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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 3h

🚨 MPs launch inquiry into the future of #UKAid as budget set to fall 40% from £15.4bn → £9.2bn by 2027

Committee will examine how to maintain impact amid cuts, shifting from donor-led aid to partnerships & investment.

⏳Submit by 31 Oct
👉https://buff.ly/UClQ30c

Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 23h

✍️ Join editors from Development In Practice for tips on getting published
📅 9 Oct, 10am (UK)

Get tips on
▪️ Pitching for a journal article
▪️ The peer review process
▪️ Common mistakes in journal submissions

👉 Find out more and register now: buff.ly/aXNAqtI

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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 1d

What has happened to inequality between and within countries over the last decade?

Convergence, divergence, flatlining or plateau asks Andy Sumner from @kings-sga.bsky.social on the @eadi.bsky.social blog.

All Kings International Development news, here: www.devstud.org.uk/2025/09/12/k...

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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 2d

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:
buff.ly/5172e1y

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CDS Bath @cdsbath.bsky.social · 8d

Check out our new walking tour app that celebrates Black histories in Bath, from the Roman Empire to the present day. The app has been developed by Bath academics at CDS with BEMSCA.
Learn more about the walk: www.devstud.org.uk/2025/06/13/b...
@devcomms.bsky.social @radleyben.bsky.social

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SOAS Global Development @soasdevelopment.bsky.social · 6d

✨Coca Talks: Futuro Coca in London
Join us for a dialogue on the alternative uses of coca leaves with activists, scholars & experts.

📅 17 Oct 2025, 18:00–20:30
📍KLT, SOAS

➡️ Register: shorturl.at/3AWXF
@carlosoya.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social

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Tom Goodfellow @goodfellowtom.bsky.social · 2d

It was a great pleasure and privilege to have this small book review forum on ‘Politics and the Urban Frontier’ in @urbanstudiesjournal.com. Thank you to all involved!

Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 9d

✨ @urbanstudiesjournal.com features @goodfellowtom.bsky.social’s chapter in the DSA–OUP series Politics and the Urban Frontier, on East Africa’s late urbanisation.

With reviews by Côme Salvaire & @graemewyoung.bsky.social

See all titles: www.devstud.org.uk/what-we-do/p...

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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 4d

Women-led organisations are vital in humanitarian crises but remain underfunded and excluded from decision-making.
New @odi.global report: buff.ly/r2YA6GD)

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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 5d

🔦 Spotlight on Practical Action Publishing 📚

If you’re a development practitioner looking to work with a publisher committed to integrity, explore how @papublishing.bsky.social supports authors worldwide in sharing knowledge with the people who need it most.
www.devstud.org.uk/2025/09/15/p...

Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 5d

Great event from our colleagues at @mybisa.bsky.social for ECRs who who are thinking about their future in environmental research
📅 17 October 2025
💻 On Zoom: All weclome
buff.ly/AnvK3SF

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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 6d

New to LinkedIn?

We’ve put together some tips on how and why to use it and we are open to running sessions for those who want to know more:

www.devstud.org.uk/2025/09/05/w...

Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 6d

Are you in our LinkedIn group for people interested in coming to #DSA2026?
Join development researchers and practitioners to find ideas for panels, papers, co-collaborators or ask questions about the conference.
Join & post now: www.linkedin.com/groups/14828...

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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 7d

✨ Sabina Alkire explains why looking at multiple intersecting factors like health, education, nutrition and housing makes a difference in efforts to end poverty.

All @odid-qeh.bsky.social news: www.devstud.org.uk/2025/09/12/o...

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International Initiative for Impact Evaluation @3ieimpact.org · 8d

The FCDO Research Commissioning Centre invites applications for three part-time Senior Research Fellow placements in the following fields:

▪ Clean Energy and Innovation
▪ Migration
▪ Humanitarian

New application deadline: 6 October 2025, 17:00 GMT (rolling review)
Apply here: bit.ly/FCDO_SRF

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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 8d

We welcome contributions on issues such as:
🌍 Decolonising development
🤖 Digital futures & inequality
🔥 Climate justice & systemic change
🌐 Geopolitics & aid
✊ Grassroots agency & alternative futures

Find out more → buff.ly/KFTYVKq

Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 8d

From climate crisis to digital disruption, shifting power relations are reshaping development. #DSA2026 invites panels, papers & roundtables exploring how contested futures, decolonial struggles & systemic challenges demand rethinking development.

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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 8d

📢 Call for Panels #DSA2026
Reimagining development: power, agency, and futures in an uncertain world
📅 8-10 July 2026
📍 Hybrid at @ucddublin.bsky.social
⏰ Submit before 20 October 2025
Paper, roundtable and experimental approaches to panels welcome.
www.devstud.org.uk/conference/c...

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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 8d

Latest news from @britishcouncil.bsky.social 📣

📘 Teaching hope: conflict, courage & community
🕊️ Education in times of war, displacement & uncertainty
🌱 Schools & universities as spaces for resilience & hope

All updates: www.devstud.org.uk/2025/09/15/b...

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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 8d

The Board of Trustees is now seeking a new Director to lead @ids.ac.uk into its next strategic period.

⏰ Closing date 5 October

Apply now: jobs.ids.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 9d

✨ @urbanstudiesjournal.com features @goodfellowtom.bsky.social’s chapter in the DSA–OUP series Politics and the Urban Frontier, on East Africa’s late urbanisation.

With reviews by Côme Salvaire & @graemewyoung.bsky.social

See all titles: www.devstud.org.uk/what-we-do/p...

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 9d

From developing your PhD, adapting to UK higher education structures, or navigating LinkedIn – is there one right way to be an Early Career Researcher? Join Leonie Smith with @deseonu.bsky.social and Burcin Baskurt in Ep 1 of #ConfessionsOfAnECR podcast. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/...

Leonie Smith sits down with Dayo Eseonu and Burcin Baskurt in a podcasting studio.

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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 9d

✨ @developmentuea.bsky.social's conference asked: what’s changed, what hasn’t, & what new challenges face gender & development today?
Selected papers will appear in The Handbook of Gender & Development: Critical Engagements with Gender & Social Justice.
Read more: www.devstud.org.uk/2025/09/09/g...

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LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 10d

🗃️ From the archive: "some of the most influential science communicators foregrounded aspects of their own lives to make technical mpox content more accessible"

#SciComm #Vaccines #Expertise

Do scientists need to be ‘relatable’ for the public to trust their role in policymaking? - Impact of Social Sciences

Christina Boswell and Molly Morgan Jones, suggest that the link between trust and relatability is important to good science communication.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 11d

Sprechen Sie Deutsch? A great opportunity with our sister organisation in Bonn, covering development studies in Europe.

That's all the German we know so please direct questions to @eadi.bsky.social 😜

EADI @eadi.bsky.social · 15d

📣 We're hiring! Want to join us here in Bonn?

✅ If you're experienced in organising scientific conferences, events, outreach activities, project development and administration, apply as senior executive!

Deadlin is 15 October
www.eadi.org/news-2/vacan...

screenshot of the text of the vacancy announcement under the posted link

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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 11d

Universities around the world cut ties with Israeli academia over Gaza war
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

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