Social Sciences

he trend to heavy sports utility vehicles needs to be reversed, while we need to use public transport more and do more 'active' travel

Is the future of Transport Electric?

• Two-thirds of multidimensionally poor households have no females who have completed primary education

Women in many poor households excluded from education– report

heat waves have become 100 times more likely in some places because of climate change

How is climate changing our weather?

as much as 26-212 gigatonnes of CO2 will need to be removed. (NB one gigatonne is equivalent to 200 million elephants!)

Carbon removal will cost as much annually as the NHS budget - but Oxford research shows polluters could pay

The train has left this station, but the CREDS report calls for investment to be doubled in public transport and for more active travel, such as walking, cycling (and running). Credit: Shutterstock

Energy demand must be slashed to hit climate targets – CREDS report

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered life expectancy losses not seen since World War II in Western Europe

COVID-19 has caused the biggest decrease in life expectancy since World War II

Orca plant in Iceland

CO2 removal is essential to achieving net zero

In sub-Saharan Africa - the setting of this study - women’s participation in health decision-making is among the lowest in the world, and women commonly report that their husbands make decisions about their own health without their participation

Education and urbanisation boost women’s control over health shows sub-Saharan Africa study

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Eight Oxford researchers win top UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships

The front cover shows "Europe leading the people in a time of Covid" (with apologies to Eugène Delacroix). A tableau vivant was created and performed by members of our Europe's Stories research team in the seminar room of the European Studies Centre at

Young Europeans want EU action to defend environment, free movement and democracy

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