Global crises, development and development studies: still relevant after all these years
CDS symposium questions the relevance of development studies in the present day
Centre for Development Studies
Our interdisciplinary and collaborative researchers engage with international development policy and practice.
News
Our upcoming events and recent output.
The Everyday Politics of Famine
A comparative ethnographic research project in Sudan, Somalia and South Sudan to explore why famine continues and the everyday realities of famine.
Prof Roy Maconachie and Dr Pankhuri Agarwal Discuss Deadly Tobacco Industry in New Podcast
Louis Laurence speaks with Prof Roy Maconachie and Dr Pankhuri Agarwal about the experiences of farmers who produce tobacco in often exploitative conditions
Critical accounts of the polycrisis: doing development differently
A blog by Dr Maria Gavris based on her presentation at the DSA conference 2025
Dr Neil Howard writes for Al Jazeera on building hope in an age of crisis
Dr Neil Howard writes for Al Jazeera on why hope is essential in the face of global crisis and how real change is already happening.
DSA conference at University of Bath
The Centre for Development Studies marks 50 years with DSA2025 conference on navigating crisis
Outputs
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Centre for Development Studies Blog
Read about the work of our researchers in our blog series.
Bath Papers in International Development
The Bath Papers in International Development is a series of papers published by CDS.
Centre for Development Studies Report Series
The Centre for Development Studies Report Series is a series of papers published by CDS.
The BRID Fund
Bath Research in International Development (BRID).
Bath Research in International Development (BRID) Fund
The BRID Fund is designed to help students and researchers engage with international development policy and practice.
BRID Doctoral Funding
10 awards available for doctoral students to access up to £2000 to cover fieldwork or conference costs.
About us
The Centre for Development Studies brings together staff, students and associates of the University of Bath who share a commitment to understanding development, defined as both a human aspiration and a historical process, operating across multiple levels and disciplines. The work of CDS engages directly in development policy and practice whilst reflecting on the contributions diversity, plurality and collaboration can make in tackling this contested concept.
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