Thom Wetzer

Thom Wetzer is an Associate Professor of Law and Finance at the University of Oxford and Founding Director of the Oxford Sustainable Law Programme. He holds affiliations with Linacre College, the Oxford Martin School, the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, and University College. His research focuses on aligning private initiatives with public goods through legal and financial mechanisms, particularly addressing climate change governance and financial stability challenges. Wetzer collaborates with institutions like the Bank of England, UN, and IMF, and serves on the UN Task Force on Net Zero Policy and the European Securities and Markets Authority's Sustainable Finance Working Group.

Wetzer's educational background includes a DPhil (Clarendon Scholar) and MSc in Law and Finance from the University of Oxford, and BA/LLB from Utrecht University. He has taught at Yale and Stanford, and received the 2023 Smith School Teaching Excellence Award.

His research spans climate risk legal frameworks, financial stability modeling, and sustainable finance policy. Notable projects include co-leading the Net Zero Regulation and Policy Hub and contributing to the Oxford Net Zero Initiative. Wetzer’s work blends legal scholarship with interdisciplinary analysis, published in journals like Science and Nature, and co-edited the Handbook of Financial Stress Testing (2022).

He advises governments and corporations on climate policy, financial regulation, and sustainability strategies, emphasizing systemic risk mitigation and evidence-based legal approaches to climate challenges.