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.

A section of the 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

Rohan Kalyan
Section Chair

May 2024 - April 2025
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)

Bikrum Singh Gill
Section Vice Chair

May 2024 - April 2025
Virginia Tech (VT)

Tim Seidel
Past Section Chair

March 2023 - April 2024
Eastern Mennonite University (EMU)

Desirée Poets
Newsletter Editor

May 2024 - April 2025
Virginia Tech (VT)