Development Studies Association

“Research impact is for life, not just for REF funding.”
@naomihossain.bsky.social from @soasdevelopment.bsky.social reflects on the personal stakes and political risks of impact in international development, via @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/3SaShqp
#ResearchImpact #DevStudies #REF2029

📢 FINAL CALL!
Accelerating Food Security & Sovereignty in Sub-Saharan Africa, organised by @afdbgroup.bsky.social & @ucdsustainability.bsky.social
🗓️ 11–12 Sept 2025
📍 Dublin
⏰ Submit abstracts by 5 Aug
🔗 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#FoodSecurity #AfricaResearch

NGOs in Development study group hosted several panels on Gaza which ended with action planning, which included a template letter for UK MPs to support the academic visa process.
✍️ Sign up to the group mailing list for further news.
Read more: www.devstud.org.uk/studygroup/n...

🌍 PhD students at @uniofreading.bsky.social's Global Development division showcased groundbreaking research on global challenges—digital transformation, gender & food security, climate-resilient value chains, and more.
🔗 Read more: research.reading.ac.uk/global-devel...

Development in Practice, published by Routledge is the journal of the Development Studies Association of Australia. We spoke to Emily Finlay, the Managing Editor of the journal to find out more about it, and her tips for getting published. The journal is practical in focus, with an emphasis on gender and has high numbers of authors from the global South. Emily spoke to us from Wurundjeri land, and this clip is part of a longer video which started with an acknowledgment of country. About Us: The Development Studies Association is a UK based membership organisation for all those studying, researching and teaching in the field of global development. The DSA promotes and advances international development as a field of study, research and action. We aim to deepen understanding of how global poverty, inequalities, conflict and environmental destruction are produced, sustained and may be overcome, and how a better future may be advanced. The DSA is a membership organisation, with both individual and institutional members, and is wholly funded through its membership premiums and activities. For more information about the DSA visit: https://www.devstud.org.uk/ To keep up to date with all the DSA’s news, sign up to our monthly newsletter: https://www.devstud.org.uk/#contact —---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Us Twitter: @devcomms Facebook: @developmentstudiesassociation Website: www.devstud.org.uk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/deve... E: comms@devstud.org.uk Find out more about getting published in Development in Practice journal

📅 Save the date: 9 Oct, 10am (UK)

✍️ Join editors from Development in Practice for tips on getting published.
🔜 Registration link: www.devstud.org.uk/2025/07/24/g...

🎥 Meanwhile, listen to some top tips from managing editor Emily Finlay:

🌍 @britishacademy.bsky.social is offering funding to support ECRs in the Global South through networks, mentorship & access.

⏰ Deadline: 17 Sept 2025

🤝 If you are an eligible programme & want to partner with a UK institute, contact the DSA.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/writ...

🌱 Fostering resilience in development work means building teams with psychological safety, emotional intelligence & space for vulnerability. These are key to well-being & high-pressure response.
📖 Read more on the @globaldevinst.bsky.social blog:
blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/reflections-...

The Rising Powers study group has two new convenors: @indrajitroy.bsky.social and @drelisagambino.bsky.social. They’ll be coordinating future activities including a mailing list and possible conference activity.

Get in touch with them if you’d like to be part of this newly energized group.

📚 A new book, Who’s Governing the Market? by Klingler-Vidra, Chalmers, and @lseid.bsky.social Professor, Robert Wade, explores the overlooked role of individuals in East Asia’s developmental states.

📖 Read all LSE news here: www.devstud.org.uk/2025/07/16/l...

#DSA2025 renewed calls for academic solidarity and action on Gaza.

✍️ Read more, sign the statement, or write your own: www.devstud.org.uk/2025/07/15/d...

Are you new to BlueSky and want to know it works?
They've put together some useful tips.
What we like: you can have links (yes more than one!) in your posts and it doesn't mean your posts get less visibility!

YouTube video by devschooluea 50 Years of DEV

Did you know UEA’s School of Global Development is +50 years old? 🎉

From pioneering work in #ClimateChange and #education to partnerships across the globe, we've been at the forefront of research, teaching, and impact in development.

Watch our video 50 Years of DEV: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMwS...

✍️ We've linked to some great #DSA2025 blogs on our website: buff.ly/yJAueA6

Got one to share? Contact Rowena, our comms officer!

🎤 Plus some of the quick delegate interviews:
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📝 2 new blogs on the @eadi.bsky.social website co-authored by @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social's @andypsumner.bsky.social:
🌐 Rebuilding legitimacy for global governance:
buff.ly/h3Jgk0l
🔮 4 futures for global development cooperation:
buff.ly/ZZchEEV
All King's news: www.devstud.org.uk/2025/07/16/k...

📢 Call for Panels: @eadi.bsky.social / IOB 2026: Shaping Sustainable Futures: Global Challenges, (G)local solutions?
📅 29 June – 2 July 2026
📍 @iobua.bsky.social, University of Antwerp, Belgium
⏰ Deadline for submissions: 7 September 2025
www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...

This year we received many thoughtful reflections on LinkedIn from #DSA2025 attendees.
If you're not already following us, please do!
🫱🏽🫲🏾 Connect with other researchers
🏷️ Tag us in your posts
🔎 Or discover new connections
👉 www.linkedin.com/company/8805...

📚 At the UNU-WIDER conference, @rgisselquist.bsky.social presented Fragile Aid, a new volume on development in conflict-affected states. The book is now fully available online: fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...

📢 All IDD, University of Birmingham news hee: www.devstud.org.uk/2025/07/16/i...

📚 At the UNU-WIDER conference, @rgisselquist.bsky.social presented Fragile Aid, a new volume on development in conflict-affected states. The book is now fully available online: fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...

📢 All IDD, University of Birmingham news hee: www.devstud.org.uk/2025/07/16/i...

📢 Call for evidence: Nigeria

The UK government’s International Development Committee are seeking evidence on the UK’s development partnership with Nigeria and how it can be better strengthened.
⏰ Submit before 25 August

Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/work/9262/th...

EASA is looking for a new communications officer! Are you an anthropology PhD / postdoc / precarious anthropologist based at a European institution? Deadline 15 August.

📢 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐀 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠!
We’re looking for a Communications Officer (start: 1 Sept 2025) to lead our social media + comms strategy.
🕐 ~5 hrs/week
💶 €500/month
⏰ Apply by 15 Aug
📧 secretary@easaonline.org
🔗 easaonline.org/jobs-calls/c...
#Anthropology #EASA #JobAlert

📢 @soasdevelopment.bsky.social publications news:

🚗 Matteo Rizzo on ride-hail drivers’ views of work: doi.org/10.1111/dech...

📉 Christopher Cramer on revisiting the Lewis Model: doi.org/10.25501/SOA...

Thanks to everyone who made #DSA2025 at @uniofbath.bsky.social such a success! For us it’s about creating space away from your usual work where you can collaborate with others and we loved feeling & seeing the buzz of connections this year.

Check out our wrap-up: buff.ly/uwoCnfo

. @eadi.bsky.social blog: “From this perspective, research reproduces forms of harm that it purports to study. Our research questions are insufficient, our funding and ethical approval systems are not fit for purpose, and our research practices are actively harmful"
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2226

📢 @britishcouncil.bsky.social are awarding two new 12-month Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh
@iashedinburgh.bsky.social

⏰ Apply by 28 July
www.britishcouncil.org/research-ins...

📣 @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social 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: www.devstud.org.uk/2025/06/12/k...

Funding from the @britishacademy.bsky.social for ECRs in 12 countries + LDCs to publish in top HSS journals.
🌍 Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Turkey & more
⏳ Deadline: 17 Sept
🔗 www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/writ...

With the correct link:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/dsai-autum...

🎙️ @britishcouncil.bsky.social's latest podcast explores how girls’ education transforms lives and communities, with voices from Nigeria and Myanmar.

🎧 Listen here: www.britishcouncil.org/research-ins...

Aid cuts and funding for global development The rapidly changing political environment for global development has had shocking consequences for those at the sharp end of injustices, planetary crises and conflict. Two IGDC events consider this…

The rapidly changing political environment for global development has had shocking consequences for those at the sharp end of injustices, planetary crises and conflict. Two IGDC events consider this changed landscape. www.york.ac.uk/igdc/news/20...

New stream of #Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships for Small Island Developing States.

From 2025, The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission 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