College News in Brief…

Royal Society Fellowship

Rob Klose, Professor of Genetics at the Department of Biochemistry and Keble College, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in recognition of his outstanding contributions to scientific research. The Fellowship recognises his outstanding contributions to understanding how chromatin and epigenetic mechanisms regulate gene expression in health and disease. Further details and the full list of newly elected Fellows are available on the Royal Society website. 

ERC Advanced Grant

Professorial Fellow in Organic Chemistry Harry Anderson has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant. Professor Anderson is one of fourteen University of Oxford researchers to receive an ERC Advanced Grant in the latest funding round. The ERC Advanced Grant will support Professor Anderson’s project investigating the chemistry and physics of molecular quantum rings: nanostructures that confine electrons to a circular path, giving rise to unique quantum mechanical behaviour.

Catering Award

Keble’s Catering team received one of ten U Dine Network Awards at the annual awards presentation in June, securing the Allergy Management Award. The award serves as a well-deserved recognition of the team’s commitment to ensuring that food allergies and dietary requirements are managed with the highest standards of safety and care. Head of Catering Services Sarfraz “Freddy” Hussain, who accepted the award on behalf of the team, shared: “I couldn’t have achieved this without the incredible support and hard work of my colleagues every single day.” Our congratulations to everyone at Keble whose hard work and care helped make this achievement possible.

Fellow Publication

Professorial Fellow in Statistics, Gesine Reinert, has recently published a new book based on work supported in part by a grant under the Keble Research Support Scheme. Co-authored with Professor Andrew Barbour, Networks: Probability and Statistics offers a comprehensive overview of the area, first highlighting summary statistics, applications and models, then delving into branching processes and Stein's method as probabilistic underpinnings, which are used to derive theoretical results on the behaviour of standard summary statistics under a wide range of network models. With this foundation, the statistics part of the book covers sampling, estimation, assessing model fit and inference. The book is currently available for a discounted price with this flyer. Gesine Reinert also expects to make a free pdf file available upon request.

Wallace Breem Memorial Award

Fellow and Tutor in Law, Professor James Goudkamp, has received the 2026 Wallace Breem Memorial Award. Presented jointly by the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) and The Inner Temple, the biennial award recognises outstanding contributions to law librarianship. Professor Goudkamp received the award alongside colleagues from the University of Oxford's Faculty of Law for their work on the fifth edition of OSCOLA (the Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities), the widely used citation guide for legal scholarship in the UK and Ireland.

History Prize

Dr Thomas Stevens, Junior Research Fellow in History, has won the inaugural History Regius Prize, which recognises outstanding historical research by early career and fixed-term researchers across the University of Oxford. He received the award for his article, Bandits into Citizens? Rehabilitation in the Post-Civil Wars Soviet Union, published in Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History. Dr Stevens' research explores Soviet and post-Soviet history, with a particular focus on violence, state power and post-conflict reintegration. The prize was established to celebrate innovative historical research and support emerging scholars.

Tai Chible

In a Keble first, the College hosted seven sessions of Tai Chi with a trained instructor on Wednesday afternoons throughout Trinity Term. Sponsored by the Talbot Fund, these hour-long sessions gave students and staff the opportunity to focus on mindfulness, wellbeing and body awareness. Open to all abilities, the initiative encouraged members across the College community to take time away from the demands of work and study while exploring the physical and mental benefits of this traditional practice.