The Science of Startups Initiative
This project aims to reveal the determinants of success in entrepreneurship, startups and innovation ecosystems using data science and qualitative research methods.
The internet plays an important part in our daily lives, and our research addresses the psychological, social and educational implications of the internet across the full lifespan, with a particular focus on children and young people.
We employ theoretically diverse approaches and an array of methods (including experiments, interviews and national surveys) to investigate the benefits and risks associated with the internet in everyday life.
With technology now such an integral part of our daily lives and increasingly so for adolescents, it’s crucial we understand what’s driving these shifts in wellbeing and whether technology is a consistent underlying factor across all nations.
Professor Andrew Przybylski
Professor of Human Behaviour and Technology
It is often claimed that the overall mental well-being of young people is undergoing a pronounced period of decline and some have implied that digital technologies might be driving this trend. This program of research aims to address both of these assumptions directly with empirical data drawn from more than two dozen countries over the past 30 years.
Of central interest are three research questions:
To answer these questions we need to draw translate and harmonise many datasets, integrate data on technology and mental health on an annualised basis for each country, and perform both time series and structural equation modelling to test overall, comparative, and technology-related trends.
This project aims to reveal the determinants of success in entrepreneurship, startups and innovation ecosystems using data science and qualitative research methods.
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AI technologies are increasingly being promoted to automate or augment work in the education sector. With the growth of these technologies, this project asks what tasks and skills are being affected by the adoption of AI in the education sector.
25 September 2024
Playing video games can be good for your mood, according to a new international study from researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute, part of the University of Oxford.
20 September 2024
A team of AI experts from the Oxford Internet Institute and the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford has won the prestigious 2024 George B. Moody PhysioNet Challenge.
15 August 2024
Looking for new reading recommendations for the summer months? The Oxford Internet Institute's faculty, staff, and students share their top picks.
Raconteur, 17 October 2024
We’re often told that AI will allow us to do more meaningful work, but research shows the opposite may be true. This has huge implications for the workplace.
Prospect, 12 October 2024
While concern focuses on extreme sexism among young men, a growing number of gen Z women are buying into misogynistic thinking with fresh insights from OII researcher Dr Karen Mansfield.
Freakonomics, 11 September 2024
Young people have been reporting a sharp rise in anxiety and depression. This maps neatly onto the global rise of smartphones. Some researchers are convinced that one causes the other. Hear from Prof Andy Przybylski, OII on what the evidence shows.
Professor of Education, the Internet and Society
Rebecca Eynon's research focuses on learning and the Internet, and the links between digital and social exclusion.
Rebecca Eynon is Professor of Education, the Internet and Society, with her post held jointly by the OII and Oxford’s Department of Education.
Her research explores the relationships between education, the Internet and inequalities, and has been published in top journals including Information, Communication & Society, Learning, Media and Technology, and British Journal of Educational Technology. She has also published two books on education and technology with Routledge. She was co-editor of Learning, Media and Technology from 2011-2021. She is currently on the editorial board for Learning, Media and Technology and Information and Learning Sciences.
Her work has been supported by a range of funders including the British Academy, the Economic and Social Research Council, the European Commission and Google. Projects she has worked on have investigated the ways in which creative human/AI collaboration might contribute to human flourishing, asked about the causes of lapsed internet use among young people, and developed new survey measures of peoples’ digital skills.
Rebecca teaches on the MSc Social Science of the Internet at the OII and on the MSc Education (Digital and Social Change) at the Department of Education. At both departments, she supervises DPhil students interested in digital education and social justice.
Director, Associate Professor, Senior Policy Fellow
Victoria Nash is the OII's Director and a 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 of Human Behaviour and Technology
Professor Przybylski is a psychologist who studies how online social media and video games platforms influence users’ mental health. His research focuses on how data from these platforms can inform regulation, policymaking, and expert advice.
Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow
Bernie Hogan examines how to capture, represent and think about social networks, especially personal social networks. His work focuses on the role of design in social media, network capture techniques and theories of relationships.