From senior scholars to emerging voices, #DSA2026 brings together a truly global development community 🌍
20+ countries
700+ papers
1 shared challenge: reimagining development
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Much of the global conversation around the escalating conflict in the Middle East has focused on oil prices, shipping routes & international politics but these talking points are overshadowing how the fighting is affecting hundreds of millions of civilians
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🎓 Students interested in an MSc in Interational Development at the @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social still have till 4 May 2026 to apply: buff.ly/JvOYFfp
💻 Apply before 12 July for the online learning MSc or attend their info days in May: buff.ly/GVRwv0R
"Let's start a conversation on this ubiquitous but understudied part of the knowledge production infrastructure in which we operate.” Portia Roelofs
📅 Open discussion: 21 April 2026
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“We can’t get major donors to provide funding for the Afghanistan response because the focus now is on Lebanon.”
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📚 @kings-sga.bsky.social produces Spheres of Knowledge: a free Substack distilling the latest development research
📝 Daily 600-word summaries + weekly roundups, straight to your inbox
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📍 Heading to #DSA2026? Book your Dublin accommodation NOW!
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📢 New workshop series from @eadi.bsky.social + DSA on land, labour & food 🌍
Join the next session, a Book talk: Climate shocks & pastoralist migration in South Sudan, with @jongethon.bsky.social from @crisisgroup.org
📅 30 April
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✨ Fola Aina, @naomihossain.bsky.social and Adam Hanieh are some of the @soasdevelopment.bsky.social researchers contributing expert analysis to emerging issues in Nigeria, Bangladesh and Iran.
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Do LGRCs deliver the transformative research they promise? Or are there unintended outcomes of this concentration of research funding?
📅 Open discussion: 21 April 2026
Panel:
✨ Indrajit Roy
✨ Portia Roelofs
✨ Eyob Balcha Gebremariam
✨ @petertaylor-uk.bsky.social
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🌱 Innovators wanted!
Nature’s Intelligence Ideathon, jointly organised by @tidecentre.bsky.social, supports early-stage, bioinspired solutions to sustainability challenges across Latin America & the Caribbean.
⏳ Apply by 26 April:
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We were saddened to learn of the death earlier this year of Professor Paul Mosley, President of the DSA, 1998-2001
David Hulme reflects on Paul Mosley’s career: buff.ly/NNEZ6JZ
🚨 Early bird registration for #DSA2026 is OPEN
Join 700+ papers exploring:
Power, agency & futures in an uncertain world
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DSA Council member Eyob Balcha Gebremariam writes about the dominance of the development frame and academic passport positionality on the @EADI blog.
He says these are at least two of the blind spots in discussions about equitable partnerships.
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📚 A new book by Theo Papaioannou explores why justice needs to be imbedded in innovation and development.
Plus research on:
🔹 entrepreneurial welfare state
🔹 innovations in health care
🔹 innovation ecosystems
🔹 FGM/C
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"Every effort to breathe the air of equity and justice into the life of research collaborations is smothered by the multiple waves of power imbalances that emerge from the development episteme"
✍️ From our blog
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2519
Cover of The British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies announcing a search for a new editor to lead the academic journal. The Editor receives an annual honorarium of £3,000. The Editor will serve a term of five years in the first instance, renewable for additional one-year terms by mutual agreement, starting in December 2026, with a six-month handover period beginning in July 2026.
Detailed job description for an editorial role at BRISMES, outlining peer review oversight and editorial responsibilities. Applications should consist of a letter outlining the candidate's editorial experience, and their vision for the journal (maximum two pages) in addition to a CV. Applications should be sent to office@brismes.org by 17:00 (UK time) on 15 April 2026.
BRISMES is looking to appoint a new Editor to lead the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (BJMES) 🎉
An exciting opportunity to refresh the journal and provide research leadership in critical scholarship in Middle East Studies 📚
Full details are attached and here 👉 https://ow.ly/OHu950YFsee
UK development minister: Campaign groups ‘wrong’ on Africa aid cuts - free to read on @devex.com
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With creative accounting and inflation, cuts to climate finance is nearly half of previous commitments.
@carbonbrief.org
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📢 @soas-dld.bsky.social : Call for Applications for the next Future Leaders Programme
Future Leaders Programme 14: Industrial Policy for Structural Transformation in the Global South
⏰ Apply by Monday 20 April
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Forced and insufficient, the United Nations-led humanitarian reset nonetheless offers a coherent response to the financial crisis so painfully disrupting the sector. Or does it? @odi.global
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Following our recent workshops for racially minoritised early-career academics, we urge those in our sector to hear their voices and work with us on better futures.
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What does diplomacy look like in an era defined by conflict, mistrust and geopolitical rivalry?
🎙️ Noor Al-Naser, Iraqi peacebuilding specialist talks to Sir Laurie Bristow, former UK Ambassador on the @britishcouncil.bsky.social podast.
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📚 From Idea to Action 📚
This deeply moving and insightful new book published by @papublishing.bsky.social brings to life the stories of Afghan women who have become architects of change, shaping their families, communities & nation against immense odds.
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🐦 Early bird registration for #DSA2026 is now open!
"Reimagining Development: Power, Agency, and Futures in an Uncertain World."
All participants should register via the website now to take advantage of the early-bird registration discount.
What can we learn about how @gdi-students-4-pal.bsky.social mobilised for Palestine?
Amid growing risks in UK universities, they organised a national academic conference on Palestine & social justice.
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How effective is UK aid in tackling violence against women and girls?
The Independent Commision for Aid Impact are inviting contributions to a new review.
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UK Bilateral Aid Should Prioritise Government-Led Expansion of Health Services, on @cgdev.org
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Why does studying global development and international relations often feel stuck in the past?
✨ New paper urges a shift beyond stereotypes towards a fuller understanding of Africa. Cynthia Kamwengo, Newnham College & @radleyben.bsky.social , @cdsbath.bsky.social
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