Colleagues from across Social Sciences Division shortlisted for Vice-Chancellor's Awards

8 April 2026

The Vice-Chancellor's Awards celebrate outstanding people from across the University of Oxford.

This year, the panel received 170 award entries across 13 categories, with more than 1,000 individuals included in the nominations. Many teams and individuals from across our Division who submitted nominations have been included in the 2026 shortlist. The winners and highly commended nominees will be announced at a ceremony hosted by the Vice-Chancellor on Thursday 4 June. 

View the full list on the University of Oxford website, or find out more about our shortlisted colleagues from the Division below:  

Category: Education and Learning 

Support for students award 

Building an Integrated Doctoral Support System - Eleanor Pritchard, Social Sciences Division 

Neurodivergent Education for Students, Teaching and Learning (NESTL) - Department of Education 

Research and Discovery  

Borders, Mobility, and Livelihoods - Oxford Department of International Development 

Research Culture Award 

Research Culture Toolkit - cross-University team including Lindsey Spriggs and Gillian Willis, Social Sciences Division 

Papers with Purpose: Transforming Research Culture through Writing - Department of Education 

Spotlight on LGBTQ+ Research event - Department of Education 

Breakthrough Researcher Award 

Leadership in Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education - Bridget Steele, Department of Social Policy and Intervention 

Strategic partnership focused on muon research - George Green, School of Archaeology 

Category: Impact through Innovation 

Commercialisation and Entrepreneurship Award 

OxTrack - David Johnson, Department of Education 

Category: Leadership through Partnership 

Local Community Engagement Award 

Oxford Education Deanery - Department of Education 

Making a Difference Globally Award 

The Centre for Global Epilepsy - Building on Oxford's contributions to global epilepsy research, including the Oxford Martin School Programme on Global Epilepsy 

Category: Enabling our Mission 

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award 

Inclusive Classrooms: Workshop on Identity and Collaborative Learning - Oxford Department of International Development 

Iridescent: Empowering LGBTQ+ Inclusion - Saïd Business School 

Empowering People Award 

Motherhood at Work - team including Elisha Ward, Social Sciences Division and Clare Oxenbury-Palmer, Faculty of Law