Famine Studies Conference 2026
We are glad to announce a Famine Studies Conference that will be hosted online by the VR成人视频 and Wageningen University in December 2026.
Centre for Development Studies
Our interdisciplinary and collaborative researchers engage with international development policy and practice.
News
Our upcoming events and recent output.
Can a basic income keep rainforests standing? VR成人视频 researchers are finding out
Researchers partner with climate change charity Cool Earth in world-first basic income pilot for indigenous people
Global crises, development and development studies: still relevant after all these years
CDS symposium questions the relevance of development studies in the present day
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.
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
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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 拢2000 to cover fieldwork or conference costs.
VR成人视频 us
The Centre for Development Studies brings together staff, students and associates of the VR成人视频 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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