Person

Nathan Oxley

Nathan Oxley

Impact Communications and Engagement Officer

Email

n.oxley@ids.ac.uk

Telephone

+44 (0)1273 915826

Research

Centre

Centre for Future Natures

The Centre for Future Natures is a networking and research initiative that aims to share and amplify stories and knowledge from the spaces, movements and struggles for the commons and against enclosures. Through research, arts, storytelling and networking, Future Natures explores the...

Project

System Change Hive

The System Change HIVE will explore and communicate visions of better lives to inform public thinking and work towards fairer systems that safeguard life-support systems and prioritise well-being and justice.

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Opinions

Opinion

Risky business: five questions for the World Economic Forum

The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report is now published, and as you might expect, concerns about climate change and ecological collapse are strongly featured. Based on the views of 750 ‘global experts and decision makers’, along with facts, figures and projections from various...

Nathan Oxley
Nathan Oxley

22 January 2020

Opinion

Why embracing uncertainty could help us to face the future

If the first few weeks of 2020 are anything to go by, this year looks set to be a turbulent one. Wildfires in Australia have caused devastation. Indonesia is shocked by severe flooding in its capital. The latest chapter in conflict in the Middle East threatens to escalate, but nobody knows what...

Nathan Oxley
Nathan Oxley

21 January 2020

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Publications

Publication

Photo Story: Views of Mpox in Nigeria

Mpox (previously known as monkeypox) was first ‘discovered’ in 1958, though it’s only in the past year that it’s gained significant international public attention. The disease can have very visible symptoms, with painful lesions that spread all over the body in more severe cases. In...

13 June 2023

Book Chapter

Unsettling the Apocalypse: Uncertainty in Spirituality and Religion

The Politics of Uncertainty: Challenges of Transformation: Chapter 12

Current crises that link nature with human agency are increasingly described as ‘apocalyptic’, and people faced with uncertain futures continue to express their doubts, fears and hopes in spiritual terms. Religious language and practice provide ways to deal with strong emotions about...

Nathan Oxley
Nathan Oxley

1 January 2020

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Nathan Oxley’s recent work

News

Uncertainty and resilience: lessons from pastoralism

Since 2018, the PASTRES research programme, co-hosted by IDS, has explored how pastoralists navigate uncertainty in diverse settings around the world. The programme also aimed to draw lessons for other areas of life – including challenges in finance, insurance, disease outbreaks, climate...

22 January 2024

Past Event

Exhibition: Uncertain worlds

Seven stories about living with uncertainty What are you uncertain about? If you can’t control or predict the future, how can you prepare for it? Uncertainty can be scary, but can it also be a source of hope or opportunity? In this exhibition, visitors are invited to explore seven...

From 25 October 2023 until 29 October 2023

News

Uncertain Worlds: seven stories about uncertainty

If you can’t control or predict the future, how can you prepare for it? Uncertainty can be scary, but can it also be a source of hope or opportunity? A new series from the IDS co-hosted PASTRES programme of seven illustrated stories explores uncertainty in the worlds of economics, banking...

17 October 2023

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