Oxford University is at the forefront of global efforts to understand and address the urgent challenges facing our natural world.
Through cutting-edge research, innovative solutions, and cross-disciplinary collaborations, Oxford University’s world-class programmes are driving impactful change. From the latest thinking on restoring and monitoring ecosystems, to advancing nature-based solutions to improve public health and reshaping nature finance, our research is informing policy and practice around the world. We work with a wide range of partners from governments to local communities, and we strive to ensure that human rights and social justice are at the core of all we do. Oxford University’s work on nature is embedded in Departments across the whole University, bringing a wide range of perspectives and methodological approaches to the core question of how best to repair human relationships with the natural world. The University’s excellence in nature research makes it a leader in shaping a greener, healthier world for generations to come.
The Oxford Nature Network is a network of researchers and practitioners in and around the University working on biodiversity. The network includes academics, senior researchers, students, and staff spanning multiple departments most notably Biology, Earth Sciences, and Geography, the Gardens, Libraries and Museums, and Wytham Woods Research Facility. It extends over more than 20 Departments and Institutes, supporting over 200 members. The Oxford Nature Network seeks to highlight and integrate the range of biodiversity-related research and activities going on in Oxford, and to work closely with other Oxford Networks for the Environment (ONE) to contribute to the sustainability of the natural world.
