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With additional funding from NERC, the Agile Initiative Science-to-Policy Project Fund will award 4-5 grants of £20,000-£30,000 to researchers at the University of Oxford. These projects must focus on topics that are relevant to Agile’s mission and the NERC forward look for environmental science.

Agile is at COP30 in Brazil represented by Dr Erika Berenguer, Dr Aline Sotteroni and Professor Nathalie Seddon.

This event brought researchers into conversation with practitioners to discuss emerging findings from several Agile Sprints and their practical implications for farming and nature recovery. 

DPhil candidate Emma O'Donnell talks about her experience on a Sprint team: "As a team, we are exploring how different policy interventions change the impact of financial institutions to understand how the UK financial system can support the achievement of the targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework."

Kiana Arnott-Job writes about the recent event ‘Bringing Nature into public decision making’, which brought together researchers and decision-makers in London.

Kim Polgreen is a researcher on the Sprint investigating, “Is Nature a policy solution to mental health in schools?” In this post she describes her passion of working with young people and nature, and how that led her to working on an Agile Sprint.

Mattia Troiano has an MPhil in Environmental Change & Management, and has been working on a Sprint before his PhD starts in October. Read about his experiences in this post.

Researchers from the Oxford Martin School write from Montserrat where they are facilitating discussions with stakeholders from around the Caribbean on the economic, governance and legal frameworks that might be needed for an equitable and sustainable geothermal future.

Internal job opportunity: We are looking for a dynamic, mid-career interdisciplinary researcher to devote a significant proportion of their time (0.2 to 0.4 FTE for 12-15 months, initially) to co-direct the Agile Initiative at the Oxford Martin School. Closing date 24 Sept 2025.