ODID Oxford November 2025 digest
Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2025. Overlapping Hardships: Poverty and Climate Hazards
The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2025 is now available online, produced by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). According to the report, nearly 80% of people living in multidimensional poverty – 887 million out of 1.1 billion globally – are exposed to climate hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, drought, or air pollution.
ODID blogs: COP and the UN
Ellie Duncan (Communications Officer, OPHI) writes on the latest global MPI report, which presents important new evidence on the experiences of multidimensionally poor people in relation to the climate crisis. Read the blog here
A new ODID blog: ‘Can Hurricane Melissa lead us to real change at COP30?’, by Carlos Alvarado Quesada (former president of Costa Rica, 2018-2022) and Sabina Alkire (Director, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative).
Professor Xiaolan Fu has written a new ODID blog on the 80th anniversary of the UN: Will the United Nations have another 80 years?
Online course on forced migration
Applications are open for the Oxford International Online School in Forced Migration, taking place 8-12 December 2025. This intensive online programme provides an opportunity for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers to:
• Engage with Oxford academics and international experts
• Examine the key debates in refugee and forced migration studies
• Connect with a diverse global classroom of peers
Further details and application information are available here.
Publications from ODID
- Bjola, Corneliu and Michaela Coplen (2025) The Ukrainian meme machine: digital diplomacy and ‘quantum humour’. European Journal of International Relations
- Bjola, Corneliu and Alicia Fjällhed (2025) Public diplomacy in the crossfire: decoding Ukraine’s ‘Strategic Self’ during wartime. International Affairs, iiaf179
- Achmad, Fandi (2025) Book review: Building Digital Technological Capabilities: A Global South Perspective. Journal of Development Studies
- Achmad, Fandi (2025) ASEAN under pressure: Export exposure and the implications of U.S. reciprocal tariffs. Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Indonesia (CSIS Commentaries)
A new book: Fixing Governance from Below: Why Short Route of Accountability Cannot Solve the Education Crisis (New York: Oxford University Press). Professor Masooda Bano calls for a fundamental shift in how we approach educational reform. Find out more
Media on refugees
- Catherine Briddick is quoted extensively in a new article in The Times about the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the Refugee Convention.
- Madison Bakewell, Vittorio Bruni and Olivier Sterck have a new article in The New Humanitarian: Why it’s a bad idea to triage refugee food aid when everyone’s hungry