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Is the international humanitarian system fit for purpose? A new UN OCHA working paper, produced with Nuffield College, draws on the work of Professorial Fellow Andrew Thompson to explore the challenges facing global humanitarianism. Read more: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...

Children’s education and parental longevity: causal evidence from two English school-leaving age reforms doi.org/10.31235/osf... @socarxiv.bsky.social preprint by Nuffield Alumnus Joan E. Madia, Associate Member @ppraeg.bsky.social and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @cmonden.bsky.social

Disagreement, Expertise, and Democratic Intelligence doi.org/10.1080/0891... Paper in Critical Review by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @pamukz.bsky.social

🏠Research links high poverty rates to high housing costs. A study by Prof Zachary Parolin, funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts, finds that a 20% rent reduction could be the solution: www.pew.org/en/research-...

DPIR’s October of Excellence: 31 days. 31 stories. One extraordinary research community. Day 22: @rivb.bsky.social is a recipient of an ERC Starting Grant, funding her COMPLEXPOL project on the role of complexity in politics. Find out more: https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/person/rachel-bernhard-0

Universities, science, and politics doi.org/10.1057/s412... Critical exchange paper in Contemporary Political Theory by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @pamukz.bsky.social, Lisa Herzog, Alfred Moore, Mark B. Brown and Cathrine Holst

Day 20 of our October of research excellence! @laurensukin.bsky.social's  research examines public opinion, nuclear weapons, political divisions and trust. https://tinyurl.com/mtyu2yrn https://tinyurl.com/9a2rcbas

Iain McLean also appeared on Times Radio last night: www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2... (segment runs 02:50:10-02:58:25)

The ties that bind: Growing up with immigrants and later life attitudes toward immigration osf.io/preprints/so... @socarxiv.bsky.social preprint by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Research Fellow @justinrobinsonpol.bsky.social, Pavlos Vasilopoulos and Haley McAvay

How the climate crisis was nearly avoided doi.org/10.1017/nie.... Paper in National Institute Economic Review by Nuffield alumna (and Associate Member) Jennifer L. Castle and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow David F. Hendry

Congratulations to Professorial Fellow Stephen Broadberry, who has been named President-elect of the Economic History Association! Stephen will serve as President in 2027-28, a prestigious recognition of his contribution to economic history. 🔗: buff.ly/Lh5hs4p #NuffieldCollege #EconomicHistory

Teaching the past, informing the present? School history education and attitudes toward foreign countries doi.org/10.1111/ajps... Paper in @ajpseditor.bsky.social by Soyoung Lee and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow Jeongmin Park

How is social status distributed? A conjoint experiment on social status judgements in Great Britain osf.io/preprints/so... @socarxiv.bsky.social preprint by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Alumnus @jonmellon.bsky.social, Jack Bailey and Nuffield Fellow Geoffrey Evans

Submit to the LSE-NuCamp Great Expectations Conference www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research...

Für die @republik.ch, haben @lwestheuser.bsky.social und ich über den Mythos des Rechtsrucks der Arbeiterklasse geschrieben. Empirisch falsch und basierend auf einem Zerrbild hält er die Linke davon ab, Arbeiter:innen effektiv anzusprechen und zu mobilisieren. www.republik.ch/2026/10/19/d...

Global progress in preventing violence against children through data and evidence for action doi.org/10.1016/j.ch... Paper in Child Abuse & Neglect by Greta M. Massetti, Madison T. Little, Sabine Rakotomalala, Daniela Ligiero and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow Lucie Cluver

📢 We're inviting Expressions of Interest for the 2027 @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Fellowships! An opportunity for early career researchers to undertake a significant piece of research at Oxford Sociology! 📅 Register your interest by Friday 20 Nov www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/articles/oxf...

Super excited to see this article in print in the APSR: 📚 “Public Service Decline and Support for the Populist Right: Evidence from England’s National Health Service” - with the brilliant @zachdickson.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social @simonecremaschi.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Fun panel today at Cheltenham Literature Festival: Boom Time for Billionaires. Great moderation by Manveen Rana and fun to engage with Nick Chater about his excellent book It’s on You. #CheltLitFest

Prosecuting corruption: drivers, dilemmas, and consequences doi.org/10.1146/annu... Paper in Annual Review of Law and Social Science by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @egocantos.bsky.social

From the long game of economic sanctions to the paradox of specialisation, and the importance of a dog’s gaze in art, our Alumni Book Club event yesterday covered a fascinating range of topics!

DPIR’s October of Excellence: 31 days. 31 stories. One extraordinary research community. Day 14: Professor James Tilley co-authored ‘Tribal Politics: How Brexit Divided Britain’, exploring how Brexit reshaped British politics around Leave and Remain identities: https://tinyurl.com/4rbps7kh

🎓 Did you know we offer a scholarship for UK students undertaking our MSc in Sociology? The Anthony Heath Scholarship covers course fees AND provides a living stipend for one student each year. Find out more about eligibility and how to apply 👇 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/funding

I wrote a piece for the Annual Review of Law and Social Science discussing what drives corruption prosecutions and why they so often fail to settle political conflict around politicians’ wrongdoing. Out today, open access: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Interpreting the lifetime risk of maternal near miss www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Correspondence in @lancetgh.bsky.social by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow Ursula Gazeley, Alumnus @polizzan.bsky.social & Associate Member José Manuel Aburto et al.

Introduction to the special issue “Mafiosi, drug traffickers, and money launderers: a critical appreciation of the work of Peter Reuter” doi.org/10.1080/1744... Paper in Global Crime by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @federicofeoxparis.bsky.social

Does it matter how we measure family complexity? Sequence-based indices & children's educational outcomes doi.org/10.1016/j.ss... Paper in @ssreditorial.bsky.social by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social alumna @crowold.bsky.social,student @martingaedecke.bsky.social and associate zjvanwinkle.bsky.social

DPIR seeks 2x Postdoc Research Fellows to work with Prof Petra Schleiter on the Trust, Participation, & Democratic Resilience project. CLOSES: Noon BST, 23 Oct.  PRF in Quantitative Political Science: https://tinyurl.com/mryzuddc PRF in Experimental Political Science: https://tinyurl.com/3re5yyu8

Durfte auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse mit Ulrich Timm über mein Buch @chbeckliteratur.bsky.social, Deutschland, die Ukraine und Russland sprechen. Hier zum Nachhören: www.ardmediathek.de/video/ulrich...

Privacy-preserving, decentralised inference of epidemic transmission dynamics from digital exposure histories doi.org/10.64898/202... @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social preprint co-authored by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Research Fellow @thomrawson.bsky.social & Fellow @melindacmills.bsky.social

📢 New open-access paper in Social Science Research with @martingaedecke.bsky.social & @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social ! Does It Matter How We Measure Family Complexity? Sequence-Based Indices and Children’s Educational Outcomes 👩‍👦👨‍👧👨‍👩‍👧👨‍👨‍👧‍👧🎓 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧵👇

Mit @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social habe ich über die Krise der Volksparteien gesprochen, über die Spätfolgen von Third Way und Neuer Mitte und wie das alles zum erstarken der AfD und anderer radikal rechter Parteien beiträgt. (Überschrift nicht besonders passend) jacobin.de/spd-afd-frag...

Gute Fragen & kurze Antworten von mir zu meinem neuen Buch #ZOiS_MeetTheAuthor @zois.bsky.social