Information, Communication and the Social Sciences DPhil

The DPhil (doctoral) programme in Information, Communication and the Social Sciences provides an opportunity for highly-qualified students to undertake cutting edge multidisciplinary Internet-related research. The multidisciplinary research OII's students undertake ranges across the social sciences, with most projects falling into the following broad themes: digital knowledge and culture; digital politics and government; education, wellbeing and digital life; ethics and philosophy of information; information geography and inequality; information governance and security; Internet economics; social data science. Over the course of this three- to four-year programme, you are expected to produce an important and original piece of scholarship that will make a significant contribution to the dynamic area of Internet research. Employers recognize the value of a degree from the University of Oxford, and the OII's doctoral students regularly go on to secure excellent positions in academia, industry, government, and NGOs. Alumni who have pursued academic careers have taken up research and teaching positions at Cornell University, University of Hong Kong, Imperial College London, Durham University, University of New South Wales, Coventry University, University of Leicester, University of Ottawa, and Michigan State University. OII DPhil alumni also work in wide-range of organizations including The World Bank, Oxfam, Cisco, McKinsey and Google.