Oxford Martin School

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Humanity finds itself at a critical juncture, where rapid changes across various domains, such as technology, population, health, and climate, grant the ability to either annihilate prospects for future generations or vastly enhance global well-being.

The Oxford Martin School embodies this blend of urgency and optimism in its endeavours. The School's faculty engages in over 30 pioneering research programs, focused on finding solutions to the world's most pressing challenges. These interdisciplinary initiatives span diverse fields, ranging from renewable energy and ocean sustainability to the future of work and the fight against inequality. By fostering innovative collaborations among leading-edge researchers, the School ensures that the research conducted is of the utmost academic excellence and addresses globally significant issues.

Central to all members’ research is the imperative to translate academic prowess into tangible impact in the real world. This includes advancements in science, medicine, and technology, as well as expert guidance and policy recommendations.

The School works in collaborative teams that cut across disciplines. They research complex, global issues that cannot effectively be understood and tackled by any single discipline alone. Research themes include:

• 3D Printing for Brain Repair
• African Governance
• Ageing Populations
• Agile Initiative
• Antimicrobial Resistance Testing
• Biodiversity and Society
• Changing Global Orders
• Cyber Security
• Dryland Bioenergy
• Economics, INET Oxford
• Ethical Web and Data Architectures
• Food
• Food Sustainability Analytics
• Future of Cooling
• Future of Development
• Future of Plastics
• Future of Work
• Global Development
• Global Epilepsy
• Inequality and Prosperity
• Informal Cities
• Misinformation, Science and Media
• Monitoring Ocean Ecosystems
• Net Zero Recovery
• Pandemic Genomics
• Post-Carbon Transition
• Regional Levelling Up
• Science and Society
• Sustainable Oceans
• Systemic Resilience
• Technological and Economic Change
• Transboundary Resource Management
• Wildlife Trade
• Women’s Equality and Inequality

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