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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Prof David Vines & Prof Cameron Hepburn in conversation: "Global macroeconomic cooperation in response to the Covid-19 pandemic"
Immediate action needed to stem the flow of plastic into the ocean finds report
We still don’t know if warmer weather slows down the spread of COVID-19
Prof Colin Mayer, Sir Paul Collier & Prof Cameron Hepburn in conversation: "Reforming the UK financial system to promote regional development in post-COVID Britain"
Prof Beata Javorcik & Prof Cameron Hepburn in conversation: "Globalisation in the post-COVID world"
Prof Joseph Stiglitz & Prof Ian Goldin in conversation: "Policies for the post-COVID world"
Most national dietary guidelines are not compatible with global environmental and health targets, and are in need of reform
Events
View all'Energy access v reliability: opportunities and challenges in Sierra Leone' with John Rhys, Hindolo George-Williams & Kelcise Sesay
This webinar will highlight three of the most important issues in the power sector, which present particular challenges for developing economies: questions of finance at an affordable cost of capital, paying attention to issues of sustainability and access, and a reliability agenda that sits at the heart of many of the utility management challenges.
'Current challenges of renewable energy: integration in China' with Jose Maria Valenzuela & Hao Zhang
This webinar will give an insight into the current practices and policies in China with regard to the integration of renewable energy in the electricity system.
'How can we achieve Net Zero?' with Malcolm McCulloch & Eric Brown
In this webinar, Malcolm McCullough and Eric Brown will talk about Net Zero and how we can achieve it, from a power perspective. Helen Gavin will host the webinar.
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
View allSustainable Oceans
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Global Development
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Illegal 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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