Professor targets record for running marathon in academic dress Oxford scholar aims to complete London Marathon in under three and a half hours – if he can keep the mortar board on his head

@ox.ac.uk pro vice-chancellor @alexanderbetts.bsky.social aiming to set world record for fastest marathon completed in full academic dress www.timeshighereducation.com/news/profess...

Eight Oxford academics elected Fellows of the British Academy | Eight researchers from the University of Oxford have been made Fellows of the British Academy in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences. Richard Ovenden,

Eight Oxford academics have been made Fellows of the British Academy in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.

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The British Academy welcomes 92 new Fellows in 2025 92 distinguished scholars have today been elected to the British Academy’s Fellowship, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.

I’m delighted to be elected a Fellow of the British Academy.

Huge congratulations to all the new fellows for 2025, including my Oxford colleagues across the Social Sciences & Humanities Divisions.

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www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/agm-welcomes-92-new-fellows-2025/

The clearest analysis I have read of how to move towards a more functional asylum system ft the work of ‪@alexanderbetts.bsky.social‬

Thanks, Anna, for reading and for the positive feedback!

Just finished this. Refreshingly evenhanded and sober. Distinguishes between three kinds of inquiry, causal, interpretive, and critical, all equally important. Great to see the latter treated as legitimate part of social science, not smth necessarily veering into humanities.

What's next? ODID research on global issues: refugee studies YouTube video by ODID QEH

In case you missed it, watch the latest video in our series exploring how the multiple crises facing the world are transforming the issues we work on. Here @alexanderbetts.bsky.social discusses the impact on refugee studies
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The EU’s Normative Dissensus on Migration: How National Identities Shaped Responses to the European Refugee Crisis During the so-called European refugee crisis of 2015–16, a ‘normative dissensus’ emerged between the EU member states located at the end of the Balkan route, Germany, Hungary, and Austria. This pap...

Why has the EU found it so difficult to reform its common asylum policies? In our new open access article, Kathrin Bachleitner and I explore from a national identity perspective www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thanks!

Front cover of my book.

Delighted to say my new book ‘Social Science: A Very Short Introduction’ has just been published by Oxford University Press.

Hi David, would you mind adding me to your starter pack?