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On February 18th, the "Nature & Mental Health in Education Policy" Sprint team held a half-day deliberative policy action workshop to explore how nature-based programmes can support mental health and wellbeing in secondary schools. In this blog post, Jessica Lorimer summarises the key take aways.

Sprint researchers shared their findings and underlying science with practitioners, policy makers and food industry representatives in Northern Ireland.

The launch of a report on a citizen's jury which asks: How can we make Oxford a city where people and nature thrive together?

We recently held a half-day showcase and forum which celebrated the work of Agile Sprints while asking the question: how can we build a research system to address environmental crises? In this post we reflect on the format and content of the event.

As part of the Agile Initiative’s 2025 Community Building & Training (CB&T) Programme, a group of University of Oxford researchers visited FAI Farms.

This blog post explores the Glossary designed by a Sprint with the aim to promote a shared language around nature-based education.

In November 2024, the Digital Dimensions of Nature Recovery Conference at Jesus College brought together an inspiring mix of voices to explore how digital technologies can tackle some of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time.

Joseph Asplet, a postdoctoral researcher who worked on the Sprint “How do we safely store CO2 beneath our shelf seas?”, recently attended the American Geophysical Union (AGU) annual meeting 2024.

Aissa Dearing, a DPhil candidate at the University of Oxford, received part-funding from the Agile Enabling Fund to conduct fieldwork. In this blog, they share advice on best practises for community engagement.