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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.
- African Governance
- Ageing Populations
- AI Governance Initiative
- AI Threat Detection
- Biodiversity and Society
- Changing Global Orders
- Cyber Security
- Digital Pandemic Preparedness
- Ethical Web and Data Architectures
- Future of Development
- Future of Plastics
- Future of Work
- Global Development
- Rethinking Natural Resources
- Science & Society
- Systemic Resilience
- Technological & Economic Change
- Wildlife Trade
Latest
Montserrat’s Premier Reuben Meade visits Oxford to deepen scientific collaboration on volcanic research
On May 6th, 2025, Montserrat’s Premier Reuben Meade visited the Department of Earth Sciences at Oxford University, hosted by the Oxford Martin School’s Rethinking Natural Resources (ReSET) Programme. The Premier was accompanied by Harvey Edgecombe, a senior advisor to the Montserrat government.
Mobilising Private Capital to Scale Carbon Markets: Lessons from Insurance
Developing economies, excluding China, receive only 14 percent of total climate finance flows while they account for about one-quarter of global GDP. In addition, only 16 percent of these resources are dedicated to adaptation – with 98 percent of it provided by public actors.
Wildlife trade researchers call for reforms to keep polarisation from tearing CITES apart
Researchers from the Oxford Martin Programme on Wildlife Trade, as part of an international team from nine countries, are calling for change to prevent polarisation on trade regulations for iconic species from causing irreparable damage to CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
Advances in AI can 'help prepare world for next pandemic'
A study published with the involvement of Oxford Martin School researchers outlines for the first time how advances in AI can accelerate breakthroughs in infectious disease research and outbreak response.
upcoming events
'Artificial intelligence bottlenecks - how we can achieve a brighter economic future?' with Prof Georgios Petropoulos
11th June 2025: 12:30pm
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'Ensuring AI accountability : lessons from Meta's oversight board on human rights protection' with Julie Owono
12th June 2025: 12:30pm
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'Time to reset : ending the self-deception in Africa-Europe relations' with Prof Carlos Lopes
12th June 2025: 5:00pm
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'The Blair black hole in global climate policy: international trade of zero-carbon goods' with Prof Ross Garnaut
16th June 2025: 12:30pm
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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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