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Side-by-side profile shots of Paul Chapman and Steve Strand.

New Year Honourees from the Social Sciences Division

06 January 2025
Water pouring from a damn

Oxford-led project awarded £2 million to revolutionise clean hydropower energy

18 December 2024
Oracles, Omens and Answers

New exhibition explores our universal need to find answers

06 December 2024
A person sitting in front of their laptop and an open book gestures as if in discussion with their co-workers who are in the background

Social Sciences Business Engagement Seed Fund

26 November 2024
Prof Helena Hamerow

Professor Helena Hamerow among Oxford academics awarded ERC Synergy Grants to address complex scientific problems

18 November 2024
A researcher dressed up as a detective shows two young children an email symbol

Curious minds explore our digital lives at the 2024 Festival of Social Science

15 November 2024
Professor Lucie Cluver on stage alongside fellow winners of the ERC Public Engagement Awards 2024

Professor Lucie Cluver wins ERC Public Engagement with Research Award

12 November 2024
Baku stadium, the location of the UN climate change conference for 2024 (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan. Image credit: COP29 AOC

Social scientists call for ambitious actions at UN Climate Change Conference COP29

11 November 2024

Events

Below is a list of major upcoming events hosted by our departments. There are hundreds of other events each term across the Social Sciences Division, including seminars, workshops and conferences. You can view a full list on Oxford Events. To see a dedicated calendar for each department, please visit the 'Events' section on their individual websites.

Centre for Criminology

Annual Roger Hood Lecture: Professor Shadd Maruna, University of Liverpool

17:00, 11 June

‘Desistance Futures: Making Amends for the Past’

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Oxford Internet Institute

OII 25th Anniversary Public Lecture: danah boyd, Cornell University

17:00, 15 June

‘Dreaming of a Networked World: Reflections on the Political Economy of the Internet’

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Department of Politics and International Relations

Guest lecture: United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Jean-Pierre Lacroix

17:00, 18 June

‘The Difficult Journey of Peace: Challenges and Opportunities for Peace Operations in a Fragmented World’

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