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Oxford Sociologists find strong link between mobile phone access and empowerment for women in developing world

10 June 2020
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New report finds the lockdown gender gap remains firm

05 June 2020
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Dr Heather Hamill gives podcast interview on food during the COVID-19 lockdown

05 June 2020
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Strategic Distancing to Flatten the COVID-19 Curve

05 June 2020
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Polling finds marginal support for green council tax

19 May 2020
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DNA4Science gets ERC Proof of Concept Grant

30 April 2020
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International collaboration will reveal AI's potential to transform unpaid domestic work

11 March 2020
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Why gender inequality is a concern beyond the workplace

06 March 2020
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Hear Melinda Mills discuss the intersection of genetics and fertility

24 February 2020
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New book: An Introduction to Statistical Genetic Data Analysis

24 February 2020
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Uber linked to a reduction in serious road traffic injuries in the UK

18 February 2020
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Per Engzell.

How new information is changing our understanding of social mobility

14 February 2020
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Labour leadership: new article by Stephen Fisher in Prospect

29 January 2020
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New book by Richard Breen: "Education and Intergenerational Social Mobility in Europe and the United States"

14 January 2020
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GenTime project to host symposium showcasing Japanese data newly available to Oxford researchers

06 January 2020
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New book by Rolando Ochoa: "Intimate Crimes: Kidnapping, Gangs, and Trust in Mexico City"

12 November 2019
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Does Outsourcing School Systems Degrade Education Workforces?

21 October 2019
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Managing uncertainty in medicine quality in Ghana

02 July 2019
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New book by Rebecca W.Y. Wong: "The Illegal Wildlife Trade in China"

21 June 2019
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New Book: "Societal Problems as Public Bads"

07 June 2019
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Role of Trust in a Self-Organizing Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Model with Variable Good Quality and Imperfect Information

13 March 2019
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Centre for Demographic Science to launch with £10m from Leverhulme Trust

11 January 2019