New study finds that ChatGPT amplifies global inequalities
20 January 2026
New analysis from Oxford and Kentucky researchers shows AI systems reproduce long‑standing global biases
Latest news
When big tech plays like Man United: How ‘kill zones’ threaten Europe’s future
16 January 2026
Dr Fabian Braesemann examines how tech giants’ acquisition strategies mirror those of elite football clubs buying up young talent, and why this matters for Europe’s digital sovereignty.
OII Researcher Dr Fabian Braesemann wins European AI Innovation Award
16 December 2025
OII Researcher Dr Fabian Braesemann wins European AI Innovation Award for research-based Founder Personality Quiz.
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Oxford Digital Ethnography Group Seminar Series
Fibre in a faraway place: continuity, change, and future-making on Haida Gwaii
15:30 -17:00, 61 Banbury Road or Zoom
With Dr Tomas Walker-BorsaThis talk offers a ground-level perspective on how a community makes sense of and adapts to new infrastructural realities. For inquiries, please email boxi.wu@oii.ox.ac.uk or yanqing.wang@oii.ox.ac.uk.
Four graduate degrees
Academic spotlight
Find out more about research by OII academics
Dr Janaki Srinivasan
Associate Professor Digital South Asian Studies
Janaki's research examines the politics of digital exclusion in India. She uses ethnographic and archival research to examine how gender, caste and class have shaped the use of information and information technologies in varied contexts.
Professor Brent Mittelstadt
Professor of Data Ethics and Policy
Professor Brent Mittelstadt is a data ethicist and philosopher specializing in AI ethics, professional ethics, and technology law and policy. He is the founder/coordinator of the Governance of Emerging Technologies (GET) programme.
Dr Bernie Hogan
Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow
Bernie Hogan examines how to capture, represent and think about social networks, especially personal social networks. His work focuses on the role of design in social media, network capture techniques and theories of relationships.
Latest projects
Conversations between governments and citizens in a digital society
This project seeks to understand how citizens listen and speak to public institutions, and how alternative AI-based models and framing might encourage democratic communication.
The Promise of AI in Childcare
With mobile devices ubiquitous among young people, it is not surprising that parents are increasingly turning to technology for help in childcare. This project examines monitoring technologies and how parents use them as part of child supervision.
Understanding the Causes of the Reverse Personal Computing Revolution
The shift to cloud represents a reversal of the 1980s personal computing revolution: computation is moving from personal devices back into large, centralized facilities. This project seeks to understand the economic drivers of this reversal.
Latest report
By Andres Raieste, Andri Rebane, Madis Tapupere, Keegan McBride
In a world increasingly defined by crises—from pandemics and climate disasters to escalating wars—governments that fail to build digital resilience risk crumbling under pressure.
Press coverage
At Davos, AI hype gives way to focus on ROI
Fortune, 20 January 2026
As world leaders meet in Davos, AI is one of the topics dominating the news agenda. The new research co-authored by the OII shows how AI tools like ChatGPT amplify global inequalities.
AI thinks these are the most racist places in the UK
The Telegraph, 20 January 2026
Burnley, Bradford and Belfast are the most racist places in the UK, according to ChatGPT, a study led by Professor Mark Graham revealed the chatbot’s damning biases about modern Britain.
AI ‘reveals’ the most racist towns in the UK – and claims Burnley, Bradford and Belfast are at the top of the list
Daily Mail Online, 20 January 2026
A damning study asked ChatGPT to reveal the most racist towns and cities in the UK – revealing the bias built in to the popular AI model. The OII's Professor Mark Graham comments.
Latest podcast
The science behind successful start-ups
Fabian Braesemann and Paul McCarthy discuss the impact of founder personalities on startup success, how a predictive model outperforms industry standards to predict company success, and what factors can help us predict which startups will succeed.
