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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 21h

Dr @bridgetsteele.bsky.social is taking part in the Westminster Higher Education Forum policy conference 'Tackling sexual harassment in higher education - policy, prevention and reporting'. 📆 16 Oct - register now:

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

ICYMI 🌡️How does heat affect menstrual health and mental health? As temperatures rise due to climate change, understanding the wider health impacts of heat is becoming increasingly important.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

📢 New research from @elifcan.bsky.social examining the gender, race and wage dynamics on care platforms in Turkey has been published in The Journal of Social Policy.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

📣 Vacancy alert: Part-time Postdoctoral Research Assistant We're recruiting a part-time Postdoctoral Research Assistant to join an exciting 18-month mixed-methods study on developmental trauma in infants entering care.

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Oxford Social Sciences Division @socsci.ox.ac.uk · 18/09/2026

🧸 Two very simple and effective parenting tips, based on many years of international research, can make a huge difference! 🎥 Watch our two new 90-sec films produced in partnership with BBC Ideas, and find out more about the @dspi-oxford.bsky.social research that underpins them!

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Evidence-based advice for better parenting in new BBC Ideas short films

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

NEW research: Support groups for parents halved violence against children in wartime Ukraine Study led by @dspi-oxford.bsky.social student Sydney Tucker with World Relief and World Without Orphans. Findings come from trial of 510 parents and caregivers taking part in the Hope Groups programme.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

How can ageing electorates reshape economic priorities – and contribute to economic stagnation? DSPI's Tim Vlandas' research on political and economic consequences of population ageing has recently been cited in articles in France’s Libération and Canada’s Toronto Star.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📽️Watch a new video 'A Simple way to parent like a pro (and stay calm!)', a collaboration between BBC Ideas and @socsci.ox.ac.uk giving practical advice for parents. Find out from DSPI's Dr Isang Awah about the importance of 'taking a pause':

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The 5-min-a-day parenting tool that really works

Here's a surprisingly simple tool that's proven to improve your parenting.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🎥BBC Ideas & @socsci.ox.ac.uk collaboration video showcases new '1-on-1 time', a 5-min-a-day parenting tool. DSPI's @jamielachman.bsky.social explains how 1-on-1 time is a game-changer for strengthening parent/child relationships. 🔗

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The 5-min-a-day parenting tool that really works

Here's a surprisingly simple tool that's proven to improve your parenting.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Are asylum-seeking children really responsible for the rise in the number of children entering care in England? New research led by DSPI’s Dr Michelle Degli Esposti challenges this assumption, revealing a complex picture of how and why children have entered care in England over the past 5 decades.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🧑‍🎓 Hear from leading researchers from across the University of Oxford and around the world as they share their research and latest thinking on some of today’s most pressing social policy issues as part of DSPI's seminar series.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Are we in a new chapter for #SocialCare reform in England? Prof Mary Daly writes for the BMJ about 5 interconnected problems that need resolution: - The substance of the free care offer - Funding - Provision - Commissioning & regulation - The relationship with the #NHS www.bmj.com/content/394/...

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New chapter for social care reform in England?

Free offer, funding, provision, commissioning, and NHS links must be considered together Reform of social care in England faces a multitude of problems: nearly two million people report unmet care ne...

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

📅 Save the date: What is violence? How should it be measured? What are the implications for policy to halve violence against women and girls in ten years? Join us at DSPI's Sidney Ball Memorial Lecture with guest speaker Professor Sylvia Walby, Professor of Sociology at @royalholloway.bsky.social

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

“Sluggish economies [are] geared toward the interests of older people” Great to see a recent article in De Groene Amsterdammer drawing on two pieces of research by Tim Vlandas, Professor of Comparative Political Economy and Social Policy at DSPI.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

ICYMI | How can we give babies a voice before they can speak? 👶 New research from DSPI’s Professor Jane Barlow and the @ihealthvisiting.bsky.social suggests that an innovative observational tool could help health visitors identify signs of psychological distress in babies earlier.

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Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

👆 Article in Journal of Social Policy is co-authored with a dream team of Maddy Power @lshtm.bsky.social , @kittyjstewart.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social @katejandersen.bsky.social Mark Fransham @dspi-oxford.bsky.social & wider @nuffieldfoundation.org research included @cpaguk.bsky.social

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Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Late to share (cos life) We need to talk more about fact UK still has a Benefit Cap, & one that causes real, lasting harm, while ascribing the thousands of families affected with a power they do not have. 📖 New article on @nuffieldfoundation.org funded research www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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An impossible move? Households’ experiences of trying to escape the UK’s benefit cap | Journal of Social Policy | Cambridge Core

An impossible move? Households’ experiences of trying to escape the UK’s benefit cap

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

From flash droughts to heatwaves, the UK’s increasingly extreme weather is creating what scientists call “climate whiplash”. In her article for @uk.theconversation.com, DSPI’s @chlobrim.bsky.socialexplores the different types of drought and examines opportunities for change.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

What makes parenting support programmes effective, and how can successful approaches be scaled to reach more families? In this article for @uk.theconversation.com, DSPI’s Inge Vallance and Genevieve Haupt Ronnie (University of Cape Town) examine programmes implemented across 8 African countries.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Congratulations to Prof Zachary Parolin on receiving two prestigious international early-career honours for his contributions to the understanding of poverty, inequality and social mobility: 🙌 The 2026 William Julius Wilson Early Career Award 🙌 Honorable Mention for the 2026 Henrik Enderlein Prize

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Are asylum-seeking children to blame for England's children's social care crisis? In a new Expert Comment for @oxforduni.bsky.social , Dr Michelle Degli Esposti, Associate Professor at DSPI, examines this claim using five decades of data and reveals the factors behind the crisis.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🚨We're hiring 2 part-time Research Assistants to join Professor Zach Parolin's research team working on economic and social inequality in high-income countries. You will be a PhD student in a social science discipline (or relevant data science field) with experience in data management and analysis.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Missed one of our seminars? You can still catch up anytime on the Department's YouTube channel. Our seminar series bring top researchers from around the University and the world to talk about their work and share the latest thinking on pressing issues.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Congratulations to Dr Tobias Schillings on being awarded a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship for ‘Reforming Solidarity: Healthcare Expansion and Welfare Legitimacy in the Global South' which explores how healthcare reform reshapes solidarity, state responsibility, and inequality across societies.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

❓Why does knowing who is likely to vote for a political party often tells us little about that party’s overall electoral success? New research from DSPI's Professor Tim Vlandas and @University of York’s @Professor Daphne Halikiopoulou explores this key challenge in contemporary political analysis.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

ICYMI >> Research published in the BMJ Global Health shows that parenting programmes delivered at scale can dramatically reduce violence against adolescent girls. Click link below to find out more.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

How are digital care platforms reshaping how migrant care work is organised? New research from @elifcan.bsky.social, published in the Journal of Social Policy, explores how migrant care workers in Turkey are represented on care platforms.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

🙌 Congratulations to Dr Roselinde Janowski, DSPI Research Affiliate, and colleagues on their new publication in Annals of Behavioral Medicine which examined whether caregiver characteristics influenced the effectiveness of different design and delivery strategies for supporting engagement.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

How is grey power tilting government priorities towards preservation over progress? Is this undermining the investment needed to tackle the negative consequences of ageing populations? Great to Prof Tim Vlandas’ research, ‘Aging Advanced Capitalist Democracies’, cited again in recent weeks.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

How can we give babies a voice before they can speak? New research from DSPI's Professor Jane Barlow and the Institute of Health Visiting shows that an innovative observational tool could transform how health visitors identify babies experiencing early psychological distress.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

As the UK enters another period of extreme heat, @chlobrim.bsky.social , a climate scientist at DSPI whose research focuses on extreme heat, comments in @theguardian.com on the policy choices that heatwaves are forcing us to confront.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🎉Congratulations to DSPI’s @amiyabhatia.bsky.socialand @mnaczyk.bsky.social who have received the University of Oxford’s @socsci.ox.ac.ukTeaching Excellence Awards in recognition of their outstanding contributions to teaching at DSPI.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

In his article for Die Welt discussing why young people emigrate, Jens Ulrich Eckhard draws on research from DSPI's Professor Tim Vlandas’s research on how grey power is influencing government priorities.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The SAFERCHILD project, led by DSPI’s Professor LucieCluver, has been awarded a €150,000 grant from the @erc.europa.eu to turn groundbreaking research into a scalable child protection innovation.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

🙌 Congratulations to Charlène Calderaro, postdoctoral fellow at DSPI, who has been named as joint winner of Politics & Gender's Best Article Prize 2026 for her article ‘Beyond Instrumentalization: Far-Right Women’s Appropriation of Feminism in France’.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

As the UK's heatwave continues, Dr Chloe Brimicombe, postdoctoral researcher at DSPI, explains how people can stay safe during heatwaves and why policies must go further to prepare for rising temperatures. Read her Expert Comment 👇 @chlobrim.bsky.social

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Interviewed in Handelsblatt, DSPI’s Professor Tim Vlandas and University of York’s @dafnoukos.bsky.social drew on their report ‘Understanding Right-Wing Populism and What to Do About it’, to discuss the drivers of #FarRight support and the implications for democratic politics and public policy.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

With the UK government’s announcement on social media restrictions for under 16s, evidence-informed policymaking is more important than ever. DSPI's EBSIPE students recently put their policy analysis skills to the test by examining the question: should social media be banned for U16s in the UK?

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

💡New research on #Ageing What happens when a country ages rapidly in the context of deep social and territorial #inequalities? Read research on Peru co-authored by DSPI’s @ishmamunoz.bsky.social :

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Research by DSPI’s Professor Tim Vlandas is cited in the latest HM Treasury guidance on policy evaluation, contributing to a framework for applying open science principles in government evaluation ▶️Research in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... ▶️HM Treasury’s guidelines: www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Estimating the extent and sources of model uncertainty in political science | PNAS

Assessing model uncertainty is crucial to quantitative political science. Yet, most available sensitivity analyses focus only on a few modeling cho...

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

ICYMI 👇 The last seminar of Trinity term is tomorrow: 'Elect Women for a Change: The Path to Gender Parity in Politics’ Non-DSPI members need to book via this link: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

ICYMI ⤵️ What is David Attenborough’s legacy on climate communication as he turned 100? In an article in @theconversation.com, DSPI’s Dr @chlobrim.bsky.social explores how David Attenborough's work has helped shape real policy discussions and changes around climate change.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

🙌Congratulations to @bridgetsteele.bsky.social who was named winner of the @ox.ac.uk Vice-Chancellor's 2026 Breakthrough Researcher Award for Leadership in Preventing #SexualViolence in #HigherEducation

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Great opportunity for a Research Assistant, helping to grow research capacity for children under 5. Deadline for applications is 15 June 👇

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Join us for next week's seminar, 'Elect Women for a Change: The Path to Gender Parity in Politics' With speaker @mlkrook.bsky.social 🗓 Date: 11 June ⏰ Time: 4-5:30pm 💡 Registration required for non-DSPI members 🔗 More: events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event/e6caf8…

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

ICYMI: The next seminar of Trinity term is tomorrow: 'The search for satifying methods in complex policy research’ Non-DSPI members need to book via this link: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

📢NEW research provides first quantitative evidence that drought exposure over the last 12 months is linked to increase risk of sexual, emotional and physical violence among adolescents in Southern Africa

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