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DPhil student Antonino Polizzi wins Günther Beyer Award

29 July 2024
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DPhil Student Spotlight: Clemens Jarnach

24 July 2024
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COVID-19 pandemic led to large and unequal declines in life expectancy in India

19 July 2024
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New study highlights the power of perception in political beliefs

18 July 2024
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Embracing business data: promoting collaboration between research and industry

09 July 2024
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Oxford Sociology invites applications for British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024

04 July 2024
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Alum Jiaxin Shi wins Otto Hahn Medal for DPhil thesis

26 June 2024
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80% of people worldwide want stronger climate action by governments, according to new survey

20 June 2024
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Police Scotland practitioners advocate for systemic overhaul in data science integration

14 June 2024
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Mimicry by paramilitary groups during the Northern Ireland conflict

11 June 2024
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Facebook data reveals decline in European migrants in UK in year preceding Brexit

03 June 2024
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MSc Student Spotlight: Yanjing Lu

23 May 2024
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Oxford Sociology invites applications for Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024

10 May 2024
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Alumni Spotlight: Dora Meredith, Director, ODI Europe think tank

02 May 2024
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Flawed census question leads to inaccurate data on gender identity

30 April 2024
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World-first Cybercrime Index maps the global geography of cybercrime

10 April 2024
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Qiaoyu Luo completes DPhil and joins Department as postdoc working in organised crime

04 April 2024
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A call for evidence-based policies for the reintegration of ex-offenders

28 March 2024
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Department of Sociology to launch Oxford Sociology Network

27 March 2024
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Alumni Spotlight: Sarah Brand, Director of Media, Science Inc

06 March 2024
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Henglong Luo completes DPhil exploring role of education in shaping gender inequalities in China

21 February 2024
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Women who take part in empowerment programmes as teenagers face lower levels of domestic violence

15 February 2024
Xinyi Zhao holds the certificate of her award from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

DPhil student Xinyi Zhao wins two awards for demographic paper

23 January 2024
Seven members of a yakuza gang pose for a picture, including Nichimura Mako, the only woman to ever formally join a yakuza gang as a full member

The story of the only woman to join Japan's yakuza: Martina Baradel writes for The Conversation

17 January 2024