2026 Oxford-Berkeley Summer Doctoral Programme

The UC Berkeley School of Information is again partnering with the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) and the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM) on the Oxford-Berkeley Summer Doctoral Programme (SDP) in 2026. The SDP will be held in Oxford in 2026 after a highly successful year in Berkeley in 2025 and will be in Berkeley again in 2027. The SDP brings together outstanding doctoral students from around the world for two weeks of study at the world-leading universities with faculty from Oxford, Berkeley, and guest experts.

The program, which has been run by the OII since 2003 and has benefitted hundreds of doctoral students, is structured around daily lectures, seminars, and tutorials with leading academics in the field of information, new media, and internet studies. It provides an academic framework to share and discuss students’ current research and trends in research more broadly. It is intended for advanced doctoral students from multiple disciplines engaged in dissertation research relating to information studies, the internet, new media, and other digital technologies.

One student from the Berkeley Center of New Media will receive a full scholarship to attend the program.

Program dates: July 13–24, 2026

Program location: Oxford, United Kingdom

Application deadline: February 2, 2026

Webpage and Application: Oxford Internet Institute – UC Berkeley School of Information Summer Doctoral Program