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All NewsAre more food price increases on the way from El Niño?
An exceptionally strong El Niño is happening in the Pacific right now. US forecasters give a high chance that it will become stronger than any El Niño since 1950, and, by one estimate it would be the strongest in 1,000 years.
AI agents could give everyone a lawyer, an accountant and a negotiator. But who gets the good ones?
AI agents are starting to act on our behalf, from dealing with companies to navigating healthcare and the law. In a Perspective published in Nature Machine Intelligence, research led by the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative argues that people with the best agents could pull further ahead, or that widely shared agents could narrow existing gaps, depending on choices being made while the technology is still new.
The power of place: Learning from community-led innovations in Wales
In 1998, Wales made history by becoming one of the first countries in the world to embed sustainable development directly into its devolution laws.
Oxford Martin School launches four new £1 million research programmes tackling global challenges
Following a year-long open competition, the Oxford Martin School has awarded around £1 million each to four new interdisciplinary research programmes addressing major challenges in health, climate, food security and the environment.
Explore how Oxford Martin School research is shaping policy, advancing innovation and creating real-world impact.
Expanding access to jobs and economic opportunity in Africa
Pandemic genomics and the future of disease intelligence
How Oxford’s vaccine research is saving millions of lives worldwide
Turning plastics research into real solutions
Governing AI for the public good
Turning economic thinking into real world impact
Rethinking how we tackle the illegal wildlife trade
Tracking the global net zero transition
Meeting the world’s cooling needs without warming the planet
Rethinking food for health and sustainability
Understanding our world, one dataset at a time
Breaking barriers to epilepsy diagnosis
Giving people control of their online data
Diagnose faster, treat smarter, fight resistance
Oxford Martin School In the press
AI models can tinker with one another’s brains
Mapping AI Resistance
AI’s ‘opportunity divide’ could deepen global inequality, UN official warns
BBC One: Sunday Morning Live
The chatbot murder guide: AI’s struggle between privacy, reporting violence
From AI Boom to Economic Bust
‘Some aren’t going to make it’: how pressure on farmers threatens UK food security
British government ‘complacent about food as a national security matter’
Closing Europe’s Dynamism Deficit
The world of AI
CBC'S Eli Glasner speaks with AI expert, Robert Trager about Bill Gates' AI warning
Why an AI kill switch may soon become impossible to use
UN in Crisis: What Comes Next?
Who’s Who In The Fight Over Whether AI Will Kill Us
The 'thorny' issue with regulating AI
It’s Time to Cry Wolf Over A.I.
More than 1m young people are out of work, and AI is about to wipe out millions more jobs. What should we do?
40 Years Later, Terminator Returns to the Scene (Turkish)
When AI doesn't listen: the growing alignment problem
Zuckerberg distances himself from AI catastrophism and reveals the differences within the tech sector (Spanish)
Where is Europe in the global race for artificial intelligence? (Spanish)
Why are the owners of AI making a 180-degree turn, and what does their proposal to put the brakes on consist of? (Spanish)
BBC Radio Oxford - Fazl Barez
Who Owns What AI Learns?
‘We Need More Time’ To Control AI
Which Future for Online Life?
Freed, delivered: AIs out of control?
‘We’re plausibly close to crossing the line’: are warnings of uncontrollable AI coming true?
UK government urges citizens to 'stockpile food' amid threats from climate and hostile states
Higher Food Bills Are The Extreme Heat Impact You Can’t Avoid
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All Events'Economic analysis of global and local policies for respecting planetary boundaries' with Prof Thomas Hertel
9th November 2026: 5:00pm
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17th November 2026: 5:00pm
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'The electrification imperative: the power of electrofficiency' with Prof Jan Rosenow
19th November 2026: 5:00pm
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