News - Nuffield College Oxford University

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.

08 Oct 19

British electorate at its most volatile in modern times

The British Election Study – run by Nuffield and the University of Manchester – warns of high levels of unpredictability in any upcoming General Election.

26 Sep 19

European Impact Award for new Nuffield Fellow

The ‘Parenting for Lifelong Health’ project led by new Nuffield Professorial Fellow Lucie Cluver, is one of five to receive a Horizon Impact Award from the European Commission.

22 Jul 19

British Academy Fellowships for Nuffield Fellows

Nuffield Fellows Meg Meyer and Geoffrey Evans appointed to British Academy Fellowships.

04 Jul 19

Nuffield welcomes new Director of Library Services

Jane Rawson joins the College to head up the Library team.

21 Jun 19

Final book by Tony Atkinson published

Former Nuffield Warden Tony Atkinson’s last book – 'Measuring Poverty around the World' – was finished by John Micklewright and Andrea Brandolini.

17 Jun 19

Blue plaque recognises Nuffield’s first Official Fellow

The Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board unveiled a new plaque to commemorate Nuffield’s first Official Fellow Margery Perham.

12 Jun 19

In memory of Martin Feldstein (1939-2019)

It was with great sadness that we learnt of the death of Honorary Fellow Martin Feldstein, whose dedication to the application and dissemination of economics made him one of the most influential economists of the last 50 years.

10 Jun 19

Visiting Fellows in 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours

Carolyn Fairbairn and Norman Lamb honoured in the 2019 list.

30 May 19

Societal Problems as Public Bads

New textbook by Nuffield Fellow Nan Dirk de Graaf and Associate Member Dingeman Wiertz addresses several of the most pressing problems facing societies today.

17 May 19

Nuffield holds inaugural BME Talk and Dinner

For its first year, the BME talk was given by entrepreneur and philanthropist Tom Ilube CBE.

29 Apr 19

Who needs secularism?

Professorial Fellow Cécile Laborde gave the James A Moffett Lecture in Ethics at Princeton University on India, liberalism and comparative secularism.

29 Mar 19

European Research Council grant for work on chronotypes

Professorial Fellow Melinda Mills is one of the recipients of the ERC 2018 Advanced Grants for her research on chronotypes, health and family.

27 Mar 19

How MPs vote on Brexit is as important as what they vote for

Nuffield Fellow Iain McLean provides comment for The Times on today’s indicative vote on Brexit in the UK Parliament.

22 Mar 19

New summer programme for undergraduates

The Nuffield Undergraduate Scholars Institute aims to expand access to advanced education in the social sciences.

08 Mar 19

British Election Study team announced

The British Election Study will continue at Nuffield and the University of Manchester for 2019 to 2024.