Join us for a formidable event on Monday at ODID ! This event will feature:
🔵Reflections on the brilliant work Xiaolan Fu has done at Oxford TMCD over the last 15 years.
🟢 Big announcement regarding the future of Oxford TMCD
🔴The inaugural Al-Jazari Lecture series to…

🌍Climate migrants: victims, or agents of change?
Our recent panel challenged us to re-think #climatechange and #migration . In this blog, Carlos Vargas-Silva picks out some key insights from the discussion.
Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda Dr. Yvonne Su Abel Valenzuela Jr
Read in full: qeh.ox.ac.uk/blog/climate-m…

👏Congratulations to Ashwiny O. Kistnareddy who has received funding to develop an app supporting newly arrived children in the #UK with English language & #WellBeing resources!
The project with Department for Education will offer remote access in under-resourced areas. ⬇️ qeh.ox.ac.uk/news/ashwiny-k…

A personal and political take on foraging, or gathering wild food locally.
Wolfson College, Oxford tomorrow.
May 2, 6-7pm, The Buttery, booking not required

Straight from my Econ exam ODID to the one year celebration of University of Oxford as a place of sanctuary. Thank you for inviting me to speak but most importantly for an opportunity to discuss what sanctuary means to all of us. #RefugeesWelcome

📚 New research: 'Asset-Based #Microfinance for Microenterprises: Evidence from #Pakistan ', co-authored by Muhammad Meki, shows promising outcomes of capital injections for boosting profits & household consumption. 

👉 Read: aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

#ResearchImpact

Today's internship publication comes from GCHU Intern and Kellogg College, University of Oxford MSc Global Governance and Diplomacy student Helena Catalán Busquets who investigates the benefits of the Community Land Trust model to address housing problems in the UK.

Read it at: gchu.org.uk/2024/04/toward…

At a recent roundtable, insights from Amogh Dhar Sharma, Corneliu Bjola., Xiaolan Fu, and Joerg Friedrichs highlighted how #digital research methods are revolutionising #DevelopmentStudies . 

➡️Read a summary of the key points: ow.ly/pTQJ50RigrM 

#GlobalDevelopment

'Ambitious in scope & refreshing in perspective' 🌍
Dr Simukai Chigudu reviews 'An African History of #Africa ' by Zeinab Badawi The Guardian
He notes the book's 'panoramic historical view' & explores how the act of its creation is an assertion of dignity.
⬇️ theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

Professor Loren B Landau joins Dr Michael Nwankpa on the Conflict & Development in Africa podcast ⬇️
They discuss local & national manifestations of #xenophobia in #SouthAfrica , plus increasing anti-immigrant mentalities & policies.
🎧Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=EYj1VU… #immigration

Congratulations to ODID alumnus Dr Sam Ritholtz for winning the The Political Studies Association Elizabeth Wiskemann Prize for his dissertation on (in)equality and #SocialJustice in wartime Colombia! 🏆 

Find out more ➡️ow.ly/773k50RgVTf 

#AwardWinningResearch

Can financial redistribution shape attitudes toward refugees?

Today on VoxDev, Helidah Ogude-Chambert ODID, Travis Baseler University of Rochester, Thomas Ginn Center for Global Development, Olivia Woldemikael Harvard University & Robert Hakiza YARID Uganda outline their research in #Uganda . Read here: voxdev.org/topic/migratio…

📢 Join our team!

We are looking for an HR Administrator to support day-to-day operations including recruitment, onboarding & payroll. If you're enthusiastic and customer-service focused, apply here 🔽

Deadline: 22 April
👉 Job details: ow.ly/feMt50R7Ek2

#HRJobs

📢Join us!

We're seeking a Departmental Lecturer in Diplomatic Studies for our MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy. Teach international diplomacy and conduct related research.

📅 Apply by April 19
👉Job details: ow.ly/cbMa50R7VxP
#AcademicJob

📢 ODID are recruiting a Departmental Lecturer in Diplomatic Studies to teach international diplomacy for the MSc in Global Governance & Diplomacy and to carry out related research. Full time & fixed term for 12 months.
⏰ Deadline 19 Apr
More info: buff.ly/47JvvFs

Honoured by this endorsement from Achim Steiner, head of UN Development!

My book argues that the global decarbonization agenda (as currently pursued) & rising green protectionism is increasing disparities between & within nations, jeopardising the @UN central promise of leaving no one…

Very touched by this 1st review of my book by my fantastic mentor (for over a decade now), Ha-Joon Chang, whose books are what got me interested in economics in the 1st place.

The chapter 'Kicking away the Green ladder' is also an homage to his work.

cambridge.org/core/books/sur…

How can partnerships between private firms & public organisations in developing countries help address global 'grand challenges'?

Xiaolan Fu & co-authors explored this question in the context of Covid and developed a new framework to understand what works

qeh.ox.ac.uk/blog/tackling-…

Just landed: the latest ODID newsletter ⬇️
Discover:
🔵 New funding for research on #energy
🔵 How financial redistribution can change attitudes to #refugees
🔵 A panel event rethinking #ClimateChange & #migration
Read: newsletters.socsci.ox.ac.uk/q/11ma3KI0iJAA…
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