Oxford Internet Institute

The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) is a multi-disciplinary institute based at the University of Oxford, England, and housed in buildings owned by Balliol College, Oxford. It is devoted to the study of the societal implications of the Internet, with the aim of shaping research, policy and practice in the UK, Europe and around the world. It is the main UK member of the World Internet Project.

The Oxford Internet Institute was initiated by Derek Wyatt then MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey and Andrew Graham, Master of Balliol College, and launched in 2001 by an initial endowment of £10 million from The Shirley Foundation together with £5 million of public funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England. The director of the Institute is Professor William Dutton.

Since 2006 the OII has run its own doctoral programme.

The OII is located at the southern end of St Giles' in central Oxford near the Martyrs' Memorial. It celebrate its first decade in 2011.

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