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1 Creative Commons The Private Sector and Pathways to Peace-building The responsibilties of business are shifting on issues such as human rights, labour conditions, climate change, social and economic inclusion and systemic integrity. Dr Isabella Bunn introduces a paper providing an overview of several key initiatives. Isabella Bunn 12 Jun 2024
2 Creative Commons Rethinking Work from A Uganda Marketplace William Monteith explores the marketplaces of Uganda, specifically larger ones in Kampala, to discuss how the differences between waged and non-waged labour are viewed. He also discusses the role of different types of work in this context. William Monteith 20 Nov 2019
3 Household, Wage Labour and Capitalist Transformations in 20th Century Africa Andreas Eckert (Professor of African History, Humboldt-University Berlin) gives a lecture on ‘Household, Wage Labour and Capitalist Transformations in 20th Century Africa’. Andreas Eckert 29 Sep 2019
4 Creative Commons The Sweatshop Regime: Garments, Exploitation, and labouring Bodies made in India Alessandra Mezzadri speaks at the South Asia Seminar on 7 November 2017 Alessandra Mezzadri 28 Mar 2018
5 Tony Blair Lord Andrew Adonis (Head of Policy to Tony Blair) talks about Tony Blair's relationship to the EU and to Europe during his premiership. Lord Andrew Adonis 14 Nov 2017
6 Gordon Brown Lord Wood of Anfield (Special Adviser to Gordon Brown), gives a talk about Gordon Brown's relationship to Europe as well as his 'muscular intergovernmentalism' approach for resolving issues. Lord Wood of Anfield 08 Nov 2017
7 Mammon's Kingdom. An Essay on Britain, Now The second in our lecture series for Michaelmas Term 2014, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Professor David Marquand FBA - former Labour MP and Chief Advisor in the Secretariat General, European Commission; Principal, Mansfield College 1996-2002. David Marquand 03 Feb 2015
8 Creative Commons Productive Motherhood: Women's Labour and Japan's Lowest-Low Fertility Professor Mary Brinton, Harvard University, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Seminar Series Mary Brinton 01 Apr 2014
9 Creative Commons More migrants, fewer rights?: How shall we balance openness and rights in labour immigration policy? Martin Ruhs, COMPAS, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the COMPAS Breakfast Breifing series Martin Ruhs 27 Jan 2014
10 Creative Commons The price of rights: regulating international migration Public Seminar Series, Michaelmas term 2013. Seminar by Dr Martin Ruhs (University of Oxford) recorded on 4 December 2013 at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. Martin Ruhs 14 Jan 2014
11 Off Message - A Political Lamentation The sixth in our lecture series for Michaelmas Term 2013, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Bob Marshall Andrews QC - Barrister, author and former MP for Medway, Labour's most prominent dissident and Tony Blair's least favourite colleague. Bob Marshall Andrews 06 Jan 2014
12 The Battle for the Black Vote: Findings from the Ethnic Minority Election Survey Professor Anthony Heath (Nuffield), Emeritus Professor of Sociology, presents findings from the ESRC-funded Ethnic Minority British Election Survey. Anthony Heath 30 Sep 2013
13 Creative Commons Have Trade Unions Become Irrelevant? Can Labour Respond to the Problems of Globalisation and Rising Inequality? The fifth in our lecture series for Michaelmas Term 2012, given in the Chapel at Mansfield College, by Kathy Stone, Arjay and Frances Miller Professor of Law at UCLA. Kathy Stone 07 May 2013
14 Creative Commons From Attlee to Miliband: Can Labour and Unions Face the Future? This year's University College Clement Attlee Memorial Lecture will be given by Frances O'Grady, General Secretary of the TUC. Frances O'Grady 30 Apr 2013
15 Lord Donoughue remembers Jim Callaghan British politician, businessman and author Baron Donoughue of Ashton speaks about his view as special advisor to Jim Callaghan. Bernard Donoughue 23 Apr 2013
16 Creative Commons Semantic Polling: The 2010 UK General Election and real-time opinion monitoring Nick Anstead, London School of Economics, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute seminar series. Nick Anstead 06 Jun 2012
17 Creative Commons Panel 1 | Preludes and Explanations: The Egyptian Labour Movement and the Politics of Visibility Marie Duboc of the American University in Cairo looks at the Egyptian labour movement in the years preceding the Egyptian revolution. Marie Duboc 25 May 2012
18 Dept Seminar: The Oil Company, 'Partnership' and the Moralities of Giving and Receiving In this Anthropology Dept Seminar, Katy Gardner of the University of Sussex examines the impact of oil companies on 'corporate community engagement' in Bangladesh. 21 October 2011. Katy Gardner 29 Nov 2011
19 Gendered Divisions of Labour and the Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality Lecture delivered by Jonathan Gershuny, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford. Jonathan Gershuny 20 Aug 2010