Congratulations to Prof Xiaolan Fu & the OxValue.AI team! OxValue.AI received two Highly Commended awards at the Financial Times PWM Wealth Tech Awards 2026 in April, and is one of the Top 60 innovations selected for inclusion in the UN’s STI Solutions Book. Read more: bit.ly/4uyORrt

When conflict erupted in northern Ethiopia in 2020, @odid-qeh.bsky.social’s Young Lives was the only longitudinal study collecting real-time data in Tigray & Amhara. Four years on, new evidence shows the devastating impact on two generations. Read more: buff.ly/HbK5WYd

New in European Security, Corneliu Bjola examines (with Francesca L Vaselli) how Ukrainian state-affiliated and civil-society actors deploy virtual reality to shape perceptions of the conflict, defend cultural heritage and mobilise transnational solidarity www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Many congratulations to ODID MPhil students Amalia Ghina Alfiya, Khin Thazin, and Sua Cho who were awarded the Sir Winston Churchill Prize at the 2026 Entente Cordiale University Challenge. Find out more about their project on nickel mining in West Papua here www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/news/mphil-t...

📢 New! 'Atlas of Uncertainty: Transforming African Cityscapes' is an exhibition at the Origins Centre, Witwatersrand University from 18 April to 3 July. This is a collaborative project of the Oxford/Wits Mobility Governance Lab and the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS). bit.ly/41G2CID

New job opportunities here at ODID! We are currently recruiting for the following: • Research and Innovation Associate in African History • Departmental Lectureship in Politics • Departmental Lectureship in Technology and International Development Details: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/content/vaca...

Young Lives' Deputy Director Kath Ford discusses why investing in adolescent girls is essential for building inclusive, resilient, climate-adaptive societies on @socialprotection.org's latest #SPpodcast. 🎧 Listen via the link 👇 @odid-qeh.bsky.social @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social #podcast

New job opportunity at @refugeestudies.bsky.social ! Programme Coordinator for the University’s Oxford Sanctuary Community Providing support to individuals at the University who have lived experience of displacement. Deadline: 23 April. Details: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/about/vacanc...

What is driving the sweeping transformation of land use across Africa – and how should we make sense of it? In a new ODID blog, Phillan Zamchiya introduces the concept of globalised extractive territorialisation. Read it here: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/blog/contemp...

📘 25 years. Four countries. One powerful evidence base New reports set out over two decades of research across #Ethiopia #India #Peru & #Vietnam—covering education, health & well-being, employment & family lives. 🔗 Explore the evidence shaping policy & practice: www.younglives.org.uk/publications...

Palestine Refugees and International Law short course – in Istanbul! Due to government advisories against travel to Lebanon, we have moved our short course on Palestine Refugees and International Law from Beirut to Istanbul, 8-9 May. Sign up now to secure a place: https://bit.ly/4uPcGfC

🎥AND WE'RE LIVE Join us online for the CSAE Conference 2026 sessions. #OxCSAE2026 11am - 1 pm Personnel Economics & Hiring 2 - 4pm Voting, Elections & Democracy 4 - 6pm Closing Panel 'The Science of Scale & Implementation: New Frontiers for Research' Watch here👇 us02web.zoom.us/j/81884170412

'Seeing poverty as a spectrum changes the conversation. It reveals what poverty lines miss and why inequality matters so much.' Associate Professor Olivier Sterck, from @odid-qeh.bsky.social, shares a new method of estimating the scope of poverty in different countries ⬇️

Read @ox.ac.uk's latest feature on how Young Lives captured first-hand accounts of how #conflict affects young people’s lives — & our recommendations for governments, donors, NGOs & community groups⬇️ @younglivesethiopia.bsky.social @odid-qeh.bsky.social @socsci.ox.ac.uk @uk.theconversation.com

🎧 MIGRATION OXFORD PODCAST: Migration and Aid: As local as possible, as international as necessary Drawing on COMPAS & ODID, University of Oxford projects, Danilo Angulo-Molina & Ruta Nimkar discuss what the future of humanitarian aid could look like: https://ow.ly/3lH950Ypyop

Yesterday, to celebrate International Women's Day, colleagues at the Manor Road building and ODID, University of Oxford came together for a lunchtime walk honouring women’s experiences, achievements, and contributions—both within DPIR and across Oxford. Thanks to all our enthusiastic participants! 🎉

Today's Oxford Energy Network seminar - The challenges of keeping communities at the centre of energy access. Dr Bernie Jones, Smart Villages. All welcome - in person and online, 5pm. @odid-qeh.bsky.social @oxengsci.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social bit.ly/3Nuwowv

📢 New Policy Brief! Young people in #Ethiopia face overlapping crises but targeted policies can strengthen resilience. New evidence from Qual 6 highlights impacts on #health, #education, #work & #migration. Read our recommendations: www.younglives.org.uk/publications... @odid-qeh.bsky.social

Assoc. Prof. Simukai Chigudu’s new book is reviewed by @theguardian.com: "Chasing Freedom is an elegant exploration of how political liberation does not always bring freedom for oneself... It asks what it means to stand up to the past without being trapped by it" www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

New in @uk.theconversation.com, @professorsud.bsky.social writes on Global North-South climate finance, asking where does the money promised by the Global North to the South for historical overuse of the global carbon budget actually go, what does it fund? theconversation.com/the-worlds-l...

🇲🇽 As global supply chains reconfigure and #green and #digital transitions accelerate, #Mexico faces both risk and #opportunity. How can #industrialpolicy, #innovation, and #governance mechanisms support a genuine productive #transformation? oxford-tide.org/2026/01/16/c...

🌟📽️NEW VIDEO What happens when humanitarian aid is cut? The CSAE's @oliviersterck.bsky.social (@odid-qeh.bsky.social @refugeestudies.bsky.social @iobua.bsky.social) discusses findings from a study of the effects of aid cuts in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya.👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=99wS...

Should China be invited to this year’s G7 summit? Over focus on the G7 risks misreading the real landscape of influence and missing chances for meaningful cooperation with China – Kenddrick Chan @lseideas.bsky.social @odid-qeh.bsky.social & Chris Alden @lseir.bsky.social @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social

For University of Oxford undergraduates - deadline noon tomorrow, 6th February!

Apply now for the OPHI Summer School 2026, led by Sabina Alkire and the OPHI Team - a great opportunity to learn from researchers and academics with extensive experience of developing and implementing MPIs and other multidimensional measures. Apply now: bit.ly/ophiSS26

🆕 Global poverty trends from a new lens Today on VoxDev, Olivier Sterck (IOB - Institute of Development Policy, ODID, University of Oxford) discusses a new measure of global poverty that doesn't depend on 'lines', showing that poverty has fallen sharply: https://ow.ly/VoPr50Y3Bsr

‘Peacebuilding is complex. There are no clear answers.’ On #InternationalDayOfEducation, we’re spotlighting how @odid-qeh.bsky.social#InternationalDayOfEducationstudents debate, challenge and rethink peacebuilding in a changing world ⬇️ https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/features/learning-peace-global-governance-education-oxford

Deadline approaching! Apply by 27 January for our Master’s courses in - Economics for Development - Migration Studies - Refugee & Forced Migration Studies Find details on all our courses here: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/study-us

🚨 One week to go until the deadline to apply for the MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies! Our nine-month degree offers an intellectually demanding, interdisciplinary route to understanding forced migration. Find out more and apply by 27 January: bit.ly/3LCPhwq

⭐️NEW January 2026 issue of the #JournalofAfricanEconomies is out now! 📖Read here: academic.oup.com/jae/issue/35/1 #EconSky @hoddinott.bsky.social @oxfordecondept.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @odid-qeh.bsky.social

📢 Registration is now open for 'Unwelcome to Denmark: The Paradigm Shift and Refugee Integration' 📅 21 January 2026 ⏰ 17:00 -18:00 UTC 💻 Online Professor Michelle Pace will examine Denmark’s migration policies and approach to integration, and the experiences of refugees. bit.ly/unwelcome-to...

As we start the new year, Director Marta Favara and Deputy Director Kath Ford look back at 2025 - an exciting and eventful year for Young Lives - and discuss what the future holds for this unique longitudinal study. youtu.be/ZdzkhgfvLCQ @younglivesethiopia.bsky.social @odid-qeh.bsky.social

Apply now for our MSc in Migration Studies 🌎 Explore how movements within and across borders are shaped by social, economic & political structures, and consider debates currently faced by policymakers. Deadline: 27 Jan (midday UK time) Info: https://ow.ly/l03250XMAR2 ODID, University of Oxford

Job opportunity! ODID seeks applications for a Qualitative Researcher in British and European Politics for the project Choosing Islamic Conservatism. Deadline: 12 January Full information: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/qual...

In a new IMF Working Paper, Christopher Adam and Prabhmeet Kaur Matta examine the impact of spatial and temporal variability in rainfall and temperature on the short-run price dynamics of domestically produced staple food crops in Uganda. Read the paper here: www.elibrary.imf.org/view/journal...

Did you miss this year's @wfp.org Global Impact Evaluation Forum? Here's my round-up of the evidence panel on #refugee and #IDP returns in an @odid-qeh.bsky.social blog: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/blog/look-re... #MigrationResearch #EvidenceForImpACT

🧵'Immigration to Europe: Panic, Reality, Solidarity' ✍️ Robin Cohen, Professor Emeritus in @odid-qeh.bsky.social, has written extensively on #Migration 🔗 t.co/E0FDIOqV2V #InternationalMigrantsDay #Europe #Society #News #Daily27

We dealt with a lot of poverty statistics in 2025. Here are five which stood out. As we look towards 2026, these reminders challenge us to renew our commitments to ending poverty in all its dimensions. (1/6)

Why do so many well-intentioned education reforms fall short? 📚 New book from @odid-qeh.bsky.social's Masooda Bano shows how decades of donor-led decentralisation & community participation have failed to resolve learning crises, leaving millions out of school or struggling to learn. buff.ly/wySwaMB

New job opportunity! We are recruiting a Qualitative Researcher in British and European Politics. The postholder will be a member of the research group ‘Choosing Islamic Conservatism’. Deadline: 12 January 2026 Details: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/qual...

Uttara Shahani, RSC Research Fellow in the History of Forced Migration, has co-authored this insightful Op-ed in the Times of India commenting on the enduring impacts of Partition on the Sindhi Hindu community 70 years on. The image shows the full article: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-ed...

📽️💡NEW VIDEO Is Demand for Migrant Labour Constrained? A Firm's Perspective in India In the latest Key Research Takeaways video @anvitaramachandran.bsky.social explores a firm's perspective on the constraints of migrant labour. @odid-qeh.bsky.social #EconJobMarket www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9uX...

Why do so many efforts to improve education in developing countries fail? Masooda Bano's new book shows how decades of donor-led decentralisation & community participation have failed to resolve learning crises, leaving millions out of school or struggling to learn www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/news/new-boo...

🎓The first Oxford #Laidlaw Scholars have graduated! 18 months of student #leadership, #research & global #impact celebrated at Pembroke College with peers, partners & Profs. Find out more: tinyurl.com/bdfrzwk2 🚨 Cohort 2026 Applications now open (Apply Now) Deadline: 12pm on 6 Feb 2026 @ox.ac.uk

Job opportunity! ODID and Linacre College seek applications for an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Development. ⏰ Deadline: 11 December Full information: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...

New in ‘Sources: Materials and Fieldwork in African Studies’, a special issue on Revolutionary Cinemas, guest edited by ODID’s Dan Hodgkinson with @jennblaylock.bsky.social and Anita Afonu. journals.openedition.org/sources/3100

The scale of Hurricane Melissa's devastation, seen just as the international community prepared for #COP30, emphasises that climate talks must ensure the needs of the poorest communities are met. Read more in Sabina Alkire & Carlos Alvarado Quesada's ODID blog: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/blog/can-hur...

📽️💡NEW VIDEO Can Extreme Weather Affect Support for Democracy in sub-Saharan Africa? Latest Key Research Takeaways video features Nicolas Cerkez on how droughts affect support for democracy across 16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. @odid-qeh.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/6jeUy...

Oxford's @tidecentre.bsky.social has launched the Nature’s Intelligence Studio - turning lessons from nature into new technologies for the energy transition and sustainability, with fair benefit-sharing for communities in biodiverse regions. More info ⬇️ #COP30 #OxfordClimate

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