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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Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre (IGDC) News, Publications & Events – December

Jobs

IGDC is hiring two new lecturers
The Department of Politics wishes to appoint two new Lecturers in Development Politics. The new appointments will be based in the Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre (IGDC), a University Research Centre led by the Department of Politics. 

IGDC are particularly interested in appointing candidates that have a geographical focus on the African continent and/or China, or who combine an expertise in global development with a specialism in one of the following areas: climate change, health, or migration.

Application Deadline: 09/01/2022

Publications

The COVID-19 wicked problem in public health ethics: conflicting evidence, or incommensurable values?, by Federica Angeli and others, in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications.

Using a co-created transdisciplinary approach to explore the complexity of air pollution in informal settlements, by Sarah West, Alexander Metcalf, Steve Cinderby and others, in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications.