A recent ODID roundtable profiled uses of film and literature in research in ways that place culture in conversation with the social sciences, use it as a medium of academic communication, storytelling or knowledge production, or deploy it as evidence of political or social change. Read more.

OPHI Director Sabina Alkire was featured in the Guardian during a visit to Australia to argue for the introduction of a multidimensional poverty index for the country. Read more.

Corneliu Bjola was named Professor of Digital Diplomacy, the first ever professorship in this emerging field at any university in the world. Read more.

Loren Landau was interviewed on Newzroom Afrika about recent upsurges in anti-immigrant sentiment in the UK and South Africa. Watch the discussion.

Sabina Alkire and Jakob and Dirksen (2024) ‘Poverty in All its Dimensions according to National Definitions: A briefing on SDG Indicator 1.2.2’ OPHI Briefing No 58

Dina Azhgaliyeva, Jakob Dirksen, Upalat Korwatanasakul, Rohit Malpani, Katharina Lima de Miranda, Mahesti Okitasari, Dil Rahut, Ashish Sedai, Tetsushi Sonobe, Akio Takemoto (2024) Towards an Evidence-Base for the Just Transition, Recommendation to the G7, Think 7 Task Force 2 Policy Brief

Dawn Chatty (2024) ‘Refuge in the Levant and Eastern Mediterranean: Spaces of containment or places of choice?’, Journal of Refugee Studies IsDB and OPHI (2024) Exploring Multidimensional Poverty of Children across IsDB Member Countries, IsDB-OPHI Briefs No. 2

Ashwiny O Kistnareddy (2024) Refugee Afterlives: Home, Hauntings, and Hunger, Liverpool University Press

Muhammad Meki (2024) ‘Small Firm Investment under Uncertainty: The Role of Equity Finance’, ODID Working Paper No 213
Sophie von Russdorf, Laura Ahlborn, Alessandra Hidalgo-Arestegui, Gerald McQuade and Marta Favara (2024 ) A sound methodology: Measuring experiences of violent conflict through audio self-interviews, Economics Letters