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Oxford Department of International Development OXFORD DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ANNUAL REPORT 2019 RESEARCH 1 CONTENTS THE CHALLENGE n 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. 3 n International action to reduce poverty, inequality, and vulnerability of FROM THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT people and nations must be based on critical yet rigorous knowledge. STUDY 4 n Universities have a special duty to create and share this. WHAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE RESEARCH 10 n The seven postgraduate programmes and five specialised research 18 groups of the Oxford Department of International Development give IMPACT AND ENGAGEMENT us unequalled depth of scholarship in key themes of this enquiry. EVENTS 24 n 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 PUBLICATIONS 30 a critical standpoint. 38 n Oxford’s engagement with international development is based on the PEOPLE quality of our scholarly research and postgraduate research training, which in turn influences both the global epistemic community and contested policy agendas. n Our interdisciplinary approach has strong roots in Oxford faculties (economics, politics and international relations, anthropology, population health, sociology, history, law, geography, management, and area studies) and multidisciplinary graduate colleges. OUR OBJECTIVES n 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. n 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. n Endowment of scholarships, with a particular focus on enabling students from countries in the global South to read for our degrees. Anders Moller, MPhil in Development Studies 2014-16 Studies MPhil in Development Moller, Anders 2 OXFORD DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | ANNUAL REPORT 2019 3 FROM THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT WELCOME TO THE 2019 ODID REPORT This is the third annual report I have been pushing hard to bring their current had the pleasure to introduce, but it is research to fruition and inevitably the also the last before I pass on the role of jargon of ‘outputs’, ‘impact’, ‘eligibility’ Head of Department to my colleague, and ‘environment statements’ has Professor Diego Sánchez-Ancochea. started to season our conversations. Preparing my handover notes in the But at the same time we are investing last couple of weeks, I have been heavily in new research and new ideas sorting through the small mountain of and it has been exciting to see so many papers and files that chronicle my time research grants and renewals coming as Head of Department. They make through in the course of the year. fascinating reading. Whether it is the On the teaching side, we continue to reviews of fellowship and research grant attract the finest students from across applications (and the numerous letters the world and, I believe, provide them of congratulation to those who have with the graduate training to match. I been successful), the drafts of opening would like to thank all of my colleagues remarks for our many public lectures, involved in our teaching programme – the letters of welcome to visitors and course directors, lecturers, supervisors, affiliates, the reports on colleagues’ teaching assistants and our team sabbatical leave, or even just the ‘notes- of course administrators – for their to-self’ on my regular meetings with matters are quiet – we are still here, fantastic commitment to what continues but the building has been sold, the colleagues and students, this mini- to be one of the best International archive never fails to remind me of the proceeds invested with the University, Development programmes anywhere in and our tenancy has been secured remarkable energy that flows through the world. the ODID community. This report through to 2033, if required. There has been progress, however. A new home provides only a brief snapshot of our It has also been the year in which we for ODID is now firmly established as activities over the last year but I hope it saw our first social enterprise ‘spin-out’ one of the division’s priority strategic also give you a sense of the excitement take off, with the launch of sOPHIa, an projects and, as I write, we are awaiting and intellectual engagement that makes innovative not-for-profit organisation the outcome of an exciting new us tick. designed to bring the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative’s architectural competition which may Some of us got a sense of this energy path-breaking work on poverty offer us a possible future site. Whether in June during the Vice Chancellor’s visit measurement into the world of this works for us is not yet clear, but we to the department, for which we laid international business. In conjunction are hopeful. on a set of fascinating research ‘flash with Oxford University Innovation In closing, and as we prepare for a talks’ (it really is impressive what can (OUI), sOPHIa has established offices in new cohort of students in October, be conveyed in four minutes!). The Vice Oxford and in Boston, Massachusetts, let me say farewell to our graduating Chancellor admitted to being unaware and has already begun work in a number students – most especially the of the full breadth and relevance of the of companies in Central America. You remarkably large number of DPhils work we do here in ODID and, thus can read about sOPHIa on p 14. And as who have successfully graduated this encouraged, we are hoping to launch a I write, Professor Xiaolan Fu, Director year – and to our colleagues who have series of web-based video talks in the of the Technology and Management left the department. I wish all of you course of the coming year to take our Centre for Development, is also working well. Let me also add, on a personal research to a wider audience. Please look with OUI to bring her methodology on note, my sincere thanks to my friends out for them! early-stage valuation of tech companies and co-workers in the department in the global South to market. ‘Flash talks’ aside, this year has been for their support and encouragement one of both consolidation and progress. And finally, an update on an issue I over the past three years: it has been On the research side, with REF2021 mentioned last year, namely our future a great pleasure to serve as Head of beginning to loom large, colleagues have in our current home. On the surface, Department. Professor Christopher Adam 31 July 2019 Frances Cossar, DPhil in International Development DPhil in International Cossar, Frances 4 OXFORD DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | ANNUAL REPORT 2019 STUDY 5 266 OUR COURSES STUDY students DOCTORAL STUDY The DPhil in International Development specialisms, with notable strengths in of ways: through funding to meet their provides an opportunity for outstanding Africa, Asia, and Latin America. needs at various stages of their research; students to pursue in-depth research into Our research groups also provide a rich via a dedicated study area, the Loft, which processes of social, political, and economic source of data and case-study material. provides a friendly and welcoming space development and change in the global For Migration Studies, our students for peer support and networking; and South. The new DPhil in Migration Studies benefit from the involvement of two by providing dedicated guidance from 7 offers students the chance to focus on renowned research centres: the Refugee the Director of Doctoral Research, who degree a specific and important contemporary Studies Centre (RSC) at ODID and the is available for student assistance and challenge facing the world. Centre on Migration, Policy and Society consultation. courses (COMPAS) at the School of Anthropology Our DPhil students are able to draw on For the first time we are also now offering and Museum Ethnography. the expertise of scholars in a wide variety students the chance to undertake doctoral of disciplines and a range of regional We support our students in a variety study on a part-time basis. Students The following DPhil students completed* their doctoral work during 2018/19 Geraldine Adiku Agricultural development, Alexandra Panman from Wolfson mechanisation, and rental markets: St John’s The remittance debate reconsidered: theory and empirics from Ghana Urban lives and urban legends: 55 interrogating transnational Evan Easton-Calabria re-examining the slum in countries transfers between Ghanaian Linacre Dar es Salaam, Tanzania migrants in the United Kingdom Subjects of self-reliance: a critical Caitlin Procter and their relatives in Ghana history of refugees and development St Antony’s Olanshile Akintola Santiago Izquierdo Tort Claiming the state: the everyday Jesus St Cross lives of Palestinian refugee Beyond greed and grievance: Payments, ecosystems and youth in East Jerusalem 83% understanding the multi-causal development: payments for Felipe Roa-Clavijo students factors of the Niger Delta conflicts environmental services (PES) in the St Antony’s Hani Awad Mexican Lacandona rainforest Rethinking rural development, food from outside Hertford Paul Kellner and agriculture in Colombia: Lodewijk Van Dycke, MPhil in Development Studies 2017-19 Studies MPhil in Development Dycke, Van Lodewijk the UK ‘Forgotten as history’: space and Green Templeton examination of competing narratives politics in the Cairo peri-urban fringe ‘...Jalanan are also the nation’s during the agrarian strikes and Nora Bardelli children...’: street-associated youth negotiations 2013-2016 The department offers two doctoral Migration Studies, on other doctoral Lincoln identities in Yogyakarta, Indonesia Emilio Travieso programmes, a two-year MPhil programmes in Oxford, and ‘The refugee’ reproduced, negotiated, Chloe Lewis Campion Hall course, and four nine-month MSc elsewhere in the world.
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