News and Events

News

Professor Andrew Przybylski

'Meta must do better' Global experts call for Zuckerberg to act on adolescent wellbeing 

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Oxford SDG Impact Lab launches to enable graduate students to further the UN Sustainable Development Goals

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When will life return to normal after the pandemic?

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Children and families get hands-on with Oxford research to explore their environments at the ESRC Festival of Social Science

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Oxford investigators part of urgent new economic and social research programme

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Oxford's social scientists recognised at ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize 2021

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New joint Oxford-Wits project to study human mobility in Global South

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How unlocking nature's power can help the UK step up its fight against climate change

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’