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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Round up of news on decolonising development

IDS work on decolonising knowledge for development:

    Strengthening equity in research ecosystems:

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      Evaluating Capacity-Strengthening Impact: A Funder Perspective: The Think Tank Initiative (TTI) was a large-scale, ten-year, multi-donor-funded programme of institutional research capacity strengthening for thinktanks in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.  

      Shifting norms, multiplying actors, turbulent times: The G20’s Role in Shaping the Emerging Landscape of International Development Co-operation. An emerging landscape of international development co-operation: A policy brief from the T20 process this year in Brazil, that connects well with the theme of developing on amplifying voices of global South actors.