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The Centre for Social Investigation @NuffieldCollege undertakes rigorous independent research into social issues. Directed by Prof David Kirk. RT≠endorsement

 Oxford, England
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Joined June 2015
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In our new #COVIDー19 social network paper we show that repeated contact within networks is the most effective #exitstrategy to #FlattenTheCurve but also closed & similar networks arxiv.org/abs/2004.07052 @OxfordDemSci
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NYT oped by our own @SociologyOxford Jonathan Lusthaus on how Criminal Silicon Valley Is Thriving nyti.ms/2OyNI2j

Opinion | The Criminal Silicon Valley Is Thriving (Published 2019)

Eastern Europe’s cybercriminals are highly sophisticated. Can they be coaxed into more honest work?

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Did you hear Warden Andrew Dilnot on @ITVTonight last night, talking about social care funding? If you missed it, you can watch it again on @itvhub here: itv.com/hub/tonight/1a2803a1… #ITVTonight #SocialCare
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A taster from new analysis for tomorrow. Labour 2017 voters unlikely to vote Conservative regardless of their Brexit identity. Those Labour leavers are unlikely to be Conservative converts.
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Fascinating and unique study looking at what happens to contact and attitudes when young people transition to a diverse secondary school. Such a great design!
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Max Roser
@MaxCRoser20 Aug 2019
The email I write most often is this one. You never need to ask for permission to use work from @OurWorldInData – it is all licensed under Creative Commons BY [creativecommons.org/licenses…]. Feel free to use all that you find useful on OurWorldInData.org for whatever you want.
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NEW PAPER: Why do disadvantaged communities harm youth well-being? Partly they reduce positive interactions and trust i.e. social capital. But a bigger issue is that they generate more negative interactions, and negative interactions are much more harmful. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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"The greatest cause of poverty was not, as often believed, feckless shirking by the irresponsible lower classes, but low pay for full-time work, or inability to get regular work despite best efforts." – Professor Pat Thane FBA thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog…

How poverty in modern Britain echoes the past

Professor Pat Thane FBA explores how the extent and causes of poverty are much the same now as they were in 1900.

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MiSoC@MiSoC_Essex22 Jul 2019
Come and work with us! We are looking for a Research Assistant for an initial 1-year placement at MiSoC @iseressex @EssexSocSci @Uni_of_Essex @ResearchEssex : vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_…
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Biggest congratulations to Nuffield Fellows Meg Meyer and Geoff Evans who were elected to @BritishAcademy_ Fellowships on Friday! nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-event…

British Academy Fellowships for Nuffield Fellows - Nuffield College Oxford University

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Wave 15 of the BES Internet Panel is out now! Wave 15 was conducted in March 2019, immediately before the original Brexit deadline. More info and links to data here: britishelectionstudy.com/bes…
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Next up this afternoon at #usociety19 is Lewis Anderson @SociologyOxford on job loss and relationship breakup
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Showing students vignettes on how their student loan might be impacted by their future earnings helped them better understand the loan system, particularly around taking larger loans to pay for their life now. @AngusHolford @iseressex findings on the Boost project. #usociety19
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You have until Sunday (7 July) to apply for our Senior Research Fellow role, based at our @CityUniLondon 🇬🇧 headquarters. The successful applicant will lead on #survey fieldwork and questionnaire design, and will be able to publish their own #research. bit.ly/2KNtP6b
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Wouter Zwysen@WZwysen25 Jun 2019
Great bundle of papers from impressive cross-national project on ethnic discrimination in hiring.
Bram Lancee@BramLancee25 Jun 2019
Very excited that our special issue in @scmrjems on ethnic discrimination in hiring is out! 7 papers exploring cros-national patterns in discrimination with our field experiment @GEMM2020. With @LexThijssen @MarcelCoenders @MFReino and many others tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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David Cox (yes ‘that’ one from the 1972 Cox model paper) presenting @OxfordDemSci today
Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science@OxfordDemSci25 Jun 2019
Sir David Cox discusses foundational statistical principles - how do we measure the fabric of our lives? How do we do so in a systematic way? #SICSS2019 @SociologyOxford @NuffieldCollege
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ISER@iseressex24 Jun 2019
The ISER seminar this Wednesday - Dr Lindsay Richards @SociologyOxford @DrLARichards @csinuffield on “Social mobility and allostatic load in Britain ” 12.30 in the large seminar room, with sandwiches from 12.15 @EssexSocSci @essexsociology @MiSoC_Essex
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Me on the rise of in work poverty in @thetimes and free here ifs.org.uk/publications/1421… Big problem is housing costs which, for low earners, have risen far faster than earnings over last 20 years down to collapse of owner occupation and rise in rents
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'Decades of educational reforms in Britain have done nothing to close the gap with Japan' on life expectancy and infant mortality #SocialProgressBritain
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'There's a shocking lack of data to go on', when measuring social progress #SocialProgressBritain
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