Combatting Extremism in Sub-Saharan Africa

In our panel discussion in collaboration with Right for Education (R:Ed) Oxford, our Africa Events Officers engage in conversation on the nature of extremism within Sub-Saharan Africa with experts Dr.…

India’s COVID-19 Crisis

‘Spotlight on the Shadow’ is a series on the untold impacts of COVID-19 on violence against women and girls. At the current moment, India is facing one of the most…

Outsourcing Asylum

‘Outsourcing’ asylum is a broad term that covers various strategies employed by wealthy countries which aim to limit the amount of migrants that reach them. But how legal is it?…

Foreign Intervention in Africa Panel

Is foreign intervention an aid or a hindrance? In this panel, a wide range of domestic and international development experts discuss issues ranging from NGOs to industrialisation to China. We…

Child Marriage in Bangladesh

‘Spotlight on the Shadow’ is a new series on the untold impacts of COVID-19 on violence against women and girls. Bangladesh is one of the many countries struggling with the…

Voluntourism: Gaining More Than You Give

Volunteering tourism – “voluntourism” – might be a popular choice among some gap year students, but could it be doing more harm than good?  Based on an interview with Jasper…

Modern China-Africa Relations with Lauren Johnston

Jess Wallis (Middle East Events Officer, OxSID) animates the work of Lauren Johnston (research associate, China Institute, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London) based on an…

The COVID-19 Response in South Korea

OxSID’s Michelle Cho documents her journey back to South Korea, exploring how the government has managed to run such a successful containment strategy whilst maintaining transparency and civil liberties.

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