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
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?
upcoming events
'A rupture, not a transition? Scenarios of change in the global ecological and rules-based order' with Prof Steven Bernstein
18th May 2026: 5:00pm
Registration Required
Book talk - 'Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI' with Carissa Véliz
20th May 2026: 5:00pm
Registration Required
'Putting nature on a path to recovery: how are we doing?' with Dr David Cooper
21st May 2026: 12:30pm
Registration Required
Panel Discussion: 'Are there solutions to the UK’s housing crisis?'
28th May 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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