New! Did you know gaming can improve your mental health? Watch @nballou.bsky.social @mentalhealthoii.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk explaining how gaming can lift your mood in this new film from BBC Bitesize. #gaming bit.ly/4pEKWYQ

🎉This National Postdoc Appreciation Week, we are celebrating the work of Dr Karen Mansfield @karenlauram.bsky.social. Karen researches how social media and tech affect young people's wellbeing, comparing methods and identifying which findings are most valuable for shaping policy. 👏

Thanks to the Independent & Harriette Boucher for including me, @oii.ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk

New interview! Watch @carlbfrey.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk speaking to @petertl.bsky.social @breakingviews.reuters.com about his new book, ‘How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation and the fate of Nations’. Available now from @princetonupress.bsky.social.

As National Postdoc Appreciation Week continues, it’s time to recognise the important research contributions of @jonasvalente.bsky.social @towardsfairwork.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk #NPAW2025 1/3

News! We welcome Lofred Madzou to the @oii.ox.ac.uk Advisory Board! Founder and CEO of SkildMind, and Co-founder of Rwanda’s African Olympiad Academy. Learn more about Lofred and the Advisory Board: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...

❓Why do #socialsciences matter in the age of AI? 📽️Watch experts @carlbfrey.bsky.social @helenmargetts.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk Robert Trager @oxmartinschool.bsky.social & Keegan McBride as they explore social sciences' critical role in preparing us for the future www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/ai-and-society

New! Prof @swachter.bsky.social, @oii.ox.ac.uk explains how AI chatbots don’t always speak the truth and why we all need to more vigilant in distinguishing fact from fiction. Read the full @financialtimes.com article by @johnthornhill.bsky.social: bit.ly/47KQhHA.

Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week 2025! We’re kicking off the week with a spotlight on @oguzalyanak.bsky.social postdoctoral researcher for the @towardsfairwork.bsky.social project. #NPAW2025 1/3

Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week 2025! We’re kicking off the week with a spotlight on @oguzalyanak.bsky.social postdoctoral researcher for the @towardsfairwork.bsky.social project, @oii.ox.ac.uk. 1/3

Behind the scenes of the OII move-out process... We're bidding farewell to our three sites across St. Giles, and welcoming in a new era at the soon-to-open Schwarzman Centre! The best part? Having the whole department together in one, unified site before long.

Tej Parikh reviews Prof. @carlbfrey.bsky.social's forthcoming book, "How Progress Ends," in the @financialtimes.com, calling it "an essential warning for the new era." Read the full review here: www.ft.com/content/b997...

The OII’s Prof. @carlbfrey.bsky.social's new book, “How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations” will be published next week by @princetonupress.bsky.social. Learn more and pre-order your copy here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/pub...

New! Listen to Prof Vicki Nash @oii.ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk speaking to The Hearing podcast, @thomsonreutersnews.bsky.social about how to keep people safe online and the challenges of balancing freedom of expression with smart regulation: bit.ly/46CfGB5

Don't forget: this weekend as part of Oxford Open Doors 2025, the Bodleian Libraries will be opening up some of our spaces and showing off collections not usually accessible to the public. More information: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/sep25/...

When regulation ignores workers, it risks reinforcing the very problems it aims to solve. Kenya’s proposed Bill deserves scrutiny — and solidarity. #Fairwork #Kenya #GigWork #PlatformLabour #WorkersFirst

“The labour market for new graduates has been weakening for some time, partly due to rising economic uncertainty. But we now have compelling evidence that AI has made the situation significantly worse." @carlbfrey.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk told @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

New! When is the right age for children to have a smart phone? Read how Prof @shuhbillskee.bsky.social @mentalhealthoii.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk integrates smartphones into family life and why “everything about technology is conversation” in a new article from @vox.com. More: bit.ly/4pkCwWq.

⭐️ 1 WEEK LEFT to express your interest in 'Impact in Motion: Navigating Uncertainty, Creating Change', our 2026 #SocialSciences Impact Conference! 🌏 Share your experience ✨ Spark new partnerships and 🔎 Explore what impactful change looks like today! #OxSSIC26 www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/impact-confe...

According to the OII's @carlbfrey.bsky.social, a shift toward centralization and concentration could snuff out technology’s productive potential. Read his full piece for the IMF here: www.imf.org/en/Publicati...

Calling all prospective MSc students! Tune into the OII's virtual information sessions to learn more about our two MSc programmes, and hear from staff and students. Register for the virtual open days at the link below: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/study/study-...

New! Latest commentary from @carlbfrey.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk @oxmartinschool.bsky.social sharing his perspective on the role of the secretary in the digital age and impact of AI on the secretaries of tomorrow. Read the full piece by Rupert Neate writing for @thetimes.com: bit.ly/4niLBND.

New pre-print! Lead author @manueltonneau.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk explores the content moderation dynamics of social media platforms and finds significant language disparities across platforms. Further details in the thread below.

We are delighted to celebrate three members of the OII's faculty on their well-deserved promotions: Greg Taylor has been awarded Full Professor status, and Adam Mahdi and Luc Rocher are now Associate Professors in the department. Congratulations to Greg, Adam and Luc!

@themedialeader.bsky.social highlights new insights from @manueltonneau.bsky.social, @deeliu97.bsky.social, Prof. Ralph Schroeder + Prof. @computermacgyver.bsky.social, whose have found that 16mn EU-based X users “do not have moderators for their language.” uk.themedialeader.com/social-platf...

It was great to chat with Lisa Bonos @washingtonpost.com about the promise and perils of domestic automation. @oii.ox.ac.uk @wadhamcollege.bsky.social

"A.I. is still imperfect... but it does not have to replace workers entirely to have a big effect; it only has to drive down wages or make knowledge work easier and cheaper somewhere else," writes @carlbfrey.bsky.social in the @nytimes.com. Read more: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...

@katyahe.bsky.social shared her view on AI apps that help manage domestic workloads with @washingtonpost.com. While apps might be efficient, using them “doesn’t change the underlying inequality” in how women often manage more household logistics than men do. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

POV: it’s nearly the end of an era! The OII is almost all packed up and ready for our upcoming move. While it’s a bittersweet farewell to our three sites on St Giles, we’re excited to all be in one place together in our new home! What are your favourite memories of the OII buildings?

Fairwork’s Mark Graham speaks to Globalnyt about the invisible labour powering today’s AI systems—and why tech firms must do better. Read (in Danish): globalnyt.dk/professor-ka... #AI #GigWork #Fairwork #DigitalLabour

ICYMI: The OII's @swachter.bsky.social was quoted in @wired.com's coverage of AI-generated YouTube videos "rage baiting" viewers: www.wired.com/story/cheapf...

21 Oct 6.30pm - LSE Geography & Environment's Michael Storper and Neil Lee are hosting @oii.ox.ac.uk Carl Frey as he explores his new book 'How Progress Ends'. A 1,000-year journey through global history reveals why AI alone won’t guarantee a leap forward. www.lse.ac.uk/events/how-p...

'Training LLMs can use 22 million litres of water' Dr Ana Valdivia, Departmental Research Lecturer in AI, Government, and Policy at @oii.ox.ac.uk, highlights online activities that use far more water than storing old emails and photos. #OxfordClimate

Facial recognition systems often boast near-perfect test scores, but real life tells a different story. OII researchers Teo Canmetin, Juliette Zaccour @biksil.bsky.social and Luc Rocher @rocher.lc expose the gap between lab evaluations and real-world conditions.

Research by @rocher.lc @lujain.bsky.social and Sofia Hafner cited in the Telegraph shows the warmer a chatbot feels, the more it may drift into conspiracy. OpenAI’s fix shows how hard it is to balance empathy & truth in AI. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

New doctor! Congratulations to @oii.ox.ac.uk DPhil student @nsalem.bsky.social Salem who recently passed her viva. Her thesis is titled ‘Museums, Technological Imaginaries, and Subjectivity in the Future-Tense.' 1/2

🌻 I am very glad to realise that my recent paper on "Data Ecofeminism" is one of the most visited ones at the ACM FAccT Proceedings 2025! dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... @oii.ox.ac.uk

Researchers, impact pros, collaborators: If you're working at the edge of change, we want to hear from you! Submit your session idea for #OxSSIC26 & help us explore how #socialsciences research is having meaningful impact in the face of global uncertainty www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/impact-confe...

Book news! Great to see Professor @carlbfrey.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk @oxmartinschool.bsky.social's upcoming book #HowProgressEnds named in the @financialtimes.com and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2025 long list. 1/2

@globalnyt.dk has published a feature of the OII's Prof. Mark Graham @geoplace.bsky.social, who focuses on researching the extractive effects of Big Tech's operations in developing countries around the world. Read the full piece here: globalnyt.dk/professor-ka...

@newsweek.com features the OII's Dr Fabian Stephany, who believes layoffs are largely "correcting for the overhiring of 2021 to 2022 while protecting margins through productivity gains, some of which are enabled by automation." Read more here: www.newsweek.com/us-hits-high...

We are delighted to share Publishers Weekly's review of Carl Frey's forthcoming How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations. “incisive and stimulating” - Publishers Weekly www.publishersweekly.com/9780691233079 @publisherswkly.bsky.social @carlbfrey.bsky.social

We are deeply saddened to report the death of Dame Stephanie “Steve” Shirley CH, DBE, OBE – visionary IT entrepreneur, philanthropist, and founding donor of the Oxford Internet Institute. Her journey from refugee to entrepreneur to philanthropist was extraordinary. 1/5

New! Interesting piece by @businessinsider.com looking at the impact of AI on the workplace and the declining number of office workers with latest insights from @carlbfrey.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk @oxmartinschool.bsky.social. Read the full article: www.businessinsider.com/americas-big...

⭐️ CALL NOW OPEN: @socsci.ox.ac.uk's #SocialSciences Impact Conference returns in 2026 with "Impact in Motion: Navigating Uncertainty, Creating Change." 🌍 Find out more and express your interest at www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/impact-confe...

My interview @euronews.com & Alice Carnevali - @oii.ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk

Prof. Anoush Margaryan, a Visiting Policy Fellow at the OII, says the way we talk about AI influences how we imagine the future, how we design and deploy it, craft policies to regulate it, and educate citizens to function productively and happily in a world permeated by AI.

@oii.ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk

As the market for AI friendship grows, we must pay attention to how the pursuit of human-like traits impacts wellbeing and safety. And we must get to a science of how model personality affects model safety. 🔗 Preprint on arxiv.org/abs/2507.21919 Comments and feedback very welcome! @oii.ox.ac.uk

Just returned from the Oxford-Berkeley Summer Doctoral Programme at UC Berkeley — two intellectually intense and energising weeks with PhD researchers and leading scholars from around the world. Thanks to @oii.ox.ac.uk & @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social for creating such a generous environment!