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
- 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
- Security Futures
- Systemic Resilience
- Technological & Economic Change
- Wildlife Trade
Latest
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.
upcoming events
Book talk - 'The Wage Standard: What's Wrong in the Labour Market and How to Fix It' with Prof Arin Dube
21st October 2026: 5:00pm
Registration Required
Book talk - 'AI - Anarchy or Abundance? Why the Future of Work needs Pro-Human Leaders' with Prof Rob Garlick
22nd October 2026: 5:00pm
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
Professor of Practice in Global Data Analytics
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
Sloan Mahone
Associate Professor of the History of Medicine at Oxford University
Thomas Hale
Professor of Global Public Policy
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