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Professor Rebecca Eynon elected to prestigious Academy of Social Sciences Fellowship

9 March 2026

Professor Rebecca Eynon, Professor of Education, the Internet and Society, is among the outstanding social scientists elected to the fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences today.

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Who Trusts Telegram in Wartime Ukraine?

20 February 2026

A new article by OII DPhil candidate Lisa Chernenko, co-authored with OII Senior Fellow and Founding Director William H. Dutton, has just been published in the peer-reviewed, policy-oriented outlet Ukrainian Analytical Digest.

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Introducing the 2025 MSc Thesis Prize Winners

18 February 2026

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 OII MSc Thesis Prizes. These prizes recognize outstanding work and contributions to the field.

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New study warns of risks in AI chatbots giving medical advice

9 February 2026

Study finds AI chatbots less helpful than search engines for medical advice

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Beyond the hype: Oxford & Berlin study uncovers four faces of ChatGPT’s early adopters

28 January 2026

New international study identifies four distinct archetypes of early AI users and challenges the "one-size-fits-all" notion of AI adoption.

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Is an under-16 social media ban the right course?

23 January 2026

Dr Victoria Nash, Associate Professor and Senior Policy Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, researches the governance challenges of digital technologies, with a particular focus on online safety, content moderation and platform regulation.

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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

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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.

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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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Survival of the fittest: ‘creative destruction’ and programming technologies

10 December 2025

The OII's Dr Fabian Braesemann examines the dynamics of the software world and what Stack Overflow tells us about the ‘creative destruction’ of programming technologies.

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Oxford and AISI researchers reveal how conversational AI can change political opinions

4 December 2025

A new joint study from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) and the AI Security Institute (AISI) uncovers how conversational AI sways political beliefs and why it works.

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Learning as infrastructure: building a state that learns at the speed of AI

2 December 2025

To govern AI effectively, states must learn continuously and at scale, argues Johanna Ballesteros.

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