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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Get listed on our members directory

Did you know that listing yourself on the DSA membership director gives you a website entry that you can edit and customise? It’s a useful solution if you’re not with an academic institution that has an easy to update website platform.

To access the directory, you need to be a DSA member and visit this members link.

When prompted, login to your NomadIT account, to be redirected to your DSA membership details. Once your DSA membership details are showing, you will see under the ‘Directory’ tab where you can insert/ edit/ update your research interests and your regional focus. Once you have made your edits, click the update button.
If you are ‘Ex-Directory’ and would now like to appear in the directory, just untick the checkbox and click the update button. If you do not wish to appear in the members’ directory, you need to click the ‘Ex-Directory’ checkbox.

An example profile of a DSA member on the directory

An example profile of a DSA member on the directory