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British Election Study report gives government stark warning

09 December 2020

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New Conservative voters are not happy with the party’s handling of Coronavirus says work released by Nuffield Elections Unit

Caiban Butcher wins Deirdre and Paul Malone Prize

23 November 2020

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The prize, awarded by the Department’s International Relations Graduate Studies Committee, recognises outstanding achievement in the MPhil, including the MPhil thesis, and the quality of the student’s doctoral proposal.

Honourable Mention in Tuchman Award for Naosuke Mukoyama

23 November 2020

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DPhil candidate Naosuke Mukoyama has received an honourable mention for the Barbara W. Tuchman Award, given to the best graduate student paper on Historical International Relations by the International Studies...

Algorithmic content moderation: Technical and political challenges in the automation of platform governance

19 November 2020

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Desmond King chairs British Academy series on Black Lives Matter

12 November 2020

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Desmond King,  Andrew W Mellon Professor of American Government, has chaired the series ‘Racial Inequality and American Politics.’ This is a three-part investigation into the long history of racial inequality in the...

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The Oxford University Politics Blog

Biden, López Obrador and the politics of migration: a return to the status quo?

Joe Biden’s presidential victory has brought temporary relief for many undocumented and mixed-status families in the US. Biden promised to reverse several of Trump’s executive orders on immigration and refugee policy within his first 100 days in office including reinstating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, ending the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) also known as...
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Jan
19

Who Governs? The COVID-19 Pandemic, Trust and Evaluations of National and Local Government

Tue, 19 Jan - 12:30

Jan
19

Interstate Influence Operations and International Security Studies

Tue, 19 Jan - 13:00

Jan
20

Building relationship and trust on TikTok – and finding news stories

Wed, 20 Jan - 13:00

Jan
20

This Ad was Tailored for You: Estimating the Effect of Micro-targeted Political Campaigning in the 2020 US Presidential Election

Wed, 20 Jan - 13:00

Jan
20

Democracy in South East Europe: Backsliding or new normal?

Wed, 20 Jan - 17:00