Amid Europe's slow growth and rising industrial competition, Mark Boris Andrijanič, OII Visiting Fellow, co-authors a new piece for WEF on how to unlock a decade of European growth: www.weforum.org/stories/2026...

NEW PODCAST EPISODE: The Invisible Human Workforce Behind AI, with Ayca Ergin and Ashly Jiju from the OII's @towardsfairwork.bsky.social team. Every time you use a chatbot, there are millions of humans you've never seen making it work. Learn more: open.spotify.com/episode/7vwE...

New coverage! Prof. @geoplace.bsky.social speaks to Corriere della Sera on the invisible, poorly paid human labour behind AI systems. "AI is made up of humans through and through," Prof. Graham says, yet big tech works hard to keep those workers out of sight. www.corriere.it/tecnologia/2...

🎉 Calling all @oii.ox.ac.uk alumni! The OII turns 25 this year. We’re celebrating with a programme of events, including an anniversary lecture in London and a summer party in Oxford. Please stay connected and update your alumni details via My Oxford Online. www.alumniweb.ox.ac.uk/secure/accou... 1/2

News! Congratulations to Elizaveta Chernenko, doctoral researcher, @oii.ox.ac.uk on being awarded a fellowship at the Centre for Advanced Internet Studies. Find out more about her research interests: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/profi...

🚨 New publication out! I've contributed to the edited book on "AI Infrastructures and Sustainability" by coining the methodological concept "Following the Thing AI" that defetishises AI commodities by revealing the socio-environmental impacts that underpins it. 👉 link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Speaking to @theguardian.com about the human cost of AI @geoplace.bsky.social @towardsfairwork.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk explains how AI marketplaces rely on a “race to the bottom in wages” and a “temporary demand for human data” and how "workers are left with no protections...and no safety net”.

ICYMI: New research from @oii.ox.ac.uk researchers @katyahe.bsky.social, @lulushi.bsky.social and Lily Rodel flags critical gaps in how we manage care tech.

New Doctor incoming! Congratulations to Calligo Scholar Lily Rodel on a successful viva this week! Her thesis is titled: "Hybrid Lives: Work, Care, and Technology Among Britain's Hybrid Working Parents"

The World Happiness Report 2026 is published today, with OII's Professor Andy Przybylski and former MSc student Sophie Lloyd-Hurwitz authoring Chapter 4: "Translating scientific evidence into effective policies for health and technology requires care." Read more: worldhappiness.report

We're delighted to see this contribution by @anavaldi.bsky.social of @oii.ox.ac.uk in the latest @post-parliament.bsky.social research on data centres. A timely note that will hopefully inform future policy. post.parliament.uk/research-bri...

I really enjoyed contributing to this event! Thank you very much to the wonderful chair @mitalilive.bsky.social to my co-panellist @chrismoranuk.bsky.social and for the invitation to @felixsimon.bsky.social

Yesterday, 12 academics from diverse backgrounds and career stages gathered at @oii.ox.ac.uk to tackle a crucial question: "What does it mean to govern AI in the Anthropocene?" We reflected on the scale of digital infrastructure and explored which digital presents and futures lie ahead.

ICYMI: Watch Dr @katyahe.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk, @wadhamcollege.bsky.social share her insights on AI, digital parenting tools and automation in the home at the 'AI and Future of News 2026' @reutersinstitute.bsky.social conference. (Panel at 6:22-7:05). More here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r4g...

New research from Prof. Helen Margetts and Dr Florence Enock at the OII examines how gender shapes experiences of online harm. They find that women are disproportionately targeted by contact-based harms: cyberflashing, cyberstalking, and image-based abuse. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

OII DPhil candidate Ziyu Deng has written "Vibing over Communicating: Memeified Extremism in the Digital Age," published in the Oxford Political Review: oxfordpoliticalreview.com/issues/

Amid the ongoing conflict in Iran, Mahsa Alimardani, DPhil candidate, writes for The Atlantic on how AI imagery is making it nearly impossible to establish what really happened to children killed in the Minab school strike. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

ICYMI: As tensions between the US and Iran rise, with both sides turning to AI in military operations, Professor @rosariataddeo.bsky.social spoke to @channel4news.bsky.social about what responsible use of AI in warfare should look like. Read the full article channel4news.substack.com/p/inside-ant...

In case you missed it, tune into the latest episode of The Human Interface podcast featuring the OII's Dr Johann Laux, and Accenture's Ali Shah and Maxine Setiawan. open.spotify.com/episode/0SZO...

UK Biobank records on hundreds of thousands have been exposed online, and will keep being exposed as students and researchers accidentally re-upload data. I reviewed several of these datasets for The Guardian and can attest to the severity of the data exposed. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

New! Technology is often framed as a "silver bullet" for the social care crisis. But new research from @oii.ox.ac.uk, led by @katyahe.bsky.social, @wadhamcollege.bsky.social, reveals a much more complex reality for unpaid carers. 1/2

OII alumnus Louis Elton has officially launched The Cræft Prize, a £60,000 award for innovators fusing craft with technology that honours the heritage of the past with the possibilities of the future. Learn more: glen-jumbo-527.notion.site/The-British-...

As AI-generated war videos spread during the Iran conflict, OII DPhil Mahsa Alimardani comments for @BBCNews Verify on platforms' response to the disinformation surge. "It's a notable signal that they've noticed that this is a big problem." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

As AI reshapes workplaces globally, new insights suggest it may be adding to our to-do lists rather than shrinking them. Dr Fabian Stephany from the Oxford Internet Institute spoke to the Daily Mail about a striking paradox in AI adoption. www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

How do we govern the socio-environmental consequences of AI's materiality in the Anthropocene? Join us for Governing Artificial Intelligence in the Anthropocene — Wednesday 18 March, 16:30–18:30 at the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...

There’s only 2 weeks to go until the 2026 Social Sciences Impact Conference taking place at @socsci.ox.ac.uk. This year’s programme will help to explore how social science research can generate meaningful change in society. Registration closes today.➡️

🚨 Event Alert - Happening today! Excited to welcome Dr Mykola Makhortykh and Maryna Sydorova to @oii.ox.ac.uk for their talk, ‘Poisoning, bias, or randomness? How and why AI (mis)represents Russia’s war in Ukraine’. Join us in-person or online, today, 13.30-14.30 GMT. Register here: bit.ly/46W4rUR

🎉 Congratulations to Maggie Mustaklem, @oii.ox.ac.uk for completing her viva! Her thesis is titled: ‘Pattern Recognition: Ideation, AI and the Co-Constitutive Nature of Algorithmic Flattening in Design’. 1/2

ICYMI: Great to see @huffington.bsky.social cover @oii.ox.ac.uk @universityofky.bsky.social research on how ChatGPT amplifies global inequalities. @geoplace.bsky.social More: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/chatgp...

Rebecca Eynon, Professor of Education, the Internet and Society, in the @education.ox.ac.uk and @oii.ox.ac.uk, is among the outstanding social scientists elected to the fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences today. Find out more ⬇️

Congratulations to Rebecca Eynon (Professor of Education, the Internet and Society) on being elected a Fellow of the @acadsocsciences.bsky.social Professor Eynon's research examines the injustices that can arise from the use of technologies in learning and education Read more ➡️ bit.ly/47p9Eon

Happening tomorrow! Join us in-person or online to hear from Matthew Sharpe, @oii.ox.ac.uk presenting findings from his recent study on digital habits. Register today!

News! Congratulations to Professor Rebecca Eynon, Professor of Education, the Internet and Society, @oii.ox.ac.uk, @education.ox.ac.uk elected to the prestigious @acadsocsciences.bsky.social Fellowship. 1/2

It was brilliant to see our first Career Insights Day come together on a sunny spring day in Oxford this week! Our students heard from OII alumni, policy fellows and friends working across big tech, consulting / financial services, government departments, think tanks and more.

@hiigberlin.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social

“GenAI is like an unreliable and sloppy employee, they can make your life easier but also much harder. Always double check their work”- my podcast w/Stern we dicuss the environmental impact of AI, bias, AGI &science fiction, workplace automation & the future of education www.stern.de/wirtschaft/d...

Dr Luc Rocher, Associate Professor at the Oxford Internet Institute, comments on new research showing how AI systems can help unmask anonymous online accounts. “While these algorithms are improving, they remain far from what humans can do,” they note. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

ICYMI: In the latest episode of The Human Interface, the OII's Dr Johann Laux discusses the evolving role of human oversight in AI systems with Ali Shah and Maxine Setiawan from Accenture. Listen to the episode now: open.spotify.com/episode/0SZO...

Looking forward to hearing from Matthew Sharpe, doctoral researcher, @oii.ox.ac.uk presenting key findings from his new study of digital habits across major social media platforms. Tuesday 10 March, 12.00-13.00 GMT. Join us in Oxford or online. Register today! www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...

Upcoming St Antony's College event featuring guest speaker @helenmargetts.bsky.social, @oii.ox.ac.uk. Monday 9 March, 17.00 GMT. Hear from some great speakers discussing the impact of the internet on democracy and elections. Find out more and register: www.sant.ox.ac.uk/research/vis...

Governing AI in the Anthropocene. A discussion on the socio-environmental impacts with: Prof Velkova "Repairing the Sustainable Cloud" Dr Taffel "Abundance, the Anthropocene, and AI" 📆 March 18, 4.30-6.30pm @oii.ox.ac.uk 👉 Registration open (in person only): www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...

NEW PODCAST EPISODE: In the latest episode of The Human Interface, Dr Johann Laux speaks with Ali Shah and Maxine Setiawan from Accenture's Responsible AI team about human oversight, asking: What is the role of humans in the age of AI? open.spotify.com/episode/0SZO...

Check out OII DPhil alumna and St Anne's College Junior Research Fellow Yung Au's paper, which argues that worker movements in the data science community can help us rethink relationships of care and violence on Earth and beyond.

New doctor! Congratulations to @oii.ox.ac.uk DPhil student Chris Blex who passed his viva yesterday. His thesis is titled: Political Polarisation on Social Media: The Influence of Social Mechanisms, Network Structure, and the News Media. 1/2

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How can we understand the causes of inequality to help build fairer societies? #SSDInequality Hear from researchers across our Division, with topics including poverty and health outcomes, child marriage prevention, the gig economy and more. 🎥Watch now: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

New! Watch @channelnewsasia.bsky.social's new documentary series, AI & Me, featuring expert comment from @katyahe.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk @wadhamcollege.bsky.social. Interview at the start of the programme: www.youtube.com/watch?v=svGz...

Happening tomorrow! Join us in-person or online to hear Dr Eugenia Stamboliev, Research Fellow and Lecturer in Philosophy of Technology and Media, University of Vienna, give her talk ‘A Democratic View on Trustworthy AI’. Wed 25 Feb, 13.30-14.30 GMT. Register today!

“These restrictions have to work for families in different situations, for parents who are more or less available for their children and more or less confident online,” @katyahe.bsky.social, @oii.ox.ac.uk speaking to @euronews.com about age checks on social media: bit.ly/4c82B6R.

Come work with me and Prof Vicki Nash @oii.ox.ac.uk on this 2-year quantitative project.