🚨 JOB ALERT! 🚨 We're hiring an Associate Professor in Sociology in association with @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social! We welcome applicants with a wide range of empirical specialisations and regional focuses 🌍 Apply now ➡️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Just one week left to register for my book launch event at the University of Oxford. 📖🎉 This study drew on queer method and theory to explore casual forms of sex work in the digital era. 💷📲 While focusing on post-identity, I highlight overlaps between movements for LGBTQ+ and sex worker rights. 🌈☂️

📢 Join us on Monday for a seminar with Dr Florian Foos, who will discuss whether Get-Out-The-Vote interventions reduce or deepen turnout inequality - and introduce a new Gini-based measure of electoral participation 🗳️ 🔗 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/differ...

🎓🎉 Congratulations to Grace Cheong and Jiaxuan Li on their outstanding achievements in the MPhil in Sociology & Demography! Grace received the A.H. Halsey Prize for Best Thesis, and Jiaxuan was awarded the Prize for Best Overall Performance 👏👏 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/grac...

👩‍🎓 Are you planning to apply for the DPhil in Sociology at Oxford? Don’t miss our online info session for prospective students - sign up today! ✍️ forms.office.com/e/zhQ9TUiYWf

📢 We're looking for a full-time Research Assistant to work with Prof @aksoyundan.bsky.social on a project evaluating the DfE's Fundamental British Values initiative. 🌟 Perfect for those who've done an undergrad in sociology, politics or economics! 🔗➡️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

📚🏳️‍🌈 Join us to celebrate the publication of Dr @maxmorris.bsky.social's book 'Not Sex Work' - a study of the parallel histories and intersecting politics of LGBTQ+ communities and sex workers. 🗓️ 5pm, 14 November 🎙️🥂 Talk followed by drinks reception RSVP now ➡️ forms.office.com/e/6p7hXxd8AQ

How does being first in the family to attend university influence life after graduation? 🎓 Join Professor Morag Henderson on Monday for a seminar exploring education choices and labour market outcomes in England. 🔗 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/first-...

📢 We’re inviting Expressions of Interest for the 2026 @LeverhulmeTrust Early Career Fellowships! This scheme supports early career researchers to carry out a major piece of publishable work. 📅 Apply with @OxfordSociology by 1 Dec 2025! www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/oxfo...

📢 We’re also holding an online info session for those considering applying for the MPhil in Sociology & Demography! 👨‍🎓 Sign up now to learn more ✨➡️ forms.office.com/e/DTt26zSjwL

👩‍🎓 Are you planning to apply for the MSc in Sociology at Oxford? Don’t miss our online info session for prospective students - sign up today! ✨ ✍️ forms.office.com/e/mmMRmqz7vF

📝 A study co-authored by Fanqi Zeng finds that surveillance cameras affect how safe Chinese citizens feel - but not equally. More spending on cameras boosts locals’ sense of safety, while migrants feel safer only when strong social ties are present. 🔗 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/surv...

Researchers from Oxford Sociology are at the Museum of Oxford today (until 1pm!) for the Festival of Social Science ✨ Learn about invisible work - the unseen labour in homes, workplaces & communities. Stop by and say hi! 👋 @socsci.ox.ac.uk #ESRCFestival

Delighted to share that I'll be doing a book launch in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford, 5pm Friday 14th November (three weeks away). This @sociologyoxford.bsky.social talk will be followed by a drinks reception. All welcome; RSVP here: www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/book-l...

Join us on Monday for a seminar by Dr José Ignacio Carrasco @carrasco-jig.bsky.social, who will explore how migrant networks shape emigration rates at the population level 🌍 📅➡️ www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/immigr...

Women are 19% less likely to use the internet and 8% less likely to own a mobile phone than men. That’s 320 million fewer women online and 190 million fewer with phones globally 🌍

✍️ Published in @pnas.org, NEW data from 2,075 regions across 117 LMICs reveals a stark digital divide: women still face major barriers to internet access and mobile ownership 📱💻 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/320-...

Join us next Tuesday (28th) 09:00 - 13:00 for a family-fun guessing game about invisible forms of work at the Museum of Oxford! 🧹🧽🍳👩‍🍼Cute tokens to win, and you get to hear a bit about our work! @zhuofeilu.bsky.social @matthewhluo.bsky.social @manyeekan.bsky.social @sociologyoxford.bsky.social

The GenTime team @zhuofeilu.bsky.social @matthewhluo.bsky.social @manyeekan.bsky.social will be hosting family-friendly guessing games about 'Invisible Work' at the Museum of Oxford, 28th Oct 👉Click to find out more! www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/invisible-work @sociologyoxford.bsky.social #ESRCFestival

📢 Calling all Oxford academics doing sociological research! If you’re faculty, a researcher or DPhil student at @ox.ac.uk or Oxford Brookes, join our community for collaboration & knowledge exchange across sociology & related fields 🎓 Sign up ✍️➡️ forms.office.com/e/TViD46Kdxz

🧠 Join us on Monday for a seminar by Dr Lynn Schneider! She will explore the lived experiences, psychosocial outcomes, and support needs of children in families linked to extremism and terrorism. 📍 Online & in person 🔗 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/extrem...

Michaelmas term seminars start Mondays at 12:45pm! ✨🗣️ University members are welcome to join in-person and everyone is welcome online! Find out more ➡️ www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/seminars

Welcome to all the new students joining us this week 🎉 and welcome back to everyone returning to Oxford! Looking forward to an amazing year ahead! 🤩

📹 #ICYMI Dr Emilia Ziosi spoke with @france24.com after US forces struck a 3rd vessel allegedly trafficking drugs. Emilia's research explores the flow of illicit drugs in Central America. Watch now 👇 www.france24.com/en/video/202...

📢 Calling all Oxford academics doing sociological research! If you’re faculty, a researcher or DPhil student at @ox.ac.uk or Oxford Brookes, join our community for collaboration & knowledge exchange across sociology & related fields 🎓 Sign up ✍️➡️ forms.office.com/e/TViD46Kdxz

📝 NEW in @bjsociology.bsky.social - Prof Michael Biggs compares how transgender identities were captured in the Scottish Census vs. the Census of England & Wales. Read now ⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📝💡 New research by Prof @manyeekan.bsky.social & Dr @gczching.bsky.social finds that teenage girls spend more time on domestic work than boys - with the largest gender gaps found in Western societies, though still pronounced in East Asia. 🔗 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/stud...

One more week left to apply for a 3-year postdoc in Demography (deadline: Sept 30, 12:00 midday UK time). Join me at the Sociology Department in Oxford to study global fertility change as part of the DIVREP project!👇

Welcome to @aksoyundan.bsky.social, who has joined us as Associate Professor in Sociology! 🎉 His research covers religious behaviour, cooperation and trust 🤝 Game theory, statistical and computational methods are amongst his research tools 💻🎲 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/people/ozan-...

We're looking for a Project Officer to support two exciting projects: our Bronze reaccreditation application to Athena Swan and the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 📝 Join us! 🔗 my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

🎙️📊 Dr @zhuofeilu.bsky.social recently presented his research to the Government of Alberta, showing how quantitative social science can inform public safety policy - from wildfire patterns to childcare inspection compliance 👇 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/usin...

📝 New research shows cybercrime groups are increasingly recruiting ordinary citizens - without their knowledge - to take part in crimes like fraud, ID theft & money laundering 💻💵 Read more ⬇️ www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/stud...

🎉👏 Congrats to Martina Baradel, awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for her project on how organised crime groups - particularly the Japanese yakuza - expand abroad! www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...

⭐️ 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...

Congrats to Michael Biggs on his full professorship! 👏🎉 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/mich...

📝 New research by Nan Dirk de Graaf shows a common pattern of secularisation across societies. 🌏 In 100+ countries, religious decline follows 3 key steps: 1. People stop public worship 2. Religion loses personal importance 3. They drop religious identity 🔗 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/glob...

🚨 New Job Alert! 🚨 Join Dr @ewabatyra.bsky.social as a Postdoc Researcher in Demography! Contribute to a global study on disparities in reproductive behaviour, focusing on childbearing age & fertility levels 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Apply now 👉 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...

Meet MSc student Maki! 👩‍🎓 When told her dream of both a career and family was “impossible” in Japan, she started asking why - and now researches gender, family, time use & labour. Read her Spotlight now ⬇️ www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/msc-...

Very pleased to share after a long wait (and listening to 2 hrs of Latin), I finally had my graduation ceremony. Great time catching up with mentors and friends at Oxford. A big thank you to all the people who have been supportive! @sociologyoxford.bsky.social

📻 Make sure to catch @francescorampazzo.com on BBC World Service's What In The World, discussing the global rise of menstrual tracking apps - and why so many users are turning to them 📱🌍 🕐 Tonight at 6:50pm www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

👋 A huge welcome to @ewabatyra.bsky.social, who has just joined us as Associate Professor in Social Demography! Ewa's research lies at the intersection of demography, sociology, international development and social policy 🌏 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/people/ewa-b...

📢 Research by DPhil student Zoe Abrams reveals a major shift in Scottish attitudes to sexual violence after #MeToo. Between 2014–2019, victim blaming declined and perceptions of perpetrator culpability rose - though changes varied across social groups. 🔗 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/scot...

📢 Oxford Sociology is inviting Expressions of Interest for the @britishacademy.bsky.social Postdoc Fellowships 2025! The scheme offers 3 years of funding for early-career researchers to pursue an independent project. 🗓️ Apply before 24 July Find out more ⬇️ www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/oxfo...

🎉 Congrats to @francescorampazzo.com, winner of an @socsci.ox.ac.uk Teaching Excellence Award for his innovative and inclusive teaching! His approach includes using creative data sources like digital trace data to enrich student learning 🧑‍🎓 Read more ➡️ socsci.web.ox.ac.uk/article/winn...

Huge congratulations! 👏🥳

🧠 A paper by DPhil student Giacomo Melli highlights the power of subjective social status in shaping attitudes to wealth redistribution. But context matters: in more unequal societies, support for redistribution is less divided by perceived status. 🔗➡️ www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/stud...

🚨 Job alert! 🚨 We're looking for a Departmental Lecturer to teach on MSc, MPhil and BA programmes - leading on courses in life course research and quantitative methods, as well as examining. Apply by 27 June ➡️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

🎓 In the 1st Halsey Lecture, Prof Rachel Brooks takes us across 6 European countries - from policy docs to plasticine models. What she finds is surprising: student identity in Europe isn’t homogenised, but shaped by history, context, culture & class. Watch now! 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHYO...

MPhil student Qiuyue joined us in 2023, and now researches how social environments influence physical health over time 🩺⌛️ Read her Student Spotlight now! 👩‍🎓➡️ www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/mphi...

✍️ Writing in @science.org, Heather Hamill & Fanqi Zeng call for stronger regulation to tackle substandard & falsified medicines, which are widespread across Africa & beyond. With up to 1 in 10 meds affected, the African Medicines Agency could be key ⬇️ www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/afri...