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Search below for a range of research stories by department or topic. These stories include impact case studies, videos, news and the research in conversation series. For more information please see individual department websites.
Celebrating a career of impact
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Over five decades Professor Sir David Hendry has developed macroeconomic models capturing how economies work, which are now embedded in software widely used by policymakers and decision-makers.
Gene therapy for blindness
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Professor Robert MacLaren talks about an exciting new technique for treating a hereditary form of blindness.
Community archaeology
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Dr David Griffiths talks about how community archaeology is building skills and creating links with employers and communities in East Oxford.
Defeating dengue with GM mosquitoes
Impact case study
The loneliness of the long-distance seabird
Impact case study
Data scientists to the rescue
Impact case study
Reforming the IMF and the World Bank
Impact case study
Making learning available for everyone
Impact case study
Opening the gates of the University's libraries, museums and collections
Impact case study
Preventing strokes
Impact case study
18th century miscellanies
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Dr Abigail Williams describes her experience of bringing 18th Century miscellanies to life for 21st Century audiences.
Acting against genocide
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Professor Jennifer Welsh describes how her research helps the international community act effectively against genocide and ethnic cleansing.
Research in Westminster: Human Rights law and the treatment of rape victims
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Professor Liora Lazarus talks about how important it is for researchers of law to influence government policy, and how she has leveraged her own specialism in human rights to the benefit of society.
Fighting Arthritis: the development of anti-TNF therapies
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Professor Sir Marc Feldmann and Professor Sir Ravinder Maini talk about how they discovered that blocking a single molecule can improve the quality of life for sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis.
How people with depression see faces
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Professor Catherine Harmer on how understanding facial recognition can help us find better antidepressants.
Oxford Impacts trailer
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The Oxford Impacts video series celebrates the ways that Oxford University benefits the world of policy, health, business and culture.
Volcano hunting, Italy to Peru
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Professor David Pyle discusses work understanding the processes that underpin volcanic eruptions: and the devastating effects that volcanic plumes can have.
Turbine blade runner
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Professor Li He on understanding better how turbines function at high temperatures: making jet engines greener, and turbines cheaper to run.
Learning about illness - using breath
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Professor Gus Hancock and colleagues discuss the many things we can learn about the body's health through the breath: and new technologies that can make that process easier.
Nanoparticles in the fight against cancer
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Professor Peter Dobson and his colleagues discuss the use of nanoparticles to improve cancer treatments.
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