The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) is a multidisciplinary research and teaching department at the University of Oxford, dedicated to exploring the implications of emerging technologies for how people live, work and govern.
9 July 2026
New analysis from researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute reveals that users of artificial intelligence tools are increasingly turning to them for personal support, emotional advice, and companionship.
6 July 2026
AI tools used to generate, edit or contextualise social media posts can introduce hidden biases that spread through online networks and shape public opinion, according to new research from the OII and the Hasso Plattner Institute.
2 July 2026
In an age of AI chokepoints, Europe’s choices will depend on the capacities it builds now. The OII's Johanna Ballesteros and TUM Think Tank's DR Nicklas Berild Lundblad explain why.
We examine the opportunities and challenges posed by transformative innovations such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital platforms, and autonomous agents.
With Dr Andrew Graham, Professor Richard Susskind OBE, Professor William H. Dutton, Professor Helen Margetts, Dr Victoria Nash, and Dr Scott A. Hale
As part of the OII's 25th Anniversary celebrations, Dr Andrew Graham, Prof Richard Susskind, OBE, Prof Bill Dutton, Prof Helen Margetts and Dr Vicki Nash join us to look back on the early days of the OII.
With Dr danah boyd
In this talk, danah will weave through internet pasts, presents, and future to shed light on the good, bad, and ugly so that we may leverage our knowledge of what happened in pursuit of a more just and generous future.
With Dr Fabian Stephany
The OII's Dr Fabian Stephany reflects on a recent LSE study that explored the relationship between remote work and AI automation pressure on specific job roles.
Our work is multidisciplinary and multi-method. We bring together diverse academic traditions to study the digital age through qualitative, quantitative and computational approaches.
With gig work rapidly expanding, how can research help make the platform economy fairer for workers?
How data concentration by dominant digital firms affects competition and innovation.
The challenge: is screen time really harmful?
The Synthetic Society Lab aims to improve how we research, access, and use sensitive human data. The fellowship will advance an evidence-based science of privacy engineering to make research using digital traces safe and reliable.
This project investigates how worker representation in German firms shapes AI use and adoption, asking whether employee voice at firms can steer AI toward complementing workers rather than automating them.
This project investigates how digital skills develop in the absence of traditional family support structures and aims to identify any critical and overlooked gaps that emerge.
By Florence Enock and Helen Margetts
New report finds UK adults increasingly seek emotional support and companionship from AI
Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast, 07 July 2026
A new study suggests that the AI tools many of us use every day on platforms like LinkedIn, X and Google may be doing more than improving our grammar and polishing our posts.
techxplore, 06 July 2026
AI tools used to generate, edit or contextualize social media posts can introduce hidden biases that spread through online networks and shape public opinion, according to new research from the OII and the Hasso Plattner Institute.
Die ZEIT, 14 June 2026
Mithilfe meiner Daten habe ich einen KI-Agenten geschaffen. Er ruft für mich im Restaurant an, plaudert mit Kollegen und führt Interviews. Leider: besser als ich.
