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.”
ODID has its own working papers series reflecting the work in progress of members of the department. Our research groups also have individual series to allow rapid dissemination of their latest findings.
You can find out more about the research groups' working papers below:
You can also access working papers from the Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, which was based at ODID between 2003 and 2010:
You can access working papers from the International Migration Institute, which was based at ODID between 2006 and 2017, via the website of their new network:
The ODID Working Paper series was initiated in 1997 (and formerly known as the QEH Working Paper Series). Working papers are feely available to stimulate discussion among scholars worldwide and are also included in the RePEc database which is used by IDEAS (Internet Documents in Economics Access Service).
Please note - accessible versions of most ODID working papers are available on request. Please email communications@qeh.ox.ac.uk. We will endeavour to respond within 7 days.