How to avoid food security crises in Africa’s megacities

Only 40 years ago, the urban population of sub-Saharan Africa was just over 100 million; today, the UN estimates this figure at 560 million. The continent contains some of the fastest growing urban areas on the planet with Cairo, greater Lagos, Kinshasa and Dar es Salaam each being home to more than 10 million people and still growing.

Refugees’ right to work and economic integration: evidence from Ethiopia

A randomized evaluation conducted through research-policy partnership with Ethiopia's Refugees and Returnees Service.

Global population living with extreme heat to double by 2050 - Oxford study finds

A new University of Oxford study finds that almost half the world’s population (3.79 billion) will be living with extreme heat by 2050 if the world reaches 2.0°C of global warming above pre-industrial levels – a scenario that climate scientists see as increasingly likely. Most of the impacts will be felt early on as the world passes the 1.5°C target set by the Paris Agreement, the authors warn.

Africa’s offshore ties to Asia are growing, but their consequences remain largely unexamined

New research from the University of Oxford finds that African offshore finance is increasingly routed through Asian financial centres, a shift that risks creating blind spots for regulators, researchers and policymakers. The study is the first to connect flows through Dubai, Singapore and Hong Kong as part of a single reconfiguration of offshore finance.

'Putting nature on a path to recovery: how are we doing?' with Dr David Cooper

'Market humanism: towards a new paradigm for the economy and economics' with Professor Eric Beinhocker and Nick Hanauer

Book talk - 'The Means of Prediction: How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits)' with Maximilian Kasy (in-person attendance fully booked)

'Between isolation and connectedness: understanding energy islands through the island-ness lens' with Prof Yael Parag