Social Sciences and Psychology - Social Sciences

The University of Oxford's Social Sciences Division will host the Social Sciences Impact Conference on 24-25 March 2026 at St Anne's College, Oxford - bringing together researchers, policymakers, practitioners and innovators to explore how social science can help address complex challenges and deliver meaningful change. The 2026 conference theme, Impact in Motion: Navigating Uncertainty, Creating Change , will examine how collaboration, openness, innovation and inclusion can help societies respond constructively in a rapidly changing world.

Vicki Squire , Professor of International Politics in the Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS), has been named as one of 74 new Fellows of the distinguished Academy of Social Sciences.

A powerful new book - 15 years in the making- has exposed the brutal realities faced by millions of women and girls in South Asia, the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa, where they are still widely treated as property rather than human beings.

The Social Statistics department held its annual Work in Progress Conference in March, where PhD students presented innovative research.

Research into sociology, global competition law, education and urban planning has earned UCL academics election to The Academy of Social Sciences.

Researchers from across the UK will come together to form a ground-breaking new research consortium focused on tackling inequalities in cardiovascular disease (CVD). The NIHR is investing £50m into supporting a new Cardiovascular Disease Inequalities Challenge Consortium.