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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...

Ozan Aksoy wins 2026 Robert K. Merton Award from International Network of Analytical Sociologistswww.sociology.ox.ac.uk

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)www.gov.uk

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

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

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

💡🚨 We’re seeking a Postdoc for a project on the socio-economic factors driving youth hacking & cybercrime! We’re looking for someone with a strong mixed-methods background in cybercrime, criminology, sociology, education or related fields. Apply ➡️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

🎉 Congrats to the Department's Dr @lindsayrichards.bsky.social and Dr Lynn Schneider on winning Teaching Excellence Awards from @socsci.ox.ac.uk! 🏆 Their commitment to high-quality, innovative and inclusive teaching is making a real difference 🌟 socsci.site.ox.ac.uk/articles/win...

Winners of Teaching Excellence Awards 2026 announcedsocsci.site.ox.ac.uk

In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, Ben Ansell examines Morgan McSweeney’s failed strategy for Labour. Plus: Iain Dale on LBC and GB News

Labour’s reverse Schlieffen planPlus: Ukraine is wounded but confidentprospectmagazine.substack.com

Enjoyed talking with Joy LaClaire on Forthright Radio about the role of political elites vs fossil fuel companies in shaping American public opinion, among other things.

Pepper Culpepper BILLIONAIRE BACKLASH: THE AGE OF CORPORATE SCANDAL AND HOW IT COULD SAVE DEMOCRACYPepper Culpepper is Blavatnik Professor of Government and Public Policy, and Vice Dean for Academic Affairs at the Blavatnik School of Government, and a Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College at t…forthright.media

Congratulations to Jane Green, Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College and Professor of Political Science and British Politics at the University of Oxford, on being awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Market Research Society (MRS). Read more: buff.ly/awmJ4OQ

Exciting news - our online platform of over 650,000 metadata records of UK doctoral theses (EThOS) is now available again  Find out more about EThOS and how to use it on our website link.bl.uk/kxk

Congratulations to Nuffield alumna Nan Sandi (DPhil Public Policy, 2020), who has received the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation in Environmental and Resource Economics. 🔗 buff.ly/CWdzQ9B

DPIR's @profjanegreen.bsky.social argues in the FT that in politics on the right, success depends not just on voter support but on being seen as a winner. Farage’s finance row could dent Reform’s viability — and its chances of replacing the Tories. Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/ryuneyezdn

Pronatalist policies are rising as birth rates fall. In The Lancet, LCDS researcher @sanderwagner.bsky.social says support should focus on autonomy, fertility care, childcare and parental leave — not pressure. Read: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Concerns over reproductive rights as pronatalism increases“It is time to reflect on whether or not to have a child.” That will be the opening line of a government letter being sent to 29-year-olds in France in June, 2026. Aiming to address infertility, the l...www.thelancet.com

👏Congratulations to DPIR's Professor @profjanegreen.bsky.social on receiving an Honorary Fellowship from the Market Research Society for her outstanding contribution to evidence-based understanding through her leadership of @britpollingcouncil.bsky.social Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/evfdrzgdlu

Congratulations to Sarah Marshall on her being selected for the Great Britain senior rowing team! 🇬🇧🚣 After helping Oxford Women secure their first Boat Race victory since 2016, Sarah has made her senior international debut while continuing her Economics research at Oxford. 🔗 buff.ly/cKMrxYp

New paper out in @sociologicalsci.bsky.social on teacher sorting and the impact of teacher qualifications on student achievement. Read more here:

The SAFERCHILD project, led by DSPI’s Professor LucieCluver, has been awarded a €150,000 grant from the @erc.europa.eu  to turn groundbreaking research into a scalable child protection innovation.