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
- Biodiversity and Society
- Changing Global Orders
- Cyber Security
- Ethical Web and Data Architectures
- Future of Development
- Future of Plastics
- Future of Work
- Global Development
- Inequality and Prosperity
- Informal Cities
- Misinformation, Science and Media
- Regional Levelling Up
- Science & Society
- Systemic Resilience
- Technological & Economic Change
- Transboundary Resource Management
- Wildlife Trade
- Women’s Equality and Inequality
Latest
Oxford Martin School project leads to £8.7m UKRI investment in energy demand observatory
The new Energy Demand Observatory and Laboratory (EDOL) will scale the use of household energy data to understand how, why, and when domestic activity is impacting energy demand and associated carbon emissions.
Is the robot revolution compatible with maintaining workers livelihoods in the UK?
Robotic technology has revolutionised production and manufacturing sectors in industrialised nations, shaping the modern world over the last three decades.
Funding applications open for innovations to overcome major contemporary challenges
The Oxford Martin School has opened its latest round of funding, inviting Expressions of Interest for research to develop state-of-the-art innovations to overcome global challenges or to drive their deployment and adoption.
Decarbonising the energy system by 2050 could save trillions
Transitioning to a decarbonised energy system by around 2050 is expected to save the world at least $12 trillion compared to continuing our current levels of fossil fuel use.
upcoming events
'Sharing the benefits from the global commons: deep-seabed mining' with Prof Dale Squires
27th April 2023: 5:00pm
Registration Required
'Technological change, the future of jobs and development' with Prof Joseph E. Stiglitz
2nd May 2023: 5:00pm
Registration Required
'Remote work across jobs, companies, and space' with Dr Bledi Taska
10th May 2023: 12:30pm
Registration Required
Book Talk: 'Ravenous: how to get ourselves and our planet into shape' with Henry Dimbleby
11th May 2023: 5:00pm
Registration Required
people
View allIan Goldin
Professor of Globalisation and Development
Carl Benedikt Frey
Director, Future of Work
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
Associate Professor of Global Public Policy
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