Our Aims and Objectives

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

Find Out More

What is Development Studies

What is development studies and decolonising development.

Find Out More

Our Members

We have around 1,000 members, made up of individuals and around 40 institutions

Find Out More

Governance

Find out about our constitution, how we are run and meet our Council

Find Out More

People

Meet our Council members and other staff who support the running of DSA

Find Out More

About

The DSA Conference is an annual event which brings together the development studies community

Find Out More

DSA2025

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

Find Out More

Past Conferences

Find out about our previous conferences

Find Out More

Study Groups

Our Study Groups offer a chance to connect with others who share your areas of interest

Find Out More

Students and ECRs

Students and early career researchers are an important part of our community

Find Out More

Publications

Our book series with OUP and our relationship with other publishers

Find Out More

Decolonising Development

The initiatives we are undertaking that work towards decolonising development studies

Find Out More

Membership Directory

Find out who our members are, where they are based and the issues they work on

Find Out More

From panels to papers: Call for papers following DSA2024.

Interrogating localisation from social justice perspectives

DSA’s NGOs and development study group hosted a panel on localisation and social justice. Co-convenors from the group, Emanuela Girei and Ibrahim Natil are now editing a special issue on the topic for Development In Practice journal. The editors are particularly interested in contributions exploring localisation from Global South perspectives and lived experiences.

Submit before 30 October 2024 and find out more.

Global South researchers in development studies

Following the panel Why Are You Not Doing Research in Your Home Country? Dissecting Expectations of ‘Developing Countries’ Researchers, Ilaha Abasli, Ahmed El Assal and Yasmine Hafez have a Call for Chapters for a book which aims to bring together voices from the Global South to discuss their fieldwork experiences and reflections, thereby generating a grounded theoretical proposition on Global South researchers’ reflexivity and positionality in the field of development studies.

Submit an abstract of 250–500 words to [email protected] by October 31, 2024 and find out more.

Gender norms change for gender justice

Following PE08, Camilly Maubert, Eyram Ivy Sedzro and Sophie Legros are organising a special issue on the panel topic: “Gender norms change for gender justice: rethinking theory and practice.” for the journal Development in Practice.

Deadlines for 6,000-7,000 words manuscripts is the 15th of December 2024. The special issue can also include practice notes of 3,000 words and we encourage practitioners to share their experiences and viewpoints via this medium.