Economics
Technological advances, rapid demographic change and a warming climate are among the many major challenges facing us. A clearer understanding of what this means for our economies can help governments and business make better decisions on a range of issues, from encouraging innovation, tackling inequality, to responding to climate change.
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Rethink 'cost-benefit analysis' to tackle climate crisis
Policymakers need better analysis tools to help them tackle the systemic climate crisis, say researchers from Exeter and Oxford Universities.
Data as markets – it is time to talk (re)distribution
While the digital economy thrived during the COVID-19 pandemic, it raised deep concerns about the increasing concentration in its key markets, the gaps in privacy regulations and its broader distributional repercussions. This piece by Pantelis Koutroumpis discusses the digital resilience and challenges that come with this.
Funding applications open to manage future shocks
The Oxford Martin School has opened its latest round of research funding, inviting expressions of interest for research into how future shocks can be managed.
Cities could be MORE important post-pandemic, not less
Paradoxically, more in-person work environments and the concentration of jobs in cities could be a medium- to long-term impact of the pandemic’s shift to remote working, suggests Citi GPS Technology at Work v6.0: The Coming of the Post-Production Society.
Four new initiatives launched to support ‘Building Back Better’ from COVID-19
The Oxford Martin School has launched four new solutions-focused research initiatives, designed to make an immediate difference in helping the world ‘build back better’ from the COVID-19 pandemic.
‘The Economics of Biodiversity’ addressed in online event series
Following on from the Dasgupta Review, the Oxford Martin School is hosting a new series of online events on the ‘Economics of Biodiversity’, beginning on 6th May with a discussion with the report’s author, Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta.
New research programme to advance economic justice in developing countries
The Oxford Martin School has launched a new programme to identify how international development can deliver meaningful work and livelihoods for all citizens.
upcoming events
Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu & Toby Peters talk: "Models for Sustainable Cold Chains"
4th October 2021: 2:00pm
Martin Dieryckx & Clay Nesler talk: "Circular Cooling Economy"
11th October 2021: 2:00pm
"National ‘fair shares’ in GHG mitigation, International Environmental Law & Climate Litigation" - Panel discussion
20th October 2021: 12:00pm
Long Read: Robot-Proof
To dismiss the threat of automation is to get the history wrong
When it comes to debates around the future of work, there’s a distinct dichotomy. We’ve all heard tell of nightmarish scenarios where huge swathes of workers will be rendered redundant by ‘the march of the machines’. But there are also those who point to the past, to periods of hugely disruptive technological change – revolution, even – which societies have managed to survive, and dismiss the notion of a jobs apocalypse.
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View allEric Beinhocker
Professor of Public Policy Practice
Stefan Dercon
Professor of Economic Policy
Cheryl Doss
Senior Lecturer in Development Economics
Doyne Farmer
Baillie Gifford Professor of Mathematics
Cameron Hepburn
Professor of Environmental Economics
Penny Mealy
Research Associate in Complex Systems Economic Modelling