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03 March 2025

Oxford Brookes to lead £7.4 million research initiative on health impacts of UK net zero targets

Oxford Brookes University will lead a £7.4m Government-funded research initiative to explore the human health impacts of the UK’s net zero targets in relation to extreme heat.

An image ox Oxford Brookes University campus

05 December 2024

Prestigious award honours Oxford Brookes professor’s contribution to architectural education

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced Professor Jane Anderson as the winner of the 2024 RIBA Annie Spink Award.

Professor Jane Anderson

20 November 2024

Reflecting on the Vernacular

Insights from the “Knowing the Vernacular” Conference and LEGO Architecture Exhibition.

lego building behind a glass display

09 April 2024

New Short Course: Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health Support in Crisis Settings

As part of the Continuous Professional Development and Short Courses offered at Oxford Brookes, a new course on Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health Support in Crisis Settings has now become available.

New Short Course: Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health Support in Crisis Settings

08 April 2024

New publication: Making Your Own Weather: Self-reliance and Working for Resettlement Among Sudanese

Does self-reliance reduce the impetus for refugees to seek further travel towards Europe and other countries? How is this experienced by those excluded from mainstream humanitarian assistance?

New publication: Making Your Own Weather: Self-reliance and Working for Resettlement Among Sudanese Refugee Men in Amman, Jordan

08 April 2024

CENDEP partnering in new research on electoral reforms in Sri Lanka

A coalition including CENDEP has been awarded a grant by the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights for a 2 year project on minorities and electoral reform in Sri Lanka.

CENDEP partnering in new research on electoral reforms in Sri Lanka

08 April 2024

Sanctuary Art Project: Finding Home in Education

One of our Oxford Brookes students and MRN (Tamsin Barber and Zoe Jordan) contributed to a national collaborative Sanctuary art project, led by the University of East Anglia.

Sanctuary Art Project: Finding Home in Education

25 March 2024

New Short Course: Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health Support in Crisis Settings

As part of the Continuous Professional Development and Short Courses offered at Oxford Brookes, a new course on Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health Support in Crisis Settings has now become available.

New Short Course: Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health Support in Crisis Settings

25 March 2024

Decolonising Minority Rights Discourse

CENDEP’s Senior Lecturer on Human Rights Dr. Farah Mihlar acted as discussant to a presentation made by Dr. Mohammad Shahabuddin on ‘Decolonising Minority Rights Discourse’

Decolonising Minority Rights Discourse

25 March 2024

Recent Fieldwork in Nepal

CENDEP’s Sue Webb travelled to Nepal for three weeks in January 2024 to conduct qualitative research for the ongoing humanitarian shelter evaluation project funded by USAID’s Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance.

Recent Fieldwork in Nepal