SoGE DPhil student Camila Ramos, based in the TSU, has been named as one of 2026's Remarkable Voices in Transport by the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI).
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UK critical minerals drive is underprepared for social and environmental impacts and opportunities, finds new report
UK critical minerals projects will fall short if they fail to prioritise their social and environmental dimensions, finds a new report led by researchers in the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford.
BBC Radio 4: Dr Linda Speight discusses flood risk assessment
Dr Linda Speight featured on Radio 4's You and Yours, discussing flood risk decision-making. Listen from 29:53 or full segment from 22:53.
101 Brazilians Shaping the Future - Dr Erika Berenguer
Dr Erika Berenguer (Environmental Change Institute) is included in O Globo's feature on 101 Brazilians Shaping the Future
(Image credit: Marizilda Cruppe, Rede Amazônia Sustentável)
Fairness, progress, and the role of housing in society - Prof Danny Dorling
Professor Danny Dorling explores the UK's housing crisis, and its manifestation within Oxford, in the University of Oxford's Pulse feature.
Managing the future of critical minerals in the UK - Economics for Rebels with Jamie Hinch
DPhil researcher Jamie Hinch talks to the Economic for Rebels podcast, discussing the economics, geopolitics and human stories of critical minerals.
University of Oxford to deliver ambitious new phase of Met Office partnership
The University of Oxford will deliver world‑class research expertise to advance weather and climate science and support national capability, as part of an ambitious new phase of the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP).
How can we better predict heat-related deaths where extreme heat is unprecedented?
Researchers led by SoGE’s Dr Sarah Wilson Kemsley have demonstrated an improved approach to predicting heat-related mortality in Europe, using machine learning.
How sports stars can also be influential climate leaders
In an article for The Conversation, Dr Sam Hampton and Dr Steve Westlake (University of Bath) of the Climate Leadership Research Centre based in the ECI, explore how sports stars with lived experience can become trusted and influential climate advocates. (Image: MichaelEmilio / Wikimedia)
Expert Comment: Heatwaves are social disasters in England
Shiv Yucel, a DPhil candidate in the Transport Studies Unit at the University of Oxford, explains why heatwaves hit some groups far harder than others, and what his research on everyday travel behaviour reveals about the inequalities that shape who is most at risk.
Satellites are transforming biodiversity monitoring for global nature targets, but major gaps remain
A new review led by Dr Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez at the Environmental Change Institute shows how rapidly advancing satellite technology is reshaping the way biodiversity and ecosystem health can be monitored at global scales - while also highlighting important limitations that mean field data remain essential.