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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Blood pressure drugs could protect against type 2 diabetes
Researchers suggest lowering blood pressure should be added as a strategy for diabetes prevention
What Delhi’s Drains and Plastics teach us about informality and resilience
The majority of the population in Delhi lives in the “informal city”, which comprises different forms of unplanned settlements.
We must adapt to live with the impacts of climate change
As world leaders meet in Glasgow to make vital decisions on the future of the planet, a new UN report calls for an urgent increase in the financing and action to adapt to the growing impacts of climate change.
Government action to shape markets can deliver environmental and economic success
Leading economists and scientists call on governments to learn from interventions that drove success of solar, wind and LED industries
Recent Videos
All Videos"The political economy of Nigeria: challenges and opportunities for reform" with Prof Kingsley Moghalu
Ron Emerson & Colin Mayer in conversation: 'Private financing levelling-up: an idea of its time'
Dave Smith & Prof Colin Mayer in Conversation: 'Renewing South Yorkshire: seizing new opportunities, overcoming old constraints'
Events
All EventsBook talk: "Exponential: how accelerating technology is leaving us behind and what to do about it" with Azeem Azhar
As technology accelerates, the human mind struggles to keep up - and our companies, workplaces, and democracies get left behind. This is the exponential gap.
Panel Discussion: 'Young and older people in the COVID-19 pandemic' (Online Only)
Taking the example of the COVID-19 pandemic, this panel discussion series raises the question whether young and older people can strengthen their participation and inclusion in global health governance. This question shall be addressed in a multi- and interdisciplinary dimension, encompassing International Law and Politics, and Gerontology, and in an intergenerational dimension, comprising young and older people.
'Introducing Energy Superhub Oxford: a world leading urban decarbonisation project' with Tim Rose
Energy Superhub Oxford is a £41 million project helping to create the low carbon infrastructure Oxford needs to achieve net zero. This pioneering project is showcasing hybrid battery storage, ultra-rapid electric vehicle charging, low carbon heating and smart energy management technologies to cut carbon and improve air quality.
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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