MSc SEE alumna Juliana Santo Oliveira examined the Tropical Forest Forever Facility and how its financial architecture creates the incentives needed to attract private capital.
Dr Laurence Wainwright explores the possible evolutionary roots of seasonal affective disorder and the ‘winter blues’ in his latest article for The Conversation. "Seasonal depression is complex, with genetic susceptibility, circadian rhythms and environmental circumstances potentially contributing. Nevertheless, our sensitivity to seasonal light raises questions about modern working life."
Just weeks into his MSc at Oxford’s Smith School, Mastercard Foundation Scholar Justice Appiah Nuamah has been recognised as one of eight emerging energy leaders worldwide at the 2026 Energy Intelligence Forum in London.
Drawing on his emerging research into the complex interplay of circadian disruption and mood disorders, Dr Laurence Wainwright explores the possible evolutionary roots of seasonal affective disorder and the ‘winter blues’.
The report, produced with DIRT Charity, finds the industry has influence over 30 per cent of global farmland, or 1.45 billion hectares, once leather and wool are counted alongside textile crops. It was led by two MSc alumni, Megan Siyi Liu and Clara Cecil.
Looking backwards from East Africa’s first subnational green bond reveals how more than a decade of community partnerships and local institutions laid the foundations for financing conservation in Tanzania’s Zigi River catchment.
A poll of 2000 British adults revealed that 52% prefer cold weather. Dr Laurence Wainwright discussed the probable reasons for these results in The Independent: “The body has limited resources to do almost unlimited things, so it has to make trade-offs... As a result, some of those higher-order cognitive functions, like the ability to have an empathetic, thoughtful conversation with a partner, go out the window.”
Dr Laurence Wainwright told the Mail that heatwaves are ‘now a creeping health, housing, and economic emergency that is costing families money they don't have.’
As temperatures in the UK reach dangerous levels, the government and businesses are pushing back at union proposals to set a maximum working temperature. "Because UK heatwaves are usually brief and intermittent, the population rarely has time to acclimatise to it physically," commented Dr Laurence Wainwright.