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.”
Hein de Haas, Co-Director of the International Migration Institute, has contributed a background paper to a key UK government report on human migration and global environmental change over the next 50 years.
The report, Migration and Global Environmental Change, was published on 20 October by Foresight, an organisation set up to help the Government think systematically about the future.
Hein's report for the project was entitled 'Mediterranean Migration Futures: Patterns, Drivers and Scenarios' and is due to be published in the journal Global Environmental Change.
A major finding of the Foresight report is that migration may not just be part of the 'problem' but can also be part of the solution to managing global environmental change, representing a form of adaptation and contributing to long-term resilience.
The report is the culmination of a two-year research project commissioned by Professor Sir John Beddington, Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government. The project involved over 350 experts from 30 countries from a diverse range of disciplines.