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.”
Aisha is a Gold Medalist graduate of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), where she completed her undergraduate degree in law. She also holds an LL.M degree from Harvard Law School, where she was awarded Dean's Scholar Prizes in Global Governance and Poverty, Law and Development as well as a Summer Academic Fellowship relating to the juridification of global politics in international development.
Aisha holds an MPhil in Development Studies (with distinction) as a Clarendon Scholar from the University of Oxford, where she won the Papiya Ghosh Thesis Prize. She is currently pursuing a DPhil in International Development as Green Templeton College's Sir David Watson DPhil Scholar.
Teaching Assistant, Core Course, MPhil Development Studies (University of Oxford, 2020-2021)
Teaching Assistant, Thesis Workshops, MPhil Development Studies (University of Oxford, 2020)
Adjunct Professor, "Law and the City: Governing an Urban Jungle" (self-designed elective, Shaikh Ahmad Hasan School of Law, LUMS, Fall 2018)
Adjunct Professor, Introduction to Legal Reasoning (Shaikh Ahmad Hasan School of Law, LUMS, Spring 2018)