Chilling Effects: Repression, Conformity, and Power in the Digital Age
With Jon Penney
In this talk, Jon Penney examines the increasing weaponization of surveillance, censorship, and new technology to repress and control us.
How streaming affects musicians, and what they can do about it
With Dr Robert Prey and Dr Seonok Lee
While it's never been easier for musicians to release music, the economics of the music industry and online streaming mean earning a living has become even more challenging.
From AI Sovereignty to AI Agency: assessing national capability, power, and strategic choices in a connected world
With Rebecca Razavi
This talk examines how national AI capability and dependency can be systematically assessed in an increasingly interconnected AI ecosystem
Certified for Success: How AI Skills Improve Job Prospects
With Dr Fabian Stephany
AI is often seen as a job killer — but our latest OII study suggests it could actually help you get hired. A new international experiment shows that AI skills significantly improve a candidate’s chances of being invited to an interview.
Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful
With Prof Mirca Madianou
Mirca will unearth the colonial power relations which shape ‘technology for good’ initiatives as well as the practices of resistance.
The Preservation of Embodied Masculinity in Rural Tech-Altered Workplaces
With Dr Jenna Burrell
How do communities respond when the livestock auction becomes internet connected, drones replace cowboys for monitoring cattle, and a Facebook data center becomes the newest employer in town?
The most important skills for the next wave of AI jobs
With Dr Fabian Stephany
In this session from the micro1 × Microsoft AIEI “Reshaping the Future of Work” virtual series, Dr. Mark Esposito moderated a conversation with Dr. Fabian Stephany and Dr. Diana Tuman.
Enshittification and Extraction: The Internet Sucks Now
With Prof Timothy Wu and Cory Doctorow
Join Tim Wu and Cory Doctorow, for a lively, infuriating and invigorating exploration of the forces that drove the internet to its current miserable state, and a prescription for taking it back and making a new, good internet that is fit for purpose
Nutrition, not calories: Findings from the largest open-source dataset of video game behaviour and health
With Nick Ballou
Drawing from 50k+ linked survey responses on wellbeing, stress, social play, cognitive performance, and more, I will share how games are used to compensate for a bad day, how late-night play relates to sleep, and how play habits changes as we age.
Oxford Internet Institute study finds lower-quality news gets more engagement
With Dr Mohsen Mosleh
An Oxford Internet Institute-led study has analysed 10 million posts across seven social media platforms – and found big differences in what news gets shared and how people engage with it.
OII Halloween Lecture 2025. Bayes vs. the Invaders (Revivified): A Bayesian Analysis of 70 Years of UFO Sightings
With Dr Joss Wright
We tremblingly revisit a Bayesian analysis of seventy years of UFO sightings, drawn from a dataset collected by the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC)
Divergent patterns of engagement with partisan and low-quality news across seven social media platforms
With Dr Mohsen Mosleh
e examine the relationship between user engagement and news domains’ political orientation and quality across seven platforms: X/Twitter, BlueSky, TruthSocial, Gab, GETTR, Mastodon, and LinkedIn.