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).
News
Why is it so difficult to build new reservoirs?
Dr Kevin Grecksch, departmental lecturer and course director for MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management in the School of Geography and the Environment, comments on the idea of 'locking' water in storage areas in a BBC News Online article that explores why it is difficult to build new reservoirs.
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Zonal pricing is dead – here’s how the UK should change its electricity system instead
In an article for The Conversation, Cassandra Etter-Wenzel, DPhil candidate at the School of Geography and the Environment, Dr Anupama Sen and Prof. Sam Fankhauser of the Smith School, explore the options for the UK's electricity system now that UK government has decided against setting different prices for electricity based on the locations of consumers.
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From the Streets Up: New Project Tackles Urban Inequality in India’s Climate Action
India is facing the twin challenges of climate change and ongoing growth of its urban population. The pressures both challenges create play out first and foremost on city streets. They are places where millions of often very poor people try to earn a living while being exposed to extreme heat, droughts, and floods. Thanks to funding from the British Academy’s Knowledge Frontiers: International Interdisciplinary Research programme, the collaborative research project Just Transitions on Indian Streets (JusTIS) will examine how Indian cities can tackle climate change in ways that are fair, inclusive, and responsive to the realities of street vendors, gig economy workers and autorickshaw drivers.
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Intensifying rainfall over South America revealed by new generation of climate model
Dr Marcia Zilli, Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Climate Dynamics, and Dr Neil Hart, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, School of Geography and the Environment, explore the likelihood of increases in intense rainfall events alongside heatwaves in Brazil.
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RICHeS visit to the University of Oxford: Enhancing interdisciplinary heritage science
The UK’s Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) team recently had the pleasure of visiting the University of Oxford, to meet with the team leading the Oxford Collaboration in Heritage Science Research and Engagement (OCHRE) project. Funded through the RICHeS infrastructure programme, OCHRE is led by Professor Heather Viles and is designed to enhance Oxford’s existing world-class capabilities in heritage and conservation science.
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Where does the UK most need more public EV chargers?
In The Conversation, Labib Azzouz and Hannah Budnitz from Oxford’s Transport Studies Unit explore the uneven rollout of electric vehicle charging points across the UK. While cities like London and regions in the South East are well-equipped, the article reveals a striking shortage of public chargers in rural and less affluent areas. As the UK pushes for a greener future, Azzouz and Budnitz ask a critical question: are we leaving parts of the country behind in the EV transition?
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What will reconstruction look like for Homs?
Dr Ammar Azzouz returns to his hometown of Homs with Megaphone News, discussing what the area looked like, the traces of war on its houses, and ways to restore the city for its residents.
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What Danish climate migration drama, Families Like Ours, gets wrong about rising sea levels
In an article for The Conversation, Florian Steig, DPhil candidate at the School of Geography and the Environment, unpacks what Danish climate migration drama, Families Like Ours, gets wrong about rising sea levels.
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Dr Timothy Hodgetts, Dr Avidesh Seenath, Dr Jonathon Turnbull and Dr Raffaele Ippolito win Divisional Teaching Excellence Awards 2025
The School of Geography and the Environment's Dr Timothy Hodgetts, Dr Avidesh Seenath (ECI), Dr Jonathon Turnbull and Dr Raffaele Ippolito have won Divisional Teaching Excellence Awards.
NEWS
Coal power plants were paid to close. Is it time to do the same for slaughterhouses?
The food industry will go to great lengths (and spend a fortune) to lobby policymakers, confuse the public and politicise scientific findings. When scientific evidence indicates the need to phase down environmentally harmful or unhealthy products, the responsible industry pushes back. In an article for The Conversation, Stephanie Walton, DPhil candidate in the School, explores how stranded assets may be motivating this resistance and examines the possible solutions.
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