Nuffield College, Oxford
The official account of Nuffield College.
Nuffield College is a graduate college of the University of Oxford, dedicated to advanced study and innovative research in the social sciences.
- Thank you to alumni, Fellows, and friends for joining us for New Year's Drinks in London! It was wonderful to see the room full of social scientists of all fields and ages #nuffsky
- Reposted by Nuffield College, Oxford📊 Analytical Sociologists: just over one week left to submit your abstract for this year’s INAS conference at Nuffield College 📚 We look forward to your contributions! 📄✨ www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research... @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social @sociologyoxford.bsky.social
- 📢 Analytical sociology is coming home! Call 4 INAS26 is open 🌍 1-3Jul26 @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social and @sociologyoxford.bsky.social (☔) ☢️ Deadline: 1Feb26 🦹 Organisers: @aksoyundan.bsky.social , @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social, D Kretschmer, @awaldendorf.bsky.social Info: tinyurl.com/yc2tusjx
- Aarushi Kalra, Nuffield Fellow, has been awarded the 2025 Global Empowerment Meeting (GEM) Incubation Fund by the Harvard Center for International Development. This award recognises her research, selected from a competitive international cohort. Read more: tinyurl.com/3mmr7mzf
- Congratulations to Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen on being awarded an ESRC New Investigator Grant for his project Beyond Identity: Understanding the Role of Sexuality in Shaping Lives and Wellbeing. Read more: tinyurl.com/3h7us6ej
- Congratulations to our Visiting Fellows @anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social and Jennifer Rubin @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, who were recognised in the New Year Honours for 2026. More at www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
- 🌅 As the sun rises over a new year, we wish you all a Happy 2026! #nuffsky
- Wishing you all peace, happiness and light for the holiday season from everyone at Nuffield College🎄🌟❄️ #nuffsky
- Our annual Carol Service took place today, continuing one of Nuffield’s longest-standing traditions. The service was made especially meaningful by the voices of members of the College, who came together to sing a programme of traditional and much-loved carols.
- 🚀 Launching today: a new project in partnership with the University of Cologne will explore the impact of the 1990s on global governance.
- 🌍 Rethinking Global Governance and Human Security: Lessons from the Pivotal Decade of the 1990s We're funding a new landmark research project at the University of Cologne & @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social, which will examine how the multifaceted history of the 1990s still shapes world politics today.
- The 'Rethinking Global Governance and Human Security' project has been awarded €4.4 million by @alfredlandecker.bsky.social to study this underexplored period of recent history #nuffsky www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
- Will the next World War be a cyberwar? 🎧Listen now to Nuffield Fellow @laurensukin.bsky.social talking to @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social's podcast about why there is a lack of regulation in the cyberwar space, and whether depictions of cyberwar in the media are realistic
- Cyber-attacks are on the rise 🔍 Professor Alexander Evans, Nigel Inkster and Dr Lauren Sukin discuss UK cyber defence and what counts as an act of war. Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dutU... #LSEPublicPolicy
- New research co-authored by Nuffield Associate Member Olivia Spiegler shows creative arts therapies, from music to dance to poetry, significantly reduce PTSD symptoms in young people worldwide. Read more: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/... Image Credit: Unsplash
- We were delighted to hear from Visiting Fellow Andrew Tyrie (Research Fellow 1990-1991) on the question of ‘How Should We Understand the UK Parliament’s Real Power?’ in a Q&A with our own Jane Green.
- Andrew drew on his wealth of experience as a former MP and current Member of the House of Lords to give us an insider’s perspective on UK political life and how to think more broadly about Parliament’s power. It was great to have students from Nuffield and across the University, as well as Alumni.
- Thank you Andrew and Jane!
- We’re happy to see the Hubert Dalwood Flower Fountain back in the Nuffield quad today. It was quite an operation to reinstall the foundation after the renovation of the quads. The fountain, titled ‘Flower Fountain’ was a commissioned piece by Hubert Dalwood in 1962, part of Nuffield ever since.
- For this year’s Black History Month lecture at Nuffield, Alison Heydari of the Metropolitan Police Service and the National Police Chiefs’ Council joined us to speak on “Trust, Performance and the Future of Public Service”. Read more: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
- Congratulations to Nuffield DPhil student Benedetta Giocoli, who is one of four recipients of the Department of Politics & International Relations’ 2025 MPhil thesis prize. Read more: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
- Our warmest congratulations to Professorial Fellow Ludvig Sinander, who has been awarded the Philip Leverhulme prize for his work on economic theory. #nuffsky www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
- Our warmest congratulations to former Fellow Philippe Aghion on being named one of this year's Nobel Prize in Economics winners. In the words of our Warden, "his work has had a profound impact on economic thought and public policy," and it is truly well-deserved.
- Our news story: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/... Photo by Jane Bown from @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social archives #nuffsky
- 'Africonomics' by Bronwen Everill (Research Fellow, 2010-11) has been shortlisted for the 2025 British Academy Book Prize. Find out more: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/british-acad...
- Mona Ibrahim, Associate Fellow, has been Highly Commended at the 2025 Social Sciences Impact Awards: “It is crucial that we consider research alongside social assistance in Sudan – to assess and inform conflict-sensitive delivery in this unravelling crisis.” Read more: tinyurl.com/4eftfj4w
- We are pleased to share a new report, 'Parenting for the Digital Age', produced as part of a programmatic partnership between UNICEF Child Protection and the University of Oxford, with contributions by Nuffield Fellow Lucie Cluver. Read the full report: www.unicef.org/documents/pa...
- Congratulations to new Nuffield Fellow @zparolin.bsky.social who has been awarded the 2025 Kershaw Prize from @appam.bsky.social for his public policy work More info: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/... #nuffsky @dspi-oxford.bsky.social @inetoxford.bsky.social @mathematicanow.bsky.social
- Along with our partner, Mathmatica, we are pleased to announce Zachary Parolin as the 2025 David N. Kershaw Award winner. We look forward to recognizing Zach at #2025APPAM. Read more: ow.ly/izM550X57Bv
- 🍂 📖 👩🎓 A favourite time of year is upon us: autumn in the air, new faces in College and the buzz of the new academic year. #WelcometoOxford, all our new students and Fellows starting this week, we can't wait to meet you!
- Congratulations to Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellows Said Hassan and Kasimir Dederichs who have been awarded first and second ECSR Prize for best PhD thesis, respectively, for their Nuffield College DPhil theses! Read more: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
- Congratulations to Rachel Bernhard, Professorial Fellow, on receiving a prestigious European Research Council Starting Grant! Her project, ‘Walls and Wicked Problems: The Role of Complexity in Politics,’ will investigate how complexity shapes political discourse. 🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/5bYBw
- ⬇️📖👀 Expert comment from Nuffield Senior Research Fellow John Muellbauer, who writes about the political feasibility of a fairer property wealth tax in the UK.
- 💷 'Council Tax is probably the most regressive property tax in the world.' @inetoxford.bsky.social and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social's Prof John Muellbauer proposes a two-part solution to the fairer taxation of property in the UK ⬇️
- Congratulations to Ezequiel González Ocantos on winning the 2025 Alexander George Best Article Award from the American Political Science Association’s Qualitative and Multi-Methods Research section! Read more: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
- Congratulations to Sarah Marshall, MPhil Economics, and her teammates on a phenomenal performance at the FISU World University Games, winning gold in both the Women’s Four and Women’s Eight rowing events! 👏 Incredible teamwork, grit, and speed on the water! #FISU2025 #Rowing
- A groundbreaking international study published in Nature Communications, co-authored by Nuffield Fellow Nan Dirk de Graaf, reveals a global pattern in how religious commitment declines across generations. 📖 Read more at www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
- Many congratulations to the six Nuffield students graduating today! Well done for all your hard work to get here, and here’s to the #nextbigadventure #graduation #nuffsky
- 📢Calling all sociology scholars, including social policy and demography: applications for the 2026-27 Sociology Visitorships at Nuffield College are now open. 🗓️Deadline: 29 Sep 2025 ℹ️More info & applications: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research...
- Congratulations to Nuffield alumni Simeon Goldstraw, Kofi Gunu, Natasja Rupesinghe on the accolades they received in recognition of their excellent DPhil theses! Read more: tinyurl.com/3jtd74wn
- Nuffield Fellow @melindacmills.bsky.social (Director of @oxforddemsci.bsky.social) was recognised by @eui-eu.bsky.social in Florence for her pioneering interdisciplinary work bridging genetics and the social sciences. #nuffsky
- Melinda was awarded an Honorary Doctorate and gave a keynote lecture on the challenges and rewards of working across disciplines. Find out more at www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
- Nuffield College Warden Julia Black and Professorial Fellow Lucie Cluver have been recognised in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours list for their outstanding contributions to research and public service. Read more about their awards: shorturl.at/9iIaV
- This week we welcomed back four Nuffield Alumni to discuss their books at a special hybrid event: Oisín Tansey, Sarah von Billerbeck, Bronwen Everill, and Robert Falkner. Thank you to our speakers and to all who attended! #nuffsky
- Reposted by Nuffield College, OxfordA Nuffield College shaped cake! 🎂 Made by the College's catering team in 1994, for the Senior Clerk of Works' 80th birthday. From Nuffield College Archives, NCP A11. #isitcake #cakesky @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
- The sun is out and we're starting to enjoy the fruits of all the building work going on in College over the last couple of years! After a period of settling in, the lawn chairs are now back out on the lawn, and students, Fellows and staff are enjoying the space again. #nuffsky #summerinOxford
- The planting beds have also started to fill up: here is Walter Sawyer earlier this month, putting in border plants (such as liriope muscari) to brighten up the quads. #nuffsky #summerinOxford
- Congratulations to DPhil student Nan Sandi on winning the 2025 ADB–IEA Innovative Policy Research Award for her paper on crop residue burning! Her research offers a market-based solution to this pressing environmental issue. Read more: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/... #nuffsky
- Thank you to all our supporters who came to this year's donors' event! Current scholarship recipients Sarah and Guru enjoyed sharing their experience with some of our very first students, including Sir Francis Jacobs. What a wonderful way for Warden Julia Black to meet our donors! #nuffsky
- This year’s Bluebell Day was a special one! On 27 April we gathered at Nuffield Place to unveil a commemorative plaque to mark the dedication of all those involved in caretaking and volunteering at Lord Nuffield’s former home over many years. Read more: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/... #nuffsky
- Nuffield Fellow Desmond King has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, in recognition of his ‘distinguished and continuing achievements’ – one of the most prestigious honours a social scientist can receive. Congratulations, Des! Read more: www.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/dpirs-d... #nuffsky
- We have more on this story on our website: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/... #nuffsky
- We are delighted that Alumnus Mark Carney remains prime minister of Canada following this week’s election. Mark won a landslide victory in the Liberal Party’s leadership race in March, following Justin Trudeau’s resignation. Read more on our website: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/people/profi... #nuffsky
- Nuffield Senior Research Fellow Iain McLean has been awarded the Political Studies Association’s W J M Mackenzie Prize for his recent book 'The Way the Money Goes', written with Barbara Piotrowska, Maia King, and the late Christopher Hood. Read more: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/... #nuffsky
- We're very excited to have two Nuffield students in the Boat Race 2025 – Sarah Marshall (MPhil Economics) and Simon van Teutem (DPhil Politics). We wish them both the best of luck - we'll be cheering them on this weekend! Sunday's races will be broadcast globally so we hope you’ll join us. #nuffsky
- Huge thanks to our host Philip Bobbitt (DPhil Modern History, 1981)! What a wonderful way of introducing our New York Alumni to Warden Julia Black, as well as Fellow Andrew Thompson, who was in NYC to present his report on modern slavery to the UN: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/... #nuffsky
- Nuffield College Professorial Fellow Andrew Thompson and colleagues took part in the launch of the Global Commission on Modern Slavery's report at the UN yesterday. #nuffsky Find out more about Nuffield members' contributions at www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
- NEW: @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social's Prof Andrew Thompson has presented a new Framework of Analysis for Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking at the United Nations in New York. Find out more ⬇️
