
Development Studies Association
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The UK based membership organisation for those studying, researching and teaching in the field of global development. #XDissenter you can find us on LinkedIn
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Why public engagement on aid has never been more critical. In our blog, we reflect on recent DSA webinars and share insights from Development Engagement Lab on how values-based messaging can help build lasting public support for aid. 📖 buff.ly/t6bB1z0


#DSA2025 hosts Centre for Development Studies actively engage with University of Bath’s Decolonising Knowledge research cluster. 💭 Many members are rethinking how development knowledge is generated and shared. 🔍 Read our Spotlight on CDS Bath here: buff.ly/GW1EKCs


Join DSAIreland on 3rd (online) & 4th (in-person at Maynooth University) September 2025 for the DSAI Autumn School. Theme: Indigenous Knowledge and Practice: An Optimistic Response to the Global Funding Crisis? Register here: buff.ly/u9vYPIV



📊🎉🎓 SAPD at Reading Uni has been ranked 1st for salaries of graduates in Agriculture, food and related studies in The Telegraph’s analysis of Department for Education data on the earnings of first degree graduates after five years (published June 2025).


✨ Yoga Prasetyo from Sussex Development🏳️🌈✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 was highly commended in our student prize. Check out his essay on temporary migrants on Mixed Migration Centre buff.ly/pJXBC6O


UK aid to Nigeria: Partnership or paternalism? The International Development Committee has launched a new inquiry into the UK’s development relationship with Nigeria — a rising power facing major challenges. 🔍 Read more: buff.ly/e1cFNCJ #Nigeria #UKaid #IDC #Development


What if development studies could also make more space for the affirmative? What if it cultivated a deeper orientation toward hope, creativity, and transformation? Richard Heeks explores this question. All Global Development Institute news here: buff.ly/LB79Bty


So which journal will right this wrong and publish this issue immediately? Development Studies Association International Association for Feminist Economics CJDS | Canadian Journal of Development Studies theguardian.com/education/2025…


📸 Wish you were here? Or maybe you were! Check out our wrap up of #DSA2025 at the University of Bath and see if you’re mentioned 📝 In coming weeks we will feature blogs, panels and interviews from many participants 📣 Get in touch if you want to be included 🔗 buff.ly/LUMai7j



New stream of #Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships for Small Island Developing States. From 2025, CSC in the UK will be awarding 20 dedicated scholarships to students from #SIDS to study in the UK. 📅 Applications open September 2025 Read more: bit.ly/3UgwLuD



🎙️ British Council's latest podcast explores how girls’ education transforms lives and communities, with voices from Nigeria and Myanmar. 🎧 Listen here: buff.ly/7VCInNM


Funding from the The British Academy for ECRs in 12 countries + LDCs to publish in top HSS journals. 🌍 Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Turkey & more ⏳ Deadline: 17 Sept 🔗 buff.ly/VWDm3PM


📣 King's International Development in the media: 🗳️ What’s at stake in South Korea’s snap Presidential election 📱 How the iPhone drove men and women apart 💷 A 2% wealth tax on UK’s richest could have raised £160 billion in 32 years 🔗 All King's news: buff.ly/q0A92dR


📢 British Council are awarding two new 12-month Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh (IASH, Edinburgh) ⏰ Apply by 28 July buff.ly/utKVnAI

