News
05 May 2021
Royal Geographical Society award for Oxford Brookes Senior Lecturer
Dr Ingrid A. Medby, Senior Lecturer in Political Geography at Oxford Brookes University is to be awarded the Area Prize by the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers).
15 March 2021
Institute of Public Care and Barnardo’s to research impact of Covid-19 on vulnerable young people
The Institute of Public Care (IPC) at Oxford Brookes University is partnering with UK children’s charity Barnardo’s to examine the experiences of vulnerable young people as they transition to adulthood.
03 March 2021
UN World Wildlife Day: working with small-holder farmers in Indonesia, for sustainable results
Today marks UN World Wildlife Day which aims to raise awareness of the world’s wild flora and fauna.
02 March 2021
Legal wildlife trade needs monitoring to reduce risk of a new pandemic
With three out of four newly emerging infectious human diseases originating in animals*, there is an urgent need to monitor the legal trade in wildlife, according to new research by Vincent Nijman, Professor in Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University.
29 January 2021
Territorial, expert navigators: the black howler monkeys of Mexico
Researchers have uncovered the advanced skills of black howler monkeys, who are able to recall the location of their favourite fruit trees and anticipate ripening.
17 November 2020
Tropical peatland conservation could protect humans from new diseases
New research has found that the conservation of tropical peatlands could reduce the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the likelihood of new diseases jumping from animals to humans.
