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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PhD student Rawya Khodor successfully defends thesis on health system resilience
Congratulations to Rawya Khodor who has successfully defended her thesis, ‘Health system resilience through coordination and learning: The NGO ecosystem of primary healthcare in Lebanon’.

DPU alumna shortlisted for the W Awards’ Moira Gemmill Prize
DPU alumna, Joana Dabaj, has been shortlisted for the W Awards’ Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture.

UCL Health of the Public announce launch of new academic communities
UCL Health of the Public launches new academic communities to increase UCL’s cross-disciplinary public health research capacity with the ‘Urban Health Community’ led by DPU’s Prof Haim Yacobi and Prof David Osrin.

Forging pathways for transformation through transnational knowledge exchange
Led by Dr Paroj Banerjee, a research project bolstering developmental outcomes on urban marginalisation and resilience of street- connected youth in a post-COVID-19 world.