Artificial Intelligence increasingly affects every facet of our society and our everyday lives: from changing the future of work and automation, to influencing our political and media systems, these technologies have enormous potential for the benefit of everyone in society.

Oxford's social sciences researchers have an essential role in helping us understand the impact of new technologies on society, how to establish good governance and other pressing questions that AI is posing to our societies. Watch our film, AI and Society, to find out more.

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Researcher profiles

Meet more of our world-leading AI researchers through the AI research projects and programmes listed below, or - if you are a journalist looking for an Oxford social scientist to provide expert comment on AI - explore Oxford's Find An Expert tool, which offers journalists quick and easy access to academics who may be able to help.

AI research projects and programmes across the Social Sciences Division

AIEOU: AI In Education

An interdisciplinary research hub promoting a research-informed, ethical, human-centered approach to AI in Education through collaboration and knowledge exchange.

Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative

Seeking to understand and anticipate the lasting risks from AI through rigorous research into the technical and computational elements of AI development, combined with deep policy analysis.

Oxford Martin Programme on AI Threat Detection

Addressing the gap in our ability to detect attacks on AI systems, despite our increasing reliance on AI in our every day lives.

Oxford AI Programmes

Explore the Saïd Business School's portfolio of AI programmes, from strategy and leadership to ethics, marketing and finance.

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism: AI and the Future of News

Working with journalists and editors, technologists and others to better understand what the development of artificial intelligence might mean for the future of news.

Oxford Internet Institute: Research programmes

The OII is a multidisciplinary research and teaching department, focusing on the social, economic and political implications of AI and related technologies. Scroll right to discover highlights from the OII's research programmes >>

Oxford Internet Institute: Research Programme on AI & Work

Oxford Internet Institute: Research Programme on AI, Government and Policy

Oxford Internet Institute: Conversations between governments and citizens in a digital society

Oxford Internet Institute: SkillScale | Understanding Emerging Skills and Occupations in the Future of Work

Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment

Smith School of Enterprise & the Environment: Machine learning & data science

Using data science and AI to support the theory and practice of sustainable finance.

Institute for Ethics in AI

Bringing together world-leading philosophers and other experts in the humanities and social sciences with the technical developers and users of AI in academia, business and government.

Discover more about AI at Oxford

Explore how AI is impacting our society from world-leading experts, and discover the ground-breaking ways artificial intelligence is being applied at Oxford.