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.”
Corneliu Bjola, Associate Professor of Diplomatic Studies at ODID, has been named the top scholar in digital diplomacy in 2016 by #SODD16, in one of a number of awards recognising ODID's digital diplomacy researchers.
#SODD16 is a review of the year 2016 and identification of its top performers carried out by Diplomacy.Live, a research hub that analyses the digital diplomacy sphere.
DPhil Ilan Manor was named blogger of the year and the Oxford Digital Diplomacy Research Group was named research group of the year.
Dr Bjola's article 'Digital diplomacy – the state of the art' in Global Affairs was named best academic article of the year.
Ilan's article 'Are we there yet: Have MFAs realized the potential of digital diplomacy?' in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy was named best review article.