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Nuffield is a graduate college of the University of Oxford that specializes in the social sciences. We offer a stimulating research-oriented environment in a friendly setting with a close-knit community. Read more here.

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Nuffield Fellow wins 2026 Robert K. Merton Award
03 Aug 26

Nuffield Fellow wins 2026 Robert K. Merton Award

Ozan Aksoy was awarded for the article “Making Sense of Honor Killings"

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Nuffield College expands partnership with UNHCR
31 Jul 26

Nuffield College expands partnership with UNHCR

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

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Events

Hard-to-Reach Applied Research Methods course 2026 - day 1
24 Aug 26 - 09:30 : 17:30

Hard-to-Reach: Applied Research Methods with Hidden, Marginal and Excluded Populations

Andrea Rossi (UNICEF)
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Hard-to-Reach Applied Research Methods course 2026 - day 2
25 Aug 26 - 09:30 : 17:30

Hard-to-Reach: Applied Research Methods with Hidden, Marginal and Excluded Populations

Andrea Rossi (UNICEF)
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Why Nuffield?

Why Nuffield?

Six reasons to make Nuffield your preferred choice of college at Oxford University.

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Economics

Economics

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Politics

Politics

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Sociology

Sociology

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Study at Nuffield

Study at Nuffield

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College Publications

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Alumni

Alumni

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Working Papers

Working Papers

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Our Latest Research
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August 2026
New tech, new threat? Occupational exposure to artificial intelligence increases support for AI regulation

Article in Journal of European Public Policy by Nuffield Research Fellow Zack Grant, Nuffield Fellow Jane Green and Nuffield Fellow Geoffrey Evans

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August 2026
Sex differences in excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal ecological analysis of 34 high-income countries

Paper in eClinicalMedicine by former Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow Katarzyna Doniec, Jonas Schöley, Mine Kühn and Nuffield Senior Research Fellow Jennifer Beam Dowd

  • News & Media
August 2026
Labour overtakes Reform UK in opinion polls for the first time in more than a year

Financial Times article including comments from Nuffield Fellow Ben Ansell

  • News & Media
August 2026
AI behöver fler trafikregler – inte fler moralfilosofer

EFN Vetenskap coverage of the recent article Practice-Dependent Governance of AI in the Journal of Business Ethics by Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow Elsa Kugelberg and Associate Member Henrick Kugelberg

  • News & Media
August 2026
How divided is the UK really? Here’s a way to find out

Article in The Guardian by Brendan Cox discussing the National Conversation project led by Nuffield Fellow Melinda Mills and Honorary Fellow Jon Cruddas

  • Paper
July 2026
Why is life expectancy in England & Wales falling behind? A cause-of-death decomposition approach

Paper in Population Studies by Nuffield Alumnus Antonino Polizzi, Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow Andrea M. Tilstra, Luyin Zhang and Nuffield Senior Research Fellow Jennifer Beam Dowd

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July 2026
Climate mobilization and carbon apathy: Mapping the political economy of vulnerability in the Global South

SocArXiv preprint by Nuffield Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow Mats Ahrenshop, Associate Member Anthony Calacino, Associate Member Federica Genovese and Alumna Hayley Pring

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July 2026
The New Prime Minister

Nuffield Fellow Jane Green appeared on ITV News on 20th July to comment on the exit of former Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and the inauguration of new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham

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