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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

@pinaraksu.bsky.social presents Cycle of Migration, a powerful legislative theatre performance that draws out the ways legislative and social systems fail and harm refugees and asylum seekers, and asks the audience to think about change #WCDC26

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Day 3 of #WCDC26 is underway! Opening with the Participation and Communities Team from the Scottish Parliament, and their inclusive and fascinating work #CDJ #Participation

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Holly Scheib talks about her work as a transformative emancipatory scientist - and relationships between methods and emancipatory praxis #WCDC26 #CDJ

Holly Scheib stands in front of a lectern, speaking to a large audience in a lecture theatre at the University of Glasgow

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Day 2 of #WCDC26 has started! Alison Phipps' opening speech powerfully argues for community development, cultural justice, and defends cultural education as a counterpower to genocide #CDJ #Plenary

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Come and say hello to the CDJ at #WCDC26! So excited to be sponsoring this wonderful event #CDJ #Conference

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Okala A Uche et al write in our latest issue on age grade association in Southwest Nigeria, and how age grade association can be examined as a non-state actor in community development activities in the region, drawing examples from Abia and Ebonyi states buff.ly/UjLSEVz #CDJ #Nigeria

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Sohini Chatterjee writes in our latest Reflection piece on horizontal reservation development for trans and gender-variant people in Indian, focusing on anti-caste methods and traditionally-disadvantaged social groups, and advocating for affirmative action buff.ly/nGfLdYM #CDJ #Trans #India

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Camilla Landi, Valentina Calcaterra & Paola Limongelli write in our latest issue on the use of Community Future Dialogues as a methodology for examining community wellbeing and future development, explained through a case of community social work projects in Milan, Italy buff.ly/B4hfheg #CDJ #Milan

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Ana Margarida Esteves and co-authors write in our latest issue on energy communities as "counterpower" to EU policy frameworks in European renewable energy transitions, and the policy development role of energy communities to embed energy transitions buff.ly/Ww2rjH7 #CDJ #Energy

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Rayna Sage and co-authors write in our latest issue on rural disability services and independent living (IL) philosophy in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the conflict between "hand-ups" and "hand-outs" buff.ly/8FR52Mu #CDJ #CIL

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

[OPEN-ACCESS] Sean Lauer, Karen Lok Yi Wong & Miu Chung Yan write in Vol. 60, Issue 2 of the CDJ on situational dynamics and relationship-forming in community development organisations through a scoping review of the literature #CDJ #CommunityDevelopment buff.ly/vMjAXem

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

[OPEN-ACCESS] Richard G Jones examines reciprocity in international aid and development in Timor-Leste in our April issue, expanding on Marshall Sahlins’ typology of reciprocal relationships, and how this produces relationships in aid programmes #CDJ #TimorLeste buff.ly/nXVrwhH

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Pushpesh Kumar reviews "Liveable lives: living and surviving LGBTQ equalities in India and the UK", edited by Niharika Banerjea and Kath Browne, in our April issue buff.ly/YHRIfwN #CDJ #BookReviews

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Shofiqur Rahman Chowdhury & M Rezaul Islam write in our April issue on community empowerment, and the synergies between faith-based organisations and Laverack's domain approach to empowerment, through the case of the Action for Peoples Rights and Livelihoods (APRIL) project buff.ly/DSXd1YY #CDJ

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Gemma Quartarella, Romana Morda & Laurie A Chapin explore the perspectives of female adolescents in a youth leadership programme in Australia, and the importance of "finding your voice" and "not holding back" for becoming agents of social change #CDJ #YouthEmpowerment buff.ly/XZf25B7

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Lynn A Mandarano presents a case study of the Citizens Planning Institute in Philadelphia, U.S., analyses the programme through the Community Capitals framework, and discusses the contribution to leadership skills, knowledge and other capitals to enhance engagement #CDJ #USA buff.ly/omWkrTA

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

The World Community Development Conference 2026 is coming to Glasgow next year! Join us from the 30th June - 2nd July 2026, at the James McCune Smith Learning Hub. We're very proud to be sponsoring the event, rooted in the values of justice, participation, and community empowerment buff.ly/MmfThqQ

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

[OPEN-ACCESS] Our Co-Editors Ruth Pearce & Kirsty Lohman write in the Editorial for our April issue, on challenges to global community development practice in the Second Trump Era, on bottom-up organising and information-sharing, and the excellent content available in this issue #CDJ #Editorial

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Jonathan Silver reviews "Against the commons: a radical history of urban planning", edited by Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago, in our January issue buff.ly/8OxtDkp #CDJ #BookReviews

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Aideen O’Shaughnessy and co-authors write in our January issue on the involvement of grassroots activist groups in the production of knowledge for policy reform, investigating how abortion rights activists can challenge or inform abortion policy in Ireland buff.ly/jMmUvUS #CDJ #Ireland

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Qian Meng et al write in our January issue on sustainable community development strategies in Puhan, China, and how the Puhan cooperative model has succeeded in rural revitalisation #CDJ #China buff.ly/knNWifd #CDJ #Cooperatives

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

[OPEN-ACCESS] Our co-Editors Ruth Pearce and Kirsty Lohman write in the Editorial for our January issue, on the upcoming 60th anniversary of the Journal, and on the changes in society seen in the lifetime of the journal buff.ly/iQk6qwL #CDJ #Editorial

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Annisa Rizqa Alamri et al review "Asset-based Community Development (ABCD): in Conversation with John McKnight about the Heritage of ABCD and its Place in the World Today (3rd edition)" in our latest issue buff.ly/VXEAUi9 #CDJ #BookReview

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Felipe Agudelo-Hernández et al write in our latest issue on community-based rehabilitation for mental health conditions in Colombia, and the importance of fostering dialogue between communities and decision-makers in programme implementation buff.ly/JGNn98G #CDJ #MentalHealth

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Nsizwazonke E Yende , Petunia B Mahlangu & Andiswa Mkhwanazi write in our latest issue on ward committees in South Africa, and how perceptions of committees as "watchdogs" affect their ability to fulfil their constitutional mandate buff.ly/16xuHVg #CDJ #SouthAfrica

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Editor's Choice in our latest issue, Shahzad Khan & Robyn Eversole write on the Rural Support Programmes Network in Northwest Pakistan, and the limits of active participation in catalysing empowerment in community development practice buff.ly/yzm0cOB #CDJ #Pakistan

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Nicolina Kirby, Dorota Stasiak & Dirk von Schneidemesser write in our July issue on Berlin-based civil society initiatives, and the impact on community resilience that bottom-up approaches led by civil society can have buff.ly/ZcXqtBS #CDJ #Resilience

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Our Co-Editors Ruth Pearce and Kirsty Lohman write in our latest Editorial on the claiming of space by community organisations, self-organisations, and how "cracks" can lead to "tiny victories" buff.ly/C5MC4ZS #CDJ #Editorial

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

[OPEN-ACCESS] Michael Chambwe & Andrea Saayman write in our April issue on tourism value chains and ownership in rural communities, and presents an action framework for local participation in value chain businesses #CDJ #Poverty #Empowerment buff.ly/5NlzV18

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Our latest issue has just been released! Find all of the papers from Vol. 60, Issue 2 of the CDJ on our OUP homepage #CDJ #LatestIssue buff.ly/yx60FgV

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

[OPEN-ACCESS] Our co-Editors Ruth Pearce and Kirsty Lohman write in the Editorial for our latest issue, on the upcoming 60th anniversary of the Journal, and on the changes in society seen in the lifetime of the journal buff.ly/43eHM56 #CDJ #Editorial

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Nsizwazonke E Yende writes in Vol. 59, Iss. 3 on violence in service delivery protests in informal settlements in South Africa, and the political economy of destruction of service infrastructure buff.ly/3UJ7Q3a #CDJ #SouthAfrica

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Kevin Warner reviews "Contesting carceral logic: towards abolitionist futures", edited by Michael J. Coyle and Mechthild Hagel, in our latest special issue buff.ly/3Eg8r7b #CDJ #BookReviews

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

[OPEN-ACCESS] Diana Malaj & Brunilda Pali write in our latest special issue on the tensions between so-called carceral feminism and abolitionist feminism in the context of Albania and Kosovo using photo elicitation buff.ly/4f3knWu #CDJ

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Mimi E Kim writes in our latest special issue on the embrace of policing as a guarantor of women's safety by feminist carceral activists in 1980s America, and how community-based, non-carceral approaches to gender-based violence offer an alternative buff.ly/40VhkMp #CDJ

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Daniel Achutti, Raffaella Pallamolla & André Giamberardino write in our latest special issue on restorative justice in Brazil, the control of Judicial Power, and how exclusion of the community and civil society may hamper restorative justice efforts buff.ly/40TWEUN #CDJ

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Zhandarka Kurti investigates the effects of "Do no harm, do more good, and do it in the community" approach adopted by the NYC Department of Probation, examining the limits of carceral humanism as a growing trend in criminal justice reform buff.ly/4jw3W8O #CDJ #Probation

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Elizabeth Kiely, Rosie R Meade & Katharina Swirak write in the Editorial for our latest special issue on how punishment and prisons are pressing issues for community development, and under-addressed in the academic literature buff.ly/4f1lrKG #CDJ #SpecialIssue #Prisons

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

[OPEN-ACCESS] Editor's Choice in our July issue, Carla Galán-Guevara examines change in traditional sustainable livelihoods in indigenous communities in Mexico, and how these changes affect community sociocultural and institutional systems buff.ly/3WImh7V #CDJ #Mexico

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

[OPEN-ACCESS] Pushpesh Kumar, Sayantan Datta & Neha Mishra contributed the Editorial for Vol. 59, Issue 2, presenting a critical reflection on queer and trans community-building in post-NALSA and post-337 India buff.ly/3KmAXDQ #CDJ #Editorial

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Our latest special issue has just been released! Find all of the papers from this issue on Community Development, the Carceral State and the Necessary Challenge of Penal Abolitionism on our OUP homepage buff.ly/4eUkCmQ #CDJ #SpecialIssue

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Niamh Gaynor reviews "Peacebuilding, conflict and community development", edited by John Eversley, Sinéad Gormally and Avila Kilmurray, in our April '24 issue buff.ly/3vTdLK4 #CDJ #BookReviews

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Keith Adams reviews "Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care", edited by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba, in our latest special issue buff.ly/3CVTtmd #CDJ #BookReview

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