Development Studies Association

The UK based membership organisation for those studying, researching and teaching in the field of global development. #XDissenter: find us on LinkedIn & BlueSky

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📚 DSA members can get 20% off books from the UN, World Bank and Center for Global Development via @mare_nostrum_uk’s online bookshop.
Use code DSA20 at checkout.
⏳ Offer ends 31 October 2026.

Browse their books: https://t.co/kF03lhuhEd

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"While many discussions of “equitable partnership” are valuable, they often remain aspirational and fail to generate concrete action on the deeper structural barriers to equity"

✍️ @ptaylor_ottawa (@IDS_UK) in our third blog on large research consortia
https://t.co/L6FyeODlnS

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Where do we find hope in development today?

At #DSA2027, we’re seeking panels on Global South leadership, climate politics, youth movements, and solidarity struggles.

💡 Panels outside the main theme or linked to DSA Study Groups are welcome!

Propose: https://t.co/frKJcJ10GM

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The Nature’s Intelligence Ideathon, organised by the @TIDE_Oxford and the @AgendaCAF, brought together ten finalist teams selected from more than 380 applications across Latin America and the Caribbean.

Find out more: https://t.co/87qbp4WwfG

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🎙️ @PhilipProudfoot, Research Fellow at @IDS_UK, was a guest on The New Humanitarian podcast Rethinking Humanitarianism: Should humanitarianism return to its activist roots?

🎧 Listen here: https://t.co/LkaicfABIP

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Should the DSA conference be hosted in the global South? PhD researchers @MurainaL and Aysha Valery ask whether shifting development conferences south would foster greater equity.

Read their piece and share your thoughts with us—or pitch a blog response:
https://t.co/vHQLtgJz4n

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Eliminating labour abundance is key to improving workers' living standards, North and South, writes @RugitskyF, @SOASEconomics

Yet we cannot rely on population dynamics or capital accumulation to get there.

Read more: https://t.co/HSpeyBjji9

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How can culture drive climate action?

Join @BritishArts for the launch of a new KEA European Affairs report exploring the global impact and opportunities of culture-based climate action.

🗓 Wed 28 Oct
⏰ 09:30 & 17:00 CET
📍 Online

Register: https://t.co/tsb7PeXckM

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As decolonial thought shapes academia, @ingridharvold (@KingsIntDev) asks: what gets lost when radical challenges to power reduce to identity and knowledge?

She argues for putting capitalism and structural power back at the core, on the @EADI blog:
https://t.co/vX9POn95XL

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From aid cuts to shifting geopolitics, the development industry faces unprecedented ruptures.

#DSA2027 explores ‘Development between hope and critique’. We want panels examining new donor dynamics, multilateralism, and critical alternatives.

Submit: https://t.co/frKJcJ10GM

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'Sweat the asset’: new development minister plots path to make UK aid count.

Kirsty McNeill reaffirms Labour’s 0.7% of GDP pledge and promises value for money to allay voter concern.
https://t.co/9MYhKwDVDU

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How should we measure progress in the 21st century?

@sabina_alkire (@ophi_oxford / @UniofOxford) explains how the UN’s Beyond GDP framework could reshape global metrics—and the 5 factors key to its success.

Read more: https://t.co/q4Z9HMu5Tx

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Graduate students, early-career researchers, and established scholars are all welcome to convene at #DSA2027

The conference is fully hybrid, co-hosted with @SussexUni & @IDS_UK

⏰ Deadline for panel proposals: 5 November 2026

Read more and propose here: https://t.co/frKJcJ10GM

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✍️ DSA Student/ECR Rep Jenni Argent is hosting an online writing community, open to all DSA members.

Join DSA peers for 3 hours of focused writing, plus networking, peer accountability and moral support.

📅 28 Oct, 9am–1pm

Register: https://t.co/SYbnmyMP1E

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AI and digital tools can boost economic inclusion programmes—but they can’t replace human trust and motivation.

A new @OU_CSGD policy brief outlines 6 ways to balance tech and "touch" in graduation programmes:
https://t.co/IV4Hxx4X26

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For #DSA2027, we strongly encourage panels that bring together academic research with practitioner insights across all social science disciplines.

Have an idea on 'Development between hope and critique'?

Submit your panel proposal by 5 Nov:
https://t.co/frKJcJ10GM

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In response to the Foreign Secretary’s speech at Labour Party Conference, @romilly_bond, CEO of @bondngo, the UK network for NGOs, said: “the UK’s G20 presidency could be transformative in creating a more stable, resilient and fairer world for us all.”
https://t.co/Sb3BTsnbXT

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Planning a session for #DSA2027?
We welcome non-conventional formats!

Alongside traditional paper panels, propose:
💬 Debates & roundtables
⚡ Speed-meetings
🔥 Fireside chats
🛠 Interactive workshops

Deadline to submit: 5 November 2026.

Details: https://t.co/frKJcJ10GM

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📢 @LagosStudies Call for Panels is open!
🗓 15–19 June 2027
📍 Hybrid: @trinityuniyaba, Lagos & Zoom

The organisers welcome representatives from the Development Studies community.
⏰ Deadline for submissions: 1 December, 2026

Submit a panel: https://t.co/uPkNEw4hbw

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📢 Call for Panels is now OPEN for #DSA2027!

Theme: ‘Development between hope and critique’
🗓 22–25 June 2027
📍 Hybrid: @SussexUni & @IDS_UK / Online

Propose a panel, roundtable, or workshop by 5 November 2026:
https://t.co/frKJcJ10GM