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When it gets too hot to work, people lose income, which means households may struggle to afford to buy food. This is experienced more in countries with vulnerable and informal work patterns – especially agriculture

Heat can cause rapid food insecurity in days, says Oxford research

Girls in Ethiopia

Expert Comment: Three factors that help beat the odds in Young Lives

West African archaeology to benefit from partnership of Oxford School of Archaeology and Museum of West African Art

West African archaeology to benefit from partnership of Oxford School of Archaeology and Museum of West African Art.

The Oxford study used well-being data from nearly a million people across 72 countries over 12 years and harnessed actual individual usage data from millions of Facebook users worldwide to investigate the impact of Facebook on well-being.

No evidence linking Facebook adoption and negative well-being

The aqueduct at Pont du Gard

What did the Romans do for us? Aqueducts and the art of Roman water management

Poet Lemn Sissay

Just Four Films. BBC-Oxford social sciences join forces to turn four great ideas into fantastic new films

  • ‘Dragons Den’?
OUImages/Phil Sawyer Partnership

New Museum of Climate Hope trail in Oxford: Journeying back in time can help us understand our planet’s future

• International trade will be hit by impacts of climate catastrophes on ports

Multi-billion-dollar risk to economic activity from climate extremes affecting ports: Oxford report

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