Digital and artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are increasingly mediating our political and legal interactions. For example, in the ways in which judges and civil servants increasingly rely on algorithmic tools in their decision making, or in how political communications increasingly take place on, and are structured by, digital platforms, challenging legal scholarship to consider what we gain and lose from the penetration of digital and AI technologies into political and legal spheres.

Democracy: What we know and what we do not Professor Adam Przeworski Thursday 4 June 5pm, Old Library All Souls College https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/event/lee-lecture-political-science-and-government-2026 There will be a wine reception after the lecture. The event is open to the public, but reservations are required. Please register using the form below.

In 2017, over 130 Polish intellectuals, spanning the ideological spectrum, began meeting as the Social Contract Incubator, to design attempt institutions strong enough to hold disagreement.

This presentation introduces my book project, The Hotels’ Republic: Elite Internationalisation and State Territorialisation in Wartime Yemen. It analyses how the frontiers of the state are remapped in the midst of violence, by looking at how the ongoing war transforms Yemen’s ruling class. The book draws on a sociology of the political elite, many of whom are now based or in transit between Cairo, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Muscat, Amman, and Istanbul.

Momentum is gathering on the implementation of commitments made by the international community to build a measurement framework that respects and accurately reflects the ambitions of sustainable development, going beyond Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - “Beyond GDP”. In this seminar, Sabina Alkire and James Foster will propose eight criteria by which to assess some component indicators in the Beyond GDP framework.

What happens to science when algorithms don’t just assist discovery - but actively shape it? Join us for a thought-provoking panel exploring how artificial intelligence is transforming the foundations of scientific inquiry.

Caught between wars raging in both Eastern Europe and the Middle East, Greece is an island of relative stability. Popularly considered the cradle of Western civilisation, this is a Christian Orthodox state on the edge of the Islamic world. And, after a half-century of integration into NATO and the EU, Greece is now reabsorbing into the Near East, as the West fractures and new Middle Eastern powers rise.

Why do citizens often fail to act as effective bulwarks against democratic backsliding? Drawing on a recent monograph, this talk argues that political culture plays a key role in explaining the electoral success and sustained public support of authoritarian-leaning leaders, despite their violations of democratic rules and norms.

Join us for a presentation and discussion with Prof Rory Rickard (Royal Navy Hudson Visiting Fellow, University of Oxford)

The multi-lateral international system that the US and her allies built after WW2 is in terminal decline. A new system has yet to be established. This is compounded by phenomenal technological change and the evolving character of politics and warfare. The consequence is a world that is far less stable than we have had for several generations.