Journal Details
Development in Practice
Aims & Scope
Development in Practice offers practice-based analysis and research concerning the social dimensions of development and humanitarianism, and provides a worldwide forum for debate and the exchange of ideas among practitioners, academics and policy shapers, including activist and NGOs. By challenging current assumptions, the journal seeks to stimulate new thinking and ways of working.
Contributors represent a wide range of cultural and professional backgrounds and experience. All articles are independently refereed.
Contents include:
- Articles
- Book Reviews
- Comment
- Conference Reports
- Editorial
- Interviews
- Literature Reviews
- Practical Notes
- Research Round-up
- Resource Updates
- Review Essays
- Viewpoint
Abstracts in Translation: Abstracts in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish are published on our website, as well as selected items from the acclaimed Development in Practice Readers book series. View these free of charge at www.developmentinpractice.org.
Special Issues
Development in Practice regularly publishes special issues on a wide range of critical development subjects:
Volume 9, Nos 1&2 Special Issue on Development Management co-edited by Deborah Eade (Oxfam GB) and Tom Hewitt and Hazel Johnson (The Open University).
Volume 10, Nos 3&4 Special Issue on the Future of NGOs co-edited by Deborah Eade (Oxfam GB) and Ernst Ligteringen (Oxfam International).
Volume 11, Nos 2&3 Special Issue on Sustainable Cities in the South co-edited by Deborah Eade (Oxfam GB) and David Westendorff (UNRISD).
Volume 12, Nos 3&4 Special Issue on Development and the Learning Organisation co-edited by Deborah Eade (Oxfam GB), Jethro Pettit (IDS, Sussex) and Laura Roper (Oxfam America).
Volume 13, Nos 2&3 Special Issue on Women and War co-edited by Deborah Eade (Oxfam GB) and Haleh Afshar (University of York).
Volume 14, Nos 1&2 Special Issue on Trade Unions and NGOs co-edited by Deborah Eade (Oxfam GB) and Alan Leather (Public Services International).
Volume 15, Nos 3&4 Special Issue on Development and the Private Sector co-edited by Deborah Eade (Oxfam GB) and John Sayer (Oxfam Hong Kong).
Volume 16, Nos 6 Special Issue on Knowledge for Development co-edited by Deborah Eade and Mike Powell (IKM Emergent)
Volume 17, Nos 4&5 Special Issue on Buzzwords and Fuzzwords: Deconstructing Development Discourse co-edited by Deborah Eade and Andrea Cornwall (IDS, University of Sussex)
Volume 17, No 6 Special Issue on Violence, Fear, and Development in Latin America co-edited by Deborah Eade, David Howard, Mo Hume, and Ulrich Oslender
Titles in the book series, Development in Practice Readers, based on these issues but with substantive additional content, can be obtained via www.developmentinpractice.org
Peer Review
Development in Practice is a peer-reviewed journal. After initial screening by the Editor, papers are submitted to a double-blind refereeing process prior to acceptance.
