Higher immigration tends to increase welfare spending, but its overall fiscal impact is usually small and can be positive, according to Isabel Ruiz and colleagues in the Oxford Review of Economic Policy. Meanwhile, public attitudes toward taxation and welfare redistribution are closely tied to perceptions and feelings about immigration.

Jen Easterly, former Director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and Special Assistant to President Obama, joins the School as a Visiting Fellow of Practice with the Oxford Programme for Cyber and Technology Policy, as part of its expanded drive to tackle the major challenges of the digital age.

The Inamori Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2025 Kyoto Prize, which will be hosted by the School in Oxford next year, recognising transformative achievements in the sciences, arts and philosophy.