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New Book: What Is Immigration Policy For? By Madeleine Sumption

01 April 2026
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School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography tops the 2026 QS World University Rankings for Anthropology

25 March 2026
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Student's double prize-winning essay published

06 March 2026
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Celebrating the 100th Birthdays of Audrey Butt Colson and Shirley Ardener

03 March 2026
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New Book: Immunity on Trial by Miriam Driessen

02 March 2026
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Helping policy makers make policy

10 February 2026
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Welcome to Claudio Sopranzetti

02 February 2026
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Read the 2025 edition of JASO

19 January 2026
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Mākereti Papakura graduation ceremonies: the day in pictures

01 December 2025
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Working together to tackle malaria: InSIS hosts social scientists from the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania

25 November 2025

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Outlook India | 22 Jan 2026
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'It's not a nice world to bring children into': Births fall to the lowest level in 50
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BBC | 27 May 2026
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Scientists finally decode why most humans are right-handed

Article based on research published by  Dr Thomas A. Püschel, Rachel M. Hurwitz at Oxford's School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, with Professor Chris Venditti at the University of Reading,

The Independent | 19 May 2026

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COMPAS Blog - Beyond safety and necessity: Understanding Syria's mass return

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COMPAS Blog | 22 May 2026