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martina baradel and rachel bernahrd erc starting grants

Outstanding early-career researchers awarded European Research Council funding to launch their ideas

08 September 2025
Associate Professor Dennis Egger

New study finds that cash transfers to pregnant women halve infant mortality rate

19 August 2025
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Expert comment: How can we make the UK more welcoming for newcomers and communities?

07 August 2025
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'Laying the groundwork for real change': Graduate students and policymakers collaborate to tackle health inequalities in Oxfordshire

06 August 2025
Water resources and climate change

Oxford social scientists find policymakers underestimate public support for climate action

05 August 2025
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Oxford social scientists elected to Fellowship of British Academy

21 July 2025
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SSD Interdisciplinary Hubs: Ideas in action

17 June 2025
Prof Dame Julia Black, Prof Frances Gardner and Prof Lucie Cluver

Social scientists named in the King's Birthday Honours 2025

14 June 2025

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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