Research

Dr Ludovic Phalippou, Associate Professor of Finance at the Saïd Business School, and his coauthors Dr Christian Rauch and Professor Dr Mark Umber examined the portfolio fees of 592 US companies worth $1.1 trillion in total.

A new research study launched today identifies the key factors that influence how well children in care do in schools in England and finds children who are fostered make better educational...

New research reveals the huge physical and mental health toll suffered by migrant women from poorer Asian countries like Sri Lanka who go to the Gulf countries to work as cleaners and maids. 

Researchers found that corporal punishment experienced by eight-year-old children is linked with lower maths scores when the same children reach the age of 12 as compared with their peers who did not report being hit.

Just 29% of this group will continue to take AS, A levels or another qualification after GCSE, compared with around half (45%) of white working class boys living in more affluent areas and two-thirds (68%) of boys from more advantaged families.

Researchers from the University's Department of Education observed a range of programmes and carried out interviews with staff and the young people who attended them.

Dr Aaron Reeves from Oxford University's Department of Sociology found that British parents did not see musical achievement by their children as character building or useful in getting university places or jobs.

Oxford University has today opened a new Data Science Lab in collaboration with Emirates. It will see experts from around the University use cutting-edge analysis to help the airline make its...

By studying individual chickens that were part of a long-term pedigree, the scientists, led by Professor Greger Larson at Oxford University's Research Laboratory for Archaeology, found two mutations that had occurred in the mitochondrial genomes of the birds in only 50 years.

The research, which appears in the journal Ambio, says while there are some good examples of imaginative products, far more could be done to interpret visits to nature reserves or link up with central biodiversity sites using apps.

US Ambassador Matthew W. Barzun visited Oxford in September 2015 to meet with representatives of the city’s universities, Oxford City Council, social entrepreneurship leads and high-technology businesses.

I could see there were certain things that she was good at: big, overarching ideas. But the nitty gritty of doing algebra, actually manipulating symbols on a page – she wasn't great at that!

To really understand Lovelace’s paper you need to put it in the context of contemporary ideas of literature and science... Where did these ideas of abstract computing come from? What bigger cultural forces were in play?

Research from the University of Oxford's Clinical Genetics Laboratory initiated the introduction of an upper age limit of 40 years for sperm donors in the UK and internationally, and led to increased public awareness of the effect of paternal age in the transmission of inherited disease.

Ada's mother encouraged her interest in mathematics, partly after her own interests but partly to stop her being interested in poetry like her father, the infamous Lord Byron. The interesting thing is that Ada talks about the ‘poetry of mathematics’ – she talks about the two not being in opposition and in some ways being the same thing.

The Oxford Climate Research Network is a cross-divisional research community, harnessing Oxford’s diverse strengths to address the challenge of managing climate change in a complex and uncertain world. The network aims to develop a research agenda to address key challenges of a changing climate, deepen knowledge to inform policy and planning, and develop instruments to improve practice in partnership with government, research and business communities.

Ancient Christian relics are objects that survive from ancient times, often associated with a saint's body or their belongings, and usually kept as objects of historical interest or spiritual devotion.

One of the most intriguing questions researchers hope to answer is whether Celtic art had links into the wider Eurasian world.

The ITRC informs the analysis, planning and design of national infrastructure, through the development and demonstration of new decision support tools – and with a keen eye on the impact of climate change. The ITRC works with 40 partners across government and industry and 10 academic institutions.

I think my personal goal, if it was ever achievable, would be to have chemotherapy with no side effects. There are lots of examples of plants and animals which make ‘poisons’ to protect themselves from predation. But they don’t want to self-poison, so they keep the two components separate so they can attack the predator without harming themselves.