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As many of us break for the summer, I’m delighted to be able to share our latest news and celebrate some highlights from Trinity Term.

It’s been a busy time for everyone here at the OII, as our academics and students continue to lead the way in producing outstanding papers, insights and commentary related to the internet and digital technologies.  We had some exciting news about a new Centre for the Humanities here in Oxford, we've seen international and domestic recognition for many of our senior faculty, contributed to some major political discussions and policy debate and we're building some great new relationships with potential partners and funders. 

Looking ahead we’ve got some exciting initiatives underway and a number of opportunities to engage with us in the coming academic year.  Please do join us at either of our upcoming lectures in Oxford or London, which are free and open to all, or consider applying to our Summer Doctoral Programme for current PhD students.  As always, you can find us on Twitter at @oiioxford.

Until next time, have a great Summer.
Professor Philip Howard
Director
In this issue:
  • Latest News...
  • Trinity Term keynote lectures
  • Awards
  • Congratulations
  • Bookshelf 
  • SDP 2019
  • Media highlights
  • In Other News
  • Forthcoming events
Latest News...
New state of the art University building 
You may have already read about the exciting news recently announced by the University of Oxford, presenting The Schwarzman Centre for Humanities, home to a new cross-disciplinary and state-of-the-art academic, exhibition and performance space for staff, students and the general public.
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New research to explore adolescent wellbeing in the digital age
The OII will be undertaking a new three year research programme on adolescent wellbeing in the digital age, led by Associate Professor Andy Przybylski. This is all being made possible by funding programme from the Huo Family Foundation, a charitable organisation, which promotes the arts and education. Find out more
Launch of the Oxford Internet Survey 
We will be launching the 2019 Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS) on 9 September, unveiling our latest data about internet consumption in modern day Britain.  OxIS is the longest running academic survey of internet use in Britain, first launched in 2003 and still going strong.  Internet use has changed significantly since our last survey in 2013 and we're looking forward to sharing some interesting data on the latest trends. Find out more.
Trinity Term keynote lectures

In June we held our London Lecture with Professor Luciano Floridi presenting on "A.I. in society – opportunities and risks" at The Institute of Engineering and Technology, with great feedback from students, academics and special guests.

Watch the lecture
In May we held our public Oxford Lecture with Associate Professor Victoria Nash, presenting on ‘Connected cots, talking teddies and the rise of the algorithmic child", which proved popular with students and the public. Watch the lecture.
Awards
Associate Professor Dr Sandra Wachter and Senior Research Fellow, Dr Brent Mittelstadt, together won the University of California, Berkeley Law, Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PSLG) Junior Scholar’s award.  The award recognised Dr Wachter and Dr Mittelstadt’s joint paper, “A Right to Reasonable Inferences Re-Thinking Data Protection Law in the Age of Big Data and AI”.

 

Professor Luciano Floridi was presented with the CognitionX ‘Outstanding Achievement in The Field Of AI Ethics’ in June. 

A fantastic achievement and we’re delighted to see Luciano honoured in this way by the CognitiionX team. 
Congratulations

Deputy Director, Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Dr Vicki Nash, receives an Associate Professor title, conferred by the Division of Social Sciences. Read more.

Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Dr Sandra Wachter, also receives an Associate Professor title, conferred by the Division of Social Sciences. Read more.
 

Professor Gina Neff is one of 30 outstanding academics awarded British Academy Fellowships. Read more.

OII Researcher Greetje Corporaal is awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship by the British Academy to continue her iWork study: Investigating the Future  of Work and Organising in the Digital Platform Economy.  Read more.

Dr Vidya Narayanan is awarded a three year non-stipendary Junior Research Fellowship by Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford.
From the OII Bookshelf - Out now!
Society and the Internet How Networks of Information and Communication are Changing Our Lives' (Second Edition), edited by Professor Mark Graham and William H. Dutton, published by Oxford University Press.  This latest edition includes new chapters on current topics such as fake news, memes, digital health, and the platform economy. Order your copy today
‘The Logic of Information: A Theory of Philosophy as Conceptual Design’ by Professor Luciano Floridi.  In his latest book, Professor Floridi presents an innovative approach to philosophy, conceived as conceptual design. Order your copy today
Summer Doctoral Programme 2019 
Every year The OII Summer Doctoral Programme (SDP) brings together 30 advanced doctoral students engaged in dissertation research relating to the Internet and other digital technologies.  This year's SDP was another great success, with some fantastic presentations from visiting scholars and doctoral students as well as academic collaborations and long lasting friendships formed.  If you would like to join us in Oxford next year, we’ll be open for applications in the spring.
Media Highlights
Here's a snapshot of the most exciting press coverage from the past few months.

European elections 2019: Facebook and Twitter under the spotlight
21 May 2019
We’re told that too much screen time hurts our kids. Where’s the evidence? ask  Andrew Przybylski and Amy Orben
7 July 2019
Strengthen digital election rules before the next vote, says Phil Howard
12 May 2019

For the good of humanity, AI needs to know when it's incompetent
15 June 2019

What do we do about deepfake video?
23 June 2019

Bring on the AI revolution and its shake-up of academia, says Helen Margetts
21 June 2019
In Other News
Public consultations: Online Harms White Paper 
As the government consultation into online safety drew to a close, Associate Professor Victoria Nash led a multi-stakeholder expert group to agree a way forward in response to the Online Harms White Paper. The expert group agreed that duty of care was not the right approach and called for full stakeholder engagement to find the best way forward. Find out more

TED Talks
Senior Research Fellow Dr Taha Yasseri presented his research findings on collective memory on the internet, as well as on the threshold of death toll that attracts our attention and empathy when it comes to social media. Watch here.

New LinkedIn OII Alumni group 
We're reinvigorating the OII alumni group on LinkedIn and broadening it out to include DPhil students, former staff and former attendees on our summer programmes.  Please do take a moment to join up. 

Farewells
We say a fond farewell Dr Alex Wood who is leaving in August to take up a Lectureship in the Sociology Work at Birmingham.  Alex joined as a researcher in 2015 and has undertaken significant research in the areas of work and employment, with a particular focus on the impact of the gig economy as part of the OII iLabour project.  We wish Alex all the very best for the future.
Dates for your diary
Further details and information for signing up to OII events for the next academic year will be listed on our website by September 2019. We look forward to the following events:
  • Tuesday 22nd October 2019 at the British Academy, London - OII London Lecture with Professor Andy Przybylski, Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow and Director of Research at the Oxford Internet Institute. 
  • Wednesday 13th November 2019 at the Weston Library, Oxford - Bellwether Lecture with Alondra Nelson, President of the Social Science Research Council, the Harold F. Linder Chair and Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study.
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