Research

A team of researchers—funded by the BBSRC, ESRC and the NERC—ran a pilot project in Pickering, North Yorkshire to study the effectiveness of a new methodology for flood management decision-making.

With huge corporations working to tackle problems in cybersecurity, what role can universities play? Oxford academics discuss the unique contributions that can come to computer science from inside the ivory towers.

Trust between users is fundamental to online commerce and culture – and is in short supply, given the many breaches to internet security in recent months. Oxford academics discuss measures to build security into hardware and software systems, not simply bolt it on top. Based on work supported by the European Commission, the EPSRC and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

The internet was built as a trusting, open, academic network – so how should it be governed and policed, now that it has become central to our daily lives? Oxford academics discuss the internet policy landscape, following a year of explosive revelations about internet security. Based on work supported by the European Commission, the EPSRC and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

A new study suggests the aspirations of women in Mongolia have rapidly shifted.  Before the rapid economic transition of the 1990s, the wealthiest women in the Communist-style era had big...

Researchers from the University's Griffith Institute for Egyptology and the director of Factum Arte—a team of artists, technicians and conservators based in Madrid—talk about the cutting edge of conservation, and why it matters.

Alternative energy sources don’t yet pack the desired punch – but researchers in Oxford, funded by the EPSRC and the BBSRC, are changing that by developing fuel cells inspired by nature.

How Oxford Academic Professor Tiffany Stern helped a pioneering company of American actors to see Shakespeare and other early modern playwrights in a new light – by almost totally eschewing rehearsals.

In-depth research by Dr Stuart Basten into Asian fertility helped convince the United Nations to revise its influential forecasts on future population trends, with particularly large effects for Pacific Asian economies.

The international community currently relies on a costly, heavy military presence around Somalia in order to keep shipping lanes safe.

Work from the University of Oxford appears in your daily life more than you might think...

An innovative method for measuring multidimensional poverty, developed by Dr Sabina Alkire and colleagues, is helping governments and organisations globally to design more effective poverty-reduction programmes.

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.

Professor Robert MacLaren talks about an exciting new technique for treating a hereditary form of blindness.

Dr David Griffiths talks about how community archaeology is building skills and creating links with employers and communities in East Oxford.

Dengue fever affects 100 million people, causes 20,000 deaths a year, and there’s no known vaccine -- but Oxford researchers are genetically modifying mosquitoes to eradicate it.

An integrated method of tracking small seabirds pioneered by University of Oxford zoologists is providing valuable information about both the health of the oceans and how best to protect vulnerable species.

A unique project involving University of Oxford Information Engineers is integrating the skills of computers and people to enable a more effective response to natural and man-made disasters, as well as tackling a wide range of other problems.

An Oxford academic has addressed G20 members, Commonwealth heads of government, the European Union and the World Economic Forum at Davos.

The University of Oxford’s iTunes U site goes from strength to strength, making sure that learning has a real impact in society