South Sudan’s oil and water give it bargaining power – but will it benefit the people?
Robert Lipinski
- Can the past still shape the present? In my research I try to find some answers to this question by focusing my work on historical political economy. Specifically, for my thesis I investigate persistent impact of foreign media on authoritarian states, the lasting effects of resettlement policies, and legacies of border changes.
- Prior to joining DPIR, I've been involved in several projects pertaining to local governments and public administration management.
MEC & OSGA present - Women, Protests, Revolutions: Iran Uprising after Five Months.
Close to five months have passed since the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini in police custody sparked nation-wide protests in Iran. The women-led uprising has taken many twists and turns since. Although streets have been quieter in the past few weeks, the movement's reverberations continue strong.
The Politics of Exit: Emigration, Collective Action, and Agrarian Change in Mexico
(part of the TEL Program)
Digital Echoes: Understanding Patterns of Mass Violence with Data and Statistics
Data about mass violence can seem to offer insights into patterns: is violence getting better, or worse, over time? Is violence directed more against men or women? But in human rights data collection, we (usually) don’t know what we don’t know – and worse, what we don’t know is likely to be systematically different from what we do know.
Where next for ESG investing?’ a conversation with Baroness Morrissey DBE
‘After a tumultous year, where next for ESG investing?’ investor and diversity campaigner Baroness Helena Morrissey in conversation with Dr. Dyedra Morrissey Oxford SDG Lab Programme Manager
Baroness Morrissey DBE
financier, diversity campaigner, member of the House of Lords, author and mother of nine
The Sustainable Development Goals: A Perspective From Politics
Join us for a conversation with Lord McConnell, co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development, House of Lords, including q&a on priority areas for the implementation of the SDGs.
Lord (Jack) McConnell was First Minister of Scotland, 2001–07. He has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2010. He is a leading campagner on tackling global poverty and working for peace.
Lord (Jack) McConnell was First Minister of Scotland, 2001–07. He has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2010. He is a leading campagner on tackling global poverty and working for peace.
The Added Value of Local Democracy: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in India
We study the economic effects of local democracy, exploiting a natural experiment in Karnataka, India. The COVID-induced suspension of elections generated quasi-random variation in democratic rule, as villages whose elected leader completed their term in 2020 had bureaucrats appointed to govern them throughout the pandemic. We find that local democracy aligns spending more with citizen preferences, but is less responsive to the preferences of disadvantaged groups. Elected leaders are more responsive to citizen needs and cause local bureaucrats to exert more effort.
Cleopatra's Nose: Historical Contingency and Why it Matters
What do we mean when we characterise certain events, such as the collapse of the Soviet Union, or the spreading of a new mutation of COVID as necessary or inevitable? Conversely, what do we mean when judging these to be contingent, supposing they could have turned out differently (if only ...)? These familiar notions sound beguilingly unproblematic; indeed, they pervade common thinking about determinism and chance.