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Development Studies Association
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The UK based membership organisation for all those studying, researching and teaching in the field of global development.
For now, you'll find our news posted on LinkedIn and in our monthly newsletter.
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As debates over tax, debt, and development intensify in Argentina, @mvbarlow.bsky.social’s new #OpenAccess book with DSA-OUP (@oupacademic.bsky.social) book series offers timely insight into why questions of taxation have become so politically charged.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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✨ Our friends at @mybisa.bsky.social and @eadi.bsky.social are hosting this Roundtable: Global Development Cooperation at a Crossroads: What Ground Rules for Partnership in a Fragmented World?
📅 28 November 2025, 1-2.30pm UK time
📍 Online - register here:
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November 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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💡 Is a new paradigm emerging for development cooperation and humanitarian policy?

Top scholars explore this in a joint special issue of @odi.global’s Development Policy Review and Disasters.

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November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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📚 In a world where aid budgets are under pressure & global trade faces renewed barriers, @sbrazys_ucd’s The Invisible Hand(out): Aid, Access, and Unequal Globalization, one of the latest in the DSA–OUP book series, could not be more timely.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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✍️ Need focused writing time (and some encouragement)?

Join the DSA Student Network’s online Shut Up and Write session — open to all DSA members! 📝

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November 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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A feminist agenda for social change: from deregulated markets to the wellbeing economy
Part of the Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice, 2025 from @lseid.bsky.social
📅 14 November
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November 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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📢Calling all DSA members from the Global South.

❓Could you be our next Council rep?

🗳️Nominations open till 3 December.

➡️Full details at: www.devstud.org.uk/2025/11/05/c...
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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📚 Ben Radley will discuss his book Disrupted Development in the Congo (DSA–OUP series) at King’s College London
📆 19 Novemeber
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Discussants: Christian Otchia & @ingridhk.bsky.social
🍷 A wine reception will follow, and all are welcome.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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📢Last chance for special issue contributions:
the geography of women’s labour force participation Focus on Asia & MENA in Journal of Development Perspectives
Co-edited by Niaz Asadullah & Uma Kambhampati
www.devstud.org.uk/2025/11/05/c...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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One of the things that makes @soasdevelopment.bsky.social distinctive is its traditional focus on the study of Africa, Asia and the Middle East 🌏

Read our Member Spotlight here ⤵️
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November 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Participatory grants may be the future of aid: so what have the pioneers learned? writes Dominic Vickers on the @bondngo.bsky.social blog
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November 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Development cooperation at a tipping point: how, why and through what mechanisms do policy norms break? @eadi.bsky.social Blog and @idos-research.bsky.social working paper.

By @stephanklingebiel.bsky.social and @andypsumner.bsky.social
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November 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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The Campaign for Social Science Annual Sage Lecture 2025 - Truth and Trust: The Vital Role of Social Science in a Divided World.
✨ Part of @acadsocsciences.bsky.social
📅 20 November, 18.30-20.30
📍 Bush House, London

Find out more and register:
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November 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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🚀 Cutting edge issues in development thinking and practice from @lseid.bsky.social 💫

Catch up on Ha-Joon Chang and Richard Kozul-Wright discussing a New New International Economic Order for a New Global Economy.

All LSE news: buff.ly/vECJiQh
November 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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✨ Reflections from a middle-aged-early-career-researcher✨

Jenni Argent, Doctoral Researcher in Climate Change and Humanitarian Relief, University of Edinburgh, writes about her experience of the DSA Scotland Study Group Symposium.

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October 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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🎙️ Mariz Tadros @ids.ac.uk & Laura Camfield @kings-sga.bsky.social discuss decolonising knowledge, including experiences in contexts where they are indigenous or non-indigenous scholars, and alternatives to the current development knowledge ecosystem
🎧 Listen here:
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October 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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📚 Diverse Transnational Care: Ageing and Migration in Bolivia will be discussed in a webinar with @globaldevinst.bsky.social's Tania Bastia and co-author Claudia Calsina
📆 7 Nov 2025
✨ More information and to register: buff.ly/PWxcC6J

✨ All GDI news: buff.ly/8hepzaX
October 30, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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As debates over tax, debt, and development intensify in Argentina, @mvbarlow.bsky.social’s new #OpenAccess book with DSA-OUP (@oupacademic.bsky.social) book series offers timely insight into why questions of taxation have become so politically charged.
buff.ly/p3FnpGw
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Learn how to assess the impact of your programs with @ids.ac.uk's 5-day in-person course on Contribution Analysis for Impact Evaluation
📅 12–16 Jan 2026
📍 IDS, Brighton, UK

Gain practical tools to show how your interventions contribute to change.

Apply: bit.ly/47SmZGL
October 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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✨ Our friends at @mybisa.bsky.social and @eadi.bsky.social are hosting this Roundtable: Global Development Cooperation at a Crossroads: What Ground Rules for Partnership in a Fragmented World?
📅 28 November 2025, 1-2.30pm UK time
📍 Online - register here:
buff.ly/ga76tTK
October 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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New from @britishcouncil.bsky.social

What are the aspirations and challenges for young people in Kazakhstan?
How can culture drive change?
These questions (and more!) answered in the latest Next Generation report and the recent podcast 🎙️

All news: buff.ly/GT79Vco
October 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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📚 In a world where aid budgets are under pressure & global trade faces renewed barriers, @sbrazys_ucd’s The Invisible Hand(out): Aid, Access, and Unequal Globalization, one of the latest in the DSA–OUP book series, could not be more timely.
@oupacademic.bsky.social
buff.ly/Oco8kJG
October 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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💡 Is a new paradigm emerging for development cooperation and humanitarian policy?

Top scholars explore this in a joint special issue of @odi.global’s Development Policy Review and Disasters.

Read more 👉 buff.ly/FkGsQQD
October 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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🗳️ The DSA will soon hold an online election for Global South members to choose a new Council representative.

This seat is currently held by Tuesday Gichuki, who has completed two impactful terms.

More info: buff.ly/L7NYKPz
October 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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✍️ Need focused writing time (and some encouragement)?

Join the DSA Student Network’s online Shut Up and Write session — open to all DSA members! 📝

Sign up 👉 buff.ly/V2u0Hb6
October 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM