Researchers led by SoGE’s Dr Sarah Wilson Kemsley have demonstrated an improved approach to predicting heat-related mortality in Europe, using machine learning.
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Heritage Innovations Lab Oxford (HILO) begins new collaboration to support the heritage sector
Heritage Innovations Lab Oxford (HILO), led by and including SoGE researchers, is part of a new project with the Heritage Alliance, backed by an award from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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Walking lightly: A sustainable journey on the Camino de Santiago
Angela Soasti Pozo shares her experience of walking the Camino de Santiago - a journey that explores what it means to travel lightly, live simply, and connect sustainability with personal reflection. It’s a reminder that sustainability can be lived and felt in everyday choices, even beyond our research and projects.
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2025 Opportunity Oxford residential welcomes new undergraduates
This September we welcomed incoming students to Oxford and to SoGE for the 2025 Opportunity Oxford (Oppox) residential.
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City+2025@Oxford Conference welcomes delegates to SoGE
SoGE hosted the City+2025@Oxford International Conference on Urban Studies in September, organised by SoGE DPhil students and welcoming over 175 participants worldwide
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A home insulation fiasco has left tens of thousands in cold and leaky homes over winter
DPhil student Ewan Archer-Brown and the ECI's Dr Brenda Boardman and Prof Jan Rosenow discuss a recent report on the UK's flagship home insulation programme and alternative approaches to retrofitting, in The Conversation.
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New project to reconstruct the soundscapes of the east coast
Dr Martin Coombes is part of a new project that will preserve, reconstruct and understand the soundscapes of the East Coast of England.
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Tiger conservation efforts provide hope for recovery, assessment finds
The first IUCN Green List Status of Species assessment finds tiger populations are "Critically Depleted" - but conservation provides hope for recovery across the tiger’s range.
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Professor Robert Hilton appointed Professor of Geography at the School of Geography and the Environment
The School of Geography and the Environment (SoGE) at the University of Oxford is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Robert Hilton as Professor of Geography and fellow of Hertford College with effect from 1 January 2026.
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As mining returns to Cornwall, lithium ambitions tussle with local heritage
Cornwall’s return to mining to supply lithium for the green-energy transition is clashing with preservation of its local heritage and community identity. DPhil candidate, Jamie Hinch, explores the issue in an article for The Conversation.
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When China makes a climate pledge, the world should listen
Professor Myles Allen and Dr Kai Jiang explain why the rest of the world should take China's credible climate pledges seriously in an article for The Conversation.
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