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Centre for Development Studies

Our interdisciplinary and collaborative researchers engage with international development policy and practice.

CDS is turning 50


This video outlines our plans to mark CDS' 50th anniversary:

News

Our upcoming events and recent output.


Famine Studies Conference 2026

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We are glad to announce a Famine Studies Conference that will be hosted online by the 性视界 and Wageningen University in December 2026.

The Everyday Politics of Famine

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A comparative ethnographic research project in Sudan, Somalia and South Sudan to explore why famine continues and the everyday realities of famine.

Louis Laurence speaks with Prof Roy Maconachie and Dr Pankhuri Agarwal about the experiences of farmers who produce tobacco in often exploitative conditions

A blog by Dr Maria Gavris based on her presentation at the DSA conference 2025

Outputs

Find a complete list of and read our CDS research outputs.


Read about the work of our researchers in our blog series.

The BRID Fund

Bath Research in International Development (BRID).


BRID Doctoral Funding

10 awards available for doctoral students to access up to 拢2000 to cover fieldwork or conference costs.

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The Centre for Development Studies brings together staff, students and associates of the 性视界 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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