By Mark Graham and Fabian Ferrari
Understanding the embedded and disembedded, material and immaterial, territorialized and deterritorialized natures of digital work.
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This project aims to reveal the determinants of success in entrepreneurship, startups and innovation ecosystems using data science and qualitative research methods.
This project seeks to apply the principles of AI for Fair Work, by using these as a benchmark for empirical on workers’ experiences of the implementation of AI systems in the workplace.
This project seeks to review the Indian government’s policies relating to AI and Work, to improve understanding of how they are/can be (re)configured to account for and address the informality that characterises Indian urban labour markets.
Cedefop’s CrowdLearn study is the first to examine skills development and skill matching practices in online platform work. It presents evidence from interviews with platform economy stakeholders, as well as crowdworkers themselves.
20 January 2026
New analysis from Oxford and Kentucky researchers shows AI systems reproduce long‑standing global biases
3 March 2025
New analysis from researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute examines how businesses in the UK are responding to the hiring gaps in AI-related recruitment, and whether skills proficiency commands a higher salary than a higher education degree.
16 January 2025
Professor Mark Graham introduces a new framework for the field of development studies to help ensure real world impact and relevance in the digital age.
30 September 2024
The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) at the University of Oxford has appointed Dr Robert Prey to the role of Associate Professor in Digital Culture.
Reuters, 20 May 2026
Dr Fabian Braesemann was quoted in Reuters as major banks including HSBC and Standard Chartered began signalling job cuts driven by AI adoption.
Rest of World, 18 May 2026
For $7 an hour, virtual assistants use AI tools to write LinkedIn posts and comments on behalf of Western executives. The OII's Mark Graham comments.
New York Times, 11 May 2026
In his latest op-ed the OII's Professor Carl Benedikt Frey argues that the AI self-service economy is on the rise: as AI tools become better at offering practical guidance more tasks once handled by professionals are shifting onto consumers.
