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Laurence Wainwright is an interdisciplinary academic at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford.[1] He is Director of the MSc in Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment, which is the most applied to graduate programme at the University of Oxford per place[2] Wainwright is a Research Fellow at Green Templeton College and a Contributor Researcher and Facilitator in the Department of Psychiatry.[3] Wainwright's work on the health impacts of climate change has received significant media coverage - especially a 2022 article on the mental health impacts of heatwaves[4] Wainwright believes that climate change induced temperature increases will pose considerable challenges for those with a mental health condition[5] In 2023, Wainwright provided expert oral and written evidence to a House of Commons inquiry into the preparedness of the UK to deal with extreme heat.[6] In 2024 Wainwright was awarded a Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Oxford[7] [1] Wainwright completed his PhD in Business Administration at the University of Gothenburg and the University of California, Berkeley. Additionally, he holds Master of Science in Sustainable Development from Uppsala University, a Master of Education from the Queensland University of Technology, and a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, Bachelor of Accounting and Bachelor of Business (Honours) from the University of Technology Sydney[3]

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  1. ^ a b "Dr Laurence Wainwright | University of Oxford". www.ox.ac.uk.
  2. ^ Ethier, Marc (March 2, 2022). "Overwhelming Demand: Oxford Hit By Tsunami Of Apps To New Sustainability Master's". Poets&Quants.
  3. ^ a b "Dr Laurence Wainwright | Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment". www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk.
  4. ^ Neumann, Eileen; Wainwright, Laurence (July 12, 2022). "Heatwaves worsen mental health conditions". The Conversation.
  5. ^ Lytton, Charlotte (August 11, 2023). "'We're in serious trouble': Why a hotter world will be bad for our health". The Observer – via The Guardian.
  6. ^ https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/123209/pdf/
  7. ^ "Dr Chloë Strevens and Dr Laurence Wainwright win Divisional Teaching Excellence Awards 2024 | School of Geography and the Environment". www.geog.ox.ac.uk.