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These annual awards from the Social Sciences Division celebrate exceptional contributions to education and teaching practices

Hadia performed a series of poems, including three of her own works, in collaboration with the Odyssey Ensemble on BBC radio and in a concert at King’s Place in London

The latest issue of Forced Migration Review, on ‘Dangerous journeys: Saving lives and responding to missing migrants and refugees’, is now online.

Dr Rakib Akhtar (DPhil 2016–2020) analyses how neoliberal economic policies intersect with right-wing Hindu nationalism (Hindutva) in shaping India’s smart city initiatives.

Congratulations to the Oxford SDG Impact Lab on winning the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Local Community Engagement for the Lab’s Oxford Young Sport Leaders Programme.

This new book, edited by Masooda Bano, provides a comprehensive overview of a timely topic that encompasses the fields of Islamic feminist scholarship, anthropology, history, and sociology.

Professor Judith Okely (1941–2025), formerly Deputy Director of the International Gender Studies Centre (IGS) at Queen Elizabeth House, now the Oxford Department of International Development

She will join the UN High-level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs from Spring 2025

Congratulations to the teams at OPHI and Young Lives who won in the categories ‘Scaling & Sustaining Impact’ and ‘Developing Impact’ categories respectively. 

The article in the journal Antipode draws on Sudheesh's DPhil research.

For the first time, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights rules on the scope of the rights of Indigenous Peoples in voluntary isolation, finding against Ecuador in the case of the Tagaeri and Taromenane peoples vs. Ecuador.

Congratulations to our MPhil student David R. Salmon, who has been awarded the prestigious Harry Hodson Prize.