We are inviting Expressions of Interest for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoc Fellowships Scheme 2024! 🌍

We would be happy to host Fellows whose research profile overlaps with our research areas!

Find out how to apply ⬇️
sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/oxford…
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Oxford Uni staff/students can sign up to attend in person here! ➡️ forms.office.com/e/CS4fe8q8pG

Event alert! 🚨

Professor Andreas Wimmer (Columbia University) will join us next week to discuss the spread of transformative new ideas across social networks 💭🗺️

📅 Thurs 23 May
🕓 4pm
📍 Online & at Sociology at Oxford

Find out more ➡️
sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/diffusio…

This summer, we are pleased to offer two one-day training courses, open to all! 💻

📍 These will be held in-person in the Department of Sociology in Oxford.

We hope you can join us! ✨

Find out more ⬇️
sociology.ox.ac.uk/short-courses

Many thanks to Heather Stewart and Jane Green for their great contributions to last night's retrospective on the local elections and look ahead to the general election Trinity College . Recording with them and me here: youtube.com/watch?v=XrKoLY…

Remember to join us online tomorrow! 🏳️‍🌈💻

Find out more ➡️ sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/theorisi…

Alum Dora Meredith finished her MSc in Sociology in 2012 🎓

She is now Director of global affairs think tank ODI Europe 🌍

Read more about her experiences since leaving Oxford ➡️ sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/alumni…

Join us as Prof Susanne Choi discusses how Chinese LGBTQ people balance the pursuit of desire with maintaining obligations to their family of origin. 🏳️‍🌈

🕒 3.45pm
📅 Fri 10 May
📍 Online

Read more ➡️ sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/theorisi…

📝 New article by Dr Michael Biggs in Sociology Journal argues that 2021 census data on gender identity is inaccurate - the result of a flawed question.

Dr Biggs emphasises how a faulty question can distort our understanding of the social world ⬇️
sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/flawed…

CLOSING SOON: Are you a social scientist keen to share your research with the public through an inspiring public engagement event at Pitt Rivers Museum on Fri 1 Nov - or elsewhere between 19 Oct-9 Nov? Check out this year’s #FestivalofSocialScience call for EOIs socsci.ox.ac.uk/event/festival…

Warm welcome to my new GenTime research team! We research into #gender #inequalities in #timeuse in East Asian and Western societies. Postdocs: Zhuofei Lu Matthew Henglong Luo Grace Chang RAs: Trinidad Moreno & Yuchen Wu. Sociology at Oxford

📢 Calling all Oxford academics doing sociological research! 📢

We're launching the Oxford Sociology Network: a community fostering interdisciplinary collaboration & knowledge exchange among scholars in sociology & related fields.

✍️ Sign up here ➡️ forms.office.com/e/TViD46Kdxz

Four Oxford researchers have been awarded European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants of up to €2.5m each to explore their most innovative and ambitious ideas.

Congrats to professors:
- Shadreck Chirikure
- Véronique Gouverneur
- Vili Lehdonvirta
- Jin-Chong Tan
ox.ac.uk/news/2024-04-1…

🌐🔍 NEW: The first ever World Cybercrime Index identifies the globe’s key cybercrime hotspots.

The Index shows that a small number of countries house the greatest cybercrime threat. Russia leads, followed by Ukraine, China, USA, Nigeria & Romania ⬇️

sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/world-…

💻Cybercrime isn't one-size-fits-all. The Index reveals that countries specialise in certain types of cybercrime.

This means anti-cybercrime strategies need to be tailored to local contexts.

By tracking Index scores we can see if these anti-cybercrime strategies are working 🌍

NEW: Following three years of intensive research, an international team of researchers have compiled the first ever ‘World Cybercrime Index’.

The index identifies the globe’s key cybercrime hotspots by ranking the most significant sources of cybercrime at a national level.

🌐🔍 NEW: The first ever World Cybercrime Index identifies the globe’s key cybercrime hotspots.

The Index shows that a small number of countries house the greatest cybercrime threat. Russia leads, followed by Ukraine, China, USA, Nigeria & Romania ⬇️

sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/world-…

🌟 Exciting news! This summer, we'll be offering 1-day courses on Quantitative Data Analysis in Oxford! 📊

Open to adults (age 18+) with any level of experience, including beginners.

Sign up here to be the first to find out more ➡️
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Former student Dr Qiaoyu Luo is joining Sociology at Oxford as a postdoc researcher, working in organised crime!

🎓 Qiaoyu just completed his DPhil, which explored cybercrime in China.

We're glad you're sticking around! 👋
sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/qiaoyu…