Global Development Studies
Section of the ISA

The Global Development Section draws together scholars broadly concerned with development and global justice working across a number of fields, for example, postcolonial studies, development studies, critical political economy, critical security studies, social and political theory, history, sociology, gender studies, and public policy. The Section approaches the phenomenon of development in its broadest sense as the study of change, rather than in its narrow hegemonic conceptualization as technical interventions in social worlds. GDS is further concerned with investigating alternative understandings, especially those that excavate the intimate links between development, colonialism, and global capitalism. In this respect, the Section seeks to cultivate an intellectual space or provocation, supporting many ways of seeing and being in the world.
And for this purpose, the Section is committed to facilitating diverse modes of inquiry, establishing research networks, and supporting early-career scholars in their professional endeavours.

As sections of ISA, GDS is entitled to sponsor panels and host events at the ISA Annual Convention. Other section events and activities will be organized by the section officers and leaders as needed.

GDS
Governance & Leadership

Lisa Tilley
Section Chair / Section Program Chair

March 2022 - April 2023
SOAS, University of London

Tim Seidel
Section Vice Chair

March 2022 - April 2023
Eastern Mennonite University (EMU)

Olivia Umurerwa Rutazibwa
Past Section Chair

March 2020 - April 2021
London School of Economics (LSE)

Rohan Kalyan
Newsletter Editor

March 2022 - April 2023
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)