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the principles of IHL, and the ethical principles of Just War Theory, are still valid when considering cyberwarfare

Why we need philosophy and ethics of cyber warfare

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there are already robot systems being used in surgery and his report is predicated on the idea that automation is creeping forward in clinical settings – creating the need for clear standards

AI standards essential to protect doctor-patient relationships and human rights

Expert opinion
Policy
Social Sciences
Technology
A photo of Professor Desmond King

Professor of American Government elected to oldest learned US society

Awards
Research
Social Sciences
Long-distance collaboration makes scientific breakthroughs more likely

Long-distance collaboration makes scientific breakthroughs more likely

Research
Science
Social Sciences
Northeast Australia's relict tropical rainforest are one of the oldest most isolated rainforests in the world. Photo credit: Alexander Schenkin

Rainforest trees may have been dying faster since the 1980s because of climate change - study

Climate change
Environment
Research
Social Sciences
Over the last 20 years, Young Lives has interviewed some 12,000 people, such as the young woman pictured, in four countries in the Global South, to record their lives

Two years on: Covid-19 threatens to derail the prospects for a generation in the global south - report  

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parent and baby separation, this can be life-changing - with many inherent and unresolved ethical and practice dilemmas.

New Oxford-Lancaster guidelines to improve practice when babies are separated from parents at birth

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According to the research, Stand Your Ground laws were associated with 8% to 11% national increases in homicide and firearm homicide rates. Florida saw the highest increase with a 28% monthly rise in homicides. Credit: Shutterstock.

US Stand Your Ground laws are associated with 700 additional homicides every year

Humanities
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The Agile Initiative at the University’s Oxford Martin School will deliver high-impact interdisciplinary research and contribute urgently-needed answers to inform environmental policy

Oxford fast-paced research programme for environmental solutions wins £10 million official backing

Climate change
Environment
Funding
Research
Social Sciences
We are equally worried about the potential negative long-term impacts of severe malnutrition on children’s growing bodies and minds, as witnessed by our long-running study

Unprecedented crises trigger severe hunger in southern Ethiopia

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Social Sciences

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