News and Events

News

A still from a new film by COMPAS showing crowds of people at different locations

New film celebrates twenty years of COMPAS

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REF 2021 results published

Radcliffe Camera in Oxford

Summer Schools for the Social Sciences in 2022

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LEGO Foundation gives £11 million in support of international parenting initiative

A view of the circular Radcliffe Camera library showing the blue-grey leaded roof and yellow standstone walls against a bright blue sky with whispy clouds

Oxford University launches the Astrophoria Foundation Year programme

One of the Great Tit bird population at Wytham Woods

Wytham Woods' Great Tit study celebrates 75 years and reveals how spring has advanced a calendar month in that time

Nandini Gooptu (left) and Diego Sánchez-Ancochea (right)

Professor Nandini Gooptu and Professor Diego Sánchez-Ancochea join Social Sciences Leadership Team

Cartoon showing a man and woman unpacking a cardboard box, from which springs a rocket-powered lightbulb surrounded by fireworks and arrows

Oxford University retains top spot for spinout generation in the UK

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.

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

‘Desistance Futures: Making Amends for the Past’

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

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

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

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