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Is messy the new beautiful? Why debates about what nature recovery looks like matter
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Current aspirations for nature recovery to address biodiversity loss and climate change involve changing what landscapes look like What is considered neat or messy impacts on action and policy changes Nature recovery activities are highly politicised and resisted Publicised movements for messier...
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Climate policies that achieved major emission reductions: Global…
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Meeting the Paris Agreement’s climate targets necessitates better knowledge about which climate policies work in reducing emissions at the necessary…
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What are the Ethics of Sending a Person to a Country They are not From? | Practical Ethics
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Our new blog post, written by MSt student Eliora Henzler, delves into the ethics of sending people to a country they are not from. #Italy #Albania #PracticalEthics #UniversityofOxford
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New book: 'Good Nature: The New Science of How Nature Improves Our Health'
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Kathy Willis shows how bringing nature into urban areas can create a healthier environment for all
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VRF in the Creative Arts - Joumana Medlej (VRF in the Creative Arts): Inks & Paints of the Abbasids
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Joumana Medlej, a current Visiting Research Fellow at Merton College, delves into the art of Islamic inkmaking, revealing the preparation and behavior of pigments and dyes used by scribes from the tenth to thirteenth centuries.
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Spectacular new fossil arthropod discovered preserved in fool’s gold | University of Oxford
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A team of researchers led by Associate Professor Luke Parry, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, have unveiled a spectacular new 450-million-year-old fossil arthropod (the group that contains spiders, centipedes, and insects). Besides being an extraordinary-looking new scientific...
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The role of sociality in the demography of animals has become an intense focus of research in recent decades. However, efforts to understand the sociality-demography nexus have focused on single species or isolated taxonomic groups. Consequently, we lack generality regarding how sociality associates
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Bodleian Library MS. Pococke 375
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View high resolution digitized images of Bodleian Library MS. Pococke 375 Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq
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Active monitoring of prostate cancer has the same high survival rates after 15 years as radiotherapy or surgery, reports the largest study of its kind.
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New study reveals a global consensus on what democracy means | University of Oxford
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Researchers have carried out a new comprehensive assessment on how different people around the world understand the concept of 'democracy'. The results, published by the leading journal Science, demonstrate that -overwhelmingly- people in diverse countries agree that two factors are the most...
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The Onion’s head writer takes satire very seriously: “Our mandate is just to be funny”
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Mike Gillis on covering “all sorts of stupidity regardless of ideology” and what Donald Trump and stand-up comedians have in common
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AI, Genomics, and the 21st Century Physician
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With John D. Lantos, a leading expert in medical ethics, and response by Angeliki Kerasidou (Ethox Centre)
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Researchers from the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford have shown that weathering of rocks in the Canadian Arctic will accelerate with rising temperatures, triggering a positive feedback loop that will release more and more CO2 to the atmosphere. The findings have been...
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Candidate statements | University of Oxford
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Convocation will be asked to elect a new Chancellor in Michaelmas term. To make this election accessible to our global community of colleagues and alumni, the election will be held online. The first round of voting will take place during Week 3 of Michaelmas Term (week commencing 28 October). No...
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Oxford LibGuides: History: LGBTQ+ History Hackathon Fri 29 Nov 2024
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An overview of guides to History collections in Oxford.
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Min Chen - People - Engineering Science Department
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University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Science: People - Professor Profile for Min Chen, Professor of Scientific Visualisation and Fellow of Pembroke College. The profile provides a profile photo and contact information, including a link to their personal website. There is also a...
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Concerns are rising over press freedom in Italy as two recent reports warned against political interference. Three experts discuss the risks faced by journalists in the country’s public broadcaster and beyond.
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“The first bench on the side towards the sea”: the medieval provenance of MS. Lyell 70
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Matthew Holford, Tolkien Curator of Medieval Manuscripts Updating our online catalogue of medieval manuscripts is a key curatorial priority. The catalogue has entries for all of our medieval collec…
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New report spotlights urgent issues faced by mobile indigenous populations | University of Oxford
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Researchers from the University of Oxford have collaborated with the United Nations (UN) on a new report that focuses on the legal recognition, land rights and mobility (including transboundary movement) of Mobile Indigenous Peoples.
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Professor Ian Shipsey FRS — Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division
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We are deeply saddened to convey the news of the death of Ian Shipsey – distinguished particle physicist, esteemed head of department, passionate champion of his field, and our colleague who will be greatly missed.
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Professor Ian Shipsey FRS | University of Oxford
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The University is saddened to convey the news of the death of Professor Ian Shipsey, Head of the Department of Physics.
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Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 764
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View high resolution digitized images of Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 764 Bestiary
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Blavatnik Election Briefing: United States votes
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Join Dr Brianna Rosen in conversation with Ciaran Martin and Gavin Wilde as they discuss the evolving foreign interference risks and strategies to protect the integrity of the 2024 US presidential election and beyond.
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From COVID-19 to MPox: lessons from the humanities?
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An interdisciplinary roundtable workshop investigating what the Humanities can contribute to the handling of future infectious disease crises
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Treated like Animals, Guest Post by Christine Korsgaard | Practical Ethics
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Guest Post: Christine Korsgaard, Harvard University On November 5, 2014, RT reported that Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia claimed that they were being “treated like animals.” On November 14, The Independent reported that the members of Pussy Riot complained that while in prison in Russia they...
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New research from a team of US and UK researchers has found that politically conservative users tend to share misinformation at a greater volume than politically liberal users.
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Researchers have been awarded funding from Cancer Research UK to create the world’s first vaccine to prevent ovarian cancer.
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Scientists at the University of Oxford have launched a new clinical trial to test a vaccine to protect people against deadly Marburg virus.
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96% OF CLIMATE POLICY SINCE 1998 FAILED
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A landmark international study shows 1,437 fails and 63 successes, and why
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New study reveals positive mood changes during video game play | University of Oxford
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Playing video games can be good for your mood, according to a new international study from researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute, part of the University of Oxford.
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Así han construido por su cuenta estas tres mujeres periodistas grandes audiencias online
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Nuestros datos sugieren que las voces más populares son hombres. Mujeres de Francia, Canadá y Argentina hablan de su trabajo y de los ataques que sufren
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Events from the RSDN, University of Oxford
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Keep up-to-date with our latest news and events by joining our mailing list. To subscribe, send a blank email to rsdn-subscribe@maillist.ox.ac.uk
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The University has launched a number of schemes in support of the advancement of learning and the rebuilding of higher education in Gaza and the West Bank, including a scholarship scheme for displaced graduate students and access to digital resources.
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Lost Leader: The Archive of Mick Imlah
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The catalogue of the archive of the poet Mick Imlah is now available online.* Michael Ogilvie Imlah, better known as Mick Imlah, was born with his twin sister on 26th September 1956 in Lewisham Hos…
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Career Development Research Fellowships 2025
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Career Development Research Fellowships for full-time research offered by St John’s College to early career researchers who have recently completed or are close to completion of a doctorate (and will have submitted their thesis no later than three months before their start date of this post), or...
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The Taylor Editions website showcases the work of members of the Medieval and Modern Languages Faculty (MML) at the University of Oxford. The texts are the result of a practical training course in creating Digital Editions, which is led by library staff at the Taylor Institution Library, and is...
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The Taylor Editions website showcases the work of members of the Medieval and Modern Languages Faculty (MML) at the University of Oxford. The texts are the result of a practical training course in creating Digital Editions, which is led by library staff at the Taylor Institution Library, and is...
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Leading scientists are calling for urgent global action to better understand the links between air pollution and mental health.
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Senior Research Associate on New Approaches to Approximability of Satisfiable Problems
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A landmark GRAM Project study of global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) burden over time forecasts a sharp rise in deaths, with 39 million lives lost between now and 2050.
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X has been blocked in Brazil. Does it matter for journalism?
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Journalists from Brazilian digital news outlets Agência Pública, Poder360, and Núcleo discuss the implications X’s block in the country has for news outlets.
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