25 Jul Growing Positive Change Thursday 25 Jul 2024 In this post we hear reflections from three people who attended the recent Nature-based Solutions conference "Growing Positive Change".
18 Jul The Agile Initiative Enabling Fund Thursday 18 Jul 2024 The Agile Initiative is offering non-staff funding of up to £10,000 to researchers at Oxford University who are working on topics relevant to Agile’s mission.
15 Jul Pre-announcement: Next Sprint Funding Call to Open in September 2024 Monday 15 Jul 2024 Agile’s next round of Sprint Funding will be open for expressions of interest from late September to late November 2024.
04 Jul New Paper Shows Climate Models Underestimate CO2 Cycling By Plants Thursday 04 Jul 2024 By combining measurements of radiocarbon produced by nuclear bomb tests with model simulations, new research reveals that existing models might be underestimating how much carbon plants store.
26 Jun Researcher Spotlight: Andrew Wilson Wednesday 26 Jun 2024 Andrew Wilson is a Research Software Engineer on the Sprint investigating, "Can we solve the “spin-up” problem in Earth System Modelling?"
25 Jun The Role of Publics and Deliberation Tuesday 25 Jun 2024 This second discussion paper by the Agile Initiative programme research team reviews the role of publics and deliberation at the environmental science-policy interface, to help researchers and decision-makers navigate the expanding field of participatory research in environmental science and policy.
03 Jun Universities: evidence producers or co-producers? Monday 03 Jun 2024 A discussion paper written by the Agile Initiative programme research team, this document explores the relationship between environmental research and its use in environmental policy.
28 May Community engagement central to Highlands Rewilding informed by Agile Initiative research Tuesday 28 May 2024 Highlands Rewilding have used community engagement research produced by the Sprint team “How do we scale up Nature-based Solutions?” to inform rewilding projects in the Scottish Highlands.
20 May High Commendation Received at Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Biodiversity Net Gain Research Team Monday 20 May 2024 The “How do we account for biodiversity?” Sprint team were highly commended at the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards in the Research Engagement category.