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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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News

National Conversation research highlighted at Parliament event
18 Sept 26

National Conversation research highlighted at Parliament event

An early look at UK-wide research led by Nuffield Fellow Melinda Mills

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Sociology Group Visitorships 2027-28
18 Aug 26

Sociology Group Visitorships 2027-28

Applications open for academic visitors to the Sociology Group

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Events

Political Science Seminar - MT26 Week 1
13 Oct 26 - 12:30 : 14:00

Keeping the Rascals In: How Redistricting Entrenches Power

Political Science Seminars

Ursula Hackett
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Sociology Seminar - MT26 Week 1
14 Oct 26 - 16:00 : 17:30

Sociology Seminar - MT26 Week 1

Sociology Seminar

Tom Emery
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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

Browse our Working Papers to discover latest research, new methodologies and fresh insights on social, economic and political challenges.

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Our Latest Research
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September 2026
Why the mortality penalty of smoking is rising over time

Paper in PNAS Nexus by Ralph Lawton, Nuffield Senior Research Fellow Jennifer Beam Dowd, Jonathan Skinner and Ellen Meara

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September 2026
The impact of an ageing population on pandemic risk in England

medRxiv preprint by Nuffield Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow Thomas Rawson, Pablo N. Perez-Guzman, Edward S. Knock, Christian Morgenstern, Nuffield Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow Daniel Valdenegro, Katy A.M. Gaythorpe, Lilith K. Whittles, Wes Hinsley, Raphael Sonabend, Richard G. FitzJohn, Anne Cori, Nuffield Senior Research Fellow Jennifer Beam Dowd, Jakub Bijak, Neil M. Ferguson and Nuffield Fellow Melinda C. Mills

  • News & Media
September 2026
Research reveals how Russia’s ‘thieves-in-law’ fraternity governs prisons from afar

Sociology Department news story covering the recent paper
Criminal governance in Russian prisons by Elena Racheva and Nuffield Senior Research Fellow Federico Varese

  • News & Media
September 2026
Is 50 the new 60?

Data for Health Substack post by Nuffield Senior Research Fellow Jenn Dowd

  • Paper
September 2026
Fair equality of opportunity, basic liberty, and the constitution of the person

Paper in Res Publica by Nuffield Senior Research Fellow David Miller

  • News & Media
September 2026
Rethink... what we put into space

Episode of BBC Radio 4’s Rethink series presented by Nuffield Fellow Ben Ansell

  • News & Media
September 2026
€8 million Horizon Europe grant to launch next-generation initiative to detect, assess and respond to pandemics

Nuffield Fellow Melinda Mills is co-investigator on the PANDAI project

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September 2026
Is the UK electorate fragmenting? Not so fast

Financial Times article by Nuffield Research Fellow Marta Miori, with contributions from Nuffield Fellow Jane Green

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