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

8 Mar, LSE. International Women’s Day 2025 Conference. In person. 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. Register.

18 Mar, LSE. Growth, Innovation and Singularities: Are We Sustainable? Professor Geoffrey West on the scaling laws of life and the potential for systemic collapse in a rapidly evolving world. More information.

20 Mar, CSGD at OU. The Real “Adaptation Gap”: Adapting Development in a Climate Changing World.

20 Mar, GDI. Does the “Melting Pot” Still Melt? Internet and Immigrants’ Integration with Alexander Yarkin. Sign up on Zoom or visit the event page to find out more.

27 Mar, LSE. From menarche to menopause: how reproductive histories shape women’s health. Professor Tiziana Leone, Professor in Health and International Development. Looking at both contingent and cumulated events to include physical and mental shocks such as conflict and disasters which would eventually have an impact later in life.

1 April LSE: The Looming Global Financial Crisis: Time to Re-think Development and Democracy 2.0. Guest lecture with Manfred Bienefeld and Radhika Desai on the looming global financial crisis. More information.

8 April, DSA: What next for our broken aid system. Online panel discussion, all welcome. Nicola Banks, Global Development Institute; Divine Fuh, University of Cape Town; Nick Jepson, Global Development Institute; Sue Roberts, University of Kentucky; Bright Simons, ODI and moderated by Peter Sutoris, University of Leeds. Find out more and register.

28 April, DSA: UK aid under Labour. Tamsyn Barton, formerly Independent Commission for Aid Impact; Romilly Greenhill, Bond; Chris Lyon, University of Birmingham; Moderator: David Hudson, University of Birmingham. Find out more and register.

19 & 20 June, UEA. Gender and Development: Debates for a Changing World. In-person conference. Register.