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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Latest events and webinars

Tackling Urgent Global Challenges: A Sussex Masterclass Series: free online masterclasses open to all. See the full list.

OPHI Weekly Seminars on Multidimensional Poverty are held online on Tuesdays at 4:10pm GMT. Find details for this term here.

5 Feb: SOAS: Development in a Climate Changing World and Reversing the Vicious Circle of Debt, Underdevelopment, and Environmental Change.

6 Feb, SOAS: Migration, race, and labour in Mauritania

6 Feb, OU, The production of information space in the port of Piraeus: Digital logistical media, power mutations and state transformations

18 Mar, LSE. Growth, Innovation and Singularities: Are We Sustainable? Professor Geoffrey West

25 – 26 Feb. OU. Researching global China: Innovation and Challenges conference

6 Mar, SOAS: Pluralising social reproduction approaches: Alessandra Mezzadri, Shirin Rai, Sara Stevano in conversation

20 Mar, SOAS. Power, politics and progress: Rethinking clientelism and state capacity in the Global South

27 Mar, LSE. From menarche to menopause: how reproductive histories shape women’s health

International Women’s Day events:

LSE: International Women’s Day 2025 Conference, Saturday 8 March 2025, starting at 8.30am, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE

This event will platform the diverse voices of women who work or are involved in the agricultural sector and who are leading the way within their own communities and internationally to make the sector sustainable. Join us for a day of discussion and learning about women-led innovation and advocacy across Africa this International Women’s Day. Co-hosted by the Arab International Women’s Forum, the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), The Centre for Women, Peace and Security, the LSE Middle East Centre and the Department of International Development on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2025. Register here.