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Conor Walsh

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Conor Walsh is an MPhil Political Theory student at the DPIR. Prior to studying at Oxford, Conor attended University College London where he graduated with first-class honours in BSc Philosophy, Politics and Economics with Social Data Science.

Many congratulations – Professor of Political Science wins top award for research on roots and configurations of global climate politics

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David N. Lyon Lecture 2024

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In light of the UK government’s recent commitment to a “full, trans-inclusive ban on conversion practices”, this year the David N. Lyon lecture will bring together an esteemed panel who will discuss the topic from both a national and global perspective.

Our panel, chaired by Professor Tim Soutphommasane, Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Oxford, will speak on “Banning LGBTQ+ Conversion Practices; UK and Global Perspectives”

Samu/elle Striewski

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Elle (short for Samu/elle) Striewski is an incoming DPhil student in Political Theory at the Department of Politics and International Relations. Their doctoral studies are generously funded by the Rhodes Scholarship and the David N. Lyon Scholarship in Politics, awarded by Oriel College to support research into ‘the politics of sex and gender identities in diverse societies’.

Scott Williamson publishes new paper in Science on defining democracy

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Unidimensional Underpinnings of Multidimensional Counting Measures

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Traditional unidimensional measures aggregate information at the individual level then gauge poverty in the distribution of a single variable using a poverty line and measurement methodology. This paper provides an intuitive parallel procedure for creating a multidimensional poverty measure from a distribution of aggregate attainments of persons in across dimensions.

Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2024: Poverty amid conflict

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The global MPI is an international comparable measure of acute multidimensional poverty across more than 100 countries in developing regions. Each year a thematic report is jointly produced by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative in ODID and the United Nations Development Programme exploring the data. In this seminar, Sabina Alkire will discuss the findings from this year’s report ‘Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2024: Poverty amid conflict’ which examines some of the ways in which poverty and conflict intersect and reflects on what this means for poverty reduction.