Building Societal Considerations into the Heart of Basic Research
Commencing in March 2025, as part of their Science and Society Programme, the Kavli Foundation, USA awarded funding to Kavli Oxford to develop and lead a program of research to identify, understand, and address potential ethical issues and implications for the public, as raised by the curiosity-driven scientific research of the institute.
Read more about the project here.
Read the reports on our Ethics@Work discussions:
Engage with us
It is important to us that everyone has access to our research in the Kavli INsD and we enjoy speaking about the Institute and our work.
We host guests, speak at schools, present at science festivals and continue to seek ways in which we can make our research available to the public. For more information email us.
iGem 2025 Grand Jamboree
Kavli Oxford sponsors and advises the OneRing interdisciplinary undergraduate research team competing in Paris, October 2025
Oxfordshire Youth Chemistry Conference - 21 November 2024
Hosted by Wychwood School, schools from across the county came together to showcase their nanochemistry research ideas.
Sponsored by Kavli Oxford, Professor Dame Carol Robinson presented the opening message followed by two keynotes by Oxford's Professor Sonia Antoranz Contera and Dr Mootaz Salman.
African Families in the UK
Colleagues from a number of University departments worked with community group, African Families in the UK, to support young people of African and black Caribbean heritage to enjoy science and build cultural connections.
Kavli Oxford joined colleagues as winner in the Vice Chancellors Community Partnership Award - University of Oxford, 2024:
https://kavli.web.ox.ac.uk/article/success-vice-chancellors-awards-2024
X-Net
Contributing to research output and policy recommendations addressing barriers to interdisciplinary research, Kavli Oxford joined X-Net colleagues recognised as finalist in the Vice Chancellors Research Culture Award - University of Oxford, 2024
https://kavli.web.ox.ac.uk/article/success-vice-chancellors-awards-2024
Parkinson's UK
Researchers from Kavli Oxford supports outreach programmes for Parkinson's UK
Alzheimer's Research UK
Researchers from Kavli Oxford supports outreach programmes for Alzheimer's Research UK
Motor Neuron Disease
Researchers from Kavli Oxford support outreach programmes for the MNDA and UK MND Research Institute
