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Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Including: The dog's gaze: a visual history by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social alumnus Thomas W. Laqueur This book will be featured in the upcoming Alumni Book Club www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...

Book cover depicting a dog gazing at a man, who is, in turn, gazing at the viewer

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Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This week's new books! Find them all on the new books display in the First Floor Lobby #NewBooks

A stack of new books added to Nuffield College Library. They are:

The internet we could have had by Christopher M. Kelty
Deep connections by Katja Bego
What tech calls governing by Adrian Daub
Quantitative easing and tightening edited by Francis Breedon
Archival research for international relations by Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson
Purges by Edward Goldring
How women win presidential elections in Latin America by Catherine Reyes-Housholder
The inclusive wealth of nations by Eoin McLaughlin
Botley farmer by David Chun
The dog's gaze by Thomas W. Laqueur.

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Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

When can we use two-way fixed effects (TWFE)? A comparison of TWFE and novel dynamic difference-in-differences estimators doi.org/10.1177/0081... Paper in Sociological Methodology by Associate Member @ruettenauer.bsky.social and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @aksoyundan.bsky.social

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Zach Parolin @zparolin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"The housing shortage in the United States not only drives up rents, it is also a significant driver of poverty." The New York Times summarizes my collaboration Pew, which quantifies how high housing costs lead to higher poverty rates for 10 U.S. states. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/r...

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Where High Rents Drive People Into Poverty

A new study identified 10 locations where higher-than-average housing costs have impacted poverty the most.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For my new research unit Politics of Democracy at the Berlin Social Science Center @wzb.bsky.social, we have 3 open research positions. 2 postdocs: 4 + 2 years (100%) 1 doc: 2 years (75%) Starting date: 1 March 2027 (negotiable) Application deadline: 1 November

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Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Damp places, unhappy faces: local authority housing repairs and maintenance expenditure on residents’ wellbeing in England doi.org/10.1080/0267... Paper in @housingjournal.bsky.social by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social & @dspi-oxford.bsky.social student @neftalememanuel.bsky.social

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Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Who is (not) engaging with a digital parenting intervention in Tanzania? Analysis of predictors using data from a factorial randomized trial doi.org/10.2196/86129 Paper in @jmirpub.bsky.social Pediatrics & Parenting co-authored by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow Lucie D. Cluver

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Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This week's new books! Find them all on the new books display in the First Floor Lobby #NewBooks

A stack of new books added to Nuffield College Library. They are:

The obsolescence of human rights by Filip Balunovic
The economic diplomacy of peace in the Middle East by Libby Lahar
The politics of independence referendums by Jean-Baptiste Harguindéguy and Marc Sanjaume-Calvet
War at arm's length by Richard Bennet and Alexander Noyes
Strong mayors and leadership capital by Max W. Stafford
Memory and institutional amnesia in government by Alastair Stark, Hridesh Gajurel, Jack Corbett, Dennis C. Grube, Heather Lovell and Rodney J. Scott
Empirical political theory by Nahshon Perez
Governing the welfare commons edited by Anton Hemerijck and David Bokhorst
Gender, leadership, and crisis by Louise K. Davidson-Schmich, Farida Jalalzai and Malliga Och
Non-linearity in econometric modeling volume 2, Empirical applications and source code by Sarit Maitra.

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Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Is the UK electorate fragmenting? Not so fast www.ft.com/content/28ea... @financialtimes.com article by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Research Fellow @martamiori.bsky.social, with contributions from Nuffield Fellow @profjanegreen.bsky.social

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

One of my favourite episodes of Rethink now online - how do we get rid of space junk? Are you interested in satellites that can capture other satellites? Mirrors in space that light the earth? What the laws of space actually are? Listen here. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Sounds - Rethink, Rethink... what we put into space

Are we putting too much material into orbit and is space the next environmental frontier?

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Jasmin Abdel Ghany @jasminabdelghany.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

2nd Climate x Health seminar featured insightful flash talks from Heidi Johansen-Berg, Myles Wilkinson, & Tom Heel on strategic & student initiatives and sustainability at the uni @climateoxford.bsky.social. Plenty of discussion! Thanks to @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social continued during a reception 🍰

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Very much looking forward to presenting this joint project with @markuskollberg.bsky.social and @fraraffaelli.bsky.social at IE this week.

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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For decades, it's been a truism that younger generations are healthier & live longer (on average) than their parents' generation. Sadly, there are signs that our health may be "drifting" backward. Read more about "generational health drift": jenndowd.substack.com/p/is-50-the-... #demography

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Politics_Oxford @politicsoxford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In a new paper for Political Insight, DPIR's James Tilley and co-author Sara B Hobolt explore how Brexit created two distinct identities - leavers and remainers - and how that continues to define how people understand politics today: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20…

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Gwendolyn Sasse @gwendolynsasse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Gestern hatte mein Buch „Russland - eine deutsche Erfindung“ @chbeckliteratur.bsky.social in der Bundestagsbibliothek Premiere - was für eine Ehre und was für ein toller Ort! Danke @nouripour.bsky.social für die Idee, Holger Scheerer für die Umsetzung und allen, die dabei waren.Morgen erscheint es.

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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

1/ New in @pnasnexus.org: Demography strikes again! The mortality penalty associated w/ smoking has seemingly grown over time. Speculation centered on biological reasons, like more intensive smoking, or more negative selection of smokers on other characteristics. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

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Why the mortality penalty of smoking is rising over time

Abstract. The adverse association between smoking and mortality is well known, yet estimated risks for smokers have risen markedly in recent decades. Expla

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Nuffield College, Oxford @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New research led by Melinda Mills, Nuffield Professorial Fellow and Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, has been highlighted at an event in Parliament exploring community and cohesion across the UK. Read more: buff.ly/TGfHr9L #NationalConversation #NuffieldCollege

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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

⭕Join us on tomorrow, Wednesday, 23 September, at 15:00 CET for the inaugural lecture of the LECAS seminar series "Foundations and Frontiers of Analytical Sociology", with Peter Hedström. 💠 Social Mechanisms and the Construction of Explanatory Theories 💠 Zoom link and more: liu.se/en/event/fou...

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Foundations and Frontiers of Analytical Sociology: Peter Hedström

Welcome to the seminar series Foundations and Frontiers of Analytical Sociology with Peter Hedström, who will speak on Social Mechanisms and the Construction of Explanatory Theories. The seminar is or...

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Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

How political events become demographic: Toward a cumulative demography of conflict and violence doi.org/10.1111/padr... Paper in Population & Development Review by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow Mathis Ebbinghaus, Nuffield Alumna Liliana Andriano and Patrick Heuveline

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Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This week's new books! Find them all on the new books display in the First Floor Lobby #NewBooks

Emotional technologies by Eva Illouz and Jonas Ferdinand
Being liberal by David Howarth
Youth political representation edited by Kira Renée Kurz and Brit Anlar
Waves of discontent by Jacob F. H. Smith
Women and regulation edited by Sara R. Rinfret and Michelle C. Pautz
Blurred boundaries edited by Jessica Edens McCrary and Lynée Lewis Gaillet
Critical qualitative methodologies in gender and sexuality edited by Maureen A. Flint, Luis Alvarez-Hernandez, Janie Copple, Joseph D. Sweet and Whitney Toledo
Spatial economics by Hans R.A. Koster, Stef Proost and Jacques-François Thisse
The Conservative Party and the constitution by Daniel Pitt
Advanced data analysis techniques, theory and applications edited by Sofia D. Anastasiadou, Theodore G. Chadjipadelis, Nikos Koutsoupias, Angelos Markos and George C. Menexes

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Pepper Culpepper @pculpepper.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Enjoyed talking to John Torpey on the International Horizons podcast about public opinion and its relation to the climactic scene from the movie Network: “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore”.

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Billionaire Backlash - New Books Network

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Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Levelable graphs doi.org/10.1007/s000... Paper in Annals of Combinatorics by Kieran Bhaskara, @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow Michael Y. C. Chong, Takayuki Hibi, Naveena Ragunathan and Adam Van Tuyl

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Coming up at 4pm on BBC Radio 4 and <transatlantic voice> wherever you get your podcasts, this week's Rethink on the future of warfare and whether Britain is ready for it. With @florencegaub.bsky.social Anthony King, @spettyjohn.bsky.social and @mtsavill.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Sounds - Rethink, Rethink... warfare

Is the UK ready for the challenges of modern war?

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Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

@nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow Nontokozo Langwenya, Nuffield Fellow, Lucie Cluver, Siyanai Zhou, Nuffield Alumna Heidi Stöckl and Elona Toska

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Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Unbundling social protection: Sex-specific pathways between social grant receipt and adolescent sexual violence in South Africa doi.org/10.1016/j.so... Paper forthcoming in Social Science & Medicine by...

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119812

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Gwendolyn Sasse @gwendolynsasse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

War gestern bei frontal dabei, um dt. Ukrainehilfen einzuordnen & Rhetorik von AfD und BSW Fakten entgegenzusetzen. Spoiler: Titelseite meines neuen Buchs ist auch kurz zu sehen - erscheint nächste Woche 😊https://www.zdfheute.de/video/frontal/bsw-und-afd-kritisieren-ukraine-hilfe-100.html

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Ukraine-Hilfe auf Kosten des Sozialstaats?

Ukraine-Hilfen kosten Deutschland Milliarden. Doch gefährden sie den Wohlstand, wie BSW und AfD behaupten oder profitiert die Wirtschaft sogar davon?

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Politics_Oxford @politicsoxford.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In a @bostonreview.bsky.social article, @pamukz.bsky.social argues Trump’s cuts and political intervention threaten independent US science. But the deeper crisis is decades of distrust, politicisation and privatisation—requiring a more democratic model for science: tinyurl.com/2u8atvaj

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Pepper Culpepper @pculpepper.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It was good to chat with Chris Caurla from @deutschewelle.dw.com about whether the tide is turning on billionaires and big corporations in politics. A lot of different opinions in the comments.

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Is the tide turning on billionaires? | DW News

YouTube video by DW News

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Jasmin Abdel Ghany @jasminabdelghany.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Join us for the second Climate x Health seminar on university strategy on 22 September at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social! There will be a chance for lots of discussion and... scones and coffee. 🍰☕️ Registration link below.

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

5. Nuffield College by Austen Harrison. Stained glass windows (1961) by John Piper and Patrick Reyntiens.

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Kevin Brown @kevin-brown.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Nuffield College was planned in 1937 in a mellow Cotswold style but with a striking tower & spire & its chapel with stained glass windows by John Piper that reflect the light of learning are much more modern in tone

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Badger @badgersnaps.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The varied lovely spaces of Nuffield College. ( @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social ) #oxfordopendoors #oxford #photography #anamorphic #panoramic

A dining hall with a coat of arms at the end.

A photo with the plants in the foreground and paving and buildings in the distance.

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Nuffield College, Oxford @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

What an amazing day! We welcomed 1000 visitors to the College in only four hours as part of #OxfordOpenDoors, and met so many interesting people A huge thank you to all our volunteers and to former Art Fellow Richard Mayou who led our fully booked art tours #HeritageOpenDays #HiddenOxford

A golden-stone Nuffield College building with a lawn in the foreground. A modern stone sculpture is in bottom left of the image, and two Open Doors visitors sit on a bench in front of the building.

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Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Protection versus compensation: The class divide in advanced democracies ssrn.com/abstract=743... @ssrn.bsky.social preprint by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow Alexander Trubowitz

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Politics_Oxford @politicsoxford.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🗳️ Why do voters suddenly feel that a party is “for people like me”? In a working paper co-authored by @tabouchadi.bsky.social, he argues that political identities can reshape party support. Read more: osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/qk9u5_v1

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Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Getting ready for #OxfordOpenDoors at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social tomorrow. Barbara has curated a display including material on Morris Motors from the Library's Lord Nuffield archive collection. Come along from 12:00-16:00 on Saturday to see some rarely displayed items! #MorrisMotors

A partially assembled display containing notes, technical drawings and photographs relating to Lord Nuffield and Morris Motors

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Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Phenomic profiles and disease patterns of 1.9 million participants from Our Future Health doi.org/10.1038/s415... Paper in @natmed.nature.com by V. J. Straub, S. Benonisdottir, G. S. Bentivoglio, N. Wary, R. Campbell, A. Kong and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @melindacmills.bsky.social

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Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Including: Setting fire to reason: the ethics of free speech by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social alumnus Jeffrey W. Howard

Book cover: black background with white and orange text reading Setting fire to reason: the ethics of free speech - Jeffrey W. Howard

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Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This week's new books! Find them all on the new books display in the First Floor Lobby #NewBooks

A stack of new books added to Nuffield College Library. They are:

Climate change edited by Chiara Cordelli and Melissa Lane
Interest rates and asset values by Richard Thomas
The great green grab by Philippe Le Billon
Grounding the cloud by Ali Fard
The rise and rise of human rights by Kirsten Sellars
The return of the great powers by Brendan Simms
Setting fire to reason by Jeffrey W. Howard
The correspondence of Jeremy Bentham volume 14. supplementary letters edited by Philip Schofield, Tim Causer and Chris Riley
A course in interacting particle systems by Jan M. Swart
Modern statistical methods and theory by Richard J. Samworth and Rajen D. Shah

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Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The resurgence of nationalism doi.org/10.4324/9781... chapter, by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow David Miller, in the ebook Nationalism and populism: Emotion, reason, and the crisis of contemporary democracy edited by Thomas Sturm and Sabine Döring

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The Resurgence of Nationalism | 3 | Nationalism and Populism | David M

There is a widely held view that liberal democracies have experienced an upsurge in nationalism in recent years and that this is best explained as a form of

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I promise I didn’t know this week would be a particularly crazy one for AI and national governments but coming up in 15 mins we have Rethink who owns our tech. With a focus on Sovereign AI and whether the UK and Europe need some AI independence. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Sounds - Rethink, Rethink... who owns our technology

Is it time for a Tech-xit?

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