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02/09/2026

Classification testing: A new framework for drawing qualitative conclusions from quantitative estimates
https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/2y4k5_v1
SocArXiv preprint by Nuffield Senior Research Fellow Andrew C. Eggers and recent Junior Visiting Scholar Zikai Li

01/09/2026

The late Francoism dataset: introducing a new dataset of Francoist elites of the Spanish transition
https://doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2026.2679279
Paper in Political Research Exchange by Javier Padilla, Beatriz Valero, Carles Pamies, Erick Padilla-Galviz, Nuffield Student Inés Echevarría and Bernardino León

28/08/2026

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

28/08/2026

Criminal governance in Russian prisons
https://doi.org/10.1177/14624745261481121
Paper in Punishment & Society by Elena Racheva and Nuffield College Senior Research Fellow Federico Varese

How is order produced in prisons where formal authority is weak, fragmented or strategically constrained? Drawing on 85 handwritten edicts of the Russian crimin...

27/08/2026

Innovation and the great divergence
https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.70151
Paper in Economic History Review by Nuffield College Fellow Stephen Broadberry and Runzhuo Zhai

27/08/2026

Prosecutors, voters, and the criminalization of corruption in Latin America: The case of Lava Jato
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/events/2026/09/28/default-calendar/LIWA-lavajato-sept28
September 28, 12:00-13:30 (UK time)

The Law in World Affairs program at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs presents a virtual talk with Nuffield College Fellow Ezequiel González-Ocantos to discuss his 2023 book of the same title, co-authored with Paula Muñoz, Nara Pavao and Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow Viviana Baraybar

Find it on the 5th floor at JL 2429.C6.G or read it online here: https://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/44OXF_INST/rl48sd/alma991025405402007026

Moynihan Institute presents a virtual talk with Ezequiel González-Ocantos, Professor of Comparative and Judicial Politics at the University of Oxford.

26/08/2026

Taxing times: Policies, politics, and principles
https://www.ippr.org/articles/taxing-times IPPR discussion paper by Nuffield College JCR Fellow Ben Ansell

See also the press release:

Nearly four-fifths of Britain’s rising fiscal costs will come from ageing by 2075, finds IPPR
https://www.ippr.org/media-office/nearly-four-fifths-of-britains-rising-fiscal-costs-will-come-from-ageing-by-2075-finds-ippr

and coverage in The Times:

UK ‘needs new fiscal contract’ to manage ageing population
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/ippr-fiscal-contract-tax-ageing-population-fjf3nhrlk

Britain’s tax system isn’t fit for purpose. As this paper shows, the historical evolution of our tax system has produced one marked by a great deal of comp

25/08/2026

The comparative statics of dominance
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jet.2026.106231
Paper in Journal of Economic Theory by Nuffield College Fellow Ludvig Sinander, Mark Whitmeyer and Gregorio Curello

24/08/2026

RobustiPy: An efficient next-generation multiversal library with model selection, averaging, resampling, and explainable AI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2026.101609
Paper in Patterns by Nuffield College Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow Daniel Valdenegro, Jiani Yan, Duiyi Dai and Associate Member Charles Rahal.

See also this news story from Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science
New open-source tool helps researchers test robustness of findings
https://www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/new-open-source-tool-helps-researchers-test-robustness-findings

24/08/2026

The reach of violence: Infant health among diasporas in the United States during the onset of the 2023 Gaza War
https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/zhyr7_v1
SocArXiv preprint by Nuffield College Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow Jasmin Abdel Ghany, Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow Emma Romell and Associate Member Joshua Wilde