Welcome to the Social Sciences Division | Social Sciences Division, University of Oxford

One of the world's best Universities for the study and research of social sciences, the 15 departments in the University of Oxford's Social Sciences Division represent one of the largest groupings of social scientists in the world.

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About us

Find out more about the people in our Divisional office and the work we do to support our staff, researchers and students.

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Education and teaching

We work strategically to help our departments deliver excellent teaching and learning across undergraduate and postgraduate education.

Research

Oxford social scientists lead pioneering research projects that challenge current ideas and explore new ways of understanding and benefitting society.

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Departments

Our Division is made up of fifteen outstanding departments, faculties and schools that explore major challenges facing humanity.

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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We support research and projects that help to increase the diversity of our people, scholarship and teaching.

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Engage with us

Discover opportunities to collaborate with Oxford social sciences researchers, whether in public policy, business and industry, or public and community engagement.

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Understanding Complex Worlds, Inspiring Better Futures

Explore our Division

About us

Education and teaching

Research

Departments

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Engage with us

Recent news

Ten Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships awarded to Oxford social scientists

Winners of Teaching Excellence Awards 2026 announced

Four Oxford social scientists awarded major European Research Council Advanced Grants

New Catalyst Fund for Social Sciences announced

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Our departments

School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography

School of Archaeology

Blavatnik School of Government

Department of Economics

Department of Education

School of Geography and the Environment

Oxford School of Global and Area Studies

Oxford Department of International Development

Oxford Internet Institute

Faculty of Law

Oxford Martin School

Department of Politics and International Relations

Saïd Business School

Department of Social Policy and Intervention

Department of Sociology

Social Sciences Departments