Dr Steve Smith, Arnell Associate Professor of Greenhouse Gas Removal at the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, has been appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to Climate Science.
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Dr Steve Smith awarded MBE in King's Birthday Honours
Dr Steve Smith, Arnell Associate Professor of Greenhouse Gas Removal at the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, has been appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to Climate Science.
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Revealed: The cities where people are most at risk from extreme heat as El Nino arrives – including several major tourist destinations - Nethmi Jayaratne Kariyawasam
Research on heatwave risks in 220 major cities, led by SoGE DPhil Nethmi Jayaratne Kariyawasam, was featured in a Daily Mail story on El Nino.
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Dr Yung Au awarded International Communications Association prize
Congratulations to Dr Yung Au, who has been awarded the Outstanding Dissertation Award 2026 by the Activism, Communication & Social Justice Division of the International Communications Association (ICA).
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How can running change personal and imaginative geographies of a place?
In this piece Josie Morgan, 1st Year Geography student and writer for the SoGE Student Writers Group, examines the ways running can change people's perceptions of and relationships with place, speaking from her own personal experiences and drawing on interviews with people running her local Parkrun in North Wales.
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Beating the heat - SoGE study featured in The Guardian
A study led by SoGE DPhil Shiv G Yücel used smartphone data to show how we seek refuge in extreme heat, and why social inequalities leave some vulnerable.
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Dr Amber Murrey awarded RGS-IBG's 2026 Taylor and Francis Award
Dr Murrey has received the 2026 Taylor and Francis Award by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in recognition of her excellence in the promotion and practice of teaching and learning in higher education.
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Professor Yadvinder Malhi named in ENDS Power List for third consecutive year
Professor Yadvinder Malhi, Professor of Ecosystem Science, has been named in the ENDS Power List 2026, marking his third consecutive appearance in the annual ranking of the UK's most influential environmental professionals.
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Geography today: how is the discipline responding to its colonial past?
Ewan Messenger, a 3rd year geography student and writer for the SoGE Student Writers Group, explores the ways that geography, both as a subject at Oxford and as a discipline more widely, has begun to respond to its colonial roots.
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Research project reconstructing historical environmental conditions in World Heritage landscape awarded flagship grant
By reconstructing how environmental conditions evolved across southeastern Arabia over time, the research aims to explain how early human populations adapted to extreme arid landscapes and dispersed beyond Africa.
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Heatwaves are now everyday disasters – governments need to do more to protect people
Writing for The Conversation and drawing on his own research, SoGE DPhil student Shiv Yucel looks at the ways people across the world have started to adapt their daily activities as dangerous summer heatwaves get hotter and longer.
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