Research projects

Find out about some of the ongoing research projects at the School. These may be core funded or externally funded, and range from extensive, long term collaborations requiring fieldwork and data analysis to more individual areas of work.

Past projects

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The Oxford Martin Programme on African Governance

Bringing together researchers from six Oxford departments to look at the current economic, social, and political governance challenges for sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in terms of decisio

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Cities that Work

Cities that Work is an International Growth Centre initiative that builds on work to translate economic research and practical insight into clear urban policy guidance.

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Learning under Conflict: Effects of political violence on the educational attainment of Palestinian students in the West Bank

This project aims to examine the causal effect of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the achievements of Palestinian high school students in their final exams that conclude the high school degree

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Strengthening Non-State Climate Action in the Global South (Climate South)

Understanding the contextual factors that shape the outcomes of transnational climate governance.

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Training for Productivity: An Experimental Evaluation of Civil Service Reform in Ghana

Improving the Ghanaian Civil Service’s productivity by designing, implementing, and evaluating novel individual and group-based training methods for bureaucrats.

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The history of UK public spending control 1993-2015

Investigating how, and how well, spending control worked.

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Building Integrity

Investigating integrity in public institutions

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Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development

The Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development addresses fragile and conflict situations globally – where countries are failing, or are at risk of failing, with respect to political auth

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Making UK Trade Work for Development Post-Brexit

This project will bring together: leading academics on trade and development; leading UK businesses that import from developing countries; NGOs working in fairtrade and ethical sourcing, and govern