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About INET Oxford
The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School (INET Oxford) is a multidisciplinary research centre dedicated to applying leading-edge thinking from the social and physical sciences to global economic challenges.
INET Oxford has over 75 affiliated scholars from disciplines that include economics, mathematics, computer science, physics, biology, ecology, geography, psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, history, political science, public policy, business, and law working on its various programmes. INET Oxford is a research centre within the University of Oxford’s Martin School, a community of over 300 scholars working on the major challenges of the 21st century and has partnerships with nine academic departments and colleges.
INET Oxford pursues research across nine thematic areas:
Financial system stability
Economic inequality
Economic growth and innovation
The economics of sustainability
Technology and the economy
Risk and resilience
Ethics and economics
The future of capitalism
The foundations of economic theory and methodology
INET Oxford was founded in 2012 as the result of a grant by the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), a New York based philanthropic organisation that was created in the wake of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis to promote innovative, policy relevant economic research.
Our mission
To develop new economic knowledge that fundamentally advances a scientific understanding of the economy and contributes insights into addressing major economic and social challenges.
What makes INET Oxford unique:
Highly multi-disciplinary
Pioneers in developing/applying new economics toolkit
Not constrained by prior theory, challenge orthodoxy
Empirically grounded
Focus on relevance and impact
How we measure our success—impact on
Scholarship
Public policy
Public debate
Training the next generation
Our Theory of Change
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Organisation & Governance
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Funders and Partners
INET Oxford was created with founding grants from the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), the Open Society Foundations (OSF), and the Oxford Martin School, as well as general support from the University of Oxford.
We are also grateful for the support and partnership of a number of research funding agencies, philanthropic foundations, charitable organizations, corporations, and individual donors, including:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
British Academy
Citi Group
European Commission
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
MAVA Foundation
MS Amlin Insurance
Nature Conservancy
Nuffield Foundation
Ocean Conservancy
Partners for a New Economy
Resolution Foundation
Robertson Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
UK Energy Catapult Programme
UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Studying with us
As a research centre INET Oxford is unable to admit students; this is done through one of the Academic Departments:
The Blavatnik School of Governemnt
Mathematical Institute
Department of Social Policy & Intervention
School of Geography and the Environment
For further information on applying to the University please see the admissions website.
Once admitted we then involve students in our research in various ways if their work is aligned with certain projects here at INET Oxford.
Click here to see our latest research areas
Visiting us
We have a lively visitors programme here at INET Oxford. To become a visitor:
Explore our programme pages to see if any of our work aligns with your own
Contact dorothy.nicholas@inet.ox.ac.uk with your CV. We can only accept visitors who are at Post-graduate level and above.
If a visit is agreed you will be advised on the process of applying as a visitor through an appropriate Academic Department
The Department will act as your host and deal with administrative & immigration issues whilst you will sit and work with INET Oxford, all co-ordinated by the INET Admin Team
COVID-19 UPDATE: Please note that during the uncertainty of the current situation, our visitors programme will run virtually. A visitor will still need to be sponsored by an INET Director and go through an (altered) Departmental Visitor process. Virtual visitors will be asked to engage with our team via online platforms such as Teams or Zoom as well as via email. We ask that our academic visitors give a talk during their visit, this will be done via Zoom during the virtual visit.
Working with us
Our vacancies are advertised in three places:
Our website
University of Oxford recruitment
Various job search sites and in industry-relevant press.
Be the first to hear about our vacancies by:
Following us on twitter (@INETOxford)
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