Our Aims and Objectives

We are the UK association for all those who research, study and teach global development issues

Find Out More

What is Development Studies

What is development studies and decolonising development.

Find Out More

Our Members

We have around 1,000 members, made up of individuals and around 40 institutions

Find Out More

Governance

Find out about our constitution, how we are run and meet our Council

Find Out More

People

Meet our Council members and other staff who support the running of DSA

Find Out More

About

The DSA Conference is an annual event which brings together the development studies community

Find Out More

DSA2025

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

Find Out More

Past Conferences

Find out about our previous conferences

Find Out More

Study Groups

Our Study Groups offer a chance to connect with others who share your areas of interest

Find Out More

Students and ECRs

Students and early career researchers are an important part of our community

Find Out More

Publications

Our book series with OUP and our relationship with other publishers

Find Out More

Decolonising Development

The initiatives we are undertaking that work towards decolonising development studies

Find Out More

Membership Directory

Find out who our members are, where they are based and the issues they work on

Find Out More

CIDT news – December

Supporting the RNLI to chart a course for results
CIDT’s Ella Haruna has been supporting the RNLI team to embed Project Cycle Management and Results-Based Management approaches in a number of ways, including technical assistance to develop the results framework and developing supporting frameworks for programme Monitoring Evaluation and Learning, as well as working closely with the team to revise and review the International theory of change.

Facilitating strategic planning for the American Forest Foundation, online!
Thirty hours of workshops were facilitated online with the use of virtual flipcharts, polling and breakout rooms to support two AFF teams to develop their value proposition. The Biodiversity team, working to increase the number of landowners and sustainably managing their forests, and the Western team, working to reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfire in the West.