Research consortium including Oxford University and Google.org announce new platform to track COVID-19 data

Google.org, the charitable arm of Google, the University of Oxford and other leading institutions including Boston Children’s Hospital and Northeastern University, today launched Global.health.

Banning wild meat could increase biodiversity loss, reveals study

A blanket ban on the trade of wild meat could create risks for nature and for human health, finds a first of its kind study from an international group of researchers.

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.

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Older Adults: Institutionalised Ageism or Pragmatic Policy?

The Covid pandemic has produced a plethora of editorials and commentaries by professional bodies on the specific impact of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and resultant disease COVID-19 on older adults. Threading throughout these is a fundamental framing of the discourse around ageism, age discrimination and the use of chronological age as a homogeneous determinant of societies’ acceptable response to the challenge of the vulnerability of older people to the disease.

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.

Weekly talks from Oxford Net Zero put climate in the balance

The Oxford Martin School and Oxford Net Zero are hosting a series of free online talks and discussions from Monday 18th January.

COVID-19 transmission chains in the UK traced through time and space

A team of scientists, led by researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh, has analysed the first wave of the Covid-19 outbreak in the UK and produced the most fine-scaled and comprehensive genomic analysis of transmission of any epidemic to date.

Polymer Diversity: Online Outreach with the Museum of Natural History

'No country – whether rich or poor – is immune from the health impacts of worsening climate change' - report

The authors of a new report say that unless urgent action is taken, climate change will increasingly threaten global health, disrupt lives and livelihoods, and overwhelm healthcare systems.

Climate change and environmental crisis: twin challenges in an ageing world

The convergence of the climate crisis with human impacts on the environment is serving to exacerbate the global challenges.

New College adopts the Oxford Martin Principles for Climate-Conscious Investment

New College, Oxford, has adopted a Responsible Investment Policy that incorporates the Oxford Martin Principles for Climate-Conscious Investment, one year ahead of the COP26 Conference, which will take place Glasgow next November.