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Energy in Cells - Chapter 4 |
Learn how cells generate energy by harnessing chemical reactions, with Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford |
Lindsay Turnbull |
01 Dec 2023 |
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Stellarators: twisty tokamaks that could be the future of fusion |
Georgia Acton introduces stellarators, discusses the features that distinguish them from tokamaks, highlight the challenges we currently face, and discusses how we might overcome them. |
Georgia Acton |
02 Jun 2023 |
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Magnetic confinement fusion: Science that’s hotter than a Kardashian Instagram post |
Michael Barnes introduces the basic concepts behind magnetic confinement fusion, he describes why it is so challenging and discusses possibilities for the future. |
Michael Barnes |
02 Jun 2023 |
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Why do we fly & could we fly less? The Flying Less movement in the Higher Education Sector |
How to thrive as a Flying Less scholar: Professor Hannah Knox, Anthropology, University College London |
Noah Birksted-Breen, Hannah Knox |
10 Aug 2022 |
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Fight against climate change - Are the efforts enough? |
Join us in this episode to hear from conservationist Alexis McGivern on the state of our climate, what public and private leaders are doing to combat it, and whether it's enough. |
Alexis McGivern, Rudolph Okai |
06 Dec 2021 |
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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 |
04 Mar 2021 |
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Is climate conflict inevitable? |
In this Futuremakers episode we ask experts the question - is climate conflict inevitable? |
Peter Millican, Kate Guy, Troy Sternberg |
13 Dec 2019 |
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Climate change - who should we sue? |
In this episode of Futuremakers, we’re asking what does a rise in litigious climate action mean for society as we race to meet climate targets? |
Peter Millican, Fredi Otto, Liz Fisher, Myles Allen |
13 Dec 2019 |
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Can we be green AND capitalist? |
In this episode we ask; can we be green AND capitalist? |
Peter Millican, Ben Caldecott, Thomas Hale, Charmain Love |
28 Nov 2019 |
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Should nuclear power be part of our energy system? |
Should nuclear power be part of our energy system? Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with experts from Oxford. |
Peter Millican, Nick Eyre, Sarah Darby, James Marrow |
28 Nov 2019 |
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Ending energy poverty: reframing the poverty discourse |
The President of the Rockefeller Foundation discusses the need for new solutions for energy transformation and economic development. |
Rajiv J. Shah |
27 Nov 2019 |
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Climate change: do individual actions matter? |
Is there still potential for actions on an individual level to shape the future of the planet? |
Peter Millican, Susan Jebb, Tina Fawcett, Tristram Walsh |
28 Oct 2019 |
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The Great Acceleration in Asia: Beyond 'Coal and North America' |
Kaoru Sugihara (Specially Appointed Professor at the Research Institute for Humanities and Nature, Kyoto) gives a lecture on ‘The Great Acceleration in Asia: Beyond 'Coal and North America'’. |
Kaoru Sugihara |
28 Sep 2019 |
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A closer future for Africa? |
As countries across Africa vote on ratification of the landmark Continental Free Trade Agreement, we learn more about what's at stake for the continent in the first of a special two-part episode. |
Vera Songwe, Kola Adesina, Erik Hersman |
05 Apr 2019 |
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Lincoln Leads in Engineering 2018 |
The Lincoln Leads engineering panel discuss 'how is technology shaping the future?' |
Paul Stavrinou, Nicola Shaw, Holly Hathrell, Xanita Saayman |
27 Mar 2019 |
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Creative Commons |
Is energy bad for Africa? |
This talk was delivered by Prof Malcolm McCulloch, Co-Director, Oxford Martin Programme on Integrating Renewable Energy. Many utility companies are setting up large scale energy projects in African countries. |
Malcolm McCulloch |
15 Mar 2019 |
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Lighting up Africa |
There are currently over one billion people without access to electricity. A significant number of these people live in Africa where inadequate infrastructure restricts access. |
Greta Talbot-Jones, Laurence Copson |
12 Mar 2019 |
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The Carbon Bubble part 1 |
Housing bubble? what about a carbon bubble? |
Carter Powis |
03 Aug 2018 |
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A Changing World: The Future of the Energy Industry |
The Annual Hands Lecture is a very important moment in Mansfield's calendar, held to honour Guy and Julia Hands and their generous and continued support of Mansfield College. |
John Browne |
22 Mar 2017 |
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The Future of Particle Physics: The Particle Physics Christmas Lecture |
Professor John Womersley (STFC) gives the Particle Physics Christmas Lecture. |
John Womersley |
07 Mar 2017 |
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Energy for the Displaced part three |
Michael Keating and Glada Lahn (Chatham House) give a talk for the Energy for the Displaced panel. |
Michael Keating, Glada Lahn |
02 Dec 2016 |
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Energy for the Displaced part two |
Ben Good (GVEP International) gives a talk for the Energy for the Displaced panel. |
Ben Good |
02 Dec 2016 |
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Energy for the Displaced part one |
Christopher Baker-Brian (BBOXX) gives a talk for the Energy for the Displaced panel. |
Christopher Baker-Brian |
02 Dec 2016 |
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Why climate change action is difficult and how we can make a difference |
2014 Charles Simonyi Lecture with David MacKay. David discusses how the laws of physics constrain our energy options, and describes what happened when his reflections on energy arithmetic propelled him into a senior civil service role. |
David MacKay |
18 Nov 2016 |
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Generalized Pauli Constraints in Reduced Density Matrix Functional Theory |
Reduced Density Matrix Functional Theory is a method that relies on the 1-1 correspondence between the ground state wavefunction of many electron systems and the first order reduced density matrix(1RDM) and uses the second one as its fundamental valuable. |
Iris Theophilou |
11 Oct 2016 |
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FMR 52 - Energy solutions with both humanitarian and development pay-offs |
Energy services are essential to the most basic human needs. |
Owen Grafham, Glada Lahn, Johanna Lehne |
12 Jul 2016 |
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Power People: what are we doing with all that energy? |
Did you know that you are in charge of a power station? It's true. Every time you flick a light switch, a power station somewhere in the UK will respond and generate that little bit of extra power you need for your light. |
Phil Grunewald |
05 May 2016 |
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Dark Matter |
Oxford Students discuss Dark Matter. |
Aled Walker, Peter Hatfield, Fran Day, Talitha Bromwich |
04 Apr 2016 |
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Creative Commons |
The ‘perfect storm’ revisited: food, energy and water security in the context of climate change |
Sir John Beddington, Senior Adviser at the Oxford Martin School, gives a talk on climate change |
John Beddingham |
18 Aug 2015 |
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Creative Commons |
Champion of renewable energy Juliet Davenport OBE (Merton, 1986) |
Juliet Davenport emphasises the role of renewable energy in the fight against climate change and shows how unprecedented progress is being made. |
Juliet Davenport |
30 Jun 2015 |
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Creative Commons |
Unlocking the Power of Hydrogen |
Kylie Vincent and Philip Ash discuss how bacteria harness the energy stored within hydrogen molecules, and how this could help build a more sustainable energy future. |
Kylie Vincent, Philip Ash |
10 Jun 2015 |
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Creative Commons |
Chemistry is Central to our Energy Future |
Phil Grunewald, Deputy Director of Energy Research at the University of Oxford, explains how chemistry helps to solve global energy challenges. |
Phil Grunewald |
10 Jun 2015 |
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Creative Commons |
Nanoparticle Catalysis: Size Matters |
Hanif Mahadi, Researcher in Edman Tsang’s group, explains how nanoparticle catalysts help us use fossil fuels more efficiently and develop cleaner alternative sources of energy. |
Hanif Mahadi |
10 Jun 2015 |
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Creative Commons |
Using Catalysts to Make Exhaust Fumes Greener |
How can we reduce the pollution from car exhausts? |
Elizabeth Raine |
10 Jun 2015 |
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Development of the UK’s fastest wind tunnel – a UK/Australia endeavour |
Professor Matthew McGilvray, University of Oxford and Professor Richard Morgan, University of Queensland give a talk at the Department of Engineering Science as part of the 41st Maurice Lubbock Memorial Lecture programme. |
Matthew McGilvray, Richard Morgan |
26 May 2015 |
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Can Future Energy Needs be Met Sustainably? |
This Alumni Weekend panel discusses future energy needs and steps that must be taken to increase the chance that they can be met sustainably. |
Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith, Juliet Davenport, Jan Dusik, Graham van't Hoff |
28 Apr 2015 |
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Why climate change action is difficult and how we can make a difference - David MacKay |
2014 Charles Simonyi Lecture with David MacKay. |
David MacKay |
04 Dec 2014 |
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Creative Commons |
Understanding Fracking for Shale Gas |
Joe Cartwright provides a geological perspective into the exploration of shale gas reserves. |
Joe Cartwright |
06 Oct 2014 |
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Creative Commons |
How can the customer and consumer participate in the electricity demand-side - and what's in it for them? |
Panel discussion from the UKERC conference 'GB Electricity Demand - Realising the Resource' held on 16th May 2013 at Royal Society, London. |
Gill Owen, Maria Pooley, Sophie Neuberg, Jeremy Nicholson |
22 Jul 2013 |
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Conclusion: Inspired by Nature |
The current energy crisis is a time of intense challenges but also of opportunities for fantastic science and innovative ideas. |
Alex T. Vai |
19 Jul 2013 |
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Artificial Photosynthesis - From Photon to Fuel |
Andrea Bachmeier, a DPhil student in the Armstrong Group, is helping to create a fully integrated artificial photosynthesis (APS) system which could be much more efficient at turning sunlight into fuel than living systems. |
Andreas Bachmeier |
19 Jul 2013 |
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Enzymes as Fuel Producers |
Growing energy demand worldwide is a crucial challenge for chemists. Suzannah Hexter, Armstrong Group, shows how, with the help of enzymes, the principles of photosynthesis may be artificially exploited and improved to provide a clean energy resource. |
Suzannah Hexter |
19 Jul 2013 |
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Introduction to Solar Fuels |
In an 'Oxford tutorial' style podcast, Professor Fraser Armstrong introduces the concept of artificial photosynthesis: coupling a light harvesting material with a fuel producer in order to generate storable energy from sunlight. |
Fraser Armstrong |
19 Jul 2013 |
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Supercapacitors, Ionic Liquids, and Implications for Sustainable Energy |
From smart phones to electric cars, batteries and energy storage devices are vital. Dr Nico Cousens is studying ionic liquid supercapacitors - a next generation technology with the potential to transform energy storage and power the cars of the future. |
Nico Cousens |
18 Jul 2013 |
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Introduction to the Environmental Change Institute |
Professor Jim Hall, Director of the ECI, gives a brief introduction to the work of the University of Oxford's interdisciplinary research institute looking into the processes, solutions and partnerships relating to global environmental change. |
Jim Hall |
29 May 2013 |
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Creative Commons |
The Future of Energy and Transport |
With Elon Musk, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors and the CEO/CTO of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX). |
Elon Musk |
22 May 2013 |
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Creative Commons |
Sparks Symposium: Interdisciplinary Research, Communication and Dissemination Part two Why Social Scientists Should Engage with Natural Scientists |
With Philip Lowe, Newcastle University. The aim of the symposium is to offer advice, training, tools and best practices to participants undertaking or considering interdisciplinary energy research. |
Philip Lowe |
22 May 2013 |
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Creative Commons |
Sparks Symposium: Interdisciplinary Research, Communication and Dissemination Part one Assessing Interdisciplinary Research |
With Catherine Lyall, University of Edinburgh, The aim of the symposium is to offer advice, training, tools and best practices to participants undertaking or considering interdisciplinary energy research. |
Catherine Lyall |
22 May 2013 |
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Low Carbon Heat: Research Gaps and Opportunities: Part two IEA Heat Research |
With Robin Wiltshire, BRE. A two-day UKERC Meeting Place event to bring together experts from academia, consultancy and industry to discuss low carbon heat. |
Robin Wiltshire |
22 May 2013 |
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Creative Commons |
Low Carbon Heat: Research Gaps and Opportunities: Part one Heat and the City |
With Jan Webb, University of Edinburgh. A two-day UKERC Meeting Place event to bring together experts from academia, consultancy and industry to discuss low carbon heat. |
Jan Webb |
22 May 2013 |
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Creative Commons |
The Future of the UK Gas Network: Part two Scenarios for the future of the network |
With Paul Dodds, UCL. The purpose of this talk is to To examine research and policy issues surrounding the future of the UK gas network from a range of perspectives, including government, industry and academia. |
Paul Dodds |
22 May 2013 |
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Creative Commons |
The Future of the UK Gas Network: Part one The UK Energy Research Centre |
With Jim Watson, UKERC. The purpose of this talk is to examine research and policy issues surrounding the future of the UK gas network from a range of perspectives, including government, industry and academia. |
Jim Watson |
22 May 2013 |
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Creative Commons |
SPLiCE: Sustainable Pathways to Low Carbon Energy (Scoping Workshop) Part Two National Ecosystem Assessment |
To scope out an ambitious research programme (SPLiCE) that would identify how the transition to a low carbon energy system can be made in a sustainable way. With Ian Bateman, UEA. |
Ian Bateman |
22 May 2013 |
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Creative Commons |
SPLiCE: Sustainable Pathways to Low Carbon Energy (Scoping Workshop) Part 1: Legal and Energy Policy Context |
To scope out an ambitious research programme (SPLiCE) that would identify how the transition to a low carbon energy system can be made in a sustainable way. With Tom Bain (DECC). |
Tom Bain |
22 May 2013 |
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Creative Commons |
Pandemics - Can we eliminate major worldwide epidemics? |
Larry Brilliant, President of the Skoll Global Threats Fund, gives a talk for the Oxford Martin School. |
Larry Brilliant |
06 Nov 2012 |
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Renewable Energies in a Green Economy: Defining Developments |
It was with the chance of making 'a special contribution to the urgent national need for more scientists' that St Catherine's College was first contemplated. |
Nicholas Stern, Vivienne Cox, Erica Hope, Steve Groves |
09 Oct 2012 |
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Creative Commons |
Dealing with uncertainties in UK energy policy: Some lessons from experience |
Jim Watson (Director, Sussex Energy Group) delivers a lecture as part of the 2012 Green Templeton College "Uncertainty..." lecture series. |
Jim Watson |
02 Mar 2012 |
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Creative Commons |
The People's Planet: Reconnecting climate science, climate policy and reality |
Myles Allen (Professor of Geosystem Science, School of Geography and the Environment and Department of Physics) delivers his inaugural lecture on 28 Nov 2011. |
Myles Allen |
07 Feb 2012 |
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Creative Commons |
The People's Planet: Reconnecting climate science, climate policy and reality |
Myles Allen (Professor of Geosystem Science, School of Geography and the Environment and Department of Physics) delivers his inaugural lecture on 28 Nov 2011. |
Myles Allen |
07 Feb 2012 |
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Creative Commons |
Energy in the Future: Brenda Boardman |
Part 3 of 3. Some of Oxford's leading experts discuss the issue of energy in the future, one of the greatest challenges facing the world as we move through the 21st century. |
Brenda Boardman |
30 Sep 2011 |
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Creative Commons |
Energy in the Future: Nick Eyre |
Part 2 of 3. Some of Oxford's leading experts discuss the issue of energy in the future, one of the greatest challenges facing the world as we move through the 21st century. |
Nick Eyre |
30 Sep 2011 |
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Creative Commons |
Energy in the Future: James Marrow |
Part 1 of 3. Some of Oxford's leading experts discuss the issue of energy in the future, one of the greatest challenges facing the world as we move through the 21st century. |
James Marrow |
30 Sep 2011 |
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Creative Commons |
What Next? Surviving the 21st Century |
For his keynote lecture the Chancellor, Lord Patten of Barnes, examines the rapidly-growing list of challenges facing the world, from climate change to nuclear proliferation, migration to water and energy shortage. |
Chris Patten |
26 Sep 2011 |
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Creative Commons |
Rethinking Geoengineering and the Meaning of the Climate Crisis |
Professor Clive Hamilton delivers a critique of the consequentialist approach to the ethics of geoengineering, the approach that deploys assessment of costs and benefits in a risk framework to justify climatic intervention. |
Clive Hamilton |
02 Aug 2011 |
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Creative Commons |
Creativity Lecture 4: Two Sides of the Creativity Coin - Innovation and Lock-in |
Professor Steve Rayner (University of Oxford) presents creative and innovative potential solutions to the energy crisis and problems caused by climate change. |
Steve Rayner |
07 Jul 2011 |
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The Energy Challenge (Founder's Lecture 2011) |
Sir Christopher surveys the technical and political challenges of providing sufficient energy in the face of rising population, climate change, and fossil fuel depletion. |
Christopher Llewellyn-Smith |
08 Jun 2011 |
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Creative Commons |
Climate change and marine ecosystems: have dangerous changes already begun? |
Special seminar from the James Martin 21st Century School: Climate change and marine ecosystems: have dangerous changes already begun? |
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg |
07 Sep 2010 |
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Creative Commons |
The Plundered Planet |
Paul Collier, Oxford Professor and author of The Bottom Billion, launched a discussion based on his latest publication, The Plundered Planet. |
Paul Collier, Charles Badenoch, Jamie Drummond, Gideon Rachman |
17 Jun 2010 |
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Greening the full lifecycle - going the extra mile. |
Greening the full lifecycle - going the extra mile. |
Jürgen Heidegger |
28 Apr 2008 |
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Why Oxford University must respond to the challenge. |
Why Oxford University must respond to the challenge. |
Daniel Curtis, Nick Eyre |
28 Apr 2008 |
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Welcome to the Towards Low Carbon ICT conference at Oxford |
Welcome to the Towards Low Carbon ICT conference at Oxford. |
Paul Jeffreys |
28 Apr 2008 |
