@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.
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 📌 0If you've already read 'Bi', @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social also suggested some further reading, all books available to borrow in College. Ask our wonderful Library team for more recommendations! #NuffSky
25.03.2025 16:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The cover of the book 'Bi' by Julia Shaw. A large blue, purple, pink and yellow version of the word 'bi' on a cream background, with the author name, subtitle ('The hidden culture, history and science of bisexuality') and a pull quote in smaller black text.
A portrait photo of Dr Julia Shaw with blue and pink light effects highlighting her face.
We were delighted to host @drjuliashaw.bsky.social for the annual Nuffield LGBT+ History Month talk on 13 February. Dr Shaw spoke about her book, 'Bi: The Hidden Culture, History and Science of Bisexuality'
More about the event: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
A picture of Nuffield College at twilight in the background, overlaid with text describing the 2nd International Conference on Applied Research and Data Collection Methods with Hidden, Marginal and Excluded Populations. The text 'Hard to Reach' is picked out in large type, and the dates of the conference are include: '18-21 August 2025 - H2R Course' and '21-22 August - H2R Conference'.
✍ Submissions are open for the 2nd International Conference on Hard-to-Reach Populations here at Nuffield College (21-22 Aug 2025), in partnership with @unicef.org #nuffsky
Submit your abstract by 30th March
More info at: hard2reachresearch.org/conference/
In her full interview (in the Hungarian print edition), Eszter talks about being the European maths champion, Head of the Office at the Municipality of Budapest aged just 24, and her DPhil in Economics here at Nuffield.
20.03.2025 15:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A photo of Eszter Kabos from the Forbes Hungary 30 under 30 feature.
Congratulations to Nuffield DPhil in Economics Eszter Kabos, who has been named this month as one of Forbes Hungary's 30 under 30. #NuffSky
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Mark Carney at Nuffield's 80th anniversary celebrations in 2017
It’s official! Nuffield Honorary Fellow and Alumnus Mark Carney (DPhil Economics, 1993) has just been sworn in as prime minister of Canada – many congratulations to him!
Read more on our website: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
The event was organised by Fellows Andrew Thompson and Desmond King, and is part of ongoing work on humanitarian topics here at Nuffield. #NuffSky
Find out more at www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
We played host to some special guests at the end of January when UN Executive Director & Director General of the UN in Vienna Ghada Waly spoke about human trafficking and modern slavery.
13.03.2025 16:52 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Professor Jane Green in the quad at Nuffield College, Oxford.
This Thursday is @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social's #InternationalWomensDay event! Nuffield Fellow @profjanegreen.bsky.social will give a talk "Taking up space as yourself" at 14:30 in the SCR (check your Nuffield email for an invitation)
11.03.2025 14:09 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
