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PhD Student Biagio Rosso selected for European Central Bank PhD Traineeship

12 January 2026

Following a competitive process including more than 200 applicants, Development Studies PhD student Biagio Rosso has been selected for a PhD Traineeship at the European Central Bank (ECB). This traineeship will include work on a macroeconomics research project/paper in DSGE & HANK modelling and sequence space solution...

Dr Ilias Alami Wins Book Prize

11 November 2025

The Centre of Development Studies is happy to announce that Dr Ilias Alami has won 2025's International Political Economy Working Group Book Prize for his co-authored work The Spectre of State Capitalism. Praising Dr Alami and Professor Adam D. Dixon's work, the prize committee stated 'this is an agenda-setting book across...

Dr Marthe Achtnich Publishes New Essay

25 September 2025

Dr Marthe Achtnich has published a new contribution for the American Ethnologist website, titled 'A Necroeconomy of Mobility'. It is part of a collection on 'Bordering and the War on Migration' and can be read here: https://americanethnologist.org/online-content/a-necroeconomy-of-mobilit...

Development Studies PhD Student Biagio Rosso Publishes New Article

28 July 2025

Titled ''Notes on inflationary news and the equity premium puzzle in a two-asset incomplete-markets model'', Development Studies PhD student Biagio Rosso's latest article has been published by The Economics Bulletin . Abstract: The paper develops a "Catch-22" model of optimal consumption and portfolio allocations in...

Dr Jostein Hauge Makes a Guest Appearance on the Sinica Podcast

13 June 2025

Development Studies MPhil Director Dr Jostein Hauge has made a guest appearance on the Sinica Podcast in which he discussed industrial policy in China, US-China trade relations, and growing Sinophobia. The Sinica Podcast publishes weekly episodes on Chinese current affairs. Previous guests include Adam Tooze and Jeremy...

Dr Jostein Hauge Publishes New Article

13 June 2025

New Political Economy has published an article by Development Studies MPhil Director Dr Jostein Hauge titled ' A progressive framework for green industrial policy '. Co-authored with Professor Jason Hickel, this article argues that 'existing frameworks for green industrial policy fail to address unsustainable growth in...

Dr Ilias Alami is the 2025 Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize Winner

4 June 2025

The Department of Politics and International Studies is delighted to announce the 2025 Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize for excellence in teaching has been awarded to Dr Ilias Alami . Each year, the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) awards a prize based on student feedback to the individual who has best...

CDS PhD Student Shidai Zhang Wins Elsevier Award

30 May 2025

Development Studies PhD student Shidai Zhang has won the Elsevier China Economic Review 2024 Best Paper Award for his work ‘One System, Two Shadows’: A local public finance perspective on China's shadow banking system . Shidai's paper, co-authored with Kellee Tsai, investigates the systemic financial risks posed by the...

Development Studies PhD Student Donari Yahzid Awarded Gates Scholarship

19 May 2025

Incoming Development Studies PhD Student Donari Yahzid is among the 95 outstanding scholars receiving a 2025 Gates scholarship. This scholarship will cover the full cost of Donari's studies, including university fees and maintenance. The Centre of Development Studies extends its heartiest congratulations to Donari for her...

Dr Jostein Hauge Gives Oxford Talk on 'The Global Battle for Industrial Supremacy'

15 May 2025

Development Studies MPhil Director Dr Jostein Hauge gave a talk this week at the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government. The talk was entitled “World of War: The Global Battle for Industrial Supremacy”. Dr Hauge shed light on increasing economic competition between China, the United States and the European...