📢YL research into #ChildMarriage influences policy change in Peru
On 25 Nov 2023 the Peruvian Govt introduced new legislation to prohibit all marriages with minors under the age of 18 – YL evidence played a key part in bringing this about. Read more: bit.ly/49LDoKF

'Land-based sources are responsible for 80% of marine litter, with 85% of it being plastic.'

On #EarthDay , Oxford researchers comment on the global plastic waste crisis, and the opportunities and challenges in moving to a sustainable plastics economy.
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CLOSING SOON: Are you a social scientist keen to share your research with the public through an inspiring public engagement event at Pitt Rivers Museum on Fri 1 Nov - or elsewhere between 19 Oct-9 Nov? Check out this year’s #FestivalofSocialScience call for EOIs socsci.ox.ac.uk/event/festival…

Proud to be part of this investigation by BBC News (UK) exploring the growing illicit online drug trade in a new drug called nitazene, with Vicki Nash sharing her perspective on how the internet is helping to fuel this deadly trade. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-687123…

'We recycle only 9% of the plastics we produce.'

Oxford Martin School's Prof Cameron Hepburn explains why we need to redesign the plastics system.

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Trinity Term has arrived!
We wish everyone across the division a happy, productive & (hopefully 🤞) sunny eight weeks ☀
We'll be sharing research, posting news & celebrating successes from all of the Social Sciences departments, so make sure you keep an eye out.

What would it take to unite #humanity in the face of global challenges? 🤝 🌍
Don't miss this new #research from Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion exploring how globally shared life experiences and biology can motivate prosocial action.
Read more ⬇️ox.ac.uk/news/2024-04-1…

'Complexity economics offers the possibility for a more objective economics where the answers aren’t begotten by the assumptions.'
Prof J. Doyne Farmer speaks to New Scientist about the field of complexity #economics - read⬇️
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👏Prof. Shazia Choudhry, Professor at Faculty of Law and Hackney Fellow in Law at Wadham College, has been nominated by the United Kingdom as a candidate for the UN’s Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) for the term 2025 to 2028.

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📢 Dr Gabriella Kountourides wonderful '5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Periods' for BBC Ideas💡 has been nominated as one of the best science education videos of the year in The Webby Awards!

And you can vote for her to win!

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📢Professor Shadreck Chirikure awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant 👏🏆

His New Bantu Mosaics project will transform our understanding of the networks that connected humans to spaces, places, and resources, as Bantu farmers and hunter-gatherers lived their lives

Listen to Dr Harriet Bartlett 's interview for @BBCsounds 'Farming today' elaborating on her paper's findings & the importance of better labels for consumers to make informed choices:
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📢 Calling all Oxford academics doing sociological research! 📢

We're launching the Oxford Sociology Network: a community fostering interdisciplinary collaboration & knowledge exchange among scholars in sociology & related fields.

✍️ Sign up here ➡️ forms.office.com/e/TViD46Kdxz

Our own Marnie Howlett was interviewed by TIME to discuss #Ukraine 's new law to expand conscription and tighten enforcement. Have a read below ⬇️

time.com/6965892/ukrain…

So that's (just about) a wrap on Oxford Spring School! It's been a great week! Pictured is the 2024 OSS delegate group at Brasenose College for our drinks reception yesterday evening, with the famous Radcliffe Camera in the background! #OSS2024

We are pleased to announce a brand new collection of scholarships for the MSc #InternationalHumanRightsLaw thanks to a generous gift from the Hering Foundation, benefiting students from low- & lower-middle-income countries studying at Faculty of Law.

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📢 The #FestivalofSocialScience is back for 2024 and it needs you!
We’re inviting social scientists from University of Oxford & Oxford Brookes University to share their research with the public at Pitt Rivers Museum on Fri 1 Nov, or elsewhere between 19 Oct-9 Nov. Find out more: socsci.ox.ac.uk/event/festival…