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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New online event! Join us on Wed 12 Nov, 4pm GMT / 11am ET, for a book talk on ‘Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down’ with author Prof. Anand Pandian (Johns Hopkins University). Moderated by Shivangi Kaushik (ODID) Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📆ONLINE EVENT 07 Nov, 2pm GMT Join to discover fully funded postgrad scholarship opportunities for talented African students passionate about leadership & community impact. #EconSky #funding Suitable for MSc in Economics for Development @odid-qeh.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/postgradua...?

Job opportunity! ODID and @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social seek applications for an Associate Professor in Development Economics. ⏰ Deadline: 8 December Full information: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...

My new article in International Affairs (with Alicia Fjällhed): the Strategic Self explains how wartime digital diplomacy works—where communication becomes strategy. 1/3 doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...

Middle-income countries are the hidden epicentre of multidimensional poverty. The global MPI 2025 by OPHI and UNDP finds that nearly two thirds of multidimensionally poor people live in middle-income countries. Read the full report: bit.ly/globalMPI2025

How do multidimensionally poor people experience the double burden of poverty & climate change? Join OPHI and UNDP for the launch of the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2025 on 17 Oct, 10am EDT, to hear high-level speakers share key findings from the report. Register now: bit.ly/GMPI2025

🌍 #WorldMentalHealthDay We’re proud contributors to the new @who.int Guidance on Mental Health Policy & Strategic Action Plans! 🧠💙 Read how Young Lives' evidence & findings continue to shape global change in mental health action: buff.ly/w5ILvKP @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social @odid-qeh.bsky.social

Can redistribution change policy views? Travis Baseler (@urochester.bsky.social), @thomasginn.bsky.social (@cgdev.org), Robert Hakiza (YARID), Helidah Ogude-Chambert (@odid-qeh.bsky.social) & Olivia Woldemikael (@thenewschool.bsky.social) on aid & attitudes toward refugees: youtu.be/9Y1yKIImwZs

Debates over multiculturalism in Britain & Europe reveal that cultural diversity & integration must go hand in hand, writes Dr Jörg Friedrichs. All @odid-qeh.bsky.social news: www.devstud.org.uk/2025/09/12/o...

🕊️ #InternationalDayofPeace 📖 New research from YL Peru (Ninos del Milenio) reveals how mothers’ exposure to the 1980–2000 Peruvian civil conflict still echoes today – affecting the socio-emotional development of the next generation. Read more: www.younglives.org.uk/publications... #PeaceDay

Friends of Birzeit University has produced a guide for UK universities to have academic partnerships with Palestine. Read more about this important piece of work on the @odid-qeh.bsky.social blog 👉 www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/blog/academi...

🌎Global frameworks need global thinking. With #UNTourism, our Fellows developed the sector’s first #ESG reporting #framework, grounded in data from 600+ businesses across 5 countries. Shape what comes next. 👉 tinyurl.com/46mfnt43 #OxfordSDGImpactLab #Tourism #SDGs @ox.ac.uk @odid-qeh.bsky.social

📣CSAE Conference 2026 Call for papers CLOSING Want to present your research at #OxCSAE2026? Submit today! The CSAE Conference brings together researchers from across the development economics community to discuss Africa. ⏰14 Sept, 23:59 BST

Deadline approaching for these three vacancies, all with the project Choosing Islamic Conservatism: · Qualitative Researcher in Balkans Islamic Studies, CIC · Quantitative Researcher (Systematic Literature Review), CIC · Qualitative Researcher, CIC Details: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/content/vaca...

'Integration is indispensable precisely because we live in a multicultural society.' @odid-qeh.bsky.social's Dr Jörg Friedrichs explores how debates over multiculturalism in Britain and Europe reveal that cultural diversity and integration must go hand in hand ⬇️

⏰The call for papers for the CSAE Conference 2026 is closing on Sunday (14 Sept). If you want to present your paper at one of the largest economic development conferences in the world, make sure you submit this week! #EconSky www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-confere... www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6Ap...

New in Development and Change, @professorsud.bsky.social interrogates the coming together of renewables capital and authoritarian politics in large Asian coal economies that are attempting green transition, focusing on Indonesia and India. #OpenAccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

When aid doesn’t arrive on time, many refugees turn to debt to survive, effectively pledging future aid to buy food for today. CSAE's @oliviersterck.bsky.social & @odid-qeh.bsky.social's Vittorio Bruni on the cost of ration cuts & delivery delays in Kenya's refugee camps.

We have three new vacancies here at ODID, all with the project Choosing Islamic Conservatism: · Qualitative Researcher in Balkans Islamic Studies, CIC · Quantitative Researcher (Systematic Literature Review), CIC · Qualitative Researcher, CIC Details at: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/content/vaca...

ICYMI: What drives real progressive policy change? Kath Ford shows how @yloxford.bsky.social combined long-term data, smart policy engagement, and trusted relationships to make an impact. All @odid-qeh.bsky.social news: www.devstud.org.uk/2025/07/16/o...

Are you a researcher who'd like to learn more about developing & implementing innovative & policy-relevant randomised evaluations? Join the CSAE's @muhammadmeki.bsky.social for a @j-pal.bsky.social webinar. 📆20 August, 2 - 3 pm GMT. Register👇 uct-za.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @odid-qeh.bsky.social

New and open access! ‘Tech Diplomacy and the Digital International Order: The Case of the EU–US Trade and Technology Council’, by‬ @cbjola.bsky.social and Raluca Csernatoni for @globalpolicy.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Low Carbon Hub | Alison Grunewald From modelling #NetZero pathways to funding readiness, our Fellows equipped Low Carbon Hub with insights that stick. Sustainability needs action. We deliver it. 💚 🔗 tinyurl.com/46mfnt43 #ResearchPartnerships @odid-qeh.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk