The Internet has transformed political behaviour, from voting and campaigning for policy change, to protest and even revolution. This poses a challenge to states, as political movements become more turbulent, unpredictable, and societies harder to govern.
To understand this radically transformed political world, researchers at the OII are re-examining the models and conceptual frameworks of political science and theory, and developing social data science methodologies to understand political behaviour.
By Andreas Jungherr and Ralph Schroeder
Digital technologies have changed the public arena, but there is little scholarly consensus about how they have done so. This book rethinks the workings and dysfunctions of the contemporary public arena, and considers ways to improve it.
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Based on a case-study analysis of bias in the Chicago Crime Prediction Algorithm, this project explores the extent to which evidence of algorithmic bias can be used to guide policy responses to the societal disparities replicated in these tools.
This project uses machine learning techniques to model technical trends in internet shutdown behaviours, and positions these technical developments within broader censorship activities, and the associated deterioration of civil and political rights.
This project analyses Sweden's depiction online and in news media by foreign radical groups and how these depictions, in turn gains visibility in Swedish media
By Amy Ross Arguedas and Felix M. Simon
Generative AI stands to reshape journalism and society. What will these effects be Can we protect democratic values? This report presents findings from the 'Automating Democracy' project and open questions to be addressed as AI unfolds its effects.
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.
31 March 2025
The OII's Professor Mariarosaria Taddeo explores the digitalisation of defence and its intersection with liberal democratic values.
20 February 2025
This final article of the OII Elections series asks: What is the role of digital factors in Germany’s election?
3 February 2025
In Conversation with Professor Mariarosaria Taddeo, Oxford Internet Institute discussing the ethics of AI in defence.
Stimson, 27 January 2026
Winning the AI competition won’t come from being fastest in frontier innovation but from deploying AI safely and building public trust. OII DPhil student Lisa Klaassen comments on the US–China AI competition.
The National Interest, 27 January 2026
In a by-lined blog, OII DPhil student Lisa Klassen together with Broderick McDonald explore US-China AI competition and consider who will be the winners in AI deployment race.
Network Berlin, 05 January 2026
Dr Fabian Braesemann presents his thesis that there are ways to control the housing market without strict bans and long-term procedures.
