University of Oxford
11a Mansfield Rd
OX1 3SZ
UK
Our Vision
The Oxford Nature Positive Hub brings together leading researchers from across the University of Oxford, and close collaborators from other organisations. We are united by a common theme: working towards understanding and quantifying the drivers of biodiversity loss, identifying opportunities for impact mitigation and nature gains, and investigating policy mechanisms and actions that might underpin pathways towards Nature Positive outcomes overall.
Through strong collaboration with partners in government, business, research institutes and international NGOs, we aim to deliver research that can provide the technical underpinnings necessary to catalyse a step change towards a genuinely Nature Positive world. Given the will and the tools, a Nature Positive future is entirely feasible.
Our Approach
Delivering a Nature Positive future will require transformative action across society. However, there is currently limited evidence on how to operationalize this mission at different scales and in different sectors and contexts. Broadly our current research falls into the following areas:
Defining and driving Nature Positive action – for example, using the Mitigation and Conservation Hierarchy
Regulatory, financial, and policy frameworks
Sustainable organisations and value chains
Measuring and scaling outcomes
Empowering all actors and promoting action
Read more on the dedicated Oxford Nature Positive Hub website.
Theme Members
E.J. Milner-Gulland
Joe Bull
Sophus zu Ermgassen
Emily Stott
Mike Clark
Hannah Nicholas
Talitha Bromwich
Tom White
Hollie Thompson
Henry Grub
Alice Stuart
Éilish Farrelly
Yuhan Li
Katia Sanchez Ortiz
Ashley Bang
Niak Sian Koh
Alex Caruana
Alexander Dhond
Rachel Martin
Benjamin Stimpson
Leah Han
Harrison Carter
Sathvika Krishnan
Adroit Takudzwa Chakandinakira
Sarah Raymond
Fredrick Kioko Kilonzo
Yuanchao Hu
Mono Mam
Laura Plant
Publications
Here are some academic publications that represent the breadth of our work. For a more complete list of publications, please see individual researchers’ profiles.
Hawkins, I., Bromwich, T., Jouffray, J. B., White, T. B., Bull, J. W., Chang, F., … & zu Ermgassen, S. O. (2026). Evaluating the biodiversity commitments of Earth’s keystone corporations. One Earth. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2026.101747
Farrelly É, Bromwich T, zu Ermgassen S, et al. Towards Nature Positive supply chains: From biodiversity impacts to organisational action. EcoEvoRxiv; 2026. https://doi.org/10.32942/x27h5v
Carter, H., Thompson, B.S., Bull, J.W. et al. Demystifying biodiversity finance. Nat. Rev. Biodivers. 2, 388–401 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44358-026-00155-z
Caruana A, Bull J, Ferraro P, et al. Still Money for Nothing? Two Decades of Empirical Evaluation of Conservation Investments. EcoEvoRxiv; 2026. https://doi.org/10.32942/x2c383
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (2026). Navigating uncertainty in life cycle assessment-based approaches to biodiversity footprinting. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 17, 1387–1404. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.70001