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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.
The US decision to block oil shipments to Cuba is threatening to turn its chronic fragility into a full-blown humanitarian collapse writes Yery M. García from TAI Collaborative on @newhumanitarian.bsky.social
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Join the @refugeestudies.bsky.social, @odid-qeh.bsky.social International Online School in Forced Migration — connecting practitioners, policymakers & academics globally.
📅 16–20 March
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📅 ONLINE EVENT: Charting a hopeful path to centring women-led organisations (WLOs) in humanitarian response
Join us on 18 March as we explore practical ways to increase funding for WLOs, and how donors and partners can better support locally-led humanitarian responses. Info & RSVP:
This poster lists titles, dates and times of all planned webinars: Green imperialism, sovereignty, and the quest for national development in the Congo, 26 February, 02 - 3:30pm GMT+1 The social reproduction of agrarian change, 25 March, 02 - 3:30 pm CET Book Talk: Depletion, 09 April, 02 - 3:30 pm CEST Book Talk: Climate Shocks and Pastoralist Migration in South Sudan, 30 April, 02 - 3:30 pm CEST From cultivator to footloose labour: renegotiating land, labour and gender, 28 May, 02 - 3:30 pm CEST
We're happy to announce that registration is now open for all events from our joint working group with @devcomms.bsky.social on land, labour and food!
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Latest news from @soasdevelopment.bsky.social includes:
🔎 Research on the rise of online scam operations in war-torn Myanmar
🏠 New findings on how UK policies are driving homelessness among newly recognised refugees
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Paul Mosley: An appreciation 05 April 1947 – 18 February 2026 It is with sadness that we report the death of Professor Paul Mosley, President of the Development Studies Association from 1998 until 2001
It is with sadness that we share news of the death of Prof Paul Mosley, DSA President from 1998 to 2001.
Prof David Hulme offers his appreciation of the dynamic economist.
📢 Rights. Justice. Action. For All Women and Girls
This @eadi.bsky.social webinar explores Feminist Participatory Grantmaking and its role amid shrinking civic space and funding for social justice movements.
📅 18 March
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📣 New insight from @odi.global
Why everyone should care about Trump’s new global gag rule.
The article examines what the policy means for organisations working on sexual and reproductive health and the wider implications for global health and development.
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What is desperately needed is a third path forward beyond the opposing American-Israeli and Iranian-aligned forces that have been crushing the people of the region between them for far too long. writes @ericreidy.bsky.social in The New Humanitarian
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📚 Book Talk: 'Economies of Care: Market women and gift economies in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea'
✨ With Dr Olivia Barnett-Naghshineh
📍 King's College London @kings-sga.bsky.social
📅 11 March 2026
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🎙️ @britishcouncil.bsky.social podcast: Does multilateralism still matter?
@janekinninmont.bsky.social , Chief Executive of the United Nations Association-UK, on the future of global cooperation in a changing world.
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✨ CIDT at @wlvuni.bsky.social putting research into practice
From co-creating training with the Caribbean Development Bank to partnering with the Council of Europe and strengthening social protection planning.
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Promotional poster for an online event titled: “Uniting for Change: Strengthening Collaboration Between Disability and Inequality Activists.” Subtitle: “Online discussion to share reflections and experiences on working together based on our new research.” Speakers: Dr Danny Sriskandarajah, CEO, New Economics Foundation Ms Yetneberesh Nigussie Molla, ADD co-chair Francis Bichnord Asong, Executive Director, Africa Disability Institute Moderator: Dr Philippa Mullins, Research Associate, KU Leuven; Visiting Fellow at LSE’s International Inequalities Institute Webinar registration link: https://gqr.sh/7bhS (QR code also provided) Event details: Wednesday 4 March 2026, 1 pm GMT Zoom webinar – International Sign Language and live captioning in English available Hosted by ADD International and Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity.
👊 Uniting for change: strengthening collaboration between disability and inequality activists
⏰ Today - Wednesday 4 March 1pm GMT
🎉 Congratulations to Professor Anuradha Joshi who was recently appointed Director of @ids.ac.uk
In a recent interview she talks about the questions over development studies in this current era.
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📚 Book Talk at @kings-sga.bsky.social
Capitalist Value Chains: Labour Exploitation, Nature Destruction, Geopolitics
Join Prof. Benjamin Selwyn
🗓️ 4 March 2026
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✨ New from @odid-qeh.bsky.social
Why has academic research had limited impact on UNHCR operations—and could that now change?
Jeff Crisp reflects on research, policy, and the future of refugee studies
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Do you currently work in - or want to gain skills in - multidimensional poverty measurement?
Applications are open for the @ophioxford.bsky.social Summer School 2026.
📅 20 - 31 July 2026
📍 Universidad Latina, San José, Costa Rica
Apply before 20 March:
Why empathy matters in tackling poverty.
@keetieroelen.bsky.social from @oucsgd.bsky.social writes for @eadi.bsky.social on how dignity- and agency-centred approaches can improve anti-poverty policy — and avoid cycles of blame and shame.
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Palestine Refugees and International Law
Two-day short course from the @refugeestudies.bsky.social
📅 13–14 March
📍 @discoveringaub.bsky.social
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Reduced aid could, if matched by political will, push governments to mobilise domestic revenues more seriously, close loopholes for illicit financial flows, and enforce consequences for corruption, writes Ajong Mbapndah L in @panafricanvisions.bsky.social
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📚 Book launch from @soasdevelopment.bsky.social
Do global value chains reduce poverty—or deepen exploitation and environmental harm?
Join Prof. Benjamin Selwyn to discuss Capitalist Value Chains
🗓️ 5 March 2026
📍 SOAS & online
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Latest from @lseid.bsky.social 📣
✨ New #OpenAccess scoping review looks at what older adults report as their care needs during wars, disasters, pandemics and other humanitarian crises.
✨ Plus: democracy in Asia; COVID vaccine patents; and pandemic abortion-care.
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🇳🇬 What will it take to address Nigeria’s security crisis?
🎙️ Dr Folahanmi Aina on Deutsche Welle Africa discusses why lasting security depends on reform, political will & public trust.
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How can the Africa Charter support more transformative & decolonial research collaborations?
Join this hybrid #AfricaWeekEvent on African agency in global knowledge production.
📅 3 March 2026
📍 King's College London & Online
@kings-sga.bsky.social
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🎙️ New podcast from @britishcouncil.bsky.social
What would systems look like if dignity, access & belonging were built in from the start?
Nada Ehab and Saja Mohammed Alkadhimi discuss radical inclusion & disability rights.
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Why maintaining the role of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact is more important than ever,
by Gideon Rabinowitz from @bondngo.bsky.social
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📚 Is this the year you write a book?
Authors in the @oupacademic.bsky.social–DSA series Critical Frontiers in International Development Studies share tips on turning research into a book.
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📚 30% off CIDT online CPD courses @wlvuni.bsky.social
Build skills in Results-Based Management and Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning.
⏰ Offer ends 31 March 2026 (group discounts available)
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Not a DSA member yet? Find out more about joining 👇
🎓 Low-cost rates for PGT/PGRs
🌍 Free membership for scholars from/in the Global South
🇬🇧 Tax-deductible fees for UK taxpayers
🎟️ Member discount for #DSA2026
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📣 New Humanitarian MSc from International Institute of Social Studies
Societies in Crisis trains future leaders to understand humanitarian crises as systems, not isolated events.
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