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An Open-Access Journal · Since 2016
Leadership &
Developing
Societies
Peer-reviewed scholarship on the interaction between leadership and the security–development nexus, with a global focus on the developing world — published by the African Leadership Centre at King's College London.
47
peer-reviewed
articles
articles
10
issues
published
published
11
years of
scholarship
scholarship
Current Issue
Vol. 11 No. 1 (2026)
Research Articles
3 articlesLeadership Commentaries
1 articlesPractice of Leadership
1 articlesSubmissions
An expressed agenda to give space and voice to scholars not afforded opportunities to publish elsewhere.
The journal welcomes submissions from junior scholars, especially those from the Global South, and including graduate and doctoral candidates. We provide additional peer-review rounds and editorial support to younger authors.
Open Access
Free to read. Free to share. Properly cited.
All articles in LDS are published under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Authors retain copyright. DOIs are issued through the African Leadership Centre's CrossRef membership.