Colleagues from across Social Sciences Division shortlisted for Vice-Chancellor’s Awards
The Vice-Chancellor’s Awards celebrate outstanding people from across the University of Oxford.
This year, the panel received 170 award entries across 13 categories, with more than 1,000 individuals included in the nominations. Many teams and individuals from across our Division who submitted nominations have been included in the 2026 shortlist. The winners and highly commended nominees will be announced at a ceremony hosted by the Vice-Chancellor on Thursday 4 June.
View the full list on the University of Oxford website, or find out more about our shortlisted colleagues from the Division below:
Category: Education and Learning
Support for students award
- Building an Integrated Doctoral Support System - Eleanor Pritchard, Social Sciences Division
- Neurodivergent Education for Students, Teaching and Learning (NESTL) – Department of Education
Research and Discovery
- Borders, Mobility, and Livelihoods - Oxford Department of International Development
Research Culture Award
- Research Culture Toolkit – cross-University team including Lindsey Spriggs and Gillian Willis, Social Sciences Division
- Papers with Purpose: Transforming Research Culture through Writing – Department of Education
- Spotlight on LGBTQ+ Research event – Department of Education
Breakthrough Researcher Award
- Leadership in Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education - Bridget Steele, Department of Social Policy and Intervention
- Strategic partnership focused on muon research - George Green, School of Archaeology
Category: Impact through Innovation
Commercialisation and Entrepreneurship Award
- OxTrack - David Johnson, Department of Education
Category: Leadership through Partnership
Local Community Engagement Award
- Oxford Education Deanery - Department of Education
Making a Difference Globally Award
- The Centre for Global Epilepsy – Building on Oxford’s contributions to global epilepsy research, including the Oxford Martin School Programme on Global Epilepsy
Category: Enabling our Mission
Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award
- Inclusive Classrooms: Workshop on Identity and Collaborative Learning – Oxford Department of International Development
- Iridescent: Empowering LGBTQ+ Inclusion - Saïd Business School
Empowering People Award
- Motherhood at Work – team including Elisha Ward, Social Sciences Division and Clare Oxenbury-Palmer, Faculty of Law
