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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LSE – February 2025

Publications

Coast, Ernestina , Nandagiri, Rishita , Fry, Andra, de Almada, Midanna, Johnston, Heidi, Atay, Hazal, Ganatra, Bela, Lavelanet, Antonella, Alhassan, Nurudeen, Banke-Thomas, Aduragbemi  and Berro Pizzarossa, Lucía (2025) Abortion and well-being: a narrative literature review. SSM – Qualitative Research in Health

Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra and Green, Elliott  (2025) Explaining ethno-regional favouritism in Sub-Saharan Africa. World Development

Faguet, Jean-Paul  and Pal, Sarmistha (2025) Decentralised governance: crafting effective democracies around the world. Politics and Rights Review.

News

In case you missed the Economic Development in the 21st Century event with Ali Allawi, Professor Shiping Tang and Dr Mahvish Shami, you can listen to the podcast or watch the video recording to catch up on the event.

Decentralised Governance by Professor Jean-Paul Faguet and Dr Sarmistha Pal was featured in Politics and Rights Review and is available to read  in English, French, and Spanish.

Professor Ken Shadlen explores the potential resurgence of Donald Trump’s tariff-driven trade policies, their political and economic implications, and how they reflect a normalisation of previously controversial approaches to international trade for the LSE ID Blog.

Professor in Practise at ID, David Luke and a team of researchers explore the intersection between trade, food security agriculture policies, and climate risks in their new book How Africa Eats. To be published Open Access in Spring 2025. More to follow.