OxPeace invites applications for this year’s (2026) intensive two-day training workshop, Thurs 23 - Fri 24 April 2026 (0th Week, Trinity Term) in international and local negotiation, mediation, and diplomacy, covering core concepts, lessons learned from the field and hands-on exercises. The course will in particular focus on how to mediate conflict and negotiate with difficult actors, who resist agreements for mutual gain and disregard established international norms and principles. Participants gain an overview of the practice — and theory — of peace and conflict negotiation and mediation.

The 2026 Reuters Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Carlos Dada under the title 'Journalism as Resistance'. Dada is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Salvadoran digital news outlet El Faro, the first digital-only news site launched in Latin America.

Applications are now open for Oxford Spring School in Advanced Research Methods 2026! Apply now: https://cvent.me/0EaK99 This renowned social science methods course will take place from Monday 23 March to Friday 27 March 2026, in both in-person and online formats. Our week-long programme offers graduate students and researchers a unique opportunity to learn cutting-edge methods in social science. Oxford Spring School 2026 consists of eight courses, which will be taught over five days.

Postgraduate students, fellows, staff and faculty from any discipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinary critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts of emerging technologies. Please contact Callum Harvey (callum.harvey@oii.ox.ac.uk) in advance to participate or with any questions. Attendance is online only. You do not currently have to be affiliated with the University of Oxford to attend and participate in discussions.

As Hungary approaches another pivotal national election, the stakes extend far beyond the country itself. Viktor Orbán’s long tenure has reshaped Hungary’s political system, strained relations with the European Union, and positioned the country at the centre of debates about rule of law, sovereignty, and democratic backsliding.

Join us for an expert talk on Highly Autonomous Cyber-Capable Agents (HACCAs), examining how offensive cyber capabilities in frontier AI models are advancing at speed. In a matter of months, systems have moved from near-zero to meaningful success on expert-level security challenges, with leading developers already triggering internal cybersecurity risk thresholds.

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Is nuclear conflict manageable, or does any use of nuclear weapons inexorably push states toward escalation? And how do these dynamics differ between nuclear- and conventional-armed attacks? Many theorists have considered these questions, but empirically answering them is difficult given the absence of historical data. We address this challenge by fielding a pre-registered experimental survey of American adults designed around a series of hypothetical vignettes featuring attacks on the United States.