Finding Solutions To The World’s Most Urgent Challenges
The Oxford Martin School brings together the best minds from different fields to tackle the most pressing issues of the 21st century.
Find out moreCOVID-19: our research
Many of the Oxford Martin School’s researchers are involved in the urgent global effort to understand novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and its health, economic and social impacts. Some of our leading researchers are also involved in the UK government response to the pandemic.
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Reduction in UK red and processed meat intake, but more needed to meet our climate targets
Daily meat consumption in the UK has decreased by approximately 17.4g per person per day – just under a 17% reduction – in the last decade, finds new research from the University of Oxford.
New funding for research on agriculture and the environment from the Login5 Foundation
The Department of Zoology and the Oxford Martin School have received a significant philanthropic donation from the Login5 Foundation to undertake research on digital solutions to reduce the environmental impacts of agriculture.
Debunking the Climate Change Generation Gap
In the enduring generational wars portrayed in the media, perhaps none is quite so glaring as that concerning climate change.
Developing countries need sector-level infrastructure investment to replicate China’s rapid growth
The accepted knowledge that strong individual companies and greater competition drives growth in developing economies is being challenged by a new study from an international team of researchers led by Oxford University and Jilin University in China.
Events
All EventsAmory Lovins & Madeleine Edl talk: "Infrastructure Design for Sustainable Cooling"
Cooling is necessary for the quality of life of billions of people living across countries.
'India’s energy challenge in an unequal and warming world' with Tejal Kanitkar
Despite relatively low historical emissions, India has set itself ambitious green energy targets to be achieved in the near term. However, meeting these targets and going beyond them to a deeply decarbonized future, with a large proportion of the country’s infrastructure yet to be built, will not be without challenges.
"National ‘fair shares’ in GHG mitigation, International Environmental Law & Climate Litigation" - Online Panel discussion
About The Oxford Martin School
This century, specifically the next few decades, is a critical turning point for humanity. Our community of more than 200 academics, work across more than 30 programmes of solutions-focused, pioneering research. We support novel and high-risk projects that often do not fit within conventional funding channels, with the belief that breaking boundaries and innovative collaborations can help to solve the most pressing global challenges of our time.
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Programmes
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Global Development
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Wildlife Trade
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Technological & Economic Change
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Deep Medicine
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Climate Pollutants
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Misinformation, Science and Media
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Pandemic Genomics
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Planetary Health
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