SOCIAL SCIENCES IMPACT CONFERENCE: HOPE IN ACTION

Date: 24.03.2026 08:00 - 25.03.2026 19:00
Conference / symposium
Keywords: Resilience building; Social sciences impact; Collaboration & innovation; Uncertainty & risk; AI, cybersecurity & biosecurity; Climate and societal change
Format: onsite
Language(s): English
Location: Oxford, United Kingdom
Event Fee: Fee

Organizer(s):
Oxford , St Anne’s College

Today’s rapidly-changing world is full of uncertainty – political shifts, rising global tensions and conflicts, the advance of AI and cybersecurity threats, the climate crisis, health and biosecurity risks, societal and cultural shifts, and changes in international aid, energy and supply chain systems. This uncertainty brings new challenges – but it also provides many opportunities to work together, to build resilience and enable meaningful change. Social sciences can provide robust approaches, evidence and understanding to inform responses and reimagine futures for the better. This two-day social sciences impact conference (24-25 March 2026, St Anne’s College, Oxford), supported by the University of Oxford’s ESRC Impact Acceleration Account, will explore how collaboration, openness, innovation and inclusion can help us move forward positively to address some of the major challenges we collectively face.

https://www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/impact-conference

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