Reintroducing the ODID blog! ODID have recently relaunched their departmental blog, as a platform to showcase our work, inform policy, explore collaboration and prompt debate around sustainable and equitable development. Read the latest posts and subscribe.

Young lives under pressure: The well-being and mental health of young people in low- and middle-income countries have been dramatically affected by the crises hitting the world according to new Young Lives research, and they are less confident about their futures for the first time in the 20-year study. Read more.

Unpacking deprivation bundles: The annual update of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index took place with a live online launch event for the report: Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2022: Unpacking deprivation bundles to reduce multidimensional poverty. Read more.

Supporting Indigenous rights: Professor Laura Rival has given testimony as an expert witness in a case against Ecuador over its treatment of Indigenous people living in ‘voluntary isolation’, in a case that could set significant legal precedent. Read more.

New website documents repression: A newly launched website brings together a rich variety of resources relating to Operation Condor, a transnational campaign of state terror against political activists in Latin America in the 1970s, in an initiative of Departmental Lecturer Francesca Lessa. Read more.