Oxford Networks for the Environment, University of Oxford

News

• 28 Feb 18 - Oxford to host major international conference on 'Intact Forests in the 21st Century'
• 29 Jan 18 - Synthesis paper reveals strengths and weaknesses of corporate environmental pledges
• 28 Sep 17 - DPhil research sheds new light on the volatile processes that shaped Earth
• 21 Sep 17 - Himalayan wolves are special
• more Biodiversity news…

• 05 Jun 18 - Professor Yadvinder Malhi receives Royal Medal at the Royal Geographical Society
• 14 May 18 - Philip Stier receives the Humboldt Research Award
• 26 Apr 18 - Oxford scientists help write the next IPCC report on climate change.
• more Climate news…

• 26 Mar 18 - New UK Centre for Research on Energy Demand announced by EPSRC and ESRC
• 15 Feb 18 - The Engineering Department signs five-year agreement with Ørsted to optimise wind turbine foundations
• 05 Feb 18 - Oxford University Innovation launches Oxford Sustainable Fuels
• more Energy news…

• 12 Nov 18 - Five ways to encourage people to reduce their meat intake - without them even realising
• 24 Oct 18 - Flexitarian Diet could cut climate change!
• 11 Oct 18 - Researchers set out options for keeping the food system within planetary limits
• more Food news…

• 29 Oct 18 - SatFlood: Providing early-warning of flash flood events in Kenya
• 29 Oct 18 - Coping with water scarcity in the Turkwel river basin, Kenya
• 26 Oct 18 - Rising sea levels will claim homes around English coast, report warns
• more Water news…

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Education

There are more than 80 opportunities to study environment-related courses at Oxford University from undergraduate courses, to taught masters, doctoral research and adult learning, and spread across all of the Universities four divisions.

Explore our educational pages to find out more about the courses on offer.

Research Impact

• Poetry in motion

  Nature’s designs can be more efficient, elegant and powerful than anything yet built by man. A University of Oxford spin out aims to disrupt vehicle design by taking inspiration from the movement of animals.

• To the Zooniverse and beyond

  Harnessing the time and skills of millions of volunteers worldwide is proving to be an extremely powerful way of driving research in fields as diverse as history, zoology, physics and even the response to humanitarian disasters.

• Managing the risk of surface water flooding

  Research by the University of Oxford, in conjunction with the London School of Economics, is playing a key role in combating one of Britain’s most persistent natural hazards.

• The value of a green and pleasant land

  Oxford research work helps to highlight the value of the natural world.