The age of cascading crises: Why the world keeps being surprised

From the Gulf to Ukraine to the Sahel, today’s conflicts are not isolated events but cascading shocks in a hyper-connected world, yet our institutions remain built to react to yesterday’s wars.

Strait of Hormuz disruption exposes the UK’s fertiliser vulnerability

When geopolitical shocks hit households, we tend to notice energy prices first. But another shock often follows quickly: fertiliser price spikes that raise farm costs, then food prices.

From ideas to implementation: addressing global challenges at Skoll World Forum week

For many organisations working across development and global policy, the challenge is no longer identifying what works, it is how to deliver it at scale, in complex systems, under real-world constraints.

How to make early release and alternatives to prison safer

Professor Alex Sutherland, Co-Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Decarceration and Professor in Practice of Criminology and Public Policy at the University of Oxford, explores the options for making early release and alternatives to prison safer.

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.

How can we effectively regulate international trade in wild species?

Why has the price of chocolate become so volatile?

Dr Tonya Lander, Stipendiary Lecturer at Christ Church and researcher at the Oxford Martin School Programme on the Future of Food, explains the diverse factors that impact the price of chocolate, and what measures could help improve the long-term resilience and stability of this global market that supports millions of livelihoods.

Global move towards plant-based diets could reshape farming jobs and reduce labour costs worldwide, Oxford study finds

A global shift towards healthier, more sustainable eating patterns could reshape agricultural employment across the world, according to new research from the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute (ECI).

Oxford Martin School launches four new programmes to address global challenges

The new programmes bring Oxford researchers together with global partners to tackle some of the world’s most pressing issues, from the health impacts of climate change on children to equitable medicine access, technological change, and criminal justice reform.

Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative Hosts Pre-Summit Dialogue in New Delhi

The Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative (AIGI) convened a high-level dialogue in New Delhi ahead of the India AI Impact Summit 2026.

Pantelis Koutroumpis awarded 2025–2026 RITICS Fellowship

‘Come meet us in Dubai’: the new offshoring of grand corruption

So-called professional enablers of grand corruption are increasing service provision out of jurisdictions where they can act without similar restraints.