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The mission of the School is to tackle the most pressing global challenges of this century. Understanding how societies are structured, how they interact, how people behave and what motivates them is crucial to understanding how to chart a course to a better future.
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- Changing Global Orders
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- Future of Plastics
- Future of Work
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- Rethinking Natural Resources
- Science & Society
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- Technological & Economic Change
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New global index puts nature at the heart of human progress
Researchers from the University of Oxford, including those from the Oxford Martin Programme on Biodiversity and Society, have joined international partners such as the United Nations Development Programme to propose an optimistic and practical new framework to inspire stronger action on nature.
Policy Brief: Universal Job Guarantee Boosts Wellbeing & Eliminates Long-Term Unemployment
An unconditional job guarantee pilot run from 2020-24 in an Austrian town has filled an evidence gap on a welfare policy tool of widespread interest.
New study highlights legal “grey areas” in wildlife trade
Researchers from the Oxford Martin Programme on Wildlife Trade have identified legal uncertainties in wildlife trade and argue that addressing them could help secure better outcomes for both wildlife and people.
Why the UK must reimagine resilience in the age of transnational climate risks
In this blog, researchers from the Oxford Martin Systemic Resilience Initiative explore why the UK must reimagine resilience through a systemic lens - recognising the transnational nature of climate shocks and their cascading impacts. Drawing on new evidence and high-level policy roundtables, they argue for a strategic shift: from siloed domestic adaptation to globally integrated, forward-looking resilience planning.
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View allIan Goldin
Professor of Globalisation and Development
Carl Benedikt Frey
Director
Louise Fawcett
Professor of International Relations and Wilfrid Knapp Fellow and Tutor in Politics
Max Roser
Director, Oxford Martin Programme on Global Development
Patricia Clavin
Professor of Modern History
Ricardo Soares de Oliveira
Professor of the International Politics of Africa
Andrew Thompson
Professor of Global and Imperial History
Andrew Hurrell
Senior Research Fellow in International Relations
Senia Paseta
Professor of Modern History
Sloan Mahone
Associate Professor of the History of Medicine at Oxford University
Thomas Hale
Professor of Global Public Policy
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