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Peggie wins Innovation Award

21 May 2013

Peggie, Oxford’s battery electric vehicle, took part in the recent Shell Eco-marathon Europe at The Ahoy Centre in Rotterdam, Th...

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Advice from both sides of the pond

20 May 2013

Consultation for the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations took place on both sides of the Atlantic this month, with worksho...


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Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship for Paul Klenerman

08 May 2013

Professor Paul Klenerman, Principal Investigator at Oxford Martin School’s Institute for Emerging Infections has been elected as...

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Gideon Henderson honoured by Royal Society

07 May 2013

Oxford Martin School Expert, Professor Gideon Henderson, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society.   Professor of Ea...


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Hands off the wheel

07 May 2013

The family car as we know it could soon be a thing of the past. In the face of rapid urbanization, rising fuel costs and environmental...

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Call for global focus on injury prevention

02 May 2013

Injuries are responsible for 1 in 10 deaths worldwide, more than the number of deaths from HIV-AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined...


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Commission heads to Cambridge for Global Scholars Symposium

24 Apr 2013

“We need to keep our minds open, or at least ajar to a future which might seem like science fiction today”, said Lord Mart...

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Peggie hits the eco-road

22 Apr 2013

Featuring a variety of ‘go faster’ tweaks and modifications, Oxford’s battery electric vehicle, nicknamed ‘Peg...


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Oxford Martin School to host Government Cyber Security Centre

09 Apr 2013

Foreign Secretary William Hague announced today that the Government’s Global Centre for Cyber Security Capacity Building is to b...

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Flies behaving badly

04 Apr 2013

Tiny fruit flies, Drosophila, are likely to have their own personalities, leading some into bad behaviour, says new research from...


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Building ideas

25 Mar 2013

Building work is now well underway to renovate the Old Indian Institute – the Oxford Martin School’s beautiful headquarter...

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Commission insights from China

25 Mar 2013

Food security, energy infrastructure, urbanisation and US-China relations were amongst the issues grappled with by the new leadership ...