The latest edition of our section’s newsletter, Sectors (Fall 2025), is now out! It is full of information about Sociology of Development events, publications, and people. Many thanks to our outstanding editors, Noor Anwar Ali and Yuanhang Zhu, for their hard work in curating and assembling this edition.
Apply to the 11th Section Conference: Rethinking Development in a Post-Western World
Rethinking Development in a Post-Western World Dates and Location: Feb. 13-15, 2026. Princeton University (Princeton, NJ) Deadline to Apply: Oct. 25th, 2025 Apply Here The U.S. has enacted sweeping reductions in foreign aid, effectively ending decades of American leadership in global development. Europe, facing internal crises and fiscal austerity due to increased military expenditure, has …
Spring 2025 Edition of Sectors Newsletter
The latest edition of our section's newsletter, Sectors (Spring 2025), is now out! It is full of information about Sociology of Development events, publications, and people. A huge thank you to Noor Anwar Ali and Yuanhang Zhu, our incredibly dedicated and talented newsletter editors, for putting together this outstanding issue!
Sociology of Development 2025 Section Awards
The Sociology of Development section of the American Sociological Association invites nominations for three awards recognizing outstanding scholarship in the area of the sociology of development: Book Award, Faculty Article Award, and Graduate Student Paper Award. Click here to see recipients of past awards. Sociology of Development Section Book Award All books published in 2023 …
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Sociology of Development Policy Brief: “Expanding who Counts as Family in US Policy”
A new Sociology of Development Policy Brief is out! Volume 8, Issue 1 (2024) is: ¨Expanding who Counts as Family in US Policy¨ by Pamela Prickett (University of Amsterdam) and Stefan Timmermans (UCLA).
March 21 Publishing Global South Cases Recording
Thank you to all who attended the March 21 Publishing Global South Cases webinar hosted by the Sociology of Development Section of the American Sociological Association. Below is a video recording, transcription, and the slides from the event. Panelists included Erin McDonnell, author of Patchwork Leviathan: Pockets of Bureaucratic Effectiveness in Developing States, Margaret Frye, author …
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Feb 16 Book Talk Recording
We are pleased to share a video recording from Sociology of Development's February 16 book talk. Thank you to our moderator, Holly Reed (CUNY-Queens College), and our student coordinator, Ji-Won Lee (SUNY-Albany), for putting together this successful event. During the talk, Jennifer Keahey and Douglas L. Murray provided brief introductions to their recently published or …
Global South Interest Group Event Recording
Thank you to all who were able to attend the Global South Interest Group's inaugural event, Development Theory and Social Theory from/in the Global South. The event, which was moderated by Dr. Milena Arancibia, Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), Columbia University, discussed how development has been imagined as different normative …
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April 11: Development Theory and Social Theory from/in the Global South
Join us via Zoom on Thursday, April 11 from 9 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. EST for the inaugural event of the Global South Interest Group (GSIG), which seeks to discuss how development has been imagined as different normative goals, strategies, and historical experiences across the Global South. Situating development within broader social theory, senior scholars …
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Sociology of Development Conference 2024
The next Sociology of Development section conference will be held October 18-20, 2024 at Johns Hopkins University with the theme “Solving Global Poverty.” The conference website is at the following link:https://socdev2024.weebly.com We invite abstracts for papers due April 2, 2024. While the theme is “Solving Global Poverty,” we welcome submissions on any topic relevant to …
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