A Catholic hall, it is run by the Society of Jesus and named after Edmund Campion, a martyr and fellow of St John's College, Oxford.

The hall is located on Brewer Street, between Christ Church and Pembroke College.

He founded a small house at 40 St Giles', Oxford, and was the first master of the hall.

[3] In 1900, Fr Clarke died suddenly at York and, with his death, the hall ceased to exist.

Permanent private halls (PPH) within the University of Oxford were established for the reception of students on the condition that they are not for purposes of profit.

[citation needed] In 2001, the Jesuit spirituality journal, The Way, began to operate from Campion Hall.

[citation needed] Campion Hall hosts the Jesuit academic community within University of Oxford and has an international student body, admitting graduate students in Humanities and Social Science subjects, and occasionally in other disciplines.

It has the aim of conducting and fostering inter-disciplinary research on issues relating to integral ecology.

[citation needed] The painting was removed from its position on a wall in Campion Hall and sent to the Ashmolean Museum where it is on display.

He was joined by William Yeomans, Denise Critchley-Salmonson and Philip Caraman, who also edited The Month.

In the early 1980s, it moved to Heythrop College's new location in London, as part of the Institute of Spirituality there.

In 2001, it moved to Campion Hall and Philip Endean with Elizabeth Lock became editors two years later.

It was founded by its current director Celia Deane-Drummond to conduct multidisciplinary research on the environmental issues present in the world.

It has links with a master's degree programme operating out of the London Jesuit Centre on theology, ecology and ethics.

[23][24] On 21 February 2020, its new offices in Albion House, Oxford were opened by the Master of Campion Hall, Nicholas Austin.