The Development Studies Association ( DSA ) is a scholarly society. It was formally established at the National Development Research Glasgow Conference in 1978 and currently has 35 institutional members (primarily UK University departments/research centres with some development organisations) and 400 individual and student members. It is governed by a Council made up of academics and practitioners working in international development elected at the Annual General Meeting.
6-669: The DSA aims to advance knowledge of the alternative processes and methods of socio-economic change, through supporting high quality research, teaching and practice in international development. Its strategic objectives are to: i) Mobilise collective capacity and knowledge ii) Nurture the next generation iii) Invest in development infrastructure in the UK and beyond. Two key activities are its annual conference and its study groups. The DSA annual conference gathers together scholars, practitioners, policy makers and other commentators to focus upon major contemporary international development issues in
12-623: Is the professional body for development studies and area studies in Europe. In 2010 it had about 300 members in 27 countries. It publishes a journal, the European Journal of Development Research , and every three years holds a general conference. Through the International Accreditation Council for Global Development Studies and Research it provides accreditation for Master's degree programmes;
18-776: The Nordic Africa Institute . The association was founded 1975 in Linz . It was originally based in Vienna , before moving to Tilburg (1982) and Geneva (1988). Since 2000, the secretariat has been located in Bonn , hosted by the German Development Institute , InWEnt and the Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung [ de ] . The Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung GmbH (INWENT),
24-748: The council is a member of the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education . The association receives funding from various sources including membership fees and core funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany. Members include the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies , the International Institute of Social Studies and
30-594: The country. Tribe, Mike (2009) A Short History of the Development Studies Association, Journal of International Development , Volume 21, Issue 6 (p 732–741) The DSA is affiliated to the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) . European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes The European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes or EADI
36-503: The largest gathering in the UK of the development community. DSA Study Groups facilitate interaction and networking within the development studies community and encourage the development of new ideas contributing to ongoing debates about development in the UK and Ireland. The study groups are sustained by active development studies professionals and usually meet at the Annual Conference and at specially convened meetings around
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