DSA Conference 2025 - Call for Panels NOW OPEN!
We are excited to be hosting the DSA conference at Bath in June 2025, the call for panels is now open.
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We are excited to be hosting the DSA conference at Bath in June 2025, the call for panels is now open.
Dr Ben Radley from Bath's Centre for Development Studies writes for The Conversation.
A new photo exhibition at 44AD in Bath focuses on work, discrimination and dignity in the Middle East, Africa and the UK.
Professor Jason Hart of the Centre for Development Studies and Centre for the Study of Violence reflects on latest attacks in Israel and Gaza.
New Bath UBI Beacon partnering with Freiburg Institute for Basic Income Studies and Basic Income Earth Network to host talks on The Politics of Basic Income
A new study has highlighted the prevalence of subsidiaries of major global tobacco companies revealing conflicts of interest around public health.
Find out about the research we undertake at the Centre for Development Studies.
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Find out more about our current and past research from the Centre for Development Studies. View researchers with an active interest in this area.
Find out more about the current and past research looking into conflict, migration and humanitarian action.
Find out more about the current and past research in the Centre for Development Studies. View researchers with an active interest in this area.
Hosted by the Centre for Development Studies, the Earth System Governance Research Centre at Bath was established in September 2022
Find out more about the Centre for Development Studies' partnership with the Earth System Governance research network, including upcoming events
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Read about the work of our researchers in our blog
The Bath Papers in International Development and Wellbeing is a series of papers published by the Centre for Development Studies (CDS).
Our newsletters showcase members' and associates' activities, events, research and publications.
The Bath Report Series is a series of papers published by the Centre for Development Studies (CDS)
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A timeline of key events highlighting the centre’s evolution since 1975.
Our staff in the Centre for Development Studies are involved in researching aspects of development across the globe.
Our members are mainly located within the Department of Social & Policy Sciences. We welcome members from across the University of Bath and beyond
Find out more about the Bath Research in International Development (BRID) fund.
The BRID Fund is designed to help students and researchers engage with international development policy and practice.
10 awards available for doctoral students to access up to £2000 to cover fieldwork or conference costs.
Watch past CDS events and find our more about our activities.
Yasmin Ahmad is manager of the Data Collections and Dissemination Unit, Financing for Sustainable Development Division, Development Co-operation Directorate
Watch: The One Young World Bath Caucus discuss the Case for Reparatory Justice
Book launch event for 'Certifying China: The Rise and Limits of Transnational Sustainability Governance in Emerging Economies' by Yixian Sun.
James Copestake hosts Aurelie Charles, Judith Randel and Nicki Schantz in a discussion about the Sustainable development goals with input from Charlie Larkin.
Watch this panel discussion co-hosted by CDS and Coventry University's Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations
Professor Jem Bendell presents his theory of Deep Adaptation, in a talk hosted by the CBOS and the Centre for Development Studies
The Centre for Development Studies (CDS) brings together staff, students and associates of the University of Bath. Much of our work is focussed on the interaction between change at local, national and global levels; the dynamics of inequality, poverty, gender and other forms of discrimination; the importance (and challenge) of doing research spanning different academic disciplines and retaining academic independence while also engaging directly in policy, practice and power relations.
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