
Victoria Nash is the OII's Director and Senior Policy Fellow. Her research focuses on the opportunities and risks experienced by children using digital technologies; she also leads OII engagement on Internet regulation and digital policy issues.
Professor Victoria Nash
Director, Associate Professor, and Senior Policy Fellow
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Profile
Victoria Nash is the Director, an Associate Professor, and Senior Policy Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII). In the latter role, she is responsible for connecting OII research with policy and practice. Her research interests draw on her background as a political theorist, and concern the normative policy implications of evidence characterising children’s use of Internet technologies. Recent projects have included an analysis of age verification policies as a tool for balancing the interests of children and adults online, and a review of the risks and harms faced by children online. She is currently concluding a funded research project examining the concept of the ‘algorithmic child’ and the data risks posed to children by connected toys and the Internet of Things. She holds several digital policy advisory roles, including membership of the UK Government’s multi-stakeholder UK Council on Internet Safety (UKCIS) Evidence Group, and serves on the Advisory Board of COADEC. She is frequently called on to give expert evidence in UK and EU policy consultations on broader issues such as platform governance.
She is also Course Director of the OII’s annual course for digital policy-makers, the Internet Leadership Academy and the Summer Doctoral Programme for international PhD students.
Prior to joining the OII in 2002, Vicki was a Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Policy Research. She received her D.Phil in Politics from Nuffield College, Oxford University in 1999, having completed an M.Phil in Politics from Magdalen College in 1996, and a BA (Hons) Degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics before this.
Areas of Interest for Doctoral Supervision
Child safety, democracy, ethics, governance, inequality, public policy
Positions held at the OII
- Director, March 2021 –
- Deputy Director, August 2014 – March 2021
- Policy and Research Fellow, August 2002 –
- Director of Graduate Studies, September 2010 – March 2014
- Director of Graduate Studies, October 2008 – September 2009
Students supervised at the OII
Current students
Past students
- Dr Marcelo Thompson
- Jon Penney
- Tom Nicholls
- Gillian Bolsover
- Allison Mishkin
Research
Current projects
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Political Communication, AI and Data Diversity in the US
Participants: Dr Victoria Nash, Professor Philip N. Howard, Dr Dimitra (Mimie) Liotsiou, Lisa-Maria Neudert, Dr Vidya Narayanan
This project investigates contemporary trends in political communication, political polarization, artificial intelligence, and data diversity in the United States.
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Strengthening Digital Democracy
Participants: Dr Victoria Nash, Professor Philip N. Howard, Dr Dimitra (Mimie) Liotsiou, Lisa-Maria Neudert, Dr Vidya Narayanan
This programme supports research into the use of computational propaganda in developing democracies, our management of strategic relations with industry, government and civil society stakeholders, and capacity transfer to civil society groups.
Past projects
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Internet Filtering and Children’s Exposure to Harmful Content
Participants: Professor Andrew Przybylski, Professor Victoria Nash
The use of Internet filters has outpaced scientific evidence suggesting they protect young people online. This project investigates whether Internet filters help make young people resilient in the Internet age.
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Child safety on the Internet: looking beyond ICT actors
Participants: Dr Vicki Nash, Dr Huw Davies
This project will map the range of non-ICT companies engaging digitally with children and identify areas where their actions might affect a child’s exposure to online risks such as data theft, adverse online experiences or sexual exploitation.
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The “Offensive Internet”? Examining Cultures of Hate and Prejudice Online
Participants: Dr Taha Yasseri, Dr Kathryn Eccles, Dr Vicki Nash, Lucas Wright
This project examines the cultures of offensive speech online. It aims to learn about how offensive material is created, about the actors who produce and disseminate it, and the ways in which it is challenged.
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Effective Age Verification Techniques: Lessons to be Learnt from the Online Gambling Industry
Participants: Dr Victoria Nash, Ben Zevenbergen, Dr Rachel O'Connell
This cross-national research project focuses on the operation and efficacy of age verification techniques as employed by the European online gambling industry, comparing this to practice in other industry sectors.
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Child Protection
Participants: Dr Victoria Nash, Dr Monica Bulger, Dr Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova
Work and activities by OII faculty and associates on issues surrounding online child safety and protection.
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Clinical and psychological characteristics of Internet gamblers: web-based survey
Participants: Professor William H. Dutton, Dr Victoria Nash, Joanne Lloyd, Professor Robert D. Rogers, John Geddes, Guy Goodwin
Expanding our understanding of online gambling by undertaking a web-based survey of users of Internet gambling sites, covering areas such as demographic and occupational characteristics, psychological characteristics, and attitudes to risk.
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Civil society participation in the World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS)
Participants: Professor William H. Dutton, Dr Victoria Nash, Dr Sonia Liff, Professor Stephen Coleman
Achieving a deeper understanding of the nature, extent and potential of civil society groups' participation in the 2003 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and ICT policy making by establishing a cross-sector academic / practitioner dialogue.
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EICN working group on child protection and mobile phones
Participants: Professor William H. Dutton, Dr Victoria Nash
An OII-led working group to gather information and develop policy recommendations about the practices of mobile network operators in Europe in relation to child protection in the era of third-generation (3G) multimedia mobile phones.
Featured
- (2019) "Revise and resubmit? Reviewing the 2019 Online Harms White Paper", Journal of Media Law. 11 (1) 1-10.
- (2017) "Public Policy in the Platform Society", Policy and Internet. 9 (4) 368-373.
- (2017) "Internet Filtering Technology and Aversive Online Experiences in Adolescents.", The Journal of pediatrics. 184 215-219.e1.
- (2015) "Evidence on the extent of harms experienced by children as a result of online risks: implications for policy and research", Information, Communication & Society. 18 (1) 48-62.
Books
- (2003) Making Sense of Community. Institute for Public Policy Research.
- (2002) Any Volunteers for the Good Society?. Institute for Public Policy Research.
Chapters
- (2019) "The Politics of Children's Internet use" In: Society and the Internet Dutton, W.H. and GRAHAM, M. (eds.). oxford: Oxford University Press. 480.
- (2014) "The Politics of Children's Internet Use" In: Society and the Internet Graham, M. and Dutton, W.H. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- (2013) "Analyzing Freedom of Expression Online: Theoretical, Normative and Empirical Contributions" In: The Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies Dutton, W.H. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- (2005) "Implications of the Mobile Internet for the Protection of Minors" In: L'ICT Trasforma la Societa. Milan: Forum per la Tecnologia della Informazione.
- (2004) "Public policy and social networks: just how 'Socially Aware' is the policy-making process?" In: Social Networks and Social Exclusion: Sociological and Policy Perspectives Phillipson, C., Allan, G. and Morgan, D. (eds.).
Journal articles
- (2019) "Revise and resubmit? Reviewing the 2019 Online Harms White Paper", Journal of Media Law. 11 (1) 1-10.
- (2018) "Internet Filtering and Adolescent Exposure to Online Sexual Material.", Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking. 21 (7) 405-410.
- (2017) "Public Policy in the Platform Society", Policy and Internet. 9 (4) 368-373.
- (2017) "Internet Filtering Technology and Aversive Online Experiences in Adolescents.", The Journal of pediatrics. 184 215-219.e1.
- (2015) "Evidence on the extent of harms experienced by children as a result of online risks: implications for policy and research", Information, Communication & Society. 18 (1) 48-62.
- (2014) "Evidence on the extent of harms experienced by children as a result of online risks: implications for policy and research", Information Communication and Society. 18 (1) 48-62.
- (2013) "Beyond Rational Games: An Analysis of the "Ecology of Values" in Internet Governance Debates", COMMUNICATION CULTURE & CRITIQUE. 6 (4) 616-633.
- (2001) "Continuity of Ideas and the Politics of Higher Education Expansion in Britain from Robbins to Dearing", Twentieth Century British History. 12 (2) 185-207.
Reports
- (2016) "Identifying the Routes by which Children View Pornography Online: Implications for Future Policy-makers Seeking to Limit Viewing" In: Report of the Expert Panel for the DCMS Consultation "Child Safety Online: Age Verification for Pornography".
- (2014) "Effective age verification techniques: Lessons to be learnt from the online gambling industry" In: Final Report, December 2012-December 2013. Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford.
- (2011) "Freedom of connection - freedom of expression: The changing legal and regulatory ecology shaping the internet" In: UNESCO, Division for Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Peace. Paris: UNESCO.
- (2010) "Child protection and freedom of expression online" In: Oxford Internet Institute Discussion Forum Paper No. 17.. Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford.
Presentations
- (2013) Evidence on the extent of harms experienced by children as a result of online risks: A critical synthesis of research. International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Meeting.
- (2013) Does the Internet harm children's health? A critical review of the evidence. Annual Conference of the Media, Communication, and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA).
Teaching
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Digital Era Government and Politics
This option course will approach the study of government and politics through the lens of data science.
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Foundations of Social Data Science
This course will introduce to some of the fundamental questions that have been raised in this domain across the social sciences.
Videos
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‘From facial recognition technology to children online: regulating data protection in 2021’ with Elizabeth Denham CBE
Recorded: 3 March 2021
Duration: 00:58:55
The Oxford Internet Institute is delighted to welcome Elizabeth Denham CBE, the UK Information Commissioner, hosted by Professor Victoria Nash
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Tristan Harris in conversation with Professor Victoria Nash
Recorded: 10 February 2021
Duration: 01:01:40
The OII welcomes Tristan Harris, star of The Social Dilemma, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, and former Google Design Ethicist. In conversation with Professor Victoria Nash, Deputy Director and Senior Policy Fellow at the OII.
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Victoria Nash delivers the OII London Lecture
Recorded: 28 January 2020
Duration: 56:25:00
Connected cots, talking teddies and the rise of the algorithmic child.
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Reflections on the tenth anniversary of the MSc Social Science of the Internet
Recorded: 16 September 2019
Duration: 04:51:00
OII academics Professor Victoria Nash, Professor Ralph Schroeder and Professor Greg Taylor share their reflections on the origins of the MSc programme and its successes.
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OII Oxford Lecture: Connected cots, talking teddies and the rise of the algorithmic child
Recorded: 28 May 2019
Duration: 00:59:34
The Oxford Internet Institute is excited to present the Deputy Director of the OII, Professor Victoria Nash, for the lecture: 'Connected cots, talking teddies and the rise of the algorithmic child: Protecting children in the era of the smart home'
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OII Awards 2018: In Conversation with Judy Wajcman
Recorded: 16 November 2018
Duration: 00:37:42
The Oxford Internet Institute Awards 2018 began with a public lecture by Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Professor Judy Wajcman, in conversation with OII Deputy Director Dr Victoria Nash.
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Digital Era Government and Politics: OII MSc Option Course
Recorded: 12 July 2015
Duration: 00:03:19
This option course for the OII MSc in "Social Science of the Internet" examines the impact of the Internet and related technologies on the core activities and institutions of government and politics
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You can’t solve problems by breaking the net
Recorded: 5 December 2013
Duration: 00:14:22
Interview with Cory Doctorow, discussing the mistakes politicians commit when regulating the Internet.
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A better internet for kids – with or without politicians?
Recorded: 21 November 2013
Duration: 00:07:33
Interview with Simon Milner, Director of Policy, UK and Ireland, Facebook.
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Interview with Mike Bracken
Recorded: 14 November 2013
Duration: 00:12:04
Interview with Mike Bracken, Executive Director of Digital in the Cabinet Office.
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Pete Lomas (Raspberry Pi) in Conversation — OII Internet Awards 2012
Recorded: 13 November 2012
Duration: 00:21:33
Victoria Nash talks to Pete Lomas, Founder and Trustee at innovative non-profit foundation Raspberry Pi, recipients of an OII Internet and Society Award, in recognition of their exemplary efforts in using the Internet for the public good in Britain.
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Potential and Challenges of Big Data for Public Policy-Making (IPP 2012 Plenary Panel)
Recorded: 21 September 2012
Duration: 01:00:14
Panellists discuss the opportunities and challenges posed by big data for research and public policy-making at the conference "IPP2012: Big Data: Big Challenges".
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Interview with Peter Grabosky: 2005 CyberSafety Conference
Recorded: 9 September 2005
Duration: 00:05:42
Interview with Peter Grabosky from the 2005 Cybersafety Conference, focusing on the complex web of issues, assumptions and trade-offs involved in improving online safety and security at a personal, national and international level.
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Interview with Jim Gamble: 2005 CyberSafety Conference
Recorded: 9 September 2005
Duration: 00:05:47
Interview with Jim Gamble from the 2005 Cybersafety Conference, focusing on the complex web of issues, assumptions and trade-offs involved in improving online safety and security at a personal, national and international level.
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Interview with Sonia Livingstone: 2005 CyberSafety Conference
Recorded: 9 September 2005
Duration: 00:02:37
Interview with Sonia Livingstone from the 2005 Cybersafety Conference, focusing on the complex web of issues, assumptions and trade-offs involved in improving online safety and security at a personal, national and international level.
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Interview with Lilian Edwards: 2005 CyberSafety Conference
Recorded: 9 September 2005
Duration: 00:02:40
Interview with Lilian Edwards from the 2005 Cybersafety Conference, focusing on the complex web of issues, assumptions and trade-offs involved in improving online safety and security at a personal, national and international level.
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Interview with Liz Butterfield: 2005 CyberSafety Conference
Recorded: 9 September 2005
Duration: 00:04:08
Interview with Liz Butterfield from the 2005 Cybersafety Conference, focusing on the complex web of issues, assumptions and trade-offs involved in improving online safety and security at a personal, national and international level.
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Interview with Ian Walden: 2005 CyberSafety Conference
Recorded: 9 September 2005
Duration: 00:04:07
Interview with Ian Walden from the 2005 Cybersafety Conference, focusing on the complex web of issues, assumptions and trade-offs involved in improving online safety and security at a personal, national and international level.
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Interview with Roger Darlington: 2005 CyberSafety Conference
Recorded: 9 September 2005
Duration: 00:04:46
Interview with Roger Darlington from the 2005 Cybersafety Conference, focusing on the complex web of issues, assumptions and trade-offs involved in improving online safety and security at a personal, national and international level.
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CyberSafety Conference: Introductions
Recorded: 9 September 2005
Duration: 00:27:03
Introductions to the 2005 Cybersafety Conference, focusing on the complex web of issues, assumptions and trade-offs involved in improving online safety and security at a personal, national and international level.
News
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Announcing the OII’s next Director
29 January 2021
The OII Steering Board has agreed that Professor Victoria Nash should be the next Director of OII.
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Online Harms White Paper – “Duty of care not the right approach” experts agree
1 July 2019
The government needs to convene a comprehensive meeting with all relevant stakeholders to map a way forward on its Internet regulation plans, says a leading group of experts in an open letter to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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Associate Professor title awarded to Dr Victoria Nash
14 May 2019
The Social Sciences Division at the University of Oxford has conferred the title of Associate Professor on Dr Victoria Nash in recognition of distinction in her field and her contributions to the research, teaching and administration of the OII.
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Parental controls ineffective at preventing teens from seeing pornography, new research finds
12 July 2018
Parental controls ineffective at preventing teens from seeing pornography, new research finds
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Study casts doubt on whether internet filters in the home protect teenagers online
14 March 2017
A new study by Oxford casts doubt on whether Internet filtering technologies shield young teenagers after finding no link between homes with internet filters and the likelihood of the teenagers in those households being better protected.
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Report Assesses Routes By Which Children Access Online Pornography
16 February 2016
Many UK children are seeing explicit sexual images online and commercial pornography distributors could do more to limit this, says a new DCMS report. The OII's Victoria Nash led a panel of experts who laid out possible measures to mitigate risks.
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Oxford University Teaching Awards for OII Faculty
3 November 2011
We are extremely pleased to announce that three members of the OII teaching faculty are to receive awards from the University of Oxford, in recognition of their excellent contributions to the department's teaching over the past year.
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Denham celebrates excellence in teaching
17 October 2008
OII Fellows Rebecca Eynon and Victoria Nash are awarded prizes at University of Oxford Teaching Awards ceremony. The scheme is run by the Oxford University Learning Institute and aims to recognise excellence in college and university teaching
Events
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The Oxford Internet Institute @ 20
5 May 2021
Join us for a panel discussion, with OII Directors past and present, reflecting on what the OII has achieved in the last 20 years, and how it hopes to address current and future technology challenges going forward.
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OII Wednesday Webinar Week 4 ‘Tristan Harris in conversation with Professor Victoria Nash’
10 February 2021
The OII welcomes Tristan Harris, star of The Social Dilemma, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, and former Google Design Ethicist. In conversation with Professor Victoria Nash, Deputy Director and Senior Policy Fellow at the OII.
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Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS) 2013 Report Launch
1 October 2013
The launch of the OxIS 2013 Report, presenting a decade of OII-collected survey data on Internet use and attitudes in Britain.
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A Decade in Internet Time: Symposium on the Dynamics of the Internet and Society
Wednesday 21 - Saturday 24 September 2011
The Oxford Internet Institute and the journal, Information, Communication and Society are co-organizing a symposium to critically assess the last decade of social research on the Internet and identify directions for research over the next.
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Child Protection, Free Speech and the Internet
5 April 2011
Given the success of our first policy forum on this topic in 2009, we are holding a second invitation-only forum to build on the dialogue between advocates of child protection and advocates of free speech.
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Following our Digital Footprints: Tracing the Policy Implications of the Future Digital Economy
16 February 2011
Bringing together senior academics, business leaders and policy-makers, this policy forum aims to identify the new and emerging policy implications of a digital economy driven by the collection, storage, use and re-use of personal information.
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Expanding the Connected Kingdom: Policies and Strategies for Stimulating the UK Internet Economy
22 November 2010
This policy forum brings together senior academics, business leaders and policy-makers in order to identify policies and strategies that will help maximise the potential of the UK's increasingly significant Internet economy.
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Freedom of Connection – Freedom of Expression: The Changing Legal and Regulatory Ecology Shaping the Internet (IGF 2010 Workshop)
14 September 2010
This IGF 2010 workshop brings together a panel of experts to exchange views on policy recommendations to shape the changing regulatory ecology in ways that are conducive to maintaining both the free flow of information and the integrity of cyberspace.
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Child Protection, Free Speech and the Internet: Mapping the Territory and Limitations of Common Ground
2 October 2009
A forum to facilitate a dialogue and identify shared policy goals between NGOs campaigning to protect child protection and children's rights online, and those campaigning for freedom of speech and other civil liberties.
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Future Trends in Security and Privacy
11 December 2008
Summary to come.
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Departmental Open Day for Students
18 November 2008
Summary to come.
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OII Research and Policy Workshop
27 March 2006
A workshop showcasing two areas of the OII's research addressing questions of real concern to government, industry and NGOs: generational and age-related patterns of Internet use, and Internet filtering conducted by national governments.
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Going Global: Civil Society Participation in the World Summit on the Information Society
22 March 2006
This event is limited to invited participants only.
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e-Participation in Established and Emerging Democracies: Early Experiences in Eastern Europe
8 December 2005
The focus of this workshop is to explore the role of the Internet in civic participation and democratic conversations with a focus on experience in the new democracies of Eastern Europe.
Blog
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Afternoons on BBC Oxford interview with Professor Victoria Nash
10 February 2021
Author:
As part of Safer Internet Day, listen now to Professor Victoria Nash, Deputy Director, OII, University of Oxford speaking to BBC Radio Oxford presenter ...
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Black Heroes of the Internet – Juliana Rotich
1 October 2020
Authors: Victoria Nash
Juliana Rotich is an extraordinarily impressive social entrepreneur who has embraced the potential of digital technologies to connect individuals or communities in search of ...
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Coming soon… The Gig Economy A Critical Introduction
17 August 2019
Authors: Mark Graham, Victoria Nash
I’m very happy to announce the first sharable details about my new forthcoming book (co-authored with Jamie Woodcock). The book will be out in ...
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Internet Filtering: And Why It Doesn’t Really Help Protect Teens
29 March 2017
Authors: David Sutcliffe, Victoria Nash, Andrew Przybylski
Young British teens (between 12-15 years) spend nearly 19 hours a week online, raising concerns for parents, educators, and politicians about the possible negative ...
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The lasting benefits of SDP participation
9 February 2017
Author: Victoria Nash
From reading the blog posts written by our SDP alumni, it should be obvious how much all our students enjoy the programme. The combination ...
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Looking back on the OII Summer Doctoral Programme – the network that just keeps on giving!
8 February 2017
Author: Victoria Nash
From reading the blog posts written by our SDP alumni, it should be obvious how much all our students enjoy the programme. The combination ...
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“An experience incomparable to any other thus far in my PhD journey” — Shane Horgan remembers SDP2016
3 November 2016
Authors: Shane Horgan
The Oxford Internet Institute’s Summer Doctoral Programme represents an experience incomparable to any other thus far in my PhD journey. In a somewhat futile ...
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Evidence on the extent of harms experienced by children as a result of online risks: implications for policy and research
29 July 2014
Author: Victoria Nash
Child Internet safety is a topic that continues to gain a great deal of media coverage and policy attention: but online risk and harm ...
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Catching up with the SDP alumni
17 February 2014
Author: Victoria Nash
It’s one of the perks of convening the OII Summer Doctoral Programme that I get to keep in touch with the programme’s alumni as ...
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‘A network of really amazing people’ … students discuss their time at the SDP2013: Toronto
27 January 2014
Author: Victoria Nash
In 2013 the OII’s Summer Doctoral Programme visited Toronto, kindly hosted by the University of Toronto’s iSchool. In this student-produced video, the SDP2013 students ...
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Responsible research agendas for public policy in the era of big data
19 September 2013
Author: Victoria Nash
The availability of big datasets offers great potential to shape and influence policy outcomes, as well as the means by which policy-making is undertaken. ...
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Looking Back on Ten Years of the OII’s Summer Doctoral Programme
7 February 2012
Author: Victoria Nash
Every summer a talented group of doctoral students from around the world arrives at the OII for an exciting, challenging, open and intense fortnight ...
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Personal data protection vs the digital economy? OII policy forum considers our digital footprints
3 February 2011
Author: Victoria Nash
Catching a bus, picking up some groceries, calling home to check on the children – all simple, seemingly private activities that characterise many people’s ...
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‘Quite simply, I think the Summer Doctoral Programme is one of the best things we do’
15 February 2010
Author: Victoria Nash
The SDP has been run since 2003 by OII Fellow Dr Victoria Nash. We asked: how did it begin? Why did the OII launch ...
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OII Summer Doctoral Programme (2003-2009): Recap, attempted
18 November 2009
Author: Victoria Nash
I’m not sure anyone’s ever attempted to gather together the scattered blogged thoughts and general stuff generated by all our Summer Doctoral Programmes. So here ...
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Press
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Will algorithms always be biased?
2 March 2021 BBC Digital Planet
Can bias in algorithms be removed? The Incoming Director of the Oxford Internet Institute, tablets in Malawi helping girls stay in school and online learning via your games console.
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Afternoons on BBC Oxford
9 February 2021 BBC News
Listen to Professor Victoria Nash, Deputy Director, OII, University of Oxford speaking to BBC Radio Oxford presenter Adam Ball about digital parenting and how we can help keep children safe online as we mark Safer Internet Day 13m06s-19m06s
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Coronavirus school closures impact 1.3 billion children – and remote learning is increasing inequality
18 May 2020 The Conversation
COVID-19 is disrupting education on an unprecedented scale and this is already leading to growing inequalities.
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UK ‘porn block’ starts April 1 – but you can unlock it by handing over ID or buying £5 ‘porn card’ on your local high street
7 March 2019 The Sun
As early as next month, porn sites will be required to get proof of ID from UK residents before showing any X-rated clips.
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Are celebrity baby Instagram accounts OK?
19 April 2018 BBC News
"The major pitfalls include increasingly recognising that children have rights of consent. Who owns a child's identity?
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Hey! Algorithms, leave them kids alone: Chips with Everything podcast
13 April 2018 The Guardian: Chips with Everything podcast
To discuss the implications of an algorithm-free YouTube platform, Jordan Erica Webber is joined by Dr Vicki Nash, of the Oxford Internet Institute.
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Do we need new rules for the platform society?
24 January 2018 The New Statesman
Dr. Victoria Nash explores this question in an op-ed for The New Statesman.
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Academics doubt value of online porn age checks
18 July 2017 Sky News
Experts say the move will not deter children from accessing porn and will leave adults exposed to blackmail and other cybercrime.
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Porn ID checks set to start in April 2018
17 July 2017 BBC News
A nine-month countdown to the introduction of compulsory age checks on online pornography seen from the UK has begun.
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Limiting Children’s Access to Porn Online
17 February 2016 Huffpost Tech
Vicki Nash writes about the findings of the report commissioned by the Government on children's access to pornography for which she was the lead author.
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Teach pupils about porn
17 February 2016 The Times
Young people should be taught about the fiction of pornography. Coverage of the findings of the government report on child access and use of pornography led by Vicki Nash.
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A grown-up conversation about children and porn online starts here.
17 February 2016 The Conversation
Vicki Nash and co-authors of the government funded report on children's access and use of pornography write about the need for appropriate education to counter the fiction of pornography.
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Government launches porn site age checks consultation
16 February 2016 BBC News
Victoria Nash is the lead author on a government report on child access and use of pornography. BBC news reports on the government launch of the public consultation on implementation of age checks.
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Why posting pictures of your kids on facebook could come back to haunt you, writes Linda Geddes
31 October 2014 The Adelaide Advertiser
An article on the use of images of children posted to social media sites which quotes Victoria Nash and was originally published in the Telegraph is reproduced on the Australian news site
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Why online snaps can returnt to haunt you
30 October 2014 Daily Telegraph Australia
Article quoting Victoria Nash on the risks of posting pictures of children on social media sites is reproduced on several Australian news sites including the Herald Sun, Perth Now, Brisbane Courier Mail and News.com
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Baroness Kidron interview: ‘Children’s online safety is too vital to leave to Government’
27 October 2014 The Independent
An interview with Baroness Kidron reports on her involvement with iRights, a charter to make children's use of the internet safer, notes that it has the support of the Oxford Internet Institute.
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What Oxford has done for the internet
3 October 2014 University of Oxford
Vicki Nash provides a tour d'horizon of the major contribution that Oxford has made to the internet since alumnus Sir Tim Berners-Lee created it 25 years ago.
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Does sharing photos of your children on Facebook put them at risk?
21 September 2014 The Observer
An in-depth article explores the many issues relating to posting pictures of children on-line. Vicki Nash advises against posting information that could be used to steal a child's identity.
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Click
5 May 2014 BBC World Service
Vicki Nash talked to the BBC World Service 'Click' programme about the values and value of the Oxford Internet Institute and about its research. (15.07 on clock)
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The Chris Evans Show
18 June 2013 BBC R2
Victoria Nash commented in a news item on the popular morning show which looked at government plans to ask Internet companies to do more to block harmful online content. [c.33:12 on the clock] (also on seven BBC local radio outlets)
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Icann to set new internet address timetable with raffle
17 December 2012 BBC News Technology
Icann, the internet name regulator has opted for a raffle to determine the timetable for applications for new suffixes. Victoria Nash comments that the new top-level domains have been controversial and Icann needs to deliver a smooth rollout.
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South Today
11 January 2012 BBC 1
Victoria Nash talked to BBC local news about the sacking of an Oxford City footballer for posting a homophobic comment on Twitter. People get carried away, she says, and once the message is out it is almost impossible to retract (01.24 on clock).
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iPad: Tech Toy of Choice for children Poses Big Challenges
29 November 2011 Wall Street Cheat sheet
As increasing numbers of children have access to an iPad, companies are responding by developing software specifically designed to appeal to children. Victoria Nash comments on welfare concerns about children online.
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1iPad luxury, 2iPads necessity for many families
29 November 2011 Arabian Gazette
As increasing numbers of children have access to an iPad, companies are responding by developing software specifically designed to appeal to children. Victoria Nash comments on welfare concerns about children online.
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IPad-Crazed Toddlers Spur Holiday Sales
28 November 2011 Bloomberg
As increasing numbers of children have access to an iPad, companies are responding by developing software specifically designed to appeal to children. Victoria Nash comments on welfare concerns about children online.
Integrity Statement
In the past five years my work has been financially supported by UK taxpayers, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the Oak Foundation, Luminate, the John Fell Fund and Google UK. As part of my science communication and policy outreach responsibilities, I have served in an unpaid capacity on OfCom’s Making Sense of Media Advisory Panel and its Consumer Panel, on the UK Council on Internet Safety, the Coalition for the Digital Economy (COADEC), the Education Task Force against Hate Speech, the Internet Commission, the End Child Prostitution and Trafficking (ECPAT) Research Advisory Network, the UK Internet Governance Forum, Nominet’s Policy Stakeholder Committee and advisory boards for specific projects at Facebook Inc., Google Inc., and Parentzone.