Welcome to the Social Sciences Division
Welcome to Social Sciences
The work of social scientists is needed more urgently than ever. Issues such as environmental change, poverty, cybercrime, economic and political turmoil, inequality, the movement of people and social development require a global response founded on research. We provide the rigorous knowledge base and inspiration for new policies to address these challenges.
      
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        Celebrating the 2025 Social Sciences Impact Awards
      
    
        
    
    
            
                            
    
            
        
    
            
        
                            
        
        
        
        
            
        
            
        Celebrating the 2025 Social Sciences Impact Awards
                                
        What is innovation in social sciences?
      
    
        
    
    
            
                            
    
            
        
    
            
        
                            
        
        
        
        
            
        
            
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How can businesses and charities benefit from a partnership with Oxford's social scientists?
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        Sidney Ball Memorial Lecture: 'Responsibility and the Demands of Solidarity - Defending the welfare state in hard times'
      
            
                    
                
            
                                    
        
                                    
             
            
            
        
    
        
                                            
    Sidney Ball Memorial Lecture: 'Responsibility and the Demands of Solidarity - Defending the welfare state in hard times'
          
        Lester B. Pearson Inaugural Lecture: Passions, Preferences, and the Politics of Self-Binding
      
            
                    
                
            
                                    
        
                                    
             
            
            
        
    
        
                                            
    Lester B. Pearson Inaugural Lecture: Passions, Preferences, and the Politics of Self-Binding
          
        James Martin Memorial Lecture: 'Environment, health, society and economics in the new era of geopolitics'
      
            
                    
                
            
                                    
        
                                    
             
            
            
        
    
        
                                            
    James Martin Memorial Lecture: 'Environment, health, society and economics in the new era of geopolitics'
          
        The Clarendon Law Lectures 2025-26: Science, Technology and the Constitution of Modernity
      
            
                    
                
            
                                    
        
                                    
             
            
            
        
    
        
                                            
    The Clarendon Law Lectures 2025-26: Science, Technology and the Constitution of Modernity
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