Our paper on self-driving cars and AI dilemmas is featured in @efn.se Vetenskap! @henrikdku.bsky.social efn.se/ai-behover-f...

Forskarna: Sluta jaga AI:s värsta scenarier

Ny studie: Moraldilemman har fått för stort fokus

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DPIR's @profjanegreen.bsky.social talks to academic and podcaster David Runciman for his podcast The History of Ideas about why political leaders are less important than they – and we – tend to think: https://tinyurl.com/yvhapfs4

☀️Whether you prefer books, podcasts, or video, CEPR's summer reading list has something for everyone. https://ow.ly/pf1K50ZtP81 #EconSky #AI #Globalisation #Geopolitics #ebook

DPIR's @benansell.bsky.social comments in the @financialtimes.com on public opinion towards the Labour Party and a potential return to the "two-party system" following recent fragmentation. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2kbej4tj

Reconnect with nature at the Harcourt Arboretum with fellow #DPhils. The guided tour will take in different habitats. Make your own way to the Arboretum or travel with the Radcliffe Science Library team. Book your place! 🗓️ Wednesday 26 August 🕛️ 11-12 🔗 go.glam.ox.ac.uk/DPhil_Arbore...

Our Resource of the Month for August is 'International Newsstream Collection' from ProQuest, a powerful database providing access to thousands of news sources from around the world. Find out more at tinyurl.com/45ash9ym #SSLResourceoftheMonth

Sex differences in excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal ecological analysis of 34 high-income countries doi.org/10.1016/j.ec... Paper in @eclinicalmed.bsky.social co-authored by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @drjenndowd.bsky.social

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New research co-authored by DPIR’s @laurensukin.bsky.social finds NATO allies don’t approach nuclear security the same way. Vulnerability and military capacity shape whether states hedge, strengthen deterrence, or seek greater strategic independence: https://tinyurl.com/m5hz7jhk

Congratulations to Nuffield College Professorial Fellow Ozan Aksoy, who has received the 2026 Robert K. Merton Award from the International Network of Analytical Sociologists (INAS), together with Dr Aron Szekely (UCL), for their article Making Sense of Honor Killings. Read more: buff.ly/JuOHuOQ

Contribution of lifestyle factors to sex differences in educational inequalities in life expectancy in selected European countries doi.org/10.1016/j.an... Paper in Annals of Epidemiology co-authored by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow @jdzazueta.bsky.social

The Social Science Library entrance area will be fully refurbished over the Summer Vacation. The library space will be closed to readers from 6 August - 11 October (inclusive), but we will offer book fetching, Scan & Deliver and other key services. See our Blog for more info: tinyurl.com/2x4zpwfc

Professor of Political Science and British Politics @profjanegreen.bsky.social  appeared on @itvnews.bsky.social recently to comment on the exit of former Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and the inauguration of new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham: https://tinyurl.com/54cp6v7d

We're pleased to announce an expanded partnership with @unhcr.org, strengthening our collaboration on research to support refugees, forcibly displaced and stateless people. Read more: buff.ly/d3RCW4L #NuffieldCollege #UNHCR

Nuffield College expands partnership with UNHCR - Nuffield College Oxford University

This expansion will advance knowledge-sharing in support of refugees and forcibly displaced people

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Why housing markets fail and how to fix them www.ox.ac.uk/news/pulse/p... @ox.ac.uk news story highlighting the research of @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow John Muellbauer

This week's new books! Find them all on the new books display in the First Floor Lobby #NewBooks

👏🏆 Congrats to Dr Ozan Aksoy and @ucl.ac.uk's Aron Szekely on winning the 2026 Robert K. Merton Award from the International Network of Analytical Sociologists! 📝 Won for their 2025 article “Making Sense of Honor Killings". www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/articles/oza...

Ozan Aksoy wins 2026 Robert K. Merton Award from International Network of Analytical Sociologists

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Working in partnership with business to deliver good growth in every part of the UK is a great goal, but how to achieve it? In light of today’s Cabinet statement, I reshare a short piece about the challenge of creating cooperation in the UK economy. politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/fosteri...

Rewiring the State – Cabinet Statement (HTML)

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The gendered intergenerational transmission of managerial status journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Paper in American Sociological Review by Nuffield alumnus (and former PPRF) Nicholas Martindale, Thomas Lyttelton and Lasse Folke Henriksen

The Gendered Intergenerational Transmission of Managerial Status - Nicholas Martindale, Thomas Lyttelton, Lasse Folke Henriksen, 2026

Prior research on managerial attainment highlights inequalities based on gender and ethnicity, but the role of social origins has been neglected. Moreover, past...

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Beyond the visible: Centering adolescent voices in conceptualising violence in conflict settings doi.org/10.1016/j.so... Paper in Social Science & Medicine co-authored by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow Nontokozo Langwenya and Nuffield Fellow Lucie Cluver

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I and @aronszekely.bsky.social were very happy for receiving this 2026 Robet Merton award 👇

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👏🏆 Congrats to Dr Ozan Aksoy and @ucl.ac.uk's Aron Szekely on winning the 2026 Robert K. Merton Award from the International Network of Analytical Sociologists! 📝 Won for their 2025 article “Making Sense of Honor Killings". www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/articles/oza...

Why is life expectancy in England & Wales falling behind? A cause-of-death decomposition approach doi.org/10.1080/0032...

It’s not out for another six months or so, but *Electoral Realignment: How Brexit Reshaped British Voting Behaviour*, my book with Ed Fieldhouse, @profjanegreen.bsky.social , Geoff Evans, @jack-bailey.co.uk and @jonmellon.bsky.social, is up on the OUP website! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

The Social Science Library entrance area will be fully refurbished over the Summer Vacation. The library will be closed to readers during August & September (dates to be confirmed), but we will offer book fetching, Scan & Deliver and other key services. See our Blog for info: tinyurl.com/2x4zpwfc

We are pleased to announce that access to EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) ethos.bl.uk an open access discovery platform for UK doctoral theses, managed by @britishlibrary.bsky.social has now been restored. Find out more at tinyurl.com/mvtunxvt

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When children shape their families: Evocative effects analysis of 40,000 trios from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study doi.org/10.1073/pnas... Paper in @readdemography.bsky.social by @evakimova.bsky.social & @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @melindacmills.bsky.social et al

Just out! 📢 "Why is life expectancy in England & Wales falling behind?" We used a decomposition approach to understand why life expectancy improvements in E&W lagged behind other European countries between 2011 and 2019. 📉 The findings might surprise you. 🔍📄 doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2026.2682462 1/N

When children shape their families: Evocative effects analysis of 40,000 trios from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study doi.org/10.1073/pnas... Paper in @readdemography.bsky.social by @evakimova.bsky.social & @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @melindacmills.bsky.social et al

When children shape their families: Evocative effects analysis of 40,000 trios from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study | PNAS

Family demographic behavior is often studied as a response to structural conditions or parental characteristics, yet children may themselves shape ...

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NATO’s Nuclear types: Vulnerability, defense investment, and alliance strategy preferences doi.org/10.31374/sjm... Paper in @sjms.bsky.social by Stephen Herzog, J. Luis Rodriguez and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @laurensukin.bsky.social

NATO’s Nuclear Types: Vulnerability, Defense Investment, and Alliance Strategy Preferences | Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies

Members of nuclear alliances face myriad and complex demands. They must ensure that their nuclear-armed patron maintains adequate capabilities and resolve, while avoiding entrapment and entanglement.…

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This week's new books! Find them all on the new books display in the First Floor Lobby #NewBooks

To what extent do political elites influence public opinion about immigration? doi.org/10.1017/S147... Paper in @ejprjournal.bsky.social by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social student Tiphaine Le Corre, Fellow @profjanegreen.bsky.social & Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow @alexyeandle.bsky.social

To what extent do political elites influence public opinion about immigration? | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

To what extent do political elites influence public opinion about immigration?

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