Social Sciences

Any of the healthy and sustainable dietary patterns we looked at are a better option for health, the environment, and financially. Credit: Shutterstock.

Sustainable eating is cheaper and healthier - Oxford study

The UK has recently changed its policy on European migrations: it is important to understand the effect of `Brexit’ on the number of Europeans living in the UK. Digital trace data gives us the opportunity to investigate this change with weekly or daily es

Facebook reveals number of migrants in the UK has been underestimated

A girl with firewood in Andhra Pradesh: In times of crisis, additional household work, such as walking further to collect drinking water and firewood...often fall on girls and young women. Credit: Shutterstock.

Education is under threat from climate change - especially for women and girls

Without urgent action climate change will make it increasingly difficult to achieve a quality education – especially for disadvantaged girls and young women.

Dr Catherine Porter, Young Lives Director, highlights an often overlooked impact of climate change on education

The Net Zero Tracker (NZT) uses key target criteria to analyse the quality of net zero targets - including target status, coverage, and planned use of offsets. It has assessed the pledges of all key actors, including national and regional governments i

80% of world economy now aiming for net zero - but not all pledges are equal

There has been a levelling up in the Early Childhood Education and Care experiences of children across the socio-economic spectrum, according to the report. Credit: Shutterstock.

Early education and development ‘levelled up’ in 21st century - study

Like drunks running away without paying, some rich countries are expected to try to escape their financial obligations at COP26. It's outrageous, says Brian O'Callaghan, lead researcher. Credit: Shutterstock.

Dine and dash? Global COVID recovery investment is not aligned with COP rhetoric

Every burger helps

Oxford food experts work with Tesco on sustainable plant-based meals

the risk of infection is diminished when individuals wear face covering/masks

Wearing face coverings protected wearers from COVID-19 infection – large scale study

$The Carbon Takeback Obligation requires fossil fuel extractors and importers to dispose safely and permanently of a rising fraction of the CO2 they generate. Credit: Shutterstock.$

Affordable policy which could stop fossil fuels causing global warming - report

The Carbon Engineering Direct Air Capture carbon capture plant, Squamish, Canada. According to Professor Allen, Investment is urgently needed into safer, permanent CO2 disposal. Credit: Shutterstock.

Why Net Zero (and what is it?)

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