@nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
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.
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
Nuffield College buildings in golden autumn sunlight. In the foreground, an old-fashioned lamp on a golden stone wall. In the background, the dark roof tiles and golden stone of College buildings with shining windows regularly spaced and reflecting more College buildings. Photo by Tom Weller.
🍂 📖 👩🎓 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.
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/...
Students in academic dress walk through Nuffield College. Photo by David Fisher.
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
09.08.2025 10:38 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
📢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
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/...
Three women in academic dress in front of a line of international flags. One is shaking hands with another, whilst the third holds a large degree certificate.
A woman in stands at a podium to address an audience. There is a line of international flags in the background and all the attendees of the event are wearing academic address. A caption below the image reads 'Awarding of honoris causa degree to Prof. Melinda Mills'.
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
26.06.2025 15:17 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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
The speakers at the Alumni Book Club event: Oisín Tansey (DPhil Politics, 2002) from King’s College London; Sarah von Billerbeck (DPhil International Relations, 2008) from the University of Reading; Bronwen Everill (Research Fellow, 2010-11), joining virtually from Princeton; and Robert Falkner (DPhil International Relations, 1994) from the London School of Economics
Robert Falkner (DPhil International Relations, 1994) from the London School of Economics, presenting his book ‘The Market in Global International Society: An English School Approach to International Political Economy’
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
12.06.2025 16:52 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A 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
04.06.2025 16:07 — 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Walter Sawyer stands behind one of the beds in the Upper Quad of Nuffield College, holding a tray of plants. In front of him are various bedding plants laid out in small pots to be planted.
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
23.05.2025 11:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
College members enjoy the outdoor seating in the Upper Quad of Nuffield College, with the tower and blue skies in the background.
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
Nan Sandi being presented with her award. Credit: ADB-IEA.
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
Supporters with the Warden at the Nuffield donors' event. Image credit: Maciek Tomiczek.
Supporters with Caroline Kukura at the Nuffield donors' event. Image credit: Maciek Tomiczek.
Supporters with current scholarship recipients at the Nuffield donors' event. Image credit: Maciek Tomiczek.
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
15.05.2025 16:51 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Joanna Gamester, House Steward of Nuffield Place for many years, and the Warden unveiling the commemorative plaque. Credit: Tom Weller.
Joanna Gamester (former House Steward of Nuffield Place, Kevin Minns (Chair of the Friends of Nuffield Place), Julia Black (Warden of Nuffield College) and Sebastian Conway (the National Trust). Credit: Tom Weller.
The glorious bluebell woods at Nuffield Place. Credit: Tom Weller.
Kevin Minns, Chair of the Friends of Nuffield Place, delivering a speech to thank all those involved in preserving the house. Credit: Tom Weller.
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
07.05.2025 14:14 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We have more on this story on our website: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/... #nuffsky
07.05.2025 13:48 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Desmond King. Credit: David Fisher/Fisher Studios
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
02.05.2025 13:03 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Mark Carney at Nuffield's 80th anniversary celebrations in 2017
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
30.04.2025 17:34 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Iain McLean receiving his Mackenzie Prize from the Political Studies Association. Credit: The Political Studies Association.
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
Sarah Marshall. Credit: The Boat Race.
Simon van Teutem. Credit: Oxford University Boat Club.
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
11.04.2025 15:38 — 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Alumnus Philip Bobbitt and Warden Julia Black.
Nuffield Alumni gathered at Philip Bobbitt’s home for a drinks reception.
Nuffield Alumni gathered at Philip Bobbitt’s home for a drinks reception.
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
11.04.2025 07:56 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Nuffield 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/...
Emeritus Fellow Duncan Gallie’s study on ‘participation at work’ has been published as part of the long-running Skills and Employment Survey. Read about workplace abuse, AI, trade unions, the productivity crisis, the gender gap and more at wiserd.ac.uk/project/ses/... #nuffsky
06.04.2025 11:42 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
