Research

For a state to succeed, its people must have trust in its institutions.

Professor Paul Collier writes an opinion piece about migrants, saying that more help should be given to "those in ‘haven’ countries".

"Huge cities mean prosperity – but also inequality as many who contribute to overall productivity go unrewarded", writes Professor Paul Collier.

Associate Professor Thomas Hale writes a piece about the strengths of the Paris Agreement, even though the new US President is likely to "do enormous damage".https://www.ox.ac.uk/node/514772/edit#

BSG Professor Thomas Hale has been nominated one of the top 30 'climate change thinkers and doers'.

Thomas Elston, Post Doctoral Research Fellow at BSG, co-authored a piece about shared services in public agencies with Muiris MacCarthaigh.

What would make Brexit negotiations better? Here are 8 simple suggestions ... unfortunately, one of them is this: stop using the word "Brexit".

What would it take to negotiate a new trade deal with the EU? Below is an 8-point plan.

Policies to tackle social problems often fail because they are targeted at individuals, without consideration for how much individual choices are influenced by the choices of others within the same situational or cultural context.

Professor Federico Varese talks about his research on the mafia.

The Sociogenome Project is a comprehensive study which brings together sociologists and molecular scientists to examine whether there is a genetic component to reproductive outcomes, including age at first birth, number of children and infertility and their interaction with the social environment.

Could a substance found in certain fish help childhood reading scores – and if so how?

Professor Vili Lehdonvirta discusses the digital transformation of labour markets and the rise of online work captured in a new Online Labour Index.