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The Department successfully launched its first ever Executive Education programme, Geopolitical Risk, held from 27–29 November 2025 at the historic Rhodes House.

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Young audiences are redefining how they consume news, new Reuters report argues

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

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Public online panel moderated by DPIR’s Scott Williamson to focus on how the media is attacked during episodes of ‘democratic backsliding’

Scott Williamson

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Oxford Politics retains global number two spot in 2026 QS subject rankings

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Three DPIR academics awarded top prizes by the International Studies Association

Patricia Owens

Inken von Borzyskowski

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War, Law, and a World in Crisis: An interview with Professor Samuel Moyn ahead of the 2026 Cyril Foster Lecture

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Professor Samuel Moyn to give Cyril Foster Lecture 2026

Alexandra Stafford

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DPIR DPhil student awarded the European University Institute's Max Weber Fellowship

Alexandra Stafford

Alexandra Stafford

Ezequiel González Ocantos

Ezequiel González Ocantos

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Ranjit Lall’s award-winning paper on economic impact of slave-raiding in Eastern Europe published

Aylon Cohen

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Gender and Sexuality are Constitutive of our Political Lives with Aylon Cohen

Yana Stoykova

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What Sexual Ethics Can Learn From the Queer Community with Yana Stoykova

Prize winners

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DPIR DPhil students awarded outstanding thesis prizes

Lena Schorlemer

Cesar Fuster Llamazares

Elsa Kugelberg

Tiril Høye Rahn

Cecilia Corsini

Samu/elle

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Another History of the Present: On Palestine Solidarity and Queer Political Theory with Samu/elle

Samu/elle Striewski