We are at a moment of growing critical self-reflection in the field of development studies—heightened by debates on decolonization—that is opening up difficult conversations on teaching, learning and knowledge production for development studies education. This special issue augments these conversations and revisits development studies education within the context of the ‘neoliberal university’. It is our contention that we cannot engage with the expansive project of rethinking development studies education, without elaborating on higher education institutions (HEIs) as the site where change is mediated, managed and resourced. The articles in this volume give empirically grounded and interrelated narratives that elucidate the relationships between development studies and the neoliberal university from a range of disciplinary and geographical perspectives. They allow us to make two salient contributions, firstly, on the role of HEIs as a site of engagement and entanglement between development practice and development studies, and secondly, on the ways in which the neoliberalization of higher education shapes development studies pedagogy. It is our hope that these articles are read as a timely intervention and invitation to rethink development studies education in this context.

我们正处于发展研究领域的批判性自我反省日益增长的时刻——因非殖民化辩论而加剧——这为发展研究教育的教学、学习和知识生产开启了艰难的对话。本期特刊加强了这些对话，并在“新自由主义大学”的背景下重新审视了发展研究教育。我们的论点是，如果不详细说明高等教育机构 (HEIs) 作为调解、管理和资源化的场所，我们就无法参与重新思考发展研究教育的广泛项目。本卷中的文章提供了以经验为基础且相互关联的叙述，从一系列学科和地理角度阐明了发展研究与新自由主义大学之间的关系。它们使我们能够做出两个突出的贡献，首先，关于高等教育作为发展实践和发展研究之间的参与和纠缠的场所的作用，其次，关于高等教育的新自由化塑造发展研究教学法的方式。我们希望这些文章被阅读为及时的干预和邀请，以重新思考在这种情况下的发展研究教育。关于高等教育的新自由化如何塑造发展研究教学法。我们希望这些文章被阅读为及时的干预和邀请，以重新思考在这种情况下的发展研究教育。关于高等教育的新自由化如何塑造发展研究教学法。我们希望这些文章被阅读为及时的干预和邀请，以重新思考在这种情况下的发展研究教育。