| The UK’s development strategy and the new economic and geopolitical challenges |
The Minister for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell MP, will join us to discuss how to address these challenges as well as seize new opportunities. |
Andrew Mitchell, Stefan Dercon, Emily Jones, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira |
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| Book talk: 'Not the end of the world: how we can be the first generation to build a sustainable planet' |
Hannah Ritchie discusses her new book 'Not the end of the world' with Prof Charles Godfray. |
Hannah Ritchie, Charles Godfray |
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| Human security versus national security: have we lost our capacity for collective action? |
Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator, explores the implications of growing paralysis, polarisation and uncertainty for a world in a race against time to achieve systemic and transformational change. |
Achim Steiner |
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| The United Nations and the prevention of mass atrocities in the 21st Century: some challenges and opportunities |
Adama Dieng, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, July 2012 to July 2020, discusses the UN's role in the global collective responsibility to prevent genocide and other mass atrocities. |
Adama Dieng |
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| Time To Look Up – in conversation with Rt Hon Sir Alok Sharma about the climate crisis |
After a summer of extreme heatwaves, devastating wildfires and deadly flooding across the world, all made worse by climate change, the Rt Hon Sir Alok Sharma, President of COP26 in Glasgow 2021, will discuss the ongoing climate crisis. |
Alok Sharma, Charles Godfray |
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| Can international humanitarian organisations adapt to face the challenges of this century? |
Yves Daccord, former CEO of the International Committee of the Red Cross, joins us at the Oxford Martin School. |
Yves Daccord |
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| Panel Discussion 'The age of the strongman: populism and authoritarianism in global politics' |
A discussion on leaders and populism with Lord Patten, Gideon Rachman, Margaret MacMillan and Ricardo Soares de Oliveira |
Lord Patten of Barnes, Gideon Rachman, Margaret MacMillan, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira |
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| The state of the African state: Where has it come from and where is it going |
Nick Westcott, Director of the Royal African Society, discusses the African State. |
Nick Westcott, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira |
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| Book talk: 'Butler to the world: how Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals' |
In this event chaired by Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, Oliver Bullough discusses his best selling and critically acclaimed book, 'Butler to the World: How Britain Became the Servant of Tycoons, Tax Dodgers, Kleptocrats and Criminals'. |
Oliver Bullough, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira |
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| Illicit finance and the role of professional enablers in the United Kingdom: are things finally changing? |
MPs Andrew Mitchell and Margaret Hodge discuss illicit finance and their work on improving regulations. |
Andrew Mitchell, Margaret Hodge, John Heathershaw, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira |
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| Book talk: 'Storylistening: Narrative Evidence and Public Reasoning' with Claire Craig & Sarah Dillon |
Claire Craig and Sarah Dillon discuss their new book. |
Claire Craig, Sarah Dillon |
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| Book Talk: 'Envisioning 2060: opportunities and risks for emerging markets' |
The event launched a book by the Emerging Markets Forum (EMF), a Washington DC based not-for-profit think tank focused on emerging economies. |
Harinder Kohli, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Suma Chakrabarti, Ian Goldin |
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| P4 healthcare and precision population health - a transformation of healthcare |
Dr Leroy Hood, CEO of Phenome Health, discusses his strategy for precision population health |
Leroy Hood, Charles Godfray |
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| Book talk: ‘Why do some countries gamble on development, and others don’t?’ |
Stefan Dercon talks about his new book, with further discussion from David Pilling (Financial Times) and Melinda Bohannon (FCDO) |
Stefan Dercon, David Pilling, Melinda Bohannon, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira |
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| Panel Discussion: "Fleshing out a future COP" |
Dr Tara Garnett (director of TABLE and fellow of the Oxford Martin School) in conversation with Dr Helena Wright, Dr Pablo Manzano and Dan Blaustein-Rejto, discuss livestock systems and greenhouse gas emissions. |
Tara Garnett, Helena Wright, Pablo Manzano, Dan Blaustein-Rejto |
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| What would a sustainable economy look like? |
Sir Dieter Helm discusses how we could shift to a sustainable economy. |
Dieter Helm, Charles Godfray |
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| Britain's long-running 'skills crisis': why can't we fix it? and what would it take to do so? |
Alison Wolf, Ian Stuart and Sir Chris Husbands join Sir Paul Collier to discuss vocational skills and the economy. |
Alison Wolf, Ian Stuart, Chris Husbands |
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| Panel discussion: 'Capitalism: what has gone wrong, what needs to change and how can it be fixed? |
This discussion brings together the editors of a special issue of the Oxford Review of Economic Policy on Capitalism. |
Martin Wolf, Paul Collier, Colin Mayer, Diane Coyle, Charles Godfray |
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| The political economy of Nigeria: challenges and opportunities for reform |
Join Professor Kingsley Moghalu, Oxford Martin Visiting Fellow on the Oxford Martin Programme on African Governance and former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, as he discusses the challenges and opportunities of Nigeria's political economy |
Kingsley Moghalu, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira |
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| Private financing levelling-up: an idea of its time |
Join Ron Emerson, Chairman of Bank North, & Professor Colin Mayer, Lead Researcher on the Oxford Martin Initiative on Regional Levelling-up, as they discuss the above and in what ways does Bank North’s business model address these needs? |
Ron Emerson, Colin Mayer |
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| Renewing South Yorkshire: seizing new opportunities, overcoming old constraints |
Dave Smith, Chief Executive of South Yorkshire City-Region Authority and Colin Mayer, Professor of Finance, discuss how South Yorkshire can forge a strategy for change. |
Dave Smith, Colin Mayer |
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| "Conflict resolution for the future of biodiversity conservation" with Dr Alexandra Zimmermann |
Dr Alexandra Zimmermann, WildCRU, discusses the challenges of managing conflict between different groups in order to protect wildlife and natural resources |
Alexandra Zimmermann |
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| Book talk: 'Cogs and Monsters: what economics is and what it should be' with Prof Diane Coyle |
Diane Coyle and Ian Goldin discuss Diane's new book 'Cogs and Monsters' and how economics can face the challenges of technological change. |
Diane Coyle, Ian Goldin |
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| Evaluating and investing in Nature-based Solutions |
Join Nathalie Seddon and Cameron Hepburn as they discuss the need for increased investment combined with rigorous evaluation of activities undertaken, using metrics which consider the complex, long-term benefits that nature-based solutions provide. |
Nathalie Seddon, Cameron Hepburn |
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| Rethinking planetary prosperity: are we measuring what we value? |
Professor Dame Henrietta L. Moore and Professor Sir Charles Godfray discuss how we can rebuild new economies in a way that ensures global prosperity. |
Henrietta Moore, Charles Godfray |
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| Putting a value on nature: Influencing global action on environmental challenges |
Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme, speaks to the implications of the Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity, and how we can begin the journey to re-shape our economies, working with nature, not against it. |
Inger Andersen, Cameron Hepburn |
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| Book Launch: 'Rescue: From Global Crisis to a Better World' |
In the book launch for Rescue: From Global Crisis to a Better World, Ian Goldin, Author, and Nik Gowing, Founder at Thinking the Unthinkable, will discuss how the pandemic provides a unique opportunity to tackle today’s challenges. |
Ian Goldin, Nik Gowing |
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| The Great Health Dilemma: Is Prevention Better than Cure? |
Join Professor Chris Dye, author of The Great Health Dilemma, and Professor Salim Abdool Karim, Director of CAPRISA, as they discuss ways to invest more money and effort in health promotion and prevention around the world today. |
Chris Dye, Salim Abdool Karim |
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| The Economics of Biodiversity Review |
Join us for a conversation between the author of the Economics of Biodiversity Review, Sir Partha Dasgupta, and Professor Cameron Hepburn, where they will discuss the important messages from the review and the road ahead. |
Partha Dasgupta, Cameron Hepburn |
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| Emerging technology and systemic risk – maintaining a secure and resilient digital infrastructure as we build back better |
Sadie Creese and Jamie Saunders discuss the steps that need to be taken by technologists, businesses, government and the international community to ensure that our digital infrastructure continues to provide the level of resilience and security we need. |
Sadie Creese, Jamie Saunders, Charles Godfray |
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| Leopards, mountains and politics |
in most countries conservation of leopards is dependent on trans-boundary collaboration. In this talk, Dr Mohammad Farhadinia explores the critical role of mountains for biodiversity conservation amidst international political concerns. |
Mohammad Farhadinia, David Macdonald |
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| Roadmap to the Sustainable Development Goals |
Ian Goldin, Kristalina Georgieva discuss how we can bring the Sustainable Development Goals in reach by 2030 |
Ian Goldin, Kristalina Georgieva |
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| CO2 solutions: ocean carbon storage options |
The speakers explore the various approaches being proposed to store and preserve CO2 in the ocean, many inspired by mechanisms known to function naturally in the past, and assess the challenges and research hurdles for their implementation in the future. |
Ros Rickaby, Sophie Gill, Roxana Shafiee, Myles Allen |
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| The race to zero: action by cities, business and investors |
Net zero targets are proliferating across the world, covering not only countries but also business, investors, cities, states and provinces, universities, and many others. But are these targets credible? And how can we ensure they lead to change? |
Tom Hale, Aoife Brophy |
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| Between a rock and a wet place: putting carbon back into geological storage |
The cycle of carbon between the Earth’s surface and its deep interior is a key component of our goldilocks planet. In this discussion Professor Mike Kendall, Professor Joe Cartwright and Dr Tom Kettlety will discuss CO2 storage in geologic reservoirs. |
Mike Kendall, Joe Cartwright, Tom Kettlety |
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| National infrastructure for the recovery and the long term |
In this conversation, Sir John Armitt, who is chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, joins Professor Jim Hall to explore the vision and practicalities of providing infrastructure systems that meets society’s goals. |
John Armitt, Jim Hall |
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| Beyond zero: the role of negative emissions |
What are the different ways to remove carbon dioxide from air? How much potential do they have, and how can we scale them up? Perhaps most importantly, will negative emissions be a vital addition to action on emissions or a costly distraction? |
Tim Kruger, Steve Smith |
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| The stymieing effect of unresolved ethical issues on the conservation of biodiversity |
In this presentation, Professor John Vucetich & Professor David MacDonald, will examine how the terms “ecosystem health” and “endangered species” are underdetermined to the point of being increasingly problematic for advancing real-world conservation |
John Vucetich, David Macdonald |
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| The challenge of anti-microbial resistance |
In conversation with Chris Dye, Sally Davies will explore the major challenge of anti-microbial resistance and discuss whether people’s greater appreciation of medical risk due to the pandemic will help the development of effective countermeasures. |
Dame Sally Davies, Chris Dye |
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| Thinking again about the future and prospects for humanity |
In conversation with Charles Godfray, Martin Rees will explore how the global experience of the COVID-19 pandemic might change the way societies and policymakers grapple with the major challenges of the 21st century. |
Martin Rees, Charles Godfray |
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| Greed is dead: politics after individualism |
Economists Paul Collier and John Kay discuss their book, Greed is Dead, with Sir Charles Godfray |
Paul Collier, John Kay, Charles Godfray |
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| Zero carbon energy systems |
Join Nick Eyre and Steve Smith for a discussion on a renewable energy, energy efficiency and carbon emissions. |
Nick Eyre, Steve Smith |
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| Net zero – why and how? |
The first discussion in the Oxford Net Zero Series, hosted by the Oxford Martin School, hones in on the fundamental motivation of the research programme: ‘Why net zero? |
Myles Allen, Kaya Axelsson, Sam Fankhauser, Steve Smith |
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| Protein structure and AI: the excitement about the recent advance made by Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold Programme |
Why is it important to understand the 3-D structures of protein, why are they difficult to construct, and what is the nature of AlphaFold’s advance? Why is this so exciting and what further advances in medicine and the other biosciences may result? |
Yvonne Jones, Phil Biggin, Charles Godfray |
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| Data work: the hidden talent and secret logic fuelling artificial intelligence |
Professor Gina Neff discusses artificial intelligence and data work, and the ethical and social implications of integrating these tools into organisations. |
Gina Neff, Ian Goldin |
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| Rethinking diet, weight and health policy in and after the COVID-19 pandemic |
Prof Susan Jebb and Sir Charles Godfray discuss the possible implications of the pandemic on health policy and tackling obesity. |
Susan Jebb, Charles Godfray |
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| Healthcare after the COVID-19 pandemic: the walls are coming down |
Join Professor Chas Bountra, Professor of Translational Medicine and Professor Sir Charles Godfray as they discuss how the healthcare system has had to adapt due to the Covid-19 pandemic and what this means in the future. |
Chas Bountra, Charles Godfray |
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| The ages of globalization |
Professor Jeff Sachs discusses his new book 'The Ages of Globalization' with Professor Ian Goldin. |
Jeff Sachs, Ian Goldin |
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| 21st century technologies for tackling 21st century pandemics |
Christophe Fraser of Oxford’s Big Data Institute, who advises the UK’s NHS COVID-19 Tracing app, and Prof Oliver Pybus discuss the opportunities and challenges of successfully applying new technologies to pandemics past, present, and future. |
Christophe Fraser, Oliver Pybus |
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| Re-imagining urban mobility after COVID-19 |
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented disruptions to urban mobility systems across the globe yet also presented unique opportunities for people to drive less, walk/cycle more and reduce carbon emissions. |
Tim Schwanen, Jennie Middleton, Jim Hall |
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