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, York, April news

  • Business – When Crisis Hits the latest blog in the Business for Peace series looks at business in crisis contexts, in particular the example of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. By: John E Katsos (Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics, AUS Research Affiliate, Queen’s University Belfast)
  • Celebrating the páramo’s environmental and cultural diversity: IGDC co-organised the 4th Festival Campesino de Memoria Paramuna: art and agroecology festival in defence of the Colombian páramos region.
  • Life as an IGDC Visiting Fellow: Dr Gale TC Rigobert present a video blog looking at her experience as an IGDC visiting fellow. Dr Rigobert is a international Relations expert, author, lecturer, former Government Minister, TV host and Climate Change Champion.
  • Ordering hope: Reimagining the future of citizenship: In a world facing a multitude of challenges it is easy to lose sight of the possibilities offered by hope, however this Working Paper by Indrajit Roy looks at the relational and institutional understanding of hope. The paper goes on to explore the concept of ‘realist hope’ which, whilst recognising the fragility of social structures also offers opportunities for reimagining order. 
  • (Un)sustainable Lives: The IGDC Working Paper ‘(Un)sustainable lives’ explores the politics behind the decisions that ultimately render certain communities and nations worthy of sustaining and those that are not, who pay the ultimate price for climate change.