners
24 June - 28 June 2019

Bringing together key strengths in water politics, climate change, agricultural water management and water allocation, this course will provide participants with an exceptional chance to acquire an understanding of this key global issue and to explore different interpretations of water security in an international and developing economy context. Using a successful format developed during 2018, the course will see the use of water security 'games' during the week and as informal coursework. Bruce Lankford believes games are an excellent device to overcome echo-chambers within water security. By helping to surface different kinds of beliefs, games achieve two outcomes; first that we are open towards normative ideas (we should be water secure, we should build dams, we should revise water law, we should be more efficient) whilst, second, we are more critical with our thinking (solutions may not work, or will need tailoring, or will be counter-productive). Two examples of critical thinking: a) it asks if enforcing 'status-quo water law' may be subterfuge to lock in current injustices; b) it wonders if pursuing a formal engineering approach to efficient irrigation is expensive and alienates farmers who wish to improve current practices. By actively allowing someone to win or lose, or everyone to win or lose, or by turning a gain into a loss, or by layering twists and turns, our intermediary games reveal what we want and what we may have missed. APPLY NOW!

IDS, Sussex

IDS Teaching

In partnership with the University of Sussex, IDS is ranked first in the world for development studies by the QS University Rankings. We offer a wide range of postgraduate degrees and professional development courses on critical development issues.

Our courses

• MSc Climate Change, Development and Policy

• MA Development Studies

• MA Food and Development

• MA Globalisation, Business and Development

• MA Governance, Development and Public Policy

• MA Power, Participation and Social Change

• MA Poverty and Development

Details here.

IDS Training Courses

Contribution Analysis for Impact Evaluation
16 to 20 September 2019

Working Together to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
9 to 13 September 2019

Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation for Learning
2 to 6 September 2019

Engaging Evidence and Policy for Social Change
24 to 26 July 2019

Transforming Nutrition: Ideas, Policies and Outcomes
15 to 19 July 2019

Digital and Technology for International Development
8 to 12 July 2019

Social Protection: Policies, Programmes and Evidence
1 to 4 July 2019

More information on the IDS website.

Brighton & Sussex Medical School

Global Health Msc/PGDip/PGCert

The Global Health MSc course brings together experts from the health sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, development studies, anthropology, economics and political sciences among others in order to deliver a stimulating and vibrant programme. We combine traditional didactic teaching with dynamic and interactive methods, using case studies alongside evidence and insights from the various disciplines to facilitate students’ critical understanding of current global health issues, their complex determinants and their potential solutions.

For more information please visit the website.

Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre (IGDC), University of York

The Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre (IGDC) at the University of York has launched a new two new study programmes in Global Development:

PhD in Global Development - recruiting now to start September 2019

BA in Global Development (with or without a year in industry) - recruiting Autumn 2019 to start September 2021.

Oxford Department of International Development (ODID)

Workshop: Livelihoods and Socio-Economic Inclusion of Syrian Refugees in Host Countries
14 June 2019, Sir Michael Dummett Lecture Theatre, Christ Church, St Aldates OX1 1DP

Syrians continue to be the largest forced migration population in the world, with more than 13 million people displaced, millions of whom are hosted in Lebanon and Jordan. In Lebanon, one in five people is a refugee, and in Jordan, one in 15. This workshop examines the livelihoods and inclusion of refugees in Lebanon and Jordan from a variety of perspectives, including through a gender lens.

Development Planning Unit (DPU) University College London

Urban Transformations in Sierra Leone
8:30 am to 4:00 pm
19 June 2019

International Development Institute King’s College London

Social science perspectives on the healthcare policy challenges in the emerging economies
28 October 2019

Seeking to unpack and critique the dominant policy paradigm and ongoing healthcare policy challenges in the emerging economies, the Department of International Development at King’s College London and the Social Policy Forum Research Centre at Bogazici University are hosting a one-day workshop in London. Researchers interested in the critical application of social science perspectives to the study of healthcare in emerging economies are invited to submit an application to participate. Further information on research themes and on the application process is available here.

Department of Development Studies and the Department of Economics, SOAS

26th June, 10:00 - 18:00, Fogg Lecture Theatre, QMUL
Alessandra Mezzadri will take part in a workshop on 'Social Reproduction within and beyond Production', organised by QMUL School of Business and Management:

DPP, The Open University

DSA2019: Opening Up Development
19-21 June, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA

Registration is open for the Development Studies Association annual conference 2019 and the events programme, daily timetable and panel times are now available online. Read more...

Pan-Commonwealth Forum 2019 on Open Learning
9-12 September, Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

Co-hosted by The Open University and the Commonwealth of Learning. Read more…

31st Annual EAEPE Conference
12-15 September, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

Keynote speech by Smita Srinivas, Visiting Professor in The School of Politics, Philosophy, Economics, Development, Geography. Read more…

Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID)

Workshop: "Inward-Outward: Exploring the ethics of decolonial research"
with Professor Jenny Robinson (CUL) and Dr Lata Narayanaswamy (University of Leeds)
9am-4pm, June 27th. More information here.

United Nations University UNU-WIDER

WIDER Seminar Series | Charles Gore on Inequality Reduction as a Global Goal: The Nature and Logic of SDG 10 | 19 June, Helsinki, Finland

WIDER Development Conference | Transforming economies – for better jobs | 11-13 September, Bangkok, Thailand’

Plenary session | Richard Baldwin - The globotics transformation and development | 13 September, Bangkok Thailand.

Centre for Development Studies (CDS) University of Bath

On 26 June, CDS is co-hosting an event with South West International Development Network (SWIDN) and the Development Studies Association (DSA) to share ongoing international development research and action in and around Bath. This event ‘International development research and action: Global challenges, new openings?’ has been timed for the week following the 2019 DSA annual conference. Register for this event here.

University of Glasgow

Public Lecture - Adam Smith Distinguished Speaker Events June 2019
China’s Growth: Understanding the slowdown and future trajectory
Professor Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University
5pm, Tuesday 25 June 2019
Lecture Theatre, Sir Charles Wilson Building, Kelvin Way, University of Glasgow

The recent slowdown in China’s growth comes from three distinct sources, each requiring different policy responses. In this talk, Professor Wei analyses these sources, assesses current policy responses and proposes additional reforms. To understand future economic trajectory, Professor Wei considers the likelihood that the country can successfully transition from a low-tech manufacturing giant to a more innovation-based growth model.
Find out more information and please register here.

University of Bath

Lectureship in International Development

Read the full details here
Closing date: 30 June 2019.

University of Glasgow

SHLC Research Associate

The GCRF Centre for Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC)*, based at the University of Glasgow, is looking for a new Research Associate with experience in Development Studies to join our international team and explore fast-growing cities across Africa and Asia. SHLC’s Research Associate in Development Studies will join an interdisciplinary team of 50 experts from a range of countries including Bangladesh, China, the Philippines, Rwanda, South Africa and Tanzania.

Find out more about the role and APPLY ONLINE here by 14 June.

Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich

NRI is recruiting for a post-doctoral research fellow in anthropology, public health or development studies/social science in a health-related area to work within the Livelihoods and Institutions Department. The position will contribute to the MRC-funded project “Intercultural models to improve nutrition and health of indigenous populations through gender-sensitive agroforestry practices in Peru”. The project uses participatory approaches and intercultural models to co-develop gender-sensitive agroforestry options with the potential to sustainably address high levels of chronic undernutrition and anaemia in indigenous populations in the Peruvian Amazon.  For more details see here.  Closing date 19 June.

Development Planning Unit (DPU) University College London

Lecturer in development planning for diversity

Teaching Fellow MSc Social Development Practice.

United Nations University UNU-WIDER

Procurement Assistant | Applications close 14 June

International Development Department University of Birmingham

Doctoral research scholarship

A doctoral research scholarship is offered by the University of Birmingham-led Developmental Leadership Program (DLP). This is a fully funded PhD based at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. The PhD will explore how a research program can best assess and communicate its impact. Please follow this link for more information.
Closing date for applications is 21 June.

Coventry University

Call for Applications: Writing workshop for early career
African scholars
9-13th September 2019, University of Ghana, Accra
“Countering asymmetries in knowledge production on Africa”

The call for applications is open to early career researchers affiliated with a recognised university in the ECOWAS region. The deadline for applications is 25 June 2019. Please ensure that you meet the eligibility criteria and can complete the application in full before applying.

To read the full call and find out how to apply see here.

The workshop is funded by the British Academy and is held in collaboration with African Affairs.

Development Planning Unit (DPU) University College London

The DPU Health in Urban Development Scholarship

UNU-WIDER

Request for research proposals | Transforming informal work and livelihoods | Submissions deadline 15 June.

University of Bristol - Questionnaire

For our research on international research partnerships and collaboration, we are gathering the perspectives of Southern- and Northern-based actors. We would greatly appreciate your views on this topic by completing this brief questionnaire. This study has received ethical approval from the University of Bristol. Any information provided here will be treated confidentially within the research team and anonymised in reporting.
For further details, please contact Tigist Grieve (tigist.grieve(at)bristol.ac.uk) or Rafael Mitchell (rafael.mitchell(at)bristol.ac.uk)

Global Development Institute (GDI)

Bina Agarwal: Does Group Farming Empower Rural Women: Insights from India’s Experiments, Journal of Peasant Studies, accepted forthcoming.
And The interplay of ideas, institutional innovations and organisational structures: Insights from group farming in India, ESID Working paper: No 116, University of Manchester, UK.

Nicola Banks. Urban Informality as a Site of Critical Analysis (Nicola Banks, Melanie Lombard &Diana Mitlin)
And NGO explorer database on UK international development charites (with Dan Brockington)

Stephanie Barrientos: Gender and Work in global value chains: Capturing the Gains? (Cambridge University Press) - a new book consolidating more than 10 years of research on contemporary working conditions and gender discrimination.

Armando Barrientos: Published a chapter in Welfare and Social Protection in Contemporary Latin America (Routledge)

Tania Bastia: Published the book Gender, Migration and Social Transformation: Intersectionality in Bolivian Itinerant Migrations

Allard Duursma & Tanja R. Müller: Now published online: The ICC indictment against Al-Bashir and its repercussions for peacekeeping and humanitarian operations in Darfur

Johan Oldekop: Published in Nature Sustainability: Reductions in deforestation and poverty from decentralized forest management in Nepal and a “behind the paper” blog. The new research generated significant international media coverage.

Gindo Tampubolon: Sujarwoto, Tampubolon, Pierewan published in Int. Journal of Mental Health and Addiction: “A tool to help of harm? Social media use and mental health in Indonesia.”

Oxford Department of International Development (ODID)

Victor Beaume (2019) Politics resettled: the case of the Palestinian diaspora in Chile, RSC Working Paper No 128.

Corneliu Bjola, Jennifer Cassidy and Ilan Manor (2019) 'Public Diplomacy in the Digital Age', The Hague Journal of Diplomacy

Christian Helmers, Manasa Patnam and Pramila Krishnan (2019) 'Attention and saliency on the internet: Evidence from an online recommendation system', Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

Robtel Neajai Pailey (2019) 'Women, Equality, and Citizenship in Contemporary Africa', in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics.

Alan Sanchez and Marta Favara (2019) 'Consequences of Teenage Childbearing in Peru. Is the Extended School-day Reform an Effective Policy Instrument to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy?', Young Lives Working Paper No 185

Ana Vaz, Sabina Alkire, Agnes Quisumbing and Esha Sraboni (2019) 'Measuring Autonomy: Evidence from Bangladesh', OPHI Working Paper No 125

Yi Zhang, Kaihua Chen and Xiaolan Fu (2019) 'Scientific effects of Triple Helix interactions among research institutes, industries and universities', Technovation.

Development Planning Unit (DPU) University College London

The Capability Approach, Empowerment and Participation
Edited by: Alexandre Apsan Frediani with David Alexander Clare and Mario Biggeri

MSc Social Development Practice Student Report
Bridging local collective practices towards a platform for the right to the city in Salvador, Bahia

DPU News Issue 65
On The Right to Health is the Right to Land

Handbook of Global Urban Health

Blogs

Transmedia Storytelling: Activating Urban Learning for Slum Upgrading
By Catalina Ortiz and Gynna Millan

Therapy Gardens – Urban Green Space and Better Health
By Liza Griffin

Crowdsourcing inputs for future impact evaluation? Pilot participatory mapping for liveability and health baselines of a transport-centred project in Cali, Colombia
By Daniel Oviedo Hernandez

In the media and articles

Deflating Africa’s urban disaster risk bubble
Emmanuel Osuteye reports from Africa 100 years from now, where a better understanding of everyday risks has spared the continent the worst impacts of its rapid urbanisation.

Estudantes ingleses visitam a comunidade da Gamboa, em Salvador
Students and staff of DPU’s MSc Social Development Practice were interviewed by a Bahian TV channel in Salvador (Brazil)

Transforming informal settlements
From its base in Freetown, the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre is working to ensure residents' rights in informal settlements across the country.

Go to the polls
Dr Michael Walls, Senior Lecturer at The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, reflects on the election monitoring mission he co-ordinated in Somaliland in November 2017.

Practicing Participatory Design
How a collaboration between Bartlett academics and a charity founded by alumni enabled Lebanese, Palestinian and Syrian residents to co-design a public space that works for everyone.

Online Media

Podcasts

Displaceability – the new foundation of urban citizenship?
Elections in Argentina: Putting Climate Change into the Agenda

Images

MSc DAP Fieldwork 2019 - Kampala, Uganda
Celebrating five years of DPU’s 60 Anniversary PhD Scholarship

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Olivas Osuna, José Javier (2019) Revolutionary versus reactionary: contrasting Portuguese and Spanish civil-military relations during democratisation. War & Society. pp. 1-24. ISSN 0729-2473

Radicati, Alessandra (2019) Island journeys: fisher itineraries and national imaginaries in Colombo. Contemporary South Asia. ISSN 0958-4935

Madon, Shirin and Schoemaker, Emrys (2019) Reimagining refugee identity systems: a sociological approach.

Klingler-Vidra, Robyn and Wade, Robert (2019) Science and technology policies and the middle-income trap: lessons from Vietnam. Journal of Development Studies. ISSN 0022-0388

Eaton, Kent, Faguet, Jean Paul, Harbers, Imke, Schakel, Arjan H., Hooghe, Liesbet, Marks, Gary, Niedzwiecki, Sara, Osterkatz, Sandra Chapman and Shair-Rosenfield, Sarah (2019) Measuring and theorizing regional governance. Territory, Politics, Governance, 7 (2). pp. 265-283. ISSN 2162-2671 Item

Boone, Catherine, Dyzenhaus, Alex, Manji, Ambreena, Gateri, Catherine, Ouma, Seth, Owino, James Kabugu, Gargule, Achiba and Klopp, Jacqueline (2019) Land law reform in Kenya: devolution, veto players, and the limits of an institutional fix. African Affairs, 118 (471). pp. 215-237. ISSN 0001-9909

Howell, Jude (2019) NGOs and civil society: the politics of crafting a civic welfare infrastructure in the Hu-Wen period. China Quarterly, 237. pp. 58-81. ISSN 0305-7410 Item not available from this repository.

ID BLOG
Don’t forget to check out recent articles from LSE staff, students, alumni and friends of the department on the ID blog: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/

Conflict Research Programme – LSE

Political Economy and Governance in Syria Report

The extreme violence that dominated the scene in Syria over the last eight years shifted attention away from the deep structural transformations affecting the country’s economy and governance structures. The Political Economy and Governance in Syria Report highlights some of these transformations through the presentations made by leading Syria experts at the Political Economy and Governance in Syria’ conference held on 3 December 2018 at the LSE.

School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS

Ismagilova, E, Hughes L, Dwivedi Y K and Raman K R (2019) Smart Cities: Advances in Research - an Information Systems Perspective, International Journal of Information Management, 47, 88-100

Mezzadri, A. (2019) 'On the value of social reproduction' Radical Philosophy Vol.2 Issue 4. Available Open Access at the link above.

IDS, University of Sussex

No Time to Waste: Tackling the Plastic Pollution Crisis Before it’s Too Late
Mari Williams, Joanne Green, Zoe Lenkiewicz, Richard Gower, Elisabeth Whitehead and Patrick Schroder

Closing Civic Space and Inclusive Development in Ethiopia
IDS Working Paper 527
Tony Roberts

Inequalities in Maternal and Child Health in Mozambique: A Historical Overview
IDS Working Paper 526
Leonardo Chavane and Célia Gonçalves

Empowering Women Politicians in Pakistan: Views from Within
IDS Policy Briefing 168
Ayesha Khan and Sana Naqvi

International Development Department University of Birmingham

da Silva, R., P. Fernández-Navarro, M. M. Gonçalves, C. Rosa and J. Silva. 2019. Tracking narrative change in the context of extremism and terrorism: Adapting the Innovative Moments Coding System. Aggression and Violent Behavior 47: 204-214.

Lucia, E. L., J. Buckley, H. Marquette and N. McCulloch. 2019. Lessons from Nigeria for improved thinking and working politically in the extractives sector. Development Policy Review, early view.

Peiffer, C., H. Marquette, R. Armytage and T. Budhram. 2019. The surprising case of police bribery reduction in South Africa. Crime, Law & Social Change, online first.

Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich

C A O Akinbami, J E Olawoye, F A Adesina and V Nelson (2019) Exploring potential climate-related entrepreneurship opportunities and challenges for rural Nigerian women. Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research 9:19

M Mayanja, C Rubaire-Akiiki, J Morton, JD Kabasa (2019) Pastoral community coping and adaptation strategies to manage household food insecurity consequent to climatic hazards in the cattle corridor of Uganda.  Climate and Development 1-10

A Shee (2019) Design and Rating of Risk-Contingent Credit for balancing business and financial risks for Kenyan farmers.  Applied Economics 1-19.

L German, L Cotula, K Gibson, A Locke, A Bonanno and J Quan (2018) Land Governance and Inclusive Business in Agriculture: advancing the debate. LEGEND State of the Debate Report.

United Nations University UNU-WIDER

Policy Brief | Inequality in Brazil
Policy Brief | Reducing inequalities in South Africa
Research Brief | The missing billionaires
Research Brief | Global mitigation policies and developing country economies
Research Brief | Inequality in rural India
Research Brief | The impact of tax-benefit systems in Africa
Journal Special Issue | Development Southern Africa | Bioenergy in Southern Africa
Journal Special Issue article | Development Southern Africa| Bioenergy in Southern Africa: An opportunity for regional integration?
Journal Special Issue article | Development Southern Africa| Biofuels technology development in Southern Africa
Journal Special Issue article | Development Southern Africa| Policy and trade issues for a future regional biofuels market in Southern Africa
Journal Special Issue article | Development Southern Africa| Institutional arrangements of outgrower sugarcane production in Southern Africa
Journal Special Issue article | Development Southern Africa | Constraints to biofuel feedstock production expansion in Zambia
Journal Special Issue article | Development Southern Africa | Economy-wide implications of biofuel production in Zambia
Journal Special Issue article | Development Southern Africa | Economic impacts of developing a biofuel industry in Mozambique
Blog | How can developing countries deliver effective public financial planning?
Blog | India’s General Elections 2019 - The potential electoral consequences of demonetisation
Blog | Narendra Modi’s performance on the Indian economy - Five key policies assessed
Blog | Inequality: Driving forces and policy solutions
Blog | Measuring inequality in middle-income countries
WIDER Working Paper | The effect of foreign competition on family and network labour allocation
WIDER Working Paper | Beyond access to basic services
WIDER Working Paper | The individual poverty incidence of growth
WIDER Working Paper | Inequality in India
WIDER Working Paper | Digital technologies and ‘value’ capture in global value chains

International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University

Adolescent Girls' Migration in the Global South: Transitions into Adulthood

ISS Assistant Professor, Katarzyna Grabska, has co-launched a new book entitled 'Adolescent Girls' Migration in the Global South: Transitions into Adulthood' together with a roundtable discussion of the book.
'Based on rich and in-depth case studies in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Sudan, the chapters reveal challenging gendered transitions surrounding the decisions, experiences and consequences of migration. A powerful read' Samantha Punch, Professor of Sociology, University of Stirling, UK.

IGHD – Queen Margaret University

Health financing in fragile and conflict-affected settings: What do we know, seven years on?

Rights-Based Training Enhancing Engagement of Health Providers With Communities
Cape Metropole, South Africa.

Centre for Development Studies (CDS) University of Bath

Blogs

‘Challenging Industry Claims: Does Corporate-Led Mining in the African Periphery Really Provide Higher Wages to Local Workers?’ by Ben Radley

‘Documenting Menstrual Restrictions in Nepal for World Menstrual Hygiene Day’ by Melanie Channon

‘Addressing the tobacco epidemic as a sustainable development priority: the need for cross-disciplinary thinking’ by Britta K. Matthes and Mateusz Zatoński.

Boydell & Bower

Boydell & Bower offer Development Studies Association members a 25% discount on all African Studies titles that we publish. The code to use is: BB700.

Practical Action Publishing

DSA2019 Conference Opening up Development
The Open University, Milton Keynes, 19-21 June

See you in Milton Keynes!

If you are at the DSA conference 19th – 21st June, please do come and say hello at our stand, and browse our fantastic collection of international development books.

Clare Tawney, our Commissioning Editor, will be hosting a talk on publication strategies and early career researchers at 12.40pm on Thursday 20th June – we hope to see you there!

Africa Day celebrations: offers on key resources

In celebration of Africa Day, we would like to share with you a collection of books from African authors, and a wealth of African perspectives on global development issues.

Take advantage below of free resources and limited discounts on our books (valid until the end of June); discover beautiful children's stories from Africa in our bookshop; and learn about Practical Action's STEM activities for schools inspired by Africa. Find out more

New issue of Waterlines!

In this issue: an open access article on menstrual hygiene management, and one on innovations in rainwater harvesting; access to WASH in Palestinian schools; and ICT innovation in rural water supply. Read it here

Just published!

Politics Rules: Power, Globalization and Development

We are subject to politics wherever we go and in whatever we are doing. Development is always and everywhere political, and frequently occurs with the interests of the powerful at the forefront. How can we better understand the politics that shapes and controls our lives and dominates the lives of others around the globe?

In this concise volume, Adam Sneyd demonstrates how the difficult skill of careful political analysis can shed new light on some of today’s most intractable development challenges. Sneyd shows how conflicts over ideas can entrench underdevelopment, and he conveys why we need better analyses of development politics to fight the status quo and expedite inclusive change.

Buy a copy of the book here.

Attributing Development Impact: The qualitative impact protocol case book

'The QuIP offers a simple, transparent method to deliver timely, cost-effective and credible causal attributions.' Nancy Cartwright, UCSD and Durham University

Putting respondents' voices at the heart of evaluation

How do you know whether, or how, you contributed to an observed social change? The Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP) is a flexible set of guidelines for collecting, analysing and sharing feedback

from intended beneficiaries about significant drivers of change in their lives. Using respondents’ own testimonies, this non-experimental, goal free method challenges approaches to sampling, tackles bias in data collection, adds rigour to the analysis of qualitative data, and encourages real engagement with findings. This essential book includes comprehensive ‘how to’ QuIP guidelines, and detailed case studies from seven countries.
Buy a copy of the book here
Download an Open Access PDF of the book

Systems Thinking and WASH: Tools and case studies for a sustainable water supply

'[This book] shows how thinking in systems makes you smarter and more effective in getting water and sanitation into the hands of communities around the world. A very useful book indeed.’ Duncan Green, Oxfam UK

Buy a copy of the book here

Coming soon!

Working with Men for Gender Equality

‘An extremely interesting and timely book, given the pressing need to ensure the realisation of substantive gender equality as a cornerstone of social justice and sustainable development. Drawing on diverse examples from initiatives around the world, the book highlights both the potential for and importance, or indeed necessity, of involving men and boys, alongside women and girls, in addressing gender inequalities and promoting and ultimately achieving gender equality, for the good of all.’ Helen Longlands, UCL Centre for Education and International Development (CEID)
Order here

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Oxford University Press (OUP)

How Nations Learn: Technological Learning, Industrial Policy, and Catch-up
Edited by Arkebe Oqubay and Kenichi Ohno
(9780198841760)

“By studying the economic history of technological advancement in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, this book makes a powerful case for industrial policy.” - Alice Evans, Lecturer in International Development, King’s College London

“The analysis of development and catching-up has finally shifted away from surreal problems of 'optimal' market-driven allocation of resources, toward the processes of learning and capability accumulation. This is an important contribution in this perspective.” - Giovanni Dosi, Professor of Economics, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa

Complicit Sisters: Gender and Women's Issues across North-South Divides
Sara de Jong
(9780190055882) New in Paperback
Oxford Studies in Gender and International Relations

"With this book, Sara de Jong makes an elegant, theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich contribution to the critical, feminist and post-colonial literature on humanitarian and development aid." - International Affairs

Crony Capitalism in the Middle East: Business and Politics from Liberalization to the Arab Spring
Edited by Ishac Diwan, Adeel Malik, and Izak Atiyas
(9780198799870)

· Uses rich empirical analysis unparalleled in the literature on Middle Eastern economies
· Offers robust comparisons on the form and function of cronyism, including case studies from across the Middle East
· Feeds into global discussions about the Middle East and on the balance between corporate power and political power more broadly

Institutions and Macroeconomic Policies in Resource-Rich Arab Economies
Edited by Kamiar Mohaddes, Jeffrey B. Nugent, and Hoda Selim (9780198822226)

· Combines macroeconomic and political economy analysis
· Includes country-context analysis showing variations in fiscal policies
· Uses policy-relevant research to explore thematic issues and lessons from international experience
· A reliable and quality resource for students, academics and policy makers

Selected Works of Joseph E. Stiglitz: Volume III: Rethinking Microeconomics
Joseph E. Stiglitz
(9780199533725)

· Third volume of six to provide a definitive collection of Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz's most important work
· Includes a substantial amount of new material by Stiglitz reflecting on his work and the field of microeconomics more generally
· Collects classic, foundational papers on microeconomics

Macroeconomic Shocks and Unconventional Monetary Policy:
Impacts on Emerging Markets
Edited by Naoyuki Yoshino, Pornpinun Chantapacdepong, and Matthias Helble
(9780198838104)

· Provides a thorough and state-of-art analysis of macroeconomic shocks
· Acquaints the reader with the latest techniques of macroeconomic analysis
· Provides insight into the thinking of leading experts in Asian macroeconomics.

Routledge & DSA affiliate program

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Come and visit us at our stand! If you are interested in meeting our Development Studies editor Helena Hurd at the conference to discuss upcoming projects, contact her at helena.hurd(at)tandf.co.uk

Meanwhile, several exciting new publications hot off the press to share with you this month:

SCALING IMPACT: INNOVATION FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD
BY ROBERT MCLEAN AND JOHN GARGANI

“an important contribution to our understanding of what works in development practice. McLean and Gargani first propose a set of four guiding principles for scaling social innovation, and then proceed to illustrate the relevance of these principles with the help of carefully selected and insightful case-studies. The book will be of great value to scholars and practitioners alike." — Kunal Sen, Director, United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki, Finland

"Scaling social innovation is the great challenge of our days. Scaling Impact: Innovation for the Public Good contributes a new, eminently useable analytical framework thoughtfully applied to specific case examples that will help the readers in finding their way through the complex challenge of scaling for impact. […] The clarity of their evidence-based analytical approach will appeal to the researcher, the clarity of their recommendations to the practitioner." — Johannes Linn, Senior Non-Resident Fellow, The Brookings Institution and former Vice-President, The World Bank, Washington DC, USA

“Good luck to us all in implementing this much needed and thoughtful approach to scale!" — Nancy MacPherson, Independent Adviser and former Managing Director, The Rockefeller Foundation, New York, USA

RAGGED TROUSERED NGOS: DEVELOPMENT WORK UNDER NEOLIBERALISM
BY CHARLES BUXTON

"At a time during which the complex world of NGOs is often framed rather simplistically in terms of over-paid professionals or naïve do-gooders, Charles Buxton offers a different view of the NGO worker as political activist engaged at home and away. Wide ranging, well informed and deeply personal, Ragged Trousered NGOs deserves to be read by anyone interested in civil society and social change." — David Lewis, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

“an inspirational book for NGO practitioners to reflect on their work and take actions that will really benefit those who need it most. For the academic audience including students, the book will offer a fresh perspective on civil society and development from the standpoint of civil society worker." — Kanykey Jailobaeva, Queen Margaret University, UK

RESEARCHING SOUTH-SOUTH DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION: THE POLITICS OF KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTIONEDITED
BY EMMA MAWDSLEY, ELSJE FOURIE, WIEBE NAUTA

Over the last two decades the expanding role of Southern countries as development partners has led to tectonic shifts in global development ideas, practices, norms and actors. Researchers are faced with new questions around identity, power and positionality in global development. Researching South-South Development Cooperation examines this rapidly growing and complex phenomenon, asking to what extent existing assumptions, conceptual frameworks and definitions of 'development' need to be reframed in the context of researching this new landscape.

TEENAGE PREGNANCY AND EDUCATION IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH: THE CASE OF MOZAMBIQUE
BY FRANCESCA SALVI

"Salvi’s ground-breaking and timely book offers a new and captivating perspective on pregnancy among school girls in southern Africa by refuting modernising policies that label the girls as victims and the pregnancy as an impediment to education and modernity. It contextualises young women’s search for their identity in a rapidly changing world."— Soraya Tremayne, Founding Director, Fertility & Reproduction Studies Group, Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology, Oxford University, UK

"By the end of the book we have expanded understanding of agency, of multiple modernities as young people strive to build their lives. A significant study that scholars interested in gender, schooling, young people and teenage pregnancy must read!" — Deevia Bhana, Professor and DST/NRF South African Research Chair in Gender and Childhood Sexuality, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.