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Alumna Katherine Maxwell: inside COP26

Mon 15 Nov 2021

The first person to successfully complete the University of Oxford DPhil in Sustainable Urban Development attended COP26, and brings us her assessment of this historic event.

Seven Solutions to the Problem of Urban Shrinkage

Tue 17 Aug 2021

Dr Vlad Mykhnenko's research highlights successes won by seven cities which have reversed the blights of urban decline

Research focus: The reality of shrinking cities

Mon 27 Jul 2020

Dr Mykhnenko has led ‘3S RECIPE’: a research consortium of nine European universities and charitable organisations tasked with exploring how to reverse the underlying forces causing cities to shrink.

Introducing Debbie Hopkins

Thu 11 Jul 2019

Climate change, transport and female truckers: the many interests of Dr Debbie Hopkins

Converging Cities: Why the Gap Between the Haves and Have-nots Is Getting Smaller

Tue 05 Feb 2019

Research shows that over the past 35 years the gap between Europe's rich and poor has been narrowing.

Serious About Sustainability? Then Learn How To Put It Into Practice

Mon 04 Feb 2019

The ‘integrating sustainability’ programme, running from 20 May to 31 May this year, will look at the fundamental principles of sustainability

Exciting plans for the Sustainable Urban Development programme as it approaches its 10th anniversary

Thu 28 Jun 2018

A new United Nations link, a New York reunion and innovative courses are coming soon for the Sustainable Urban Development programme

Solar in the Cities: Meet Nahid Mohajeri, Visiting Academic

Thu 14 Sep 2017

Nahid Mohajeri, Swiss National Science Foundation Mobility Fellow, on solar energy production in high-density urban environments.

Royal Visit for Sustainability

Tue 20 Jun 2017

The Prince of Wales visited Oxford in May to review our sustainable urban development programmes

Funded project to address urban shrinkage

Tue 11 Apr 2017

Dr Vlad Mykhnenko secures a three-year, £1.4 million research grant to discover feasible solutions to the problem of urban shrinkage.

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Alumna Katherine Maxwell: inside COP26

Seven Solutions to the Problem of Urban Shrinkage

Research focus: The reality of shrinking cities

Introducing Debbie Hopkins

Converging Cities: Why the Gap Between the Haves and Have-nots Is Getting Smaller

Serious About Sustainability? Then Learn How To Put It Into Practice

Exciting plans for the Sustainable Urban Development programme as it approaches its 10th anniversary

Solar in the Cities: Meet Nahid Mohajeri, Visiting Academic

Royal Visit for Sustainability

Funded project to address urban shrinkage

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