Press releases

26 March 2006

In his inaugural lecture, Professor Jonathan Zittrain addresses how to keep the Internet free of gatekeepers and yet guard against the badware or bad code, like viruses and spyware, that disrupts our lives and invades our privacy

5 March 2006

The OII has joined the OpenNet Initiative (ONI), a worldwide initiative established in 2003 to study state-sponsored filtering of the Internet. The OII will expand its capacity for analysis of the social, political and cultural contexts of filtering.

16 April 2005

Internationally known cyberlaw scholar Jonathan Zittrain becomes the first holder of the Chair in Internet Governance and Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute.

14 October 2004

Technically, the Internet is 'a swiss cheese at all levels', and its chances of surviving in its present form are 'no more than 50:50': these are some of the worrying conclusions of a recent OII conference on the future of the Internet

2 August 2004

The OII launches a pilot study to map the use of Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) for broadband Internet access in Oxfordshire, to investigate the potential for a grassroots global revolution in the provision of high-performance telecommunications infrastructure

29 April 2004

Alexandre Caldas, Rebecca Eynon, Ralph Schroeder, Limor Shifman and Steven Ward are appointed as Research Fellows at the Oxford Internet Institute.

29 April 2004

'A multidisciplinary future will bring more women into computing professions over the next decade and beyond': coverage of a lecture and forum on 'Women in Computing Professions: Inventing the Future', held on 17 June 2004

22 April 2004

Helen Margetts becomes the University of Oxford's Professor of Society and the Internet at the Oxford Internet Institute, also taking up a Professorial Fellowship in Mansfield College

1 March 2004

Ted Nelson, inspirational visionary and critic of the computer revolution, becomes the first recipient of a new Visiting Fellowship at Wadham College, linked to the Oxford Internet Institute

25 February 2004

Wadham College elects Theodor Holm (Ted) Nelson, the newly appointed Oxford Internet Institute Fellow, to a Visiting Fellowship at the College.

1 June 2003

The Oxford Internet Institute launches the Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS), a major nationwide survey about Internet capital: its causes, its uses and its consequences, linked to the World Internet Project, a set of surveys from over 20 countries

28 November 2002

Paul A. David, a Professor of Economics and Senior Fellow for Economic Policy Research at Stanford University, joins the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) as its first Senior Fellow

28 November 2002

Peter Davies leaves his position as General Counsel of Apple Europe, a post he has held since 1999, to become a Visiting Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, affiliated with Green College, University of Oxford

28 October 2002

The Oxford Internet Institute appoints Dr Stephen Coleman to the world's first professorship in e-democracy. The visiting professorship will be attached to Jesus College and is supported by Cisco Systems Ltd

27 September 2002

The Oxford Internet Institute holds its launch conference 'Casting a Wider Net: Integrating Research and Policy on the Social Impacts of the Internet', bringing together key figures from industry, academia and politics

25 June 2002

The Oxford Internet Institute is accepting evidence on infrastructure, policy, and public service issues relating to public availability to, and use of, broadband

18 April 2002

Professor William Dutton is appointed as the first Director of the Oxford Internet Institute, also becoming the University of Oxford's first Professor of Internet Studies and a Fellow of Balliol College