Research Impact

Statistics is not just an academic exercise – the work done in the department has an impact on scientific knowledge and real benefits to society.

Engagement

Research can have impact through public engagement or policy engagement.

Public engagement with research describes the many ways that members of the public can be involved in the design, conduct and dissemination of research.

Policy Engagement is an umbrella term describing the many ways that researchers and policymakers connect and explore common interests at various stages in their respective research and policymaking processes. From informal enquiries to formal inquiries, in consultation or sustained collaboration, policy engagement enables researchers and policymakers to improve public policy through making the most of their evidence, expertise and experience. The university has guidance on how to get involved with policy engagement.

Knowledge exchange and impact

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The university has guidance on funding for knowledge exchange and impact.

Research Case Studies

PER Case Study: Catapult Correlation

Find out about the Catapult Correlation activity that three STATML students took to the Oxford Maths Festival.

Statistical expertise in drug discovery

A freely-available suite of statistical tools developed at the University of Oxford is providing major companies with valuable tools for drug discovery.

Predicting human displacement post disaster

Using statistics to harness datasets and sources to validate risks and decision models for the humanitarian sector.

Predicting Proteins in Three Dimensions

Professor Charlotte Deane and her team re-evaluated FREAD, a database search program and loop-modelling algorithm, and developed this into a new program, pyFREAD.

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Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021

11 May 2022

Research from the Mathematical Institute and the Department of Statistics in Oxford was submitted together under Unit of Assessment 10. Overall, 78% of our submission was judged to be 4* (the highest score available, for research quality that is world-leading in terms of originality, significance, and rigour) in REF 2021.

Statistical expertise in drug discovery

A freely-available suite of statistical tools developed at the University of Oxford is providing major companies with valuable tools for drug discovery.