Oxford Internet Institute

4 July 2016

Authors: Oxford Internet Institute

“Do one thing every day that scares you.” — Eleanor Roosevelt Congratulations! You got into OII, and you’re gonna make memories, for sure. One of those memories might involve ... Read More Take a Chance In Presenting

4 December 2015

Authors: Oxford Internet Institute

During the summer of 2015 I attended the OII Summer Doctoral Programme. I applied because I thought it would be a good way to start off my last year ... Read More OII SDP 2015, or the place where I learned about the Internet through Wormhole Cats, Punting Mishaps, and Magic Mike XXL

17 November 2015

Authors: Oxford Internet Institute

Chimes softly ring through the stately vine covered walls of the ancient bastion of learning marking a lovely new day. The stone streets begin to fill with the first ... Read More “It is difficult not to become enamored with the enchantment of the city” — Frances Bachstein remembers her time at SDP2015

23 January 2015

Authors: Oxford Internet Institute

The time I had with my cohort at the OII SDP remains one of the most meaningful experiences I’ve had in my academic career. As an American, I’m struggling ... Read More Is This Heaven? No, It’s OII SDP

6 January 2015

Authors: Oxford Internet Institute

Megan Lindsay is a fourth year doctoral student in the School of Social Work, Arizona State University. Her research focuses on the use of ICTs and the impact these ... Read More Falling back in love with the halls of academia: top 10 moments from SDP 2014

18 November 2014

Authors: Oxford Internet Institute

Caroline Jack is a graduate researcher and doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Her dissertation (in progress) is a history of ... Read More Through days and distances: could your dissertation use some space-time disruption?

21 October 2014

Authors: Oxford Internet Institute

Prof. John Hartley, founding Dean of the Creative Industries Faculty, QUT. We are really delighted to announce the establishment of a new SDP scholarship fund for outstanding students at ... Read More New SDP scholarship fund for outstanding students at the Creative Industries Faculty, QUT

17 February 2014

Authors: Victoria Nash

  It’s one of the perks of convening the OII Summer Doctoral Programme that I get to keep in touch with the programme’s alumni as they complete their theses, ... Read More Catching up with the SDP alumni

27 January 2014

Authors: Victoria Nash

In 2013 the OII’s Summer Doctoral Programme visited Toronto, kindly hosted by the University of Toronto’s iSchool. In this student-produced video, the SDP2013 students discuss the programme, why Internet ... Read More ‘A network of really amazing people’ … students discuss their time at the SDP2013: Toronto

13 January 2014

Authors: Oxford Internet Institute

Further transformations in higher education are coming — and Randy Lynn (SDP2013) hopes that the future looks a bit like the OII’s Summer Doctoral Programme: encouraging international and multidisciplinary ... Read More When the revolution comes, the OII SDP will be a model for the new academic order

12 December 2013

Authors: David Sutcliffe

Robbie Fordyce is a doctoral candidate at the University of Melbourne in the School of Culture and Communication. His research is funded by scholarships under the Institute for a ... Read More Australian Internet

12 December 2013

Authors: Oxford Internet Institute

It’s always nice to hear from SDP alumni; to find out why they applied, what they got out of the programme, and what they are up to now. Ioana ... Read More Mitigating doctoral students’ perceived isolation: the value of young scholar networks

16 February 2013

Authors: Bernie Hogan

OII Research Fellow Bernie Hogan is a regular fixture on the OII’s Summer Doctoral Programme, tutoring and leading seminars on social networking. Having obtained his PhD from the University ... Read More The Summer Doctoral Program and Toronto: The Meeting Place is the Message

12 February 2013

Authors: Oxford Internet Institute

Jaz Hee-jeong Choi is the Deputy Director of the Urban Informatics Research Lab, QUT. Her research interests are in playful technology, particularly the ways in which various forms of ... Read More “A unique opportunity to meet, debate with, and get to know some of the best doctoral students around the world”: Jaz Choi on the Summer Doctoral Programme

4 February 2013

Authors: Oxford Internet Institute

It’s always nice to hear from SDP alumni; to find out why they applied, what they got out of the programme, and what they are up to now. Ryan ... Read More “The OII is a place that was conceived to bring together people who think broadly about the Internet and its impact on, well, just about everything” .. reflections on SDP2011

8 January 2013

Authors: Oxford Internet Institute

The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) is delighted to announce that its eleventh annual Summer Doctoral Programme (SDP) will be held in collaboration with the iSchool at the University of Toronto from 8-19 July ... Read More University of Toronto’s iSchool to Host 2013 Oxford Internet Institute (OII) Summer Doctoral Programme

30 July 2012

Authors: Oxford Internet Institute

Since SDP2009 the students have been encouraged to produce a ‘legacy project’ as a group outcome of each year; sometime serious (books), sometimes not-so-serious (raps), always interesting. During the ... Read More Fasten your seat belts for the Internet Research Methods Ghost Tour… (SDP Anniversary Conference)

30 July 2012

Authors: Oxford Internet Institute

In 2012 we held the 10th OII Summer Doctoral Programme. To mark this anniversary we held a conference to reflect on the past ten years’ work, where we invited ... Read More How has Internet-related research changed in the past decade? (Jeremy Hunsinger at the SDP Anniversary Conference)

7 February 2012

Authors: Victoria Nash

Every summer a talented group of doctoral students from around the world arrives at the OII for an exciting, challenging, open and intense fortnight of study with leading academics ... Read More Looking Back on Ten Years of the OII’s Summer Doctoral Programme

2 February 2012

Authors: Oxford Internet Institute

Yana Breindl attended the 2009 Summer Doctoral Programme in Brisbane. She is currently a Wiener-Anspach Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow at the OII, working on digital rights campaigning in Europe. Having ... Read More Catching up with Summer Doctoral Programme (SDP) Alumni