OII’s Wednesday Webinar Week 1 ‘Video game play is positively correlated with well-being’ abc

With Professor Andrew Przybylski and Dr Niklas Johannes

The OII hosts their Director of Research, Professor Andrew Przybylski, and Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr Niklas Johannes. They will discuss their recent ground-breaking study which revealed time spent playing video games can be good for your wellbeing.

Destroy the Internet Advertising Economy With This One Weird Trick abc

With Tim Hwang and Dr Scott A. Hale

The OII welcomes Visiting Policy Fellow Tim Hwang, to discuss his new book 'Subprime Attention Crisis' with Dr Scott A. Hale. Tim is a researcher and lawyer, working at the intersection of technology, public policy and economics.

OxDEG: Fedoras, Virgins, and Hardware: Hackathons and the social dynamics of competitive creation abc

With Dr Siân Brooke

Siân Brooke will present her findings from research into gender at UK hackathons and programming competitions. The presentation builds on an ethnography of six hackathons undertaken in 2019-2020, part of the data for a forthcoming DPhil thesis

OII’s Wednesday Webinar Week 7: ‘How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health’ abc

With Professor Sinan Aral and Dr Jonathan Bright

The OII welcomes Sinan Aral, the David Austin Professor of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in conversation about his new book 'The Hype Machine' with Dr Jonathan Bright, a Senior Research Fellow at the OII.

There’s an app for that: Tech governance during COVID-19 abc

With Aaron Martin, Dr Seda Gürses, Dr Michael Veale, Nikita Aggarwal, and Corinne Cath-Speth

Following the publication of 'Data Justice and COVID-19: Global Perspectives', the Oxford Internet Institute is hosting a discussion among leading experts to reflect on the enduring lessons for technological governance following from the pandemic.

‘Understanding Digital Racism After COVID-19’ with Professor Lisa Nakamura abc

With Dr Lisa Nakamura

The Oxford Internet Institute hosts Lisa Nakamura, lisanakamura.net, Director, Digital Studies Institute, Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Collegiate Professor, Department of American Culture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Are We Really Living in an Infodemic? Deconstructing a Buzzword abc

With Dr Chico Camargo and Dr Felix M. Simon

Dr Chico Camargo and Felix M. Simon from the OII will discuss the term 'infodemic', and argue it's uncritical use in policy making, whilst highlighting the additional dangers of it's associated terms.

OxDEG: Do we need a canonised digital social research? abc

With Giuseppe Alessandro Veltri

The Oxford Internet Institute welcomes Giuseppe Alessandro Veltri for this Digital Ethnography webinar session on the extent of innovation that the digital world is bringing to research.

Data, Governance and Geopolitics abc

With Professor Philip Howard, Pari Esfandiari, and Greg Treverton

The Oxford Internet Institute welcomes Pari Esfandiari and Greg Treverton Co-Founders, and respectively President and Chairperson of the Global TechnoPolitics Forum. Hosted by Professor Philip Howard, Director of the OII.