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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Dr Neil Hart awarded UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship
Dr Neil Hart is one of five Oxford University academics who have been awarded a Future Leaders Fellowship. Neil will lead a team of researchers in SoGE, in collaboration with project partners across southern Africa and the UK, to develop the predictions of rainfall season characteristics needed to manage the growing climate risk caused by delayed first rains. Neil's research programme, First Rains, will make use of cutting-edge climate prediction modelling tools pioneered in the UK paired with novel application of machine-learning approaches.
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Governments and development organisations around the world are faced with the challenge of urgently making decisions on adaptation that intersect with different dimensions of development. To avoid maladaptive outcomes, the research provides an actionable
Despite being unable to enter China, Luke Grenfell-Shaw (2018-2019 MSc WSPM) has been completing the remaining mileage in London and aims to pass through Oxford on the 18 June on his the way to finishing in Bristol. Luke's expedition aims to raise £300,000 for cancer-related charities.
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IBS Distinguished Fellow Award for Professor Robert Whittaker
Congratulations to Robert Whittaker, Professor of Biogeography, Fellow and Tutor of St Edmund Hall, who has been made a Distinguished Fellow of the International Biogeography Society in recognition of his contribution to the subject, especially in the fields of island biogeography and the application of biogeography to conservation.
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New cross-sector sustainable energy transition hub opens with energy crisis forum
On Thursday 26 May Oxford University's brand new £3.25m Zero-carbon Energy Research Oxford (ZERO) Institute and Energy Systems Accelerator pilot (Mini-TESA) opened their doors to showcase the range and depth of ambition in Oxford to drive forward the energy systems transition for the UK and globally.
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Big data reveal how people feel about rivers: Oxford geographers launch River Sentiment Dashboard
A team of Oxford geographers and the rivers charity Thames21 have built an innovative data-driven tool for exploring how rivers make people feel. The River Sentiment Dashboard gives insight into the changing public sentiment surrounding English rivers at a time when poor river water quality and sewage pollution are making headlines. The online dashboard will be launched during a public webinar on 25 May 2022.
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Museums Heritage Award win for Meat the Future
Meat the Future: A partnership to feed minds and bodies' exhibition at Oxford's Museum of Natural History has won Partnership of the Year at the 2022 Museums and Heritage Awards. The exhibition draws on research by the LEAP Project which studies the health, environmental, social and economic impacts of meat and dairy production and consumption.
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Professor Myles Allen appointed Frank Jackson Foundation Professor of the Environment at Gresham College
Gresham College, London's oldest Higher Education Institution, and the Frank Jackson Foundation have announced the appointment of Professor Myles Allen as the Frank Jackson Foundation Professor of the Environment.
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Royal Geographical Society awards Professor Patricia Daley and Dr Fiona McConnell
We are thrilled to announce that the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) has awarded Professor Patricia Daley an Honorary Fellowship and Dr Fiona McConnell the Back Award.
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Alice Watson awarded research grant in celebration of the BBC's centenary
Alice Watson, a postgraduate in the School of Geography, is one of the few people to have been awarded a grant to conduct public engagement research in celebration of the BBC's centenary this year. To mark 100 years of broadcasting, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has launched an exciting programme of public engagement activities. This includes supporting seven new research projects across UK universities that will directly involve public participants to examine, explore, and articulate their connection with the BBC.
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