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Congratulations to Nuffield College Professorial Fellow Ozan Aksoy, who has received the 2026 Robert K. Merton Award from the International Network of Analytical Sociologists (INAS), together with Dr Aron Szekely (UCL), for their article Making Sense of Honor Killings.

Published in the American Sociological Review, the award-winning paper develops new theoretical models to explain why honour killings occur, combining methodological rigour with important insights into a pressing social issue.

The Robert K. Merton Award recognises outstanding research in analytical sociology that advances understanding through clear social mechanisms and rigorous theoretical or empirical approaches.

Congratulations to Ozan and Aron on this well-deserved recognition.

Read more: https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/news/nuffield-fellow-wins-2026-robert-k-merton-award/

We are pleased to announce an expanded research partnership between Nuffield College and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), building on our collaboration to advance knowledge-sharing in support of refugees, forcibly displaced and stateless people.

This renewed agreement reflects our shared commitment to rigorous, evidence-informed research that strengthens international refugee protection and informs policy and practice.

Together, we will expand our collaboration across research, public engagement and policy dialogue, including new work examining the impact of global funding cuts on protection risks, human trafficking and modern slavery.

Read more: https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/news/nuffield-college-expands-partnership-with-unhcr/

Nuffield College expands partnership with UNHCR - Nuffield College Oxford University This expansion will advance knowledge-sharing in support of refugees and forcibly displaced people 

Congratulations to Jane Green, Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College and Professor of Political Science and British Politics at the University of Oxford, on being awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Market Research Society (MRS).

The Fellowship recognises Jane's outstanding contribution to evidence-based understanding through her leadership as President of the British Polling Council, as well as her longstanding commitment to rigorous research, transparency, and public engagement.

Through her work as Co-Director of the British Election Study, Director of the Nuffield Politics Research Centre, and as a trusted election analyst, Jane has helped strengthen public understanding of British politics and the vital role of high-quality research in democratic life.

Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition!

Read more: https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/news/nuffield-fellow-awarded-honorary-fellowship-from-the-mrs/

Thank you to all of our Nuffield Economics Alumni and Friends for joining us for the Nuffield Economics Reunion last Saturday at Nuffield College in Oxford.

It was a great morning with wonderful speakers reminiscing about the late James Mirrlees, who was Professorial Fellow at Nuffield and Edgeworth Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford. Attendees also took part in "A Very Silent Auction" designed by Paul Klemperer and Edwin Lock.

Congratulations to Nuffield alumna Nan Sandi (DPhil Public Policy, 2020), who has received the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation in Environmental and Resource Economics.

Nan’s dissertation, ‘Essays in Natural Resources and Environmental Economics’, examines how market-based interventions and policy reforms can address environmental challenges and resource conflicts in low- and middle-income countries. The award recognises her ‘methodological excellence and […] important contributions to environmental and development economics’.

Warm congratulations to Nan on this distinguished and well-deserved honour.

Read more: https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/news/nuffield-alumna-nan-sandi-receives-eaere-award/

Congratulations to Osteria del Bowle, winners of this year's Nuffield College Bowls Match!

A fantastic day of friendly competition at the West Oxford Bowls Club brought together members of the College community for one of our summer traditions. The winning team consisted of Eli Harris-Trent, Joe Marshall, Janke Tolmay, Jesse Hoekstra.

Congratulations to the champions, and thank you to everyone who took part and came along to support the event!

Congratulations to Nuffield student Sarah Marshall on being selected for the Great Britain senior rowing team following Oxford Women's first Boat Race victory since 2016 this April.

Sarah, an MPhil-DPhil candidate in Economics, raced in the Oxford Women's Blue Boat before earning her place in the GB senior squad through post-race trials. She has since made her senior international debut at the World Rowing Cup and continues to balance elite sport with her doctoral research.

An outstanding achievement both on and off the water. Wishing Sarah every success as she continues to represent Great Britain.

Read more: https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/news/nuffield-student-selected-for-great-britain-rowing-team-following-boat-race-victory/

On 15 June, Nuffield Fellow Andrew Thompson played a leading role, acting as the Moderator for the UN’s 2026 Global Humanitarian Policy Forum in New York.

The forum brings together Member States, academics and humanitarian practitioners from around the world. This year, they discussed the future of humanitarian action, with Andrew bringing a historical perspective on the evolution of the global humanitarian system.

This forum was jointly hosted by United Nations OCHA and the College.

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Nuffield Fellow plays leading role in UN Forum - Nuffield College Oxford University Professorial Fellow Andrew Thompson moderated the 2026 Global Humanitarian Policy Forum at the United Nations

Congratulations to Nuffield College Professorial Fellows Barbara Petrongolo and Martin Weidner on being awarded prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants.

Among just fourteen Oxford academics to receive this highly competitive award, Barbara and Martin will each receive up to €2.5 million over five years to pursue ambitious new research projects.

Barbara Petrongolo's GENTALENT project will explore how childbirth, workplace organisation and social norms shape work and family life, while Martin Weidner's HOTMAP project will develop new econometric methods to improve the reliability of evidence drawn from complex data and machine learning.

These awards recognise the world-leading economics research taking place at Nuffield College and the University of Oxford.

Read more: https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/news/two-nuffield-fellows-awarded-prestigious-erc-advanced-grants/

Congratulations to Ridhi Kashyap, Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College and Professor of Demography & Computational Social Science at the University of Oxford, on receiving the inaugural Early Career Award from the European Association for Population Studies (EAPS).

The award recognises outstanding contributions by an early career scholar to demography and the interdisciplinary study of population. Professor Kashyap's research spans mortality and population health, migration and ethnicity, family and marriage patterns, and gender inequality, while pioneering new approaches in digital and computational demography.

This latest recognition follows her receipt of the Population Association of America's Early Achievement Award earlier this year. We are delighted to see Ridhi's innovative and impactful research recognised internationally.

Read more: https://buff.ly/AdsEymh