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.
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Only 1 in 10 of the world’s largest energy companies have made plans to get to net-zero emissions
The Oxford Martin School: finding new ways to tackle global challenges
Capturing carbon dioxide to make useful products could become big business, finds study
"Linking people, nature, food and climate: progress and implications" with Dr David Nabarro
International neglect of typhoid outside rich countries threatens a new global health emergency
Eating more fruits, vegetables, nuts and wholegrains is a win-win for health and the environment
"Sustainability scenarios for the global food and land-use system" with Dr Michael Obersteiner
Events
View all'Tipping positive change to avoid climate tipping points' with Professor Tim Lenton
Tipping points exist in social, ecological and climate systems and those systems are increasingly causally intertwined in the Anthropocene.
'Neurodegenerative disease: understanding the mechanisms of risk' with Prof Clare Mackay
This seminar is part of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and George Institute series 'Older women's health'.
'Breakthroughs in food biotechnology and consumer responsiveness to information' with Dr David L. Ortega
Recent breakthroughs in biotechnology have expanded the range of genetic engineering applications in animal agriculture.
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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Latest round of research funding
The Oxford Martin School is inviting expressions of interest for research into technologies that create solutions for the major challenges of the 21st century. Adopting a broad definition of ‘technology’, the School encourages adventurous or risky ideas that might not easily be funded by other means, and that require an interdisciplinary approach.
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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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