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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Online MSc International Development, University of Edinburgh

The School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh is inviting students to apply for its world-leading online MSc programme in International Development.

This programme engages critically with international development thinking and practice, and more broadly with processes of social, political and economic transformation around the world.

Applicants to the programme may be eligible to apply for a Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarship (Scholarship Application deadline: 14 March 2022).

Deadline to apply to the programme: 8 August 2022 (early applications are encouraged).
Start date: 12 September 2022 // Email: [email protected]