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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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.
Planning and adaptive thinking needed to navigate renewable energy network investment
One of the challenges facing Ofgem as regulator, in planning for integration of renewable energy sources into our energy supply, is determining how much network investment to allow, given the uncertainty around the pace and direction of energy transition.
Climate change imperils countries’ ability to repay COVID debts
Most governments’ borrowing during the pandemic pays scant attention to the effects that climate change could have on their ability to repay the debt, researchers at Oxford University find.
Professor Charlotte Williams receives Clean Future Award
Lead Researcher on the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Plastics, Professor Charlotte Williams, has had her work in partnership with colleagues at the University of Liverpool recognised by Unilever’s Clean Future ‘Brilliance’ Award.
Targeted support needed to prevent automation hitting low wage workers hardest
Low-wage workers face a double blow from automation, a new study from INET Oxford has found; they are both more likely to lose their jobs due to new technologies and less likely to have the skills required to switch to newly created jobs.
21st century crises demand new economic understanding
In an issue of The Oxford Review of Economic Policy edited by researchers from INET Oxford, leading economists, including Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, Argentina's Minister of Economy Martin Guzman, call for a deep shift in how economists understand the ‘macro’ economy.
‘Building Back Better’ addressed at public online events
From Thursday 21st January, the Oxford Martin School will restart its series of events discussing how the world can ‘Build Back Better’ from the COVID-19 pandemic.
upcoming events
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva & Ian Goldin in conversation: "Roadmap to the Sustainable Development Goals"
29th April 2021: 2:00pm
Sir Partha Dasgupta & Cameron Hepburn in conversation: "The Economics of Biodiversity Review"
6th May 2021: 5:00pm
Book launch with Ian Goldin: "Rescue: From Global Crisis to a Better World"
19th May 2021: 5:00pm
Inger Andersen & Cameron Hepburn in conversation: "Putting a value on nature: Influencing global action on environmental challenges"
20th May 2021: 5:00pm
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