Society
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
- Decarceration
- Digital Pandemic Preparedness
- Ethical Web and Data Architectures
- Forecasting Technological Change
- Future of Development
- Future of Work
- Global Development
- Rethinking Natural Resources
- Science & Society
- Systemic Resilience
- Technological & Economic Change
- Wildlife Trade
Latest
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.
How can we make cities a place where people and nature thrive together?
Melissa Felipe Cadillo, Programme Coordinator of the Oxford Martin Programme on Biodiversity and Society, describes how universities can act as key brokers to include local residents in decisions on nature recovery in urban environments.
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.
upcoming events
'Feeding the world while preserving earth's liveability: the biofuel barrier' with Prof David Tilman
22nd October 2025: 5:00pm
Registration Required
'Using systems thinking in environmental and societal challenges' with Prof Brigit Kopainsky
27th October 2025: 1:00pm
Registration Required
Book talk - 'Roadkill: Unveiling The True Cost Of Our Toxic Relationship With Cars' with Prof Henrietta Moore and Arthur Kay
30th October 2025: 5:00pm
Registration Required
Oxford Stem Cell Institute Symposium 2025: 'Stem Cells: From Mechanism to Therapy'
3rd November 2025: 9:15am
Registration Required
people
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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