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An oil surplus means that so far reaction has been muted – but disruption and rising prices could still be on the cards.
Aid in contexts like Kakuma should not be treated as optional or discretionary, but as a structural necessity.
The food industry faces the same ‘stranded asset’ problem as fossil fuel companies.
Listen to conservation scientist Hollie Booth explain what happened when fishermen in Indonesia were paid to release sharks caught up in their nets.
The chancellor’s choices need to deliver economic growth – otherwise cuts to public services could be on the horizon.
The plants chimpanzees use to treat their wounds have been found to have medicinal properties.
Les hérissons sont en déclin, mais ils détiennent les clés de la biodiversité dans leur environnement. Une bonne raison pour étudier leurs déjections.
Au lieu d'adopter une approche où le gagnant remporte tout, les pays côtiers africains devraient partager les ressources contestées.
The spiny mammals are on the decline, but they hold the secrets to biodiversity in their local areas.
A new study shows that rising ‘atmospheric thirst’ is responsible for about 40% of the increase in drought severity over the last four decades.
Legal action by a Peruvian farmer has signalled a shift in the global conversation.
La justicia algorítmica se refiere al estudio de las propiedades y del impacto social de los algoritmos. Lo cierto es que si una decisión se considera injusta cuando la toma un ser humano, también deberíamos poder identificarla así cuando la toma un ordenador.
Medical law is based on the idea that a patient consents to an intervention that will benefit them. Is that the case here?
Instead of a winner takes all approach, Africa’s coastal countries should share contested resources.
Anguish is the result of conflict between two values we cherish equally – such as love and freedom.
Lichens bridge the living and non-living – understanding them allows us to better see how to conserve our heritage, and also ourselves.
Disgust is a primal emotion – and it could be the key to eating less meat.
Those who predicted the death of the pope in the 16th century often put their own lives at risk.
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Research Fellow in Population Health, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Climate Science, University of Oxford
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DPhil Candidate, Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Oxford
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Economist in AI and Work, University of Oxford
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Emeritus Professor, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford
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Einstein Professor for the Comparative Study of Democracy and Authoritarianism, Humboldt University Berlin, and Director, Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS); University of Oxford
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Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Cognitive Archaeology and Archaeoacoustics, University of Oxford
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Gallagher Research Fellow in the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford
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Supernumerary Fellow, Archaeology, University of Oxford
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Oxford
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DPhil Student in Anthropology, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of Natural History, University of Oxford
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Associate professor, University of Oxford