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Boys and young men in Ethiopia have higher aspirations than their parents did, but often feel 'hopeless' due a lack of education or access to high status jobs, says new research.
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Research
Oxford is a world-leading centre for research across the disciplines of the social sciences.
Characterised by a wide range of methodologies, themes and fields of scholarship, multi-disciplinary research and innovative ideas thrive in an environment underpinned by excellence across the disciplines of the social sciences.
Who are we?
Anthropology, archaeology, education, geography...
Business, law, government, politics and economics...
International development, the internet, area studies, social policy and sociology..
WE ARE THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AT OXFORD
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Professor Vili Lehdonvirta discusses the digital transformation of labour markets and the rise of online work captured in a new Online Labour Index.
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Equality and Diversity
We believe our diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation and debate, and we are wholeheartedly committed to promoting equality across all of our activities.
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Enormous challenges throughout today’s society mean that the work of social scientists is needed more urgently than ever. Issues such as environmental change, poverty, cybercrime, economic and political turmoil, inequality, the movement of people and social development require a global response founded on research and knowledge. At Oxford we provide the rigorous knowledge base and inspiration for new policies to address these challenges and to promote sustainability and social change and the preservation of human diversity and culture.
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Every year, there are dozens of early career research fellowship opportunities in the social sciences offered by departments and colleges at Oxford. You can find post-doctoral research opportunities, links to Research Fellowships offered by external funding bodies and our own College and Department Research Fellowships on this website.
Social Sciences Division
With £190m of revenue and £40m research income, the social sciences at the University of Oxford have the highest research income of any UK university
Just under 1,000 academics and researchers
Almost 5,700 students (undergraduate and postgraduate)
Just over half are international
Studying on a wide-range of innovative degree programmes