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Oxford Department of International Development OXFORD DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2015 THE CHALLENGE • Two-thirds of humankind live in developing countries, where most of the world’s worst deprivation is located. Understanding these societies is of central importance to any enquiry into the human condition. • International action to reduce poverty, inequality and vulnerability of people and nations must be based on critical yet rigorous knowledge. Universities have a special duty to create and share this. WHAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE •The six postgraduate programmes and six specialised research groups of the Oxford Department of International Development give us unequalled depth of scholarship in key themes of this enquiry. • We specialise in academic research and research training, drawing on a worldwide network of partners. We are not constrained by aid agency agendas, and thus can explore new and old problems from a critical standpoint. • Oxford’s engagement with international development is based on the quality of our scholarly research and postgraduate research training, which in turn influences both the global epistemic community and contested policy agendas. • Our interdisciplinary approach has strong roots in Oxford faculties (economics, politics, international relations, anthropology, population health, sociology, history, law, geography, management and area studies) and multidisciplinary graduate colleges. OUR OBJECTIVES • Influencing the theory, analysis and practice of development worldwide to the benefit of disadvantaged people and countries; supporting international networks and local institutions involved in this endeavour. • Worldwide attraction of the best postgraduate students; recruitment of outstanding scholars to faculty; adding to our network of leading development research institutions; bringing key visitors to Oxford. • Endowment of scholarships, with a particular focus on enabling students from countries in the global South to read for our degrees. CONTENTS FROM THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT 2 TEACHING 3 CAREERS 13 RESEARCH 15 REGIONAL SPECIALISMS 38 KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND RESEARCH IMPACT 45 PUBLICATIONS 51 PEOPLE 57 A courtyard close to the Pool of Sacred Fish and Urfa castle, Turkey Credit: John Edwards, MPhil in Development Studies 2013–15 1 OXFORD DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2015 Shuttling from Rabat to Salé, Morocco Credit: Paul-Anthony Delor, MPhil in Development Studies 2013–15 2 FROM THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT Early in the 2014–15 academic year, we received the work advising the Bank of Uganda and Ugandan news that our department had ranked at the top in Finance Ministry on public investment strategies the country in the Research Excellence Framework in anticipation of the development of the country’s (REF), a national exercise conducted by the Higher oil sector. Education Funding Council UK to assess the quality We continue to attract students of the highest of research in higher education institutions. We calibre and devote our best efforts to supporting are particularly pleased to have maintained the top them. Applications to the department continued ranking we achieved in the previous similar exercise, to rise, and 40 per cent of ODID students won the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), in 2008. various scholarships and grants, testifying to In the REF, ODID was judged to be the leading their academic excellence. Eight of our students international development department in terms won highly competitive Overseas Development of both the quality of its research activity and the Institute (ODI) Fellowships after completing their volume of its world-leading work. ODID also made degree here. Capitalising on our robust financial the biggest submission to the REF in international position, the department dedicated over £600,000 development, with 47 members of staff entered. to supporting students with funding for various We have not rested on our laurels, however, purposes and we continue to make appointments and we continue to strive to achieve the highest to strengthen our teaching provision. John standard in all areas of our work. As usual, a large Gledhill was appointed Associate Professor number of publications appeared this year, with and Stefano Caria joined us as Departmental our colleagues Kirsten McConnachie, Indrajit Roy, Lecturer in 2014–15, while Tom Scott-Smith and Hein de Haas and Marie-Laurence Flahaux receiving Mathias Czaika have been appointed as Associate prizes. Dawn Chatty was elected as a Fellow of Professors from 2015–16, and Tristen Naylor, the British Academy in recognition of her track Will Jones, Donna Harris and Gunvor Jónsson record of outstanding research. Our Early Career as Departmental Lecturers. The high quality of Nandini Gooptu Researchers remain a particularly strong source of our teaching has been recognised by University with novelist Amitav academic dynamism. We derive much satisfaction Teaching Excellence Awards for Cathryn Ghosh, who delivered the 2015 Olof Palme in supporting their career development and Costello and Evelyn Ersanilli, with the latter also Lecture titled ‘The mobility, and take great pride in their achievement being nominated by her students for an Oxford Earth as Literary in progressing to prestigious academic and other University Student Union (OUSU) teaching Critic: Climate Change and the appointments elsewhere (see p 59). award. Students also nominated Gary Jones, our Limits of Imagination’ much-loved caretaker, for an OUSU award for his on 20 March Our external research funding remains strong, Credit: Keith Barnes outstanding support to students. To maintain our with £3.67 million in income this year. The close association with our past students, this year impact of our research on sectors outside we have launched a new alumni magazine, Oxford academia and our knowledge exchange activities Development Matters. continued to be important and received external recognition. For the second year in a row, a member We bid farewell this year to Stefan Dercon and of ODID won a prize for impact, annually awarded Hein de Haas, who are taking up Chairs at by the Economic and Social Research (ESRC). Oxford’s Economics Department/Blavatnik School ODID was the only department in the country to of Government and at Amsterdam University, have achieved this distinction. This year, Oliver respectively, and to Denise Watt, who is retiring Owen’s prize was in the ‘Outstanding Early Career after more than 30 years of highly valued service Impact’ category. Our knowledge exchange spans in the department, most notably as Assistant to the a variety of fields, ranging from research on Boko Head of Department, in which role I owe immense Haram by Raufu Mustapha that shaped Nigerian personal gratitude to her. government policy, to research data on child I would like to take this opportunity to express poverty in the global South being used by Young my sincere appreciation to my colleagues in the Lives to produce mathematics Key Stage 2 and 3 department, as well as our stellar students and our resources for UK schools in collaboration with global network of collaborators, for making ODID Oxfam, to our research centres on migration not only a place of excellence but also a creative, (IMI) and forced migration (RSC) contributing inspiring and supportive community. to critical national and international debates on refugees and migration crises, to Chris Adam’s Nandini Gooptu TEACHING The department offers six postgraduate courses – a DPhil, an MPhil and four MSc programmes – which attract students of exceptionally high calibre from all regions of the world. At the entrance to the department Credit: Keith Barnes TEACHING 4 At the start of the 2014–15 academic year, we At present around 40 per cent of our entrants have had just over 280 students. These included around full or partial scholarships, and we are working 100 DPhil candidates, many of whom enter the hard to increase this proportion. As a department, programme from our MPhil or MSc courses, we are investing around £600,000 a year in student which provide an excellent foundation for support from our own funds. research. All teaching on our courses is research-based, drawing on the specialist fields of staff and often Applicants per place 2014 on the results of ongoing research. We offer small Course Places Applications Arrivals Applicants class sizes and individual supervision, and all per place students undertake original research projects and DPhil International 15 188 22 12:1 research methods training. Those on the DPhil Development and MPhil receive fieldwork training as well. MPhil Development 30 175 30 6:1 Studies Competition for the available places each year MSc Economics for 30 178 25 7:1 is intense, as the table (opposite) shows. This Development is despite the fact that our entry standards are MSc Global Governance 25 260 42 10:1 and Diplomacy among the highest at Oxford, with most successful MSc Migration Studies 26 72 32 3:1 entrants having the equivalent of a first-class MSc Refugee and Forced 25 112 26 4:1 degree at a UK research university or a 3.8 CGPA Migration Studies at a good US university. TOTALS 151 985 177 7:1 Demand for our courses continues to rise, reflecting not only the high quality of teaching but also the unique Oxford approach to development Scholarships for new students 2014–15 studies – research driven with strong disciplinary foundations – and the excellent international Scholarship Students Funded career opportunities open to alumni. Applicants Departmental 6 Scholarships are also attracted
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