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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Blog: How biodiversity markets shape nature recovery - Mattia Troiano & Dr Mark Hirons
SoGE DPhil student Mattia Troiano and the ECI's Dr Mark Hirons discuss the role of biodiversity markets in shaping nature recovery
Our cities are choked by cars – here’s how experts would fix them - Dr Hannah Budnitz
Dr Hannah Budnitz from SoGE's Transport Studies Unit comments in an article from The Guardian sharing expert perspectives on improving urban transport.
Geography Matters in Public Spending - Professor Danny Dorling
Professor Danny Dorling examines how geography shapes public spending, and how where people live increasingly determines the quality of public services they receive, in Public Sector Focus.
SoGE-led Humans and the Microbiome research receives additional funding
A research programme led by SoGE Professor Jamie Lorimer has received renewed funding from the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR).
Miliband's energy plans show bold ambition, but vulnerable households must not be left behind - Cassandra Etter-Wenzel
SoGE DPhil student Cassandra Etter-Wenzel comments on new policies announced today by UK energy secretary Ed Miliband, in response to a growing energy crisis caused by Donald Trump’s war with Iran.
The US cattle industry is eating its own tail - Stephanie Walton
SoGE DPhil student Stephanie Walton discusses the climate impacts and future of the US beef industry in The Financial Times. [Behind paywall]