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🏠Home is where the hearth is...
❄️SocSci researchers call for cold-weather payment increase to £10 per day when households face −4°C.
Co-authored by Dr Brenda Boardman, Thomas Longden, and Prof. Tina Fawcett. @ConversationUK ⤵️ doi.org/10.64628/AB.6vatwg4p…
#SocSciHome @ecioxford
Migration Oxford investigates: How welcoming are UK cities? 🌃
@jacquibroadhead @COMPAS_oxford joins host Rob McNeil on the podcast to explore optimism about the future of welcoming newcomers across UK cities.
🎧 Listen: staged.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/how…
#SocSciHome
'Beyond Town and Gown: Working Towards a More Inclusive Oxford' shows @UniofOxford's commitment to social and economic change in the city by tackling inequalities and encouraging Inclusive growth #SocSciHome
Co-authored by Prof Alexander Betts @ODID_QEH: socsci.ox.ac.uk/article/beyo…
🐈⬛ Prof Greger Larson, School of Archaeology, finds that cats set-paw over our thresholds far later than originally thought! ⤵️
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq8d…
📸 Share some snaps of the feline friends that make your house a home with #SocSciHome 🧡
📮You've got mail!
Would letters from the police make you rethink #HomeSecurity?
New @DSPI_Oxford research finds that law enforcement letters do not encourage behaviour change to prevent burglary.
Read the full study:
doi.org/10.1080/0735648X.202…
#SocSciHome #Police
🏠For the next few weeks we'll be spotlighting how the social sciences explore topics related to 'home and belonging', including
- #Migration
- Health and #wellbeing
- Economic inequality
- Infrastructure
- Community
Follow along with #SocSciHome to find out more!
ALT #SocSciHome News, updates and research from across the Social Sciences Division on the topic of Home and Belonging
In collaboration with the @BlavatnikSchool, @ClooneyFDN, and with support from @Microsoft, the Oxford Institute of Technology and Justice brings together law, policy and technology to explore how AI can improve access to justice worldwide. ⚖️
#TechForJustice #SocSciAI
AI is moving fast – justice can’t afford to stand still.
In partnership with @BlavatnikSchool and with support from @Microsoft, we launched the Oxford Institute of Technology and Justice last week - the first global initiative dedicated to harnessing the power of AI for justice.
🎥 See why it matters:
youtu.be/_4fX3OICCPc
'What we really need is democratic control of the goals that AI maximises.'
ICYMI: Hear from @maxkasy, Professor of Economics @OxfordEconDept, about the big questions at heart of his new book exploring #AI, optimisation and society.
#SocSciAI
Discover The Means of Prediction: How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits) - the eye-opening new book by Professor @maxkasy.
Max offers a bold look at who truly shapes and benefits from artificial intelligence.
👉 Learn more: bit.ly/47UIeHu
Learn more👇Do people find #AI in #journalism comfortable or controversial?ICYMI: this @risj_oxford report explores recent trends in AI usage across 6 countries. #SocSciAI
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How do people use generative AI in their daily lives? And how do they use it for news?
These are two of the questions we explore in a new report, based on fresh survey data from 🇦🇷🇩🇰🇫🇷🇯🇵🇬🇧🇺🇸
🔗 Full report
buff.ly/mv3Jc5r
🧵 Key findings in thread
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@Reuters quotes the OII's Dr. @fabian_stephany commenting on @TIME's Person of the Year selection, emphasising the role of the people behind AI systems.
Watch the full video here:
Time magazine named the architects of artificial intelligence its Person of the Year, citing their ability to deliver the age of thinking machines with transformative technology reut.rs/48PIUxk
Dr Paula Sheppard @oxford_anthro comments for @BBCNews about the UK's 'fertility gap'⬇️
ICYMI: In a recent @UniofOxford expert comment, Dr Sheppard outlined her research and asks: why are people in the UK leaving it so late to have children?
ox.ac.uk/news/2024-12-10-exp…
How a 'fertility gap' is fuelling the rise of one-child families bbc.in/44asPRr
Has the influence of #AI on elections been overestimated?
@_FelixSimon_ (oiioxford @risjoxford) explores #GenerativeAI and #Democracy in this paper co-authored for @knightcolumbia ⬇️
knightcolumbia.org/content/d…
#SocSciAI #GenerativeAI #Elections
Academics from across @oxsocsci reflect on the #UKBudget25, including the changes to income, electric vehicle, and property taxes, as well as the two-child benefit cap lift ⤵️
ox.ac.uk/news/2025-11-27-oxf…
@OxfordEconDept @INETOxford @DSPI_Oxford
Local Policy Lab, an alliance between @UniofOxford, @Oxford_Brookes & @OxfordshireCC appoints its first Chief Scientific Advisors to tackle Oxfordshire's biggest challenges socsci.ox.ac.uk/article/loca…
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How do you get parenting support to millions of families during a pandemic?
Lucie Cluver, laureate of the 2024 #ERCengage Award, figured it out well 👉 link.europa.eu/W4v43v
🏆 2026 competition now open 👉 lnkd.in/egR5em3
@UniofOxford @DSPI_Oxford
How is #AI reshaping how we understand #ChildDevelopment?
@DSPI_Oxford hosted the @GPI_Parenting webinar exploring how AI tools can assess early interactions & support families.
🎥 Watch reflections from the webinar: youtube.com/watch?v=aBslp2zw…
#SocSciAI
#AI is reshaping the workplace, but is it fair?
Led by Prof Mark Graham @oiioxford and WZB Berlin, @TowardsFairWork sets global standards for fair digital labour. It has assessed 700+ firms in 40 countries, driving 370+ policy changes.
🔗 socsci.ox.ac.uk/raising-stan…
#SocSciAI
#AI is taking on management roles: assigning tasks, evaluating performance and even hiring.
Prof @JeremiasPrassl and Dr Silberman @trihybrid are developing fairer frameworks for AI at work.
Read more 👇 socsci.ox.ac.uk/regulating-a…
@OxfordLawFac #FutureOfWork #SocSciAI
Don't miss this fascinating thread about findings from the Climate Policy Monitor ⬇️
Featuring insights from our divisional colleagues Professor Thomas Hale (@BlavatnikSchool) & Dr Thom Wetzer (@OxfordLawFac) #COP30
NEW: As world leaders meet at #COP30, Oxford research reveals which countries are turning climate promises into action and which aren’t. 🌍
The Climate Policy Monitor gives the clearest picture yet of how national laws stack up against global climate goals.
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ALT Aerial view of dense green forest partially affected by deforestation. The image is used to illustrate a news article about global climate policy, with a headline stating "Climate policy strengthens globally, despite unprecedented contestation in the US and Europe". The source of the article is University of Oxford, as indicated in the footer.
#AI is transforming how we work, communicate and govern. Social Sciences Professors @HelenMargetts , @carlbfrey, @RobertTrager and Dr @KeeganMcB explore AI’s impact on society.
#SocAciAI @oiioxford @oxmartinschool
🎥 Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=GoxqKgQc…