Arran Davis is part of a winning team at the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards 2025

Congratulations to our Junior Research Fellow, Dr Arran Davis, who was part of a team that won the University of Oxford's Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Local Community Engagement.

Arran worked with the Oxford Young Sport Leaders Programme and the Oxford SDG Lab to connect local school children with the University of Oxford through sport and education. Over a six-week programme, children participate in workshops led by academics and in sports events with University teams. An anthropologist and former Blues javelin thrower on the University of Oxford team, Arran taught classes on the power of social support and positivity in sport, and helped lead sessions in athletics.