Oxford Martin School Tackling the Challenges of the 21St Century 3

1 Oxford Martin School Tackling the challenges of the 21st century 3 2 “In our near future we can expect extreme and diverse paradigm Welcome shifts, enabled by technology and driven by many factors. Oxford Martin School research is playing a vital role in devising powerful Professor Ian Goldin, Director, Oxford Martin School; ways to deal with the complex challenges humanity faces.” Professor of Globalisation and Development, University of Oxford James Martin (1933-2013), Founder, Oxford Martin School The Oxford Martin School is a that draw together leading solutions. Examples include unique interdisciplinary research researchers from medical, innovative approaches to initiative at the University of physical and social sciences, as developing vaccines for malaria, Oxford. We bring together well as the humanities. All our enhanced root systems for leading academics from diverse teams are located in Oxford; a drought resistant crops, and intellectual backgrounds to number of our research teams nano-scale drug delivery find practical and scalable are based at our iconic building systems for targeting cancer solutions to some of the biggest in the heart of Oxford. cells. Our integrative work on challenges confronting humanity. systemic risk and complexity, Our aim is to be a catalyst as well as on globalisation and About the Oxford Martin School We live in a hyper-connected for ideas. We bring together governance, draws on multiple world of accelerating change. an active and engaged research groups and disciplines Part of the University of Oxford, the Oxford Founded in 2005 through the vision and Citizens and decision makers are community of scholars who from across the School. Martin School is an interdisciplinary research generosity of Dr James Martin, the Oxford navigating a complex landscape are defined by their excellence community of over 300 scholars, working to Martin School has grown into a global in which choices made today will and shared desire to work Our research aims to provide harness the opportunities of the 21st century centre for interdisciplinary scholarship. have long-term ramifications. outside disciplinary silos in decision makers with the and to address its most pressing challenges. By providing fresh insights, our order to address the most understanding they need to Our research is helping to anticipate the researchers are both informing pressing challenges of our time. make the right choices in From the governance of geo-engineering and consequences of our collective actions, and those choices and delivering Our research projects range addressing key global economic, the possibilities of nanotechnology, to the to influence policy and behaviour globally. It is answers to some of the from preserving the world’s social and environmental future of food and the implications of our ageing supported by a small core team of professionals toughest challenges ahead. biodiversity to understanding challenges. We recognise that population, the Oxford Martin School supports who work to facilitate collaborative activity, the human brain and decision our success depends on our Oxford-based research teams to consider some foster public engagement, and translate and Through a highly competitive making. We are harnessing the relevance and ability to distil of the biggest questions that concern our future. transmit ideas to influential audiences. and selective process, we have power of citizen science in the and communicate our ideas. created over 35 interdisciplinary study of large, complex datasets; To this end, we look forward institutes and programmes and developing cutting-edge to your engagement with us. in the Oxford Martin School technologies to facilitate new 5 4 Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations “Only rarely is a report of a high- Failure to address long- In October 2013, the Oxford Events to discuss and Commissioners: term issues exposes current Martin Commission for Future deliberate the key findings Chair: Pascal Lamy, former Financial and Economic Affairs, Royal Society; Fellow of Trinity profile commission smart, readable, generations to unacceptable Generations launched its report and recommendations have Director-General, People’s Republic of China College, University of Cambridge instability and risk; it threatens Now for the Long Term. The taken place in the U.S., Asia and World Trade Organization bold, thoughtful, analytically tough, Kishore Mahbubani, Dean and Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate our ability to build a sustainable, report analyses the issues and Europe, with further activities Michelle Bachelet, Professor in the Practice of and Thomas W. Lamont and actionable. And on an issue inclusive and resilient future the megatrends that underpin planned throughout the year. President of Chile Public Policy, Lee Kuan Yew University Professor, and for all. Time and again, key them; examines the lessons that is fundamental to our shared Commissioners have shared the School of Public Policy, National Professor of Economics and economic, climate, trade, from past successes and failures; Lionel Barber, Editor, findings and recommendations University of Singapore Philosophy, Harvard University humanity: acting now to secure our security and other negotiations proposes a set of principles to Financial Times with leaders such as Ban reach an impasse with little overcome deep political and Trevor Manuel, Minister and Nicholas Stern (Lord Stern children’s future.” Ki-moon, UN Secretary General; Roland Berger, Chairman, progress made. Politicians fail cultural divides; and provides Chair of the National Planning of Brentford), President, Herman van Rompuy, President Roland Berger Strategy Nancy Birdsall, President, Center for Global Development to work beyond election terms practical recommendations for Commission, South Africa British Academy; IG Patel of the European Council; and Consultants and business leaders are caught action on critical challenges. Professor of Economics, Christine Lagarde, Managing Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director- in short-term reporting cycles. Now for the Long Term Ian Goldin, Director, London School of Economics Director of the IMF. The General, International Union for Decision-making for the long draws on the latest analysis Oxford Martin School; Commissioners continue to Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Jean-Claude Trichet, former term fails to take priority. of global best practice, the Professor of Globalisation “Now for the Long Term is an engage with governments, President, European Central Bank experience and knowledge and Development, University Nandan Nilekani, Chairman, Established in September 2012 businesses, NGOs and civil excellent contribution to the debate of the Commissioners, and of Oxford (Vice-Chair Unique Identification Authority and chaired by Pascal Lamy, society in order to take the the wide-ranging expertise of the Commission) of India; former CEO, Infosys on how to tackle the problem of former Director-General of recommendations forward. of scholars associated with the World Trade Organization, Arianna Huffington, President Chris Patten (Lord Patten of short-termism. This insightful report the Oxford Martin School. To keep up to date with the The Oxford Martin Commission and Editor-in-Chief, Barnes), Chancellor, University latest developments from the makes it clear that the challenges for Future Generations is a Within the first four months of Huffington Post Media Group of Oxford; Chairman, BBC Trust Oxford Martin Commission group of 19 leaders from its launch, Now for the Long facing businesses and governments for Future Generations, visit: Mo Ibrahim, Chair of the Board, Peter Piot (Baron Piot), Director, government, business, academia Term was downloaded more www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/ Mo Ibrahim Foundation London School of Hygiene require long-term thinking and and civil society, which aims than 800,000 times, in over commission, where you can & Tropical Medicine; former to address the growing short- 160 countries, demonstrating Luiz Felipe Lampreia, former leadership.” find a live blog detailing the Executive Director, UNAIDS term preoccupations of the appetite for fresh Minister of Foreign Affairs, Brazil Dominic Barton, Worldwide Managing Director, latest events and discussions, modern politics and business. thinking in these debates. Martin Rees (Lord Rees of McKinsey & Company as well as downloads and Liu He, Minister, Office of Ludlow), former President, the videos on the key topics. the Central Leading Group on 7 6 Oxford Martin School Research Teams Tropical Forests Climate Change Economic Modelling Armed Conflict Human Rights Humanity’s Future Science & Ethics Global CyberCities Security Capacity Centre Geoengineering Biodiversity Nuclear Materials Ethics & Economics Economic Development Ethics & Governance Food Plants Employment, Equity & Growth Technology & Society Tidal Power Computing Solar Energy Resource Stewardship Energy & Environment Complexity, RiskFuture and Technology Resilience Emerging Infections New Economics Migration Healthcare Innovation Quantum Technology OXFORD Health & Medicine MARTIN Mind Computational Cosmology SCHOOL Stem Cells Nanomedicine Science & Society Vaccines Ageing Populations 9 8 “We often know what the solutions are AGEING ARMED CONFLICT BIODIVERSITY CITIES to these tough global questions. What How we work POPULATIONS we lack is the will to do something Oxford Institute of Oxford Institute for Ethics, Biodiversity Institute Oxford Programme for We cover four core themes: health and medicine; energy

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