The department is a lively community that is recognised internationally as one of the top centres for research and teaching in development studies.
A grandmother helping with feeding, Ethiopia. Research photo: © Aida Ashenafi / Young Lives. Find out more.
At a military-backed demonstration in support of General Sisi, Egypt, 2013. Fieldwork photo: Sarah Smierciak, MPhil in Development Studies 2012-14. Find out more.
Collecting grain from the Public Distribution System shop, Odisha State, India, 2014. Fieldwork photo: Srujana Katta, MPhil in Development Studies 2013-15. Find out more.
Ngaim, a regional delicacy from Kratie province, Cambodia, 2007. Fieldwork photo: Hart Feuer, MPhil in Development Studies 2006-08. Find out more.
Our research takes a long-term perspective to investigate problems and processes of development. Our work challenges assumptions, drawing on multiple disciplines and cross-country comparisons to generate new thinking that is helping to bring about change.
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We are a research-intensive graduate department offering a DPhil, an MPhil and four one-year MSc courses. We provide a supportive and welcoming environment to some 250 students from across the world.
ODID Voices
Luisa Enria
Lecturer in International Development/ESRC Future Research Leaders Fellow, University of Bath
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Ali Chaudhary
Watch Ali Chaudhury, Marie Curie Research Fellow at IMI, discussing his work on transnational migration, citizenship and the circulation of rights and responsibilities.
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