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

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

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DSA unveils a new dissertation prize for PhD students

This year, the DSA unveils a new dissertation prize for PhD students working in the field of international development, development studies and development economics. This will be an annual prize awarded to the best PhD dissertation in these fields of studies from across current DSA institutional members.

The winner will be invited to present their research at the DSA annual conference held in June/ July each year.

For the 2022 prize, all Development Studies and Economics departments in the UK that are institutional members of the DSA are invited to submit one PhD dissertation each for consideration. Nominations will be accepted between 17th January and 1st March 2022. We ask all the Heads of Centres of DSA affiliated institutions in the UK to nominate the highest scoring/ most promising PhD dissertation awarded on their “international development” or related subject programmes in 2021. The nominations will be evaluated by an academic panel from the DSA. Decisions will be made by end April 2022 and the winner and their department notified.

Send nominations to membershipadmin(AT)devstud.org.uk stating the title of the dissertation and the student name.

You can find further information by clicking here.


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DSA Membership Administration
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About the DSA

The Development Studies Association (DSA) is a UK based membership organisation for all those studying, researching and teaching in the field of global development. The DSA promotes and advances international development as a field of study, research and action. We aim to deepen understanding of how global poverty, inequalities, conflict and environmental destruction are produced, sustained and may be overcome, and how a better future may be advanced. The DSA is a membership organisation, with both individual and institutional members, and is wholly funded through its membership premiums and activities.

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