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Professor Alpa Shah's book The Incarcerations shortlisted for the Moore Prize

20 November 2024
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Dr Julia Ebner named 'Austrian of the Year 2024'

25 October 2024
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Disobedient Buildings share their unique methodological approach to research

23 October 2024
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Social bonds built by football coaching in prisons found to help reduce reoffending

17 October 2024
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The 'Humble Brick' receives UKRI funding

16 October 2024
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Paper that raises critical issues on health care in India wins prestigious prize

03 October 2024
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Leave Your Mark Exhibition

03 October 2024
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Welcome to Professor Ann Kelly

06 September 2024
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'Urgent and concerted conservation action' needed to protect chimpanzee nut cracking populations in Guinea

21 August 2024
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Paul Basu receives Curatorial Excellence Award

16 August 2024

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The Inimitable Legacy Of Jaipal Singh Munda
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Outlook India | 22 Jan 2026
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BBC | 27 May 2026
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Scientists finally decode why most humans are right-handed

Article based on research published by  Dr Thomas A. Püschel, Rachel M. Hurwitz at Oxford's School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, with Professor Chris Venditti at the University of Reading,

The Independent | 19 May 2026

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COMPAS Blog | 22 May 2026