Ex Aula Research Journal

Research Snapshot: Declining birth rates are drawing attention to reproductive health and fertility

By: Vincent Straub (DPhil in Population Health, 2023) It has recently been suggested that an epidemi…

Research Snapshot: Mapping electrons in the building blocks of life

By: Shiyang (Ann) Lu (DPhil in Chemistry, 2024) This image shows the crystal structures of several p…

Research Spotlight: Equity, culture, and livelihood as the social dimension of human-ocean relationships

By: Leah Tavasi (DPhil in Environmental Research (NERC DTP), 2023) In marine management frameworks, …

Research Spotlight: Preventing the preventable: Why adolescent liver cancer is a policy failure, not a clinical inevitability

By: Inae Kim (MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine, 2025) Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC…

Research Spotlight: Rusty pipes in the brain: How a disease which causes strokes behaves like rust in water pipes

By: Samantha Foster (DPhil in Clinical Neurosciences, 2024) Let’s start by talking about the w…

Editor’s Note: Hilary 2026

By: Greco Malijan One of the small miracles of formal hall is that you almost never sit next to anyo…

Beneath the Surface: Exploring the Lower Mantle with Diamond Anvils and Quantum Theory

By: Brittany Kulka Deep beneath the Earth’s surface, between 660 and 2,900 kilometres down, li…

The Whatness of Obstetric Violence: How reframing violent practices in UK maternity wards helps us to tackle them

By: Frances Hand Childbirth is often heralded as a joyful occasion. Yet, the 2022 Health Strategy fo…

Controlling Radio Waves – From the Staff of Ra to Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

By: Bradley Mee Picture the map room scene from Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark – the titular…

How might generative AI impact the labour market?

By: Jacob Greenspon Generative artificial intelligence services like ChatGPT and DALL-E have wowed a…

Rewriting the Narrative: A Journey Through Sustainable Technology and Love’s Resilience

By: Jasper Singh On the ill-fated maiden voyage of April 1912, Mr. J Dawson, and Ms. R Bukater fell …

Bridging the Divide: Understanding the Long-Term Growth and Productivity Performance of China, 1840–2010

By: Ms Menggelisha In the fading days of the Qing Dynasty, a poignant ballad portrayed the struggles…

WANTED: Killer Prostate Cancer Cells

By: Sophia Abusamra A reward is being offered to the first person to catch killer prostate cancer ce…

Economic Reform in Countries of the Global South: The Peruvian Experience

Economic Reform in Countries of the Global South: The Peruvian Experience

In the year 1990, Peru seemed a country in the brink of collapse. The Andean nation had gone through…

Therapeutic? Exploring the Foster Home as a Therapeutic Landscape

Therapeutic? Exploring the Foster Home as a Therapeutic Landscape

The term therapeutic has gained a lot of momentum within the state’s child protection and family wel…

Social Protection for the Unprotected: the Guatemalan Case

Social Protection for the Unprotected: the Guatemalan Case

In Guatemala, social protection coverage is marred by significant challenges, particularly in the re…

Socialist Cybernetics Around the World

Socialist Cybernetics Around the World

In 1961, a group of architects gathered in a Soho loft to gripe about the inequalities of the world.…

The Evolution of Colour in 19th Century Visual Arts and Literature

The Evolution of Colour in 19th Century Visual Arts and Literature

The 19th century witnessed a growing interest in the visual arts, particularly in the relationships …

Jailbreak – Preventing Metastatic Cancer

Jailbreak – Preventing Metastatic Cancer

Punishing fluorescent lights cast a synthetic glow across the corridors of the high-security facilit…

How do radio telescopes help us to observe the Universe?

How do radio telescopes help us to observe the Universe?

Exploring the vast and unknown Universe is one of the grandest challenges of humanity. Astronomy, a …