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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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New UN paper on the current status of international humanitarianism
23 Oct 26

New UN paper on the current status of international humanitarianism

The paper is based on the work of Professorial Fellow Andrew Thompson, who moderated the 2025 UN Global Humanitarian Policy Forum

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Professorial Fellow named President-elect of the Economic History Association
16 Oct 26

Professorial Fellow named President-elect of the Economic History Association

Stephen Broadberry recognised for his contribution to the field of economic history

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Events

Political Science Seminar - MT26 Week 3
27 Oct 26 - 12:30 : 14:00

Factionalised Voters in Latin America: Polarisation in Changing Party Systems

Political Science Seminars

Ezequiel Gonzalez Ocantos
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Nuffield Political Theory Workshop - MT2026, Week 3
27 Oct 26 - 14:00 : 15:30

“A Crime Does Not Rot": The Problem of Time in Reparative Justice

Nuffield Political Theory Workshop

Magali Bessone
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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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Alumni

Alumni

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Working Papers

Working Papers

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Our Latest Research
  • Preprint
October 2026
Children’s education and parental longevity: causal evidence from two English school-leaving age reforms

SocArXiv preprint by Nuffield Alumnus Joan E. Madia, Associate Member Patrick Präg and Nuffield Fellow Christiaan Monden

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October 2026
Effect of local versus global risk and normative information on voluntary quarantine adoption

Paper in BMJ Open co-authored by Nuffield Fellow Melinda C. Mills and 16 others

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October 2026
Universities, science, and politics

Critical exchange paper in Contemporary Political Theory by Nuffield Fellow Zeynep Pamuk, Lisa Herzog, Alfred Moore, Mark B. Brown and Cathrine Holst

  • News & Media
October 2026
Die Arbeiterklasse ist nicht rechts

Article in Republik by Nuffield Fellow Tarik Abou-Chadi und Linus Westheuser

  • News & Media
October 2026
The Phone In - Jason Mohammad takes your calls on Aberfan, council tax and Ali G - BBC Sounds

Nuffield Emeritus Fellow Iain McLean appeared on BBC Wales for the 60th Anniversary of the Aberfan Disaster

  • News & Media
October 2026
LCDS research on 1.9 million UK participants featured on the cover of Nature Medicine

Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science news story on the recent paper Phenomic profiles and disease patterns of 1.9 million participants from Our Future Health by Vincent J. Straub, Stefania Benonisdottir, Giovanni Scotti Bentivoglio, Neil Wary, Robert Campbell, Augustine Kong and Nuffield Fellow Melinda C. Mills

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October 2026
Aberfan: The Village That Fought Back BBC2 documentary

Nuffield Emeritus Fellow Iain McLean made an appearance in a BBC2 documentary to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Aberfan Disaster

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October 2026
Does it matter how we measure family complexity? Sequence-based indices and children's educational outcomes

Paper in Social Science Research by Nuffield Alumna Carla Rowold, Nuffield Student Martin Gädecke and Associate Member Zachary Van Winkle

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