Impact & public engagement Our findings help shape and inform policy, practice and public understanding in the world beyond academia Photo: John Cairns Breadcrumb Home Research Impact & public engagement Impact Case Study 04 January 2024 Informing legislative change to prohibit child marriage in Peru In Peru, longitudinal evidence and policy influencing by Young Lives have directly informed legislative change to prohibit and eliminate marriage with minors under the age of 18. READ MORE Impact Case Study 05 October 2022 Shining a light on 'under the radar' innovation in low income countries Research has highlighted how businesses in low-income countries innovate to survive and grow, despite constraints. READ MORE Impact Case Study 22 November 2021 Promoting understanding of humanitarian nutrition and shelter Engagement work by Associate Professor Tom Scott-Smith has helped enrich understanding of the complexities of emergency refugee accommodation and humanitarian nutrition. READ MORE Impact Case Study 25 August 2021 Understanding India’s emerging ‘rurbans’ Research led by Dr Indrajit Roy has explored the lives of internal migrants in India, shedding light on their motives for migrating and examining their social and political rights as they move around the country. READ MORE Impact Case Study 25 August 2021 Informing policy on early childhood education in Ethiopia Young Lives advised on the roll-out of a new ‘zero grade’ before the start of primary school in Ethiopia, providing evidence on both supply- and demand-side constraints on good-quality early childhood development. READ MORE Impact Case Study 06 April 2021 Advising on the use of digital diplomacy ODID researchers have advised diplomats and foreign ministry officials on how to optimise their use of digital diplomacy. READ MORE Impact Case Study 01 November 2017 Influencing policy on early marriage in India Young Lives supported state-level approaches to early marriage and the development of sexual and reproductive health care policies in India. READ MORE Impact Case Study 01 November 2017 Helping job seekers in Ethiopia Research exploring the effects of two interventions to help young urban-dwellers find jobs is impacting policy in Ethiopia. READ MORE Impact Case Study 01 November 2017 Improving the work of labour courts in Mexico Research by Professor Chris Woodruff and colleagues is helping to improve the functioning of the Mexico City Labour Court. READ MORE Impact Case Study 28 March 2017 Teaching maths using real world data Young Lives have worked with Oxfam to produce an engaging new resource for UK schoolchildren. READ MORE Impact Case Study 18 October 2016 Teaming research and theatre to create dialogues on migration A series of immersive performances aim to open a dialogue with audiences on what it is to be a migrant. READ MORE Impact Case Study 11 August 2016 Refugee economies in Uganda: creating new market-based opportunities Drawing on research in Uganda and seeking to explore the economic lives of refugees, the report Refugee Economies: Rethinking Popular Assumptions was launched on World Refugee Day 2014. READ MORE Impact Case Study 11 August 2016 Survival migration: refugee or voluntary migrant? There are few more challenging questions in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies than where and how we draw the line between ‘refugee’ and ‘voluntary migrant’. READ MORE Impact Case Study 06 July 2016 Broadening the global understanding of poverty Research by OPHI has contributed to a growing number of international and regional agencies adding a multidimensional perspective to their view of and their work on poverty. READ MORE Impact Case Study 23 June 2016 Refugee youth: agency and aspiration Today, the notion of agency among refugee youth is almost taken for granted but this attitudinal shift and its consequent impact on policy and practice have only recently come about. READ MORE Impact Case Study 21 June 2016 Supporting police reform in Nigeria Research by Oliver Owen is providing evidence for change in the Nigerian Police Force. READ MORE Impact Case Study 21 June 2016 Informing Nigerian policy towards Boko Haram Research carried out by the Nigeria Research Network at ODID is helping to shape a new policy approach to the Islamist insurgency in northern Nigeria. READ MORE Impact Case Study 26 May 2016 From a global measure to South-South collaboration on poverty measurement The Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network allows policy makers to share experiences and build their collective knowledge on non-monetary measures of deprivation. READ MORE Impact Case Study 17 May 2016 Artweeks 2016: a vivid portrait of ODID research in action In May 2016, the department took its research to the public in a visually engaging way with an exhibition of fieldwork photos titled ‘Global Engagement’ as part of Oxfordshire Artweeks. READ MORE
Impact Case Study 04 January 2024 Informing legislative change to prohibit child marriage in Peru In Peru, longitudinal evidence and policy influencing by Young Lives have directly informed legislative change to prohibit and eliminate marriage with minors under the age of 18. READ MORE
Impact Case Study 05 October 2022 Shining a light on 'under the radar' innovation in low income countries Research has highlighted how businesses in low-income countries innovate to survive and grow, despite constraints. READ MORE
Impact Case Study 22 November 2021 Promoting understanding of humanitarian nutrition and shelter Engagement work by Associate Professor Tom Scott-Smith has helped enrich understanding of the complexities of emergency refugee accommodation and humanitarian nutrition. READ MORE
Impact Case Study 25 August 2021 Understanding India’s emerging ‘rurbans’ Research led by Dr Indrajit Roy has explored the lives of internal migrants in India, shedding light on their motives for migrating and examining their social and political rights as they move around the country. READ MORE
Impact Case Study 25 August 2021 Informing policy on early childhood education in Ethiopia Young Lives advised on the roll-out of a new ‘zero grade’ before the start of primary school in Ethiopia, providing evidence on both supply- and demand-side constraints on good-quality early childhood development. READ MORE
Impact Case Study 06 April 2021 Advising on the use of digital diplomacy ODID researchers have advised diplomats and foreign ministry officials on how to optimise their use of digital diplomacy. READ MORE
Impact Case Study 01 November 2017 Influencing policy on early marriage in India Young Lives supported state-level approaches to early marriage and the development of sexual and reproductive health care policies in India. READ MORE
Impact Case Study 01 November 2017 Helping job seekers in Ethiopia Research exploring the effects of two interventions to help young urban-dwellers find jobs is impacting policy in Ethiopia. READ MORE
Impact Case Study 01 November 2017 Improving the work of labour courts in Mexico Research by Professor Chris Woodruff and colleagues is helping to improve the functioning of the Mexico City Labour Court. READ MORE
Impact Case Study 28 March 2017 Teaching maths using real world data Young Lives have worked with Oxfam to produce an engaging new resource for UK schoolchildren. READ MORE
Impact Case Study 18 October 2016 Teaming research and theatre to create dialogues on migration A series of immersive performances aim to open a dialogue with audiences on what it is to be a migrant. READ MORE
Impact Case Study 11 August 2016 Refugee economies in Uganda: creating new market-based opportunities Drawing on research in Uganda and seeking to explore the economic lives of refugees, the report Refugee Economies: Rethinking Popular Assumptions was launched on World Refugee Day 2014. READ MORE
Impact Case Study 11 August 2016 Survival migration: refugee or voluntary migrant? There are few more challenging questions in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies than where and how we draw the line between ‘refugee’ and ‘voluntary migrant’. READ MORE
Impact Case Study 06 July 2016 Broadening the global understanding of poverty Research by OPHI has contributed to a growing number of international and regional agencies adding a multidimensional perspective to their view of and their work on poverty. READ MORE
Impact Case Study 23 June 2016 Refugee youth: agency and aspiration Today, the notion of agency among refugee youth is almost taken for granted but this attitudinal shift and its consequent impact on policy and practice have only recently come about. READ MORE
Impact Case Study 21 June 2016 Supporting police reform in Nigeria Research by Oliver Owen is providing evidence for change in the Nigerian Police Force. READ MORE
Impact Case Study 21 June 2016 Informing Nigerian policy towards Boko Haram Research carried out by the Nigeria Research Network at ODID is helping to shape a new policy approach to the Islamist insurgency in northern Nigeria. READ MORE
Impact Case Study 26 May 2016 From a global measure to South-South collaboration on poverty measurement The Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network allows policy makers to share experiences and build their collective knowledge on non-monetary measures of deprivation. READ MORE
Impact Case Study 17 May 2016 Artweeks 2016: a vivid portrait of ODID research in action In May 2016, the department took its research to the public in a visually engaging way with an exhibition of fieldwork photos titled ‘Global Engagement’ as part of Oxfordshire Artweeks. READ MORE