International Consortium for Social Development
Building Knowledge for Social Development Worldwide
For Social Change
Social development processes aim to bring about social, economic and environmental improvement in the lives of people and their communities through capacity building. The ICSD is an organisation of interdisciplinary practitioners, scholars and students from social work/welfare/development studies.
Upcoming ICSD conferences
Social Work and Social Development Symposium,
Date: Oct 14-15, 2024
Hosted by DAAD and ICSD (Africa)
10th ICSD Asia Pacific Conference,
Date: Oct 22-25, 2024
Hosted by the University of the Philippines, Manila
24th ICSD CONFERENCE,
Date: January 8-10 2025
Hosted by Rajagiri College of Social Sciences,
Cochin, India
Our Institutional Members and Partners
News and Updates
ICSD Earns a 2022 Gold Seal of Transparency
The ICSD is thrilled to announce that we have been awarded the 2022 Gold Seal of Transparency from the charity rating organization Candid.
ICSD special General Body Meeting Online, 21 November 2021
In the ICSD special general Body meeting, members unanimously approved the amended ICSD constitution
22nd ICSD Biennial International Conference
As already announced, the 22nd ICSD Biennial international conference on ‘Poverty, Inequality and Social Development Innovation Around the World’ was hosted by the Centre for Social Development in Africa
ICSD's Journal
Social Development Issues: Volume 43
Consortium for Social Development (ICSD). It is published three times a year in February, July, and November. It serves as a scholarly forum linking multiple disciplines, nations, and cultures. The journal’s purpose is to promote consideration of issues that affect social justice as well as the development and well veing of individuals and their communities.
Become a ICSD member
An ICSD Membership offers a wide range of benefits to our members, and also let’s you support the organization. Some of the benefits included in the ICSD Membership are reduced fees for biennial world conferences/congresses, access to the SDI journals, access to a worldwide network of social work educators, eligibility to post job announcements, conference flyers, etc. on the ICSD website as well as Facebook and Twitter accounts, and more..
