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BUSTED! – OII researchers contribute to new book busting 50 of the most common myths about the Internet.  Co -author, DPhil candidate Corinne Cath-Spet, explains ...
Read More BUSTED! – OII researchers help to debunk 50 most common myths about the Internet

Behavioural advertising describes the placement of particular adverts in the places we visit online, based on assumptions of what we want to see. In ...
Read More Algorithmic bias within online behavioural advertising means public could be missing out, says Associate Professor Sandra Wachter

OII DPhil candidate Carl Öhman answers questions about his new paper Introducing the Pervert’s Dilemma: A Contribution to the Critique of Deepfake Pornography which ...
Read More Introducing the Pervert’s Dilemma: A Contribution to the Critique of Deepfake Pornography

Congratulations to all our winners of the 2019 OII MSC thesis prize. It gives us great pleasure to announce the winners of the 2019 ...
Read More Introducing the 2019 MSc Thesis Prize Winners

This article was previously published by the Guardian 11 November 2019 Social media platforms do have a role to play, but real change requires ...
Read More Online politics needs to be cleaned up – but not just by Facebook and Twitter say Oxford academics

Like the legal profession, it has often been said that the world of real estate is characterised by ‘oily connections‘ and personal networks in ...
Read More Platform Real Estate blog by DPhil candidate Joe Shaw

Ever been stuck in queuing traffic which seems to have no explanation? Have you ever encountered a roundabout which creates more congestion than can ...
Read More Better and locally sensitive use of data could cut traffic jams

You’ve probably heard at least two things about the gig economy. First, that it’s big. In 2019, roughly one-in-10 workers in the UK earns ...
Read More How to build a fairer gig economy in 4 steps by Professor Mark Graham

Should cities be run like businesses? Should city services and infrastructure be run by businesses? For some urban commentators, policy-makers, politicians and corporate lobby ...
Read More New book: How to Run a City Like Amazon and Other Fables

The growth of online marketplaces has led to an explosion of a new type of advertisement with potential tenants being asked for just more ...
Read More Professor Gina Neff on the rise of online advertising for non-monetary rent arrangements in the online markeplace

The Fairwork Foundation – an organisation supported by the OII – is delighted to announce the release of our first major report, The Five ...
Read More Fairwork Foundation’s First Annual Report Released!

Shira Naomi Bick was a student in the MSc in Social Science of the Internet in 2015-2016. Since graduating, she has worked at YouTube ...
Read More Alumni Story: Naomi – Content Strategist at Facebook

Tim Davies was a student in the MSc in Social Science of the Internet in 2009-2010. Prior to this he had been working in ...
Read More Alumni Story: Tim – Co-Director, Practical Participation

Amanda Summers-Plotno was a student in the MSc in Social Science of the Internet in 2011-2012. Since graduating she has worked at Deloitte Digital ...
Read More Alumni story: Amanda – User Researcher, Facebook

Tulsi Parida was a student in the MSc in Social Science of the Internet in 2017 – 2018.  She was a 1+1 MBA Pershing ...
Read More Alumni Story: Tulsi – MBA student

Ryan den Rooijen was a student in the MSc in Social Science of the Internet in 2011-2012.  Prior to this he worked in digital ...
Read More Alumni Story: Ryan – Group head of data and analytics at Chalhoub Group

Marc-Aurele Ferracci was a student in the MSc in Social Science of the Internet in 2016 -2017.  He joined Salesforce after the OII and ...
Read More Alumni Story: Marc-Aurele – Business Development at MuleSoft

Therese Heather F. Belen was a student in the MSc in Social Science of the Internet in 2009-2010.  She has worked in marketing technology ...
Read More Alumni Story: Therese-Heather – Director of Analytics and Media Strategy for Zeta Global

Blind faith in the ability of new technologies to solve deep-rooted social problems is naive and dangerous. The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution seems inevitable. ...
Read More Politicians and Administrators: Don’t expect miracles from Artificial Intelligence