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Global study uncovers common three-stage sequence in religious decline

22 August 2025
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MSc Student Spotlight: Maki Kumagai

06 August 2025
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Scottish attitudes on sexual violence evolved after #MeToo, but change was uneven

16 July 2025
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Oxford Sociology invites applications for British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025

10 July 2025
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Perceived social status and contextual inequality shape support for wealth redistribution

12 June 2025
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MPhil Student Spotlight: Qiuyue Lin

10 June 2025
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African Medicines Agency could be solution for epidemic of low-quality medicines

09 June 2025
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Congratulations to Matthew Tye and Ben Low on the successful completion of their DPhils

21 May 2025
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Oxford Sociology invites applications for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025

16 May 2025
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Violence and COVID-19 drive decline in Mexico's life expectancy

17 April 2025
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New study shows Facebook ads offer affordable survey sampling in the Global South

15 April 2025
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Michael Biggs highly commended in Social Sciences Impact Awards 2025

27 March 2025
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Martina Baradel sheds light on 70 years of Japan's yakuza in new book

12 March 2025
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Bridging the Digital Divide: Gender Inequality in Online Access

08 March 2025
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Gender and Time Use: The Hidden Gender Inequality Shaping Everyday Life

08 March 2025
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MSc Student Spotlight: Zhiwo (Suzy) Xu

04 February 2025
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AI models predict fiscal constraints and growing social tensions due to ageing populations

29 January 2025
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Congratulations to Yan Zhang and Filip Němeček on the successful completion of their DPhils

08 January 2025
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New study reveals the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on other causes of death

20 December 2024
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The challenges of integrating human behaviour into disease modelling

19 December 2024
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New paper reveals industrialisation of cybercrime in China

13 December 2024
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Research explores how drug flows become embedded in transit countries

06 December 2024
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Owning a home in the US linked to longer life

04 December 2024
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Congratulations to Gabriel Funari and Xinyi Zhao on the successful completion of their DPhils

28 November 2024