The department is a lively community that is recognised internationally as one of the top centres for research and teaching in development studies.

Our courses offer excellent training for a career in international development or for advanced study, and attract students of the highest calibre from across the world.
“I had waited for 10 years before my dream to study in Oxford became a reality and the experience was truly beyond expectation”
Our students are taught to develop as critical and independent thinkers and when they leave us they are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to bring about real change.
“My time at Oxford strengthened my critical analysis and provided me with a unique interdisciplinary grounding in history, politics and economics that has equipped me well in dealing with public policy issues and program development strategy.”
Our courses offer excellent training for a career in international development or for advanced study, and attract students of the highest calibre from across the world.
“I had waited for 10 years before my dream to study in Oxford became a reality and the experience was truly beyond expectation”
Our courses offer excellent training for a career in international development or for advanced study, and attract students of the highest calibre from across the world.
“I had waited for 10 years before my dream to study in Oxford became a reality and the experience was truly beyond expectation”
Our students are taught to develop as critical and independent thinkers and when they leave us they are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to bring about real change.
“My time at Oxford strengthened my critical analysis and provided me with a unique interdisciplinary grounding in history, politics and economics that has equipped me well in dealing with public policy issues and program development strategy.”
Our students are taught to develop as critical and independent thinkers and when they leave us they are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to bring about real change.
“My time at Oxford strengthened my critical analysis and provided me with a unique interdisciplinary grounding in history, politics and economics that has equipped me well in dealing with public policy issues and program development strategy.”
Staff at the department edit a number of book series on a range of topics related to their research.
The Africa: Policies for Prosperity series is published by Oxford University Press and edited by Professor Chris Adam and Professor Paul Collier (Department of Economics). The series brings leading scholars into the policy arena to examine how countries across the continent can harness the favourable gains in macroenomic stability achieved by a new generation of economic policymakers and turn them into a coherent strategy for sustainable growth and poverty reduction over the coming decades.
The Conflict, Inequality and Ethnicity book series is published by Palgrave Macmillan and edited by Emeritus Professor Frances Stewart. The series draws on the work of the Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity (CRISE), which was based at ODID between 2003 and 2010.
Read more on Palgrave Macmillan website...
The Diversity and Plurality in South Asia book series is published by Anthem Press and edited by Professor Nandini Gooptu. The series brings together publications in anthropology and sociology, alongside politics and international relations, exploring themes of both contemporary and historical relevance. It investigates the plurality of social groups, identities and ideologies, including within its remit not only interrogations of issues surrounding gender, caste, religion and region, but also political variations, and a variety of cultural ideas and expressions within South Asia.
Read more on Anthem Press website...
The New Diplomacy book series is published by Routledge and edited by Professor Corneliu Bjola and Professor Markus Kornprobst of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. The series aims to renew and advance research on international diplomacy, by publishing innovative accounts of how diplomats help steer international conduct between anarchy and hegemony, handle demands for international stability vs. international justice, facilitate transitions between international orders, and address global governance challenges.
Read more on the Routledge website...
The Refugee Studies Centre's Studies in Forced Migration book series is published by Berghahn Books and edited by Professors Roger Zetter and Dawn Chatty. The series reflects the multidisciplinary nature of the field and includes within its scope international law, anthropology, medicine, geopolitics, social psychology and economics.
Read more on Berghahn website...