Dr Linda Speight, from Oxford's School of Geography and the Environment, comments on how UK infrastructure could be adapted to better withstand heavy rainfall and flooding events.
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The University of Oxford is to play a leading role in a major £80m research and innovation investment to harness the latest technology to safeguard heritage for future generations. The funding, from the UKRI Arts & Humanities Research Council, will support a new nationwide Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) programme to be led by Professor Heather Viles, Professor of Biogeomorphology and Heritage Conservation in the School.
A new report developed with SoGE researchers, Dr Ariell Ahearn and Elizabeth Hempstead, in collaboration with the UN, addresses urgent challenges faced by Mobile Indigenous Peoples. It focuses on legal recognition, land rights, and mobility, responding to demands from the Dana+20 Manifesto.