The DPhil in International Development provides an opportunity for outstanding students to pursue in-depth multi- and interdisciplinary research, guided by leading scholars in the field, into processes of social, political and economic development and change in the global South. Academics at the Oxford Department of International Development (ODID) can offer supervision in a wide range of subjects, including economic growth and structural transformation, macroeconomics and public finance, changes within firms and households, poverty and inequality, insecurity and conflict, the history of social and political change, migration and refugees, global governance and the environment, children and human development, and technology and industrialisation. The department also has close connections with other departments and research centres across the University. As a DPhil student you will undertake your own original research project under the guidance of your supervisor, with whom you will typically meet at least two to three times a term. Assessment of progress will be made during these sessions with your supervisor and also in more formal viva voce meetings - for the Transfer of Status (usually at the end of the first year) and for Confirmation of Status (usually at the end of the third year). Graduates of the DPhil in International Development have a strong track record in developing academic careers in universities and research institutions across the world. Other former students have taken up positions in governments and major international institutions, including the World Bank and the UN organisation, such as UNCTAD and UNHCR, and in NGOs.