News - Nuffield College Oxford University

20 Sep 22

Open Doors 2022

Nuffield College opened its doors to the members of the public for the return of Oxford Open Doors

08 Sep 22

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Members of Nuffield College are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

25 Aug 22

Racial and ethnic differences in life expectancy widened during the pandemic

Work by Nuffield academics finds that the life expectancy of Hispanic and Black men in the US was hit harder during COVID-19.

22 Jul 22

Ian Jewitt awarded British Academy Fellowship

Sir Roy Harrod Official Fellow in Economics elected in recognition of distinguished contribution to research

20 Jul 22

Memories of Tony Atkinson (1944-2017)

LSE shares memories of former Nuffield Warden and distinguished economist, including a new memoir by Judith Atkinson.

15 Jul 22

College joins UNIQ+ graduate access programme for 2022

Following Nuffield’s successful Undergraduate Scholars Institute pilot in 2019, the College joins forces with the University’s programme to improve graduate access to the social sciences.

14 Jul 22

International NGOs must evolve rapidly to stay relevant

The results of a survey of international NGO leaders led by Fellow Andrew Thompson has been made available today

01 Jun 22

Desmond King elected to American Philosophical Society

Nuffield Fellow joins prestigious group of international scholars recognised for 'extraordinary accomplishments'

24 May 22

‘Red Wall’ phenomenon at risk of being a red herring

A new report from the Nuffield Politics Research Centre shows the political relevance of growing economic divisions in the UK

04 May 22

Nuffield Fellow awarded Honorary Membership of American Economics Association

Professorial Fellow Paul Klemperer receives award for his significant contributions to the field.

03 Mar 22

Nuffield Warden to lead BBC impartiality review

Andrew Dilnot will lead an impartiality review of BBC taxation and public spending output.

28 Feb 22

Measuring gender, sex and sexuality

Panel event chaired by Fellow Ridhi Kashyap celebrates LGBTQ+ month

20 Jan 22

Sir David Cox, 1924-2022

We are extremely sad to share the news of the death of pioneering statistician and former Warden Sir David Cox on 18 January 2022.

17 Nov 21

Nuffield student receives Human Rights Prize

MPhil student Maria Gargiulo was part of the team that won the 2021 Rafto Prize.

10 Nov 21

The Fabulous Fables of Laurabee: Mission Carbon Emissions

Research Fellow Susana Campos Martin’s climate fable for children released at COP26.

08 Nov 21

Second public consultation for Oxpens site

The joint venture between the College and Oxford City Council will launch the second round of public consultation on Thursday 11 November.

19 Oct 21

Janina Dill wins Philip Leverhulme Prize

Professorial Fellow Janina Dill has been awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize for early career researchers with a promising research future.

29 Sep 21

COVID-19 life expectancy losses biggest since Second World War

Nuffield Fellows Ridhi Kashyap and José Manuel Aburto find that COVID-19 caused the biggest decrease in life expectancy since World War II.

24 Sep 21

First Nuffield scholarship in Politics completed

Thank you to everyone who made it possible for the Nuffield-Oxford Sir David Butler Scholarship to be endowed in perpetuity

04 Aug 21

Innovation in the creative industries will help us out of the pandemic

Work by Professorial Fellow Andrew Thompson shows how the cultural sector could help the UK bounce back from the pandemic

26 Jul 21

Barbara Petrongolo appointed Fellow of the British Academy

Professorial Fellow in Economics Barbara Petrongolo elected to Fellowship

23 Jul 21

Computational Summer School Goes Digital

The Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS) took place online for the first time in June 2021.

07 Jul 21

Public consultation for Oxpens site

The College and Oxford City Council invite ideas and feedback from the community on emerging proposals for the 'Oxpens' site

01 Jul 21

Building back better and fairer employment after COVID-19

Fellow Melinda Mills joined the Brussels Economic Forum to talk about the future of employment in Europe after the pandemic.

22 Jun 21

Life expectancy increase not because of slowed aging

Research by Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow José Manuel Aburto finds that saving young lives has contributed more to increasing life expectancy

14 Jun 21

Queen’s Birthday Honours 2021

Nuffield alumnus and Visiting Fellow John Kay has been knighted in this year’s list.

13 May 21

New Nuffield postdoc selected for Review of Economic Studies May Meetings

Nuffield alumnus and soon-to-be postdoc Ludvig Sinander has been invited to take part in the tour.

23 Apr 21

Major European Grant to understand organised crime

The project run by Senior Research Fellow Federico Varese will build datasets on organised criminal activity.

17 Apr 21

Remembering HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh

Our thoughts are with the Royal Family today, the day of the Duke's funeral.

08 Mar 21

International Women's Day 2021

Some of our academics are, as part of their broader social science interests, conducting research pertinent to women and gender. We have gathered some recent examples.

16 Feb 21

LGBTQ+ History Month

07 Jan 21

New Year's Honours 2021

Nuffield Fellow Andrew Thompson and Nuffield alumni honoured in Queen’s 2021 list.

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