Student interviews | Oxford Department of International Development

Student interviews

Find out how some of our students came to study with us, and what they have valued about the experience.

ODID and the community on my course have been invaluable in linking up the work on the ground with wider theoretical debates and ideas. It's a once in a lifetime chance to be immersed in this place and the kind of events that are available every single day.

Amos Schonfield - MSc in Migration Studies

So now I am doing research that could be considered closer to political science, but it is also rooted in history and sociology. Indeed, the opportunity to mix all these different perspectives is what makes the field of development studies unique.

Ignacio Schiappacasse, DPhil in International Development

Upon my return to Egypt, I spent days at the library in AUC reading about the history of Libya and realized that historical accounts of Libya’s past are quite scarce and mostly written by Italians about Italians in Libya and not about the Libyan people.

Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy, DPhil in International Development

As the son of diplomats, I have always been interested in the practice of diplomacy. As a student of mass media and communication studies, I was interested in how digital tools influence society and organizations.

Ilan Manor, DPhil in International Development

It was clear to me that the devastation caused by the cholera was so great because of factors situated far beyond the clinic.

Simukai Chigudu

Simukai Chigudu, DPhil in International Development

As a young person of Ethiopian origin born and raised in Toronto, I could very well have been a respondent in my own research.

Alpha Abebe, DPhil in International Development