About

SEI Oxford conducts innovative research and develops new tools, networks, and platforms to generate broader insights, and to steer policies and practices toward sustainability. Our expertise spans a wide variety of disciplines, among them:

Climate services
Adaptation decision support
Climate and trade
Energy innovation policies
Climate governance and finance
Institutional strengthening and capacity building
Vulnerability analysis and adaptation screening
Knowledge “brokering” to improve communication and learning
Bridging climate change adaptation and disaster risk resilience

Two decades in Oxford

SEI has been working in Oxford since 2002. In September 2022, we marked the 20th anniversary of the Oxford Centre and the 15th anniversary of weADAPT, our global climate change adaptation platform and network. We observed this milestone with an event examining "The Future of Adaptation". The event included an intergenerational discussion about related issues. You can watch a video of the event, which was held at the University of Oxford Museum of Natural History.

SEI Oxford's 20th anniversary event at Oxford Museum of Natural History

SEI Oxford event addresses the future of climate change adaptation

Feature / Watch the videos of SEI Oxford's 20th anniversary event, "The Future of Adaptation", which brought together leading voices to discuss climate change adaptation.

5 October 2022 / About Adaptation

Reflections on the first two decades of SEI Oxford

Perspective / SEI Oxford Centre Director and co-founder Ruth Butterfield reflects on the beginnings of SEI Oxford in 2002 and its seminal work in the years since then.

6 September 2022 / About Adaptation

weADAPT at 15: How research, policy and practice community members use the platform

Feature / As weADAPT celebrates its 15th anniversary, we look at how the community helps compare and assess global projects facing similar challenges and find solutions.

17 October 2022 / About Adaptation

Contacts

Those of us at SEI Oxford are working in the office some days and at home some days. To reach us quickly, it’s best to use email.

Ruth Butterfield

Centre Director and Senior Research Fellow

SEI Oxford

Karen Brandon

Senior Communications Officer and Editor

Communications

SEI Oxford

General questions: [email protected]
Phone: +44 (0)1865 426316
Address: SEI Oxford, Oxford Eco Centre, Roger House, Osney Mead, Oxford, OX2 0ES, UK

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Cultivating a new generation of researchers

SEI Oxford hosts interns from many universities. Our interns may be undergraduate students or graduate students.

We have received the “Gold Standard Internship Host” for our work with students from the University of Oxford.

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