Department of Sociology, 42-43 Park End Street, Oxford, OX1 1JD The Department of Sociology is seeking a Research Assistant who will play an active role on the Nuffield Foundation funded project titled “”. In 2014, the Department for Education launched an initiative instructing all schools to promote “Fundamental British Values”. These comprise: democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. The policy aimed to promote a shared “Britishness” and prevent violent extremism. About the Role Reporting to the Principal Investigator of the project Dr Ozan Aksoy and working in collaboration with Dr Burak Sonmez (UCL) as Co-Investigator, the post holder will play an active role in the research team in conducting a quantitative review of the large-scale, long-term, intended, and unintended consequences of the FBV initiative through analyses of secondary data (e.g. the Census and various surveys) and as novel experiments. The successful candidate will work, in collaboration with the PI and CoI, towards collecting, analysing, and visualising online experimental and secondary data to evaluate the Fundamental British Values educational policy. The research team uses R and/or Stata, and online platforms and tools such as Prolific and Qualtrics. The experiments will involve factorial and conjoint designs. The successful candidate will also help organise two project workshops liaising with stakeholders and the advisory board which include prominent academics and professionals; and help draft project reports. This is a fixed-term position for 15 months and available from January 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. Application Process