News - Nuffield College Oxford University

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.

23 Nov 20

Nuffield College holds remote Giving Day for 2020

The 2020 Giving Day starting on Sunday is about connecting with each other and launching the new Early Career Research Fund.

16 Sep 20

DPhil Student wins 2020 Young Economist Award

Alistair Macaulay recognised by the European Economic Association for paper on the effect of household savings choices on the business cycle

15 Sep 20

Cécile Laborde wins 2019 Spitz Prize for Liberalism’s Religion

Fellow’s book 'Liberalism’s Religion' wins major international prize in political theory.

17 Jul 20

Nuffield welcomes new British Academy Global Professor

Francis Dodoo joins Nuffield as one of Oxford’s three new British Academy Global Professors.

15 Jul 20

Warden gives evidence to Commons Health and Social Care Committee

Andrew Dilnot answered questions from MPs about capping social care costs in the UK.

13 Jul 20

European thesis prize for former Nuffield DPhil student

Felix Busch (DPhil Sociology 2014) awarded the European Consortium for Sociological Research’s prize for his thesis written whilst at Nuffield.

17 Jun 20

Black Lives Matter

Nuffield’s commitment to tackle racial inequality.

10 Jun 20

Mobile phones empower women in the developing world

Fellows’ research finds that mobile phones are driving a revolution for women.

05 Jun 20

Oxford colleges join in call to promote, protect and advance racial equality

Heads of Oxford Colleges, including Sir Andrew Dilnot, sign letter to promote, protect and advance racial equality.

14 May 20

David Miller receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Senior Research Fellow recognised by the European Consortium for Political Research for a lifetime of work on political theory

30 Apr 20

European innovation grant to democratise DNA data

Professorial Fellow Melinda Mills has been awarded a European Research Council grant for her innovative new project to collect and ethically distribute DNA data to scientists.

29 Apr 20

Nuffield postdocs join Economic Science Nobel Laureate meeting

Three Postdoctoral Fellows will join the 7th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Economic Sciences

08 Apr 20

Nuffield research on COVID-19

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Nuffield members and their colleagues have been using social science methods to examine some of the big questions about the spread of COVID-19.

07 Feb 20

Undergraduate Scholars Institute returns for a second year

The summer programme designed to help access to postgraduate studies in the social studies will return to Nuffield in 2020.

06 Jan 20

New Year's Honours for Nuffield Fellows

Senior Research Fellow John Darwin and Visiting Fellow Sharon White are recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours for 2020.

11 Dec 19

General Election 2019

Nuffield Fellows continue the College’s long history of researching British elections and topical social science research.

20 Nov 19

Homelessness in Oxford: findings from Nuffield research

Local and national stakeholders gathered at Nuffield to hear initial findings from work on pathways to homelessness in the city.

13 Nov 19

Nuffield students to call alumni and friends

The College's 2019 Giving Day will take place this Saturday, 16 November.

11 Oct 19

Economic inequality project wins major European funding

The project involving Senior Research Fellow Brian Nolan will receive €9.8 million from a European Research Council Synergy grant.