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Thanks to everyone who attended the 2nd Annual Halsey Lecture! ✨🥳
Professor Chetan Bhatt explored the limits of identitarianism, discussing how identity shapes politics, knowledge and public life across institutions and movements 🌍🧠
Watch the full lecture now! ⬇️
📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH0x...
What’s driving the rise of identitarian thinking? 🤔
Professor Chetan Bhatt (LSE) explores how it has taken hold across politics & academia - and what it means for polarisation & political possibility.
📅 Fri 8 May, 5pm
📍 Nuffield College
Register 👉 forms.office.com/e/fbKEQZVJ1j
🎉 Congrats to DPhil student @emmasomos.bsky.social, who has been named one of the winners of the Nova 111 Student List 2026! 👏
The List recognises the top talent aged 18–25 across 11 key sectors of the economy 🌟
www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/dphi...
📣 We are inviting Expressions of Interest for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoc Fellowships 2026!
The grants provide an allowance to cover living, travel and family costs.
Find out how to apply with us ➡️ www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/oxfo...
DPhil student Xijia You has published two articles on how social norms shape migration and family decisions 🌍👶
One shows how migration and childbearing are interconnected 🔄; the other explores how life-stage expectations influence family formation ⏳
www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/stud...
🎉 Huge congrats to Dr Emilia Ziosi on receiving a prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Postdoc Fellowship at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social! 🌍✨
Emilia spoke to us about her work & how the Department has supported her journey as an Early Career Researcher 🚀
www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/from...
Join us for a talk by sociologist Tymofii Brik, Rector of Kyiv School of Economics!
Drawing on 30 years of evidence, he’ll explore how Ukrainian society has evolved before and during Russia’s war against Ukraine.
📅 Wed 29 April, 5pm
📍 Nuffield College
www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/ukrain...
Huge congrats 🎉 to Prof @ridhikashyap.bsky.social, who received the Early Achievement Award 🏆 from the @popassocamerica.bsky.social!
The award recognises scholars who have made major contributions to population research within 10 years of their PhD 👏📚
➡️ www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/prof...
📄 New research from Sociology & @oxforddemsci.bsky.social tracks forced displacement during the Israel–Hamas war.
Combining Facebook data, satellite imagery & evacuation orders, researchers estimate up to 70% of Gaza’s population was internally displaced 🌍
www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/new-...
🚨Very pleased to share a sole-authored article from my DPhil is now published in @sociologyjnl.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social The paper examines how freelance workers confront the temporal dimension of precarity through the practices of 'future-making' 🔽 doi.org/10.1177/0038...
