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Social Sciences Ventures vs Social Ventures: What’s the difference?

Lately there have been a lot of social ventures, lately there have been social science ventures. Confused? Read on.

4 min readMay 12, 2021

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Social Sciences Ventures vs Social Ventures: What’s the difference?

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Why financial innovation is the key to unlocking the impact of Rooted Ventures

It is time for the financial ecosystem to nurture and support the growing wave of rooted ventures and other problem-oriented, social…

5 min readMar 4, 2021

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Why financial innovation is the key to unlocking the impact of Rooted Ventures

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Oxford’s cleantech offer

Oxford’s contribution to COVID has been a vaccine that will save the world — but what can we offer for the climate?

5 min readMar 2, 2021

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Oxford’s cleantech offer

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Debunking the top seven social venture myths

Despite their promise as a sustainable version of the traditional business model, social ventures continue to be shrouded in myth and…

8 min readFeb 1, 2021

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Debunking the top seven social venture myths

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Entrepreneur Interview: Ani Haykuni

Ani’s battle against cancer informed and shaped her entrepreneurial journey, with the two becoming intrinsically linked.

7 min readJan 28, 2021

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Entrepreneur Interview: Ani Haykuni

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Diagnosing COVID-19 in record time

Oxsed, a social venture developing rapid COVID-19 testing, has gone from spinning out of Oxford University in the summer to already being…

4 min readNov 25, 2020

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Diagnosing COVID-19 in record time

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Concentrating on renewable energy

Renewables spinout Odqa is developing a high-tech solar receiver that improves efficiency and enables reductions to the cost of capturing…

3 min readAug 25, 2020

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Concentrating on renewable energy

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Spinouts for Social Sciences

The abstract nature of knowledge derived from the social sciences has often led to it being written off as common sense, or as being…

5 min readJul 28, 2020

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Spinouts for Social Sciences

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Coronakids aka #workingfromhomewithkids

A diary from the WFH-while-homeschooling frontline, as told by OUI’s Fiona Story

9 min readJun 23, 2020

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Coronakids aka #workingfromhomewithkids

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Bright Sparks lights fuse on Oxford’s startups

What happened when we paired Oxford University’s unique startups with Vodafone’s business leader talent?

5 min readFeb 25, 2020

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Bright Sparks lights fuse on Oxford’s startups

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Oxford University Innovation

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