Oxford Internet Institute - University of Oxford

The Oxford Internet Institute is a multidisciplinary research and teaching department of the University of Oxford, dedicated to the social science of the Internet. We have unprecedented access to a huge volume of rich social data, and are developing new theories, concepts and methods to analyse it. 

Research areas include Information Governance and Security. The big data generated by digital interactions between people, organisations, and artefacts is transforming the way that we live, work and think—posing numerous challenges to information governance and regulation, including of the Internet itself. We are exploring and analysing these challenges, and working out how they may be overcome through new governance rules, processes, and institutions.