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Alum Nancy Tapias Torrado wins ISA Human Rights Award for DPhil Dissertation

09 March 2023
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"Oxford offers you all the possibilities" - Professor Giovanna Truda visits the Department

07 March 2023
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Study shows female scientific researchers are less internationally mobile than their male counterparts

28 February 2023
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MPhil Student Spotlight: Maria Gargiulo

20 February 2023
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Martina Baradel discusses the unique world of the yakuza, Japan's organised crime syndicates

16 February 2023
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Life in a violent country can be years shorter - even for those not involved in conflict

09 February 2023
Ridhi Kashyap

Professor Ridhi Kashyap works with UNICEF to highlight digital gender gaps

31 January 2023
Federico Varese

"Not the end of the story": Professor Federico Varese speaks on capture of mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro

19 January 2023
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DPhil Student Spotlight: Eilidh Macfarlane

18 January 2023
Christiaan Monden

Professor Christiaan Monden takes on Research Advocate role for Social Sciences Division

16 January 2023
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Alumni Spotlight: Meet expert on LGBT+ research Yiu-tung Suen

14 December 2022
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MPhil Student Spotlight: Tyrese Bender

16 November 2022
Iris Lo

Research by alum Dr Iris Po Yee LO reveals how non-heterosexual women in China navigate parenthood

27 October 2022
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Life expectancy in many countries has not recovered following COVID-19

18 October 2022
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José Manuel Aburto awarded Silver Medal from the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters

12 October 2022
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DPhil Student Spotlight: Xinyi Zhao

27 September 2022
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Michael Biggs reviews history of the Dutch Protocol

27 September 2022
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The effects of mortality on lifetime pension inequality: reviewing five decades of evidence from Sweden

26 September 2022
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Full Professorship for Man-Yee Kan

31 August 2022
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Full Professorship for Ridhi Kashyap

31 August 2022
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New research from the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science casts light on impacts of COVID-19 on life expectancy

30 August 2022
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DPhil Student Spotlight: Helen Kosc

22 August 2022
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Emma Mateo completes DPhil exploring how social networks shape regional protests in Ukraine and Belarus

02 August 2022
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Research by Federico Varese inspires Cape Town student to develop crime prevention strategy

27 July 2022