Driving change: Oxford academic awarded £700k-plus for project to improve working lives in logistics

Published on October 4, 2022

Oxford academic Dr Debbie Hopkins, Associate Professor in Human Geography has been awarded a Government grant with a total value in excess of £700k, for timely research into the crisis-hit lives of British truck drivers. 
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