Monday 10 October 2016 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - An Introduction to Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative
  Lunch Provided
  Professor Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford)
  Archive: Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Lunchtime Seminar Series

Monday 31 October 2016 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - The Research agenda on multidimensional poverty: important and as-yet unanswered questions
  Lunch Provided
  Professor Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford)
  Archive: Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Lunchtime Seminar Series

Monday 23 October 2017 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) and other global indices
  A sandwich lunch is available on a first come, first served basis.
  Professor Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford)
  Archive: Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Lunchtime Seminar Series

Friday 24 November 2017 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Research for Action: A Conversation with Jean Drèze
  Lunch provided; Copies of Prof Jean Drèze's new book 'Sense and Solidarity: Jholawala Economics for Everyone' will be available for purchase at £9.00 each.
  Prof Jean Drèze (Delhi School of Economics), Professor Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford), Prof Matthew McCartney (University of Oxford)

Monday 15 January 2018 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Understanding the Differences between the MPI and MODA
  A sandwich lunch is available on a first come, first served basis.
  Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
  Professor Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford)
  Archive: Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Lunchtime Seminar Series

Thursday 31 May 2018 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:00 - SDGs and multidimensional poverty measurement: methodology and data challenges
  Professor Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford)
  Leave No One Behind – Sustainable Development Goals, Ageing and Global Development

Monday 16 July 2018 (13th Week, Trinity Term)

• 09:00 - Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative - Summer School 2018
  A demonstrable knowledge of Stata is an essential pre-requisite for attending the course. Every attendant to the Summer School will need to have Stata 10 or higher installed on their laptop. The software will not be provided by the Summer School.
  Professor Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford), Dr Usha Kanagaratnam (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative), Dr Bilal Malaeb (Institute of Global Affairs, London School of Economics and Political Science), Dr Christian Oldiges (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative), Dr Ana Vaz (University of Oxford), Dr Nicolai Suppa (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative), Dr Ricardo Nogales (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative)

Monday 8 October 2018 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - The New Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
  A sandwich lunch is available on a first come, first served basis.
  Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
  Professor Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford), Dr Usha Kanagaratnam (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative)
  Archive: Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Lunchtime Seminar Series

Monday 15 October 2018 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Multidimensional poverty reduction in India: changes over time
  A sandwich lunch is available on a first come, first served basis.
  Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
  Professor Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford)
  Archive: Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Lunchtime Seminar Series

Monday 4 February 2019 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Child poverty in South Asia
  A sandwich lunch is available on a first come, first served basis.
  Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
  Professor Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford)
  Archive: Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Lunchtime Seminar Series

Friday 1 November 2019 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - The role of inequality in poverty measurement
  Professor Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 18 May 2020 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:00 - How Covid-19 Will Affect the Global Poor
  Professor Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford)
  Oxford Development

Monday 11 October 2021 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021 - Unmasking Disparities: Ethnicity, Race, and Gender
  Professor Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford), Heriberto Tapia (UNDP HDRO), Yanchun Zhang (UNDP HDRO), Sophie Scharlin-Pettee (University of Oxford)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 18 October 2021 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - On Data Availability for Assessing Monetary and Multidimensional Poverty
  Change of topic for this session. The original session is postponed.
  Professor Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford), Yanchun Zhang (UNDP HDRO), Heriberto Tapia (UNDP HDRO)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Friday 10 June 2022 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - 'The Unremembered Nation-Bhutan' by Karma Ura
  Dasho Karma Ura (President of the Center for Bhutan Studies & Gross National Happiness), Professor Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford), Dinah Rose (University of Oxford), Sir Simon Bowes Lyon KCVO (President of The Bhutan Society of the United Kingdom)

Friday 24 November 2017 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Research for Action: A Conversation with Jean Drèze
  Lunch provided; Copies of Prof Jean Drèze's new book 'Sense and Solidarity: Jholawala Economics for Everyone' will be available for purchase at £9.00 each.
  Prof Jean Drèze (Delhi School of Economics), Professor Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford), Prof Matthew McCartney (University of Oxford)

Monday 19 March 2018 (10th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Child poverty, public expenditure, and social policy in South Asia
  Dr Abdul Alim (UNICEF)

Tuesday 8 January 2019 (0th Week, Hilary Term)

• 09:00 - International Society for Bhutan Studies (ISBS) Inaugural Conference
  Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
  TBA

Wednesday 9 January 2019 (0th Week, Hilary Term)

• 15:00 - The First Ten Years of Democracy: Reflections from Bhutan
  Dasho Tshering Tobgay (Former Prime Minister of Bhutan)
• 17:00 - Development with Integrity: Bhutan’s development and its Gross National Happiness Index
  Dasho Karma Ura (President of the Center for Bhutan Studies & Gross National Happiness)

Thursday 22 April 2021 (0th Week, Trinity Term)

• 22:00 - Peace in the Age of Chaos: The Best Solution for a Sustainable Future
  Steve Killelea (Institute for Economics and Peace)

Monday 25 October 2021 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - Measuring the Statistical Capacity of Nations
  Professor James Foster (Georges Washington University)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 28 February 2022 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:00 - Multidimensional Poverty in Brazil in the Early 21st Century. Evidence from the Demographic Census
  Adriana Stankiewicz Serra (University of Campinas)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 18 January 2017 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Lecture by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen
  Professor Amartya Sen (Harvard University)

Monday 18 January 2021 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

• 15:00 - Sensitivity analyses in poverty measurement: The case of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index
  Dr Nicolai Suppa (OPHI, CED)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 25 January 2021 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 15:00 - Changes over time in the global Multidimensional Poverty Index
  Professor Sabina Alkire (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 1 February 2021 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 15:00 - Moderate internationally comparable MPI
  Dr Elina Scheja (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 8 February 2021 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 15:00 - Multidimensional Poverty Indices and Children: Four Measurement Strategies
  Mr Jakob Dirksen (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 15 February 2021 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 15:00 - Multidimensional Deprivation Index: an experimental measure for European developed countries
  Dr Cecilia Calderon (UNDP Human Development Report Office)

Monday 22 February 2021 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 15:00 - Analysing Individual Deprivations alongside Household Poverty: Possibilities for Gendered, Intrahousehold, and Multidimensional Analyses
  The topic of this event has changed
  Dr Rizwan ul Haq (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 1 March 2021 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 15:00 - Inequality among the multidimensionally poor in over 100 countries
  Dr Maria Emma Santos (OPHI, CONICET)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 8 March 2021 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 15:00 - Growth elasticity of multidimensional poverty in India between 2005/06 and 2015/16
  Dr Suman Seth (University of Leeds)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 19 April 2021 (0th Week, Trinity Term)

• 15:00 - Horizontal and Intersecting Wealth Inequalities in Mozambique – 1997 to 2017
  Dr Ricardo Santos (UNU-WIDER)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Thursday 22 April 2021 (0th Week, Trinity Term)

• 22:00 - Peace in the Age of Chaos: The Best Solution for a Sustainable Future
  Steve Killelea (Institute for Economics and Peace)

Monday 26 April 2021 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

• 15:00 - The Policy and Advocacy Use of Multidimensional Poverty Measures
  David Stewart (UNICEF), Sólrún (Sola) Engilbertsdóttir (UNICEF)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 3 May 2021 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

• 15:00 - The Impact of the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) programme on multidimensional poverty of refugees in Turkey
  Nils Grede (World Food Programme)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 10 May 2021 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

• 15:00 - A Multi-Country Analysis of Multidimensional Poverty in Contexts of Forced Displacement
  Dr. Yeshwas Admasu Bogale (The World Bank)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 17 May 2021 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

• 15:00 - Who is Being Left Behind? Closing the Horizontal Inequality Gap
  Professor Sabina Alkire (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative), Miss Fanni Kovesdi (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative), Dr Rachel Gisselquist (UNU-WIDER), Maren Andrea Jimenez (UN-DESA)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 24 May 2021 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 15:00 - Using multidimensional poverty and vulnerability indices to inform equitable policies and interventions in health emergencies
  Dr. NILUKA WIJEKOON KANNANGARAGE (WHO), Juan Daniel Oviedo (DANE Colombia)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 11 October 2021 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021 - Unmasking Disparities: Ethnicity, Race, and Gender
  Professor Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford), Heriberto Tapia (UNDP HDRO), Yanchun Zhang (UNDP HDRO), Sophie Scharlin-Pettee (University of Oxford)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 18 October 2021 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - On Data Availability for Assessing Monetary and Multidimensional Poverty
  Change of topic for this session. The original session is postponed.
  Professor Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford), Yanchun Zhang (UNDP HDRO), Heriberto Tapia (UNDP HDRO)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 25 October 2021 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - Measuring the Statistical Capacity of Nations
  Professor James Foster (Georges Washington University)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 8 November 2021 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - Social Protection and Multidimensional Poverty
  Dr Liyousew Borga (University of Luxembourg), Dr Conchita D’Ambrosio (University of Luxembourg)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 15 November 2021 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - On Track or Not? Projecting the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
  Dr Nicolai Suppa (OPHI, CED)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 22 November 2021 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - Predicting and Mapping MPI using Geospatial and Combined Disparate Data Sources
  Dr Neeti Pokhriyal (Dartmouth), Dr Damien Christophe Jacques (Louvain)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 29 November 2021 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - Distributional Impacts of Cash Transfers on the Multidimensional Poverty of Refugees: The ESSN programme in Turkey
  Dr Matthew Robson (University of York)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 7 February 2022 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:00 - Multidimensional Poverty and Children in Punjab, Pakistan
  Rizwan ul Haq (University of Oxford)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 14 February 2022 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:00 - Extending Multidimensional Poverty Identification. From Additive Weights to Minimal Bundles
  Sam Jones (UNU-WIDER)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 21 February 2022 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:00 - Profiling gendered multidimensional poverty and inequality in post-apartheid South Africa
  Kehinde O. Omotoso
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 7 March 2022 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:00 - Measuring Vulnerability to Multidimensional Poverty with Bayesian Network Classifiers
  Professor Mauricio Gallardo (Universidad Católica del Norte)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 10 October 2022 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - An environmentally-augmented Multidimensional Poverty Index: The Case of Madagascar
  Light refreshments from Currydor, a local Indian restaurant in Oxford, will be served to in-person attendees.
  Various Speakers
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 17 October 2022 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - The 2022 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
  Light refreshments from Currydor, a local Indian restaurant in Oxford, will be served to in-person attendees.
  Various Speakers
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 24 October 2022 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - The many forms of poverty: Analyses of deprivation interlinkages in the developing world
  Light refreshments will be served to in-person attendees.
  Dr Ricardo Nogales (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative), Dr Nicolai Suppa (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 31 October 2022 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - Unidimensional Underpinnings of Multidimensional Counting Measures
  Light refreshments from Currydor, a local Indian restaurant in Oxford, will be served to in-person attendees.
  Professor James Foster (Georges Washington University)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 7 November 2022 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - Measuring Multidimensional Poverty: a Global Assessment of Data Availability and Data Gaps
  Light refreshments from Currydor, a local Indian restaurant in Oxford, will be served to in-person attendees.
  Miss Fanni Kovesdi (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 14 November 2022 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - Human Development Report 2022 - Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives. Shaping Our Future in a Transforming World
  Yu-Chieh Hsu (Human Development Report Office (HDRO)), Tasneem Mirza (United Nations Development Programme (UNDP))
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 21 November 2022 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - Inclusive absolute well-being changes: An application with multidimensional cross-country analysis
  Light refreshments from Currydor, a local Indian restaurant in Oxford, will be served to in-person attendees.
  Dr Suman Seth (University of Leeds)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 28 November 2022 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - Multidimensional Poverty Dynamics in Indonesia in the time of COVID-19: Lessons Learned and Policy Implications
  Light refreshments from Currydor, a local Indian restaurant in Oxford, will be served to in-person attendees.
  Status: This talk has been cancelled
  Putu Natih (University of Oxford)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 1 February 2023 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:00 - Nigeria National Multidimensional Poverty Index
  Light refreshments from Currydor will be served
  Sola Afolayan (Federal Government of Nigeria), Prince Adeyemi Adeniran (Federal Government of Nigeria)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 8 February 2023 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:00 - Optimized multidimensional ​​poverty reduction subject to aid targeting and tailoring: A variety of models centered on policy-makers’ capabilities
  Light refreshments from Currydor will be available to in-person attendees.
  Dr Vladimir Hlasny (UN ESCWA), Dr Hassan Hamie (UN ESCWA), Professor Paul Makdissi (University of Ottawa)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 15 February 2023 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:00 - Cumulative deprivations in the labour market
  Light refreshments from restaurant Currydor will be provided.
  Professor Kirsten Sehnbruch (London School of Economics and Political Science), Dr Mauricio Apablaza (London School of Economics and Political Science and Universidad del Desarollo, Chile)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 22 February 2023 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:00 - Multidimensional Poverty in Europe. A Longitudinal Perspective
  Light refreshments from Currydor will be provided.
  Dr Nicolai Suppa (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative), Professor Philippe Van Kerm (University of Luxembourg)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 8 March 2023 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:00 - Multidimensional Poverty Dynamics in Indonesia in the time of COVID-19: Lessons Learned and Policy Implications
  Light refreshments will be available from Currydor.
  Dr Putu Natih (University of Oxford), Dr Elan Satriawan (Vice President’s Office, Indonesia)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 15 March 2023 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:00 - Counting and Accounting: Measuring the Effectiveness of Fiscal Policy in Multidimensional Poverty Reduction
  Online only
  Dr Maria Emma Santos (OPHI, CONICET)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 16 October 2023 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - Gross National Happiness (GNH)
  Professor Sabina Alikre (Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative), Tshoki Zangmo (OPHI)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 6 November 2023 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - Belonging in the Digital World: A Conceptual Framework and a Systematic Review of the inter-generational impact of Social Media on ‘Belonging’ in Adolescents and Older Adults
  Kim Samuel (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (Visiting Scholar), Oxford), Dr Prenika Anand (University of Oxford)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 20 November 2023 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - Poverty and human development challenges in Arab countries
  Please book to attend in person.
  Dr Khalid Abu-Ismail (ESCWA)
  OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty