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Creative Commons |
Exploring the demographic transition in the 21st Century |
Many countries around the world are experiencing a demographic transition that is occurring due to increased longevity combined with low fertility rates. |
Sarah Harper |
29 Mar 2012 |
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Global governance, local governments |
Distinguished Public Lecture. Globalization has created a more interconnected, interdependent and complex world than ever witnessed before. |
Pascal Lamy, Ian Goldin, Lord Patten of Barnes |
09 Mar 2012 |
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Creative Commons |
Securing our cyber future - opportunities and risks when virtual meets reality |
Panel discussion as part of the Hilary Term Seminar Series 2012. |
Sadie Creese, Martin Sadler, Greg Williams |
22 Feb 2012 |
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Creative Commons |
Emerging healthcare technologies - how are they changing us? |
Panel discussion - Hilary Term Seminar Series 2012. |
Sonia Contera, Angela D Saini, Dianne Sullivan, Lionel Tarassenko |
20 Jan 2012 |
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The price of civilization |
Sachs argues that for the U.S. to regain sound fiscal health the country must also reform its politics. |
Jeff Sachs |
16 Dec 2011 |
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Are there limits to growth? |
Ian Johnson was Former World Bank's Vice President for Sustainable Development (ESSD) and has over thirty years experience in economic development. |
Ian Johnson |
08 Dec 2011 |
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Creative Commons |
Population, inequality and global justice |
"Optimum population" is a subject long discussed in welfare economics. The talk will first discuss the framework for analysis of policy. |
Tony Atkinson |
18 Nov 2011 |
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Creative Commons |
Safe, effective and affordable healthcare for a bulging population |
Talk by Professor Robyn Norton, Co-Director, George Centre for Healthcare Innovation. The successes of the past century in reducing childhood mortality and eradicating many infectious diseases. |
Robyn Norton |
11 Nov 2011 |
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Creative Commons |
Scarce resources - problems and solutions |
Professor Guy Houlsby, Co-director, Programme on Globalising Tidal Power Generation (Member of Oxford Martin School). |
Guy Houlsby, Tony Hartwell |
09 Nov 2011 |
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Creative Commons |
How can 9-10 billion people be fed sustainably and equitably by 2050? |
Talk by Professor Charles Godfray, Director, Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food. |
Charles Godfray |
09 Nov 2011 |
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Creative Commons |
Water Scarcity: a shortage of water or a shortage of ideas? |
'Water Crises', 'Water Wars', 'Peak Water' and many more phrases have been used in recent years to suggest that a growing population and increased per capita water use are leading inexorably to critical levels of water scarcity. |
Professor |
21 Oct 2011 |
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Creative Commons |
Overpopulation or underpopulation? |
It is common to hear about the problems of overpopulation, but do we really have too many people? Do we have an acceptable number? Or might we even have too few? |
Dr Toby Ord |
14 Oct 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 |
Who speaks for climate? |
Mass media serve vital roles in communication processes between science, policy and the public, and often stitch together perceptions, intentions, considerations, and actions regarding climate change. |
Maxwell T. Boykoff |
28 Jul 2011 |
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Climate change investment - what is it worth for future generations? |
The worthiness of a social investment project is a balance between the cost of the project, and the value of the benefits to society/ how long those benefits may apply. |
Ben Groom |
10 Mar 2011 |
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Demographic balance and human capital from an intergenerational perspective |
Our world is demographically divided - some populations continue to grow rapidly, while others are already on a shrinking trajectory. |
Wolfgang Lutz |
18 Feb 2011 |
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Climate Change and Intergenerational Justice: What are our obligations to future generations? |
Climate change raises profound questions of intergenerational justice. It is widely recognized that there is a powerful case for mitigation in virtue of obligations we have to future generations. But how much mitigation is required? |
Simon Caney |
11 Feb 2011 |
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Creative Commons |
A legacy of dangers: Climate failure and future generations |
The principles that ought to guide our one-way relations with future generations depend profoundly on the precise nature of what is being provided to or - in this case, inflicted on - them. |
Henry Shue |
09 Feb 2011 |
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Creative Commons |
A new capitalism for a big society |
Bishop and Green led a discussion based on their recent book, "The Road From Ruin: A New Capitalism for a Big Society". |
Matthew Bishop, Michael Green |
03 Feb 2011 |
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Creative Commons |
Assessing the economic rise of China and India |
The recent economic rise of China and India has attracted a great deal of attention--and justifiably so. |
Pranab Bardhan |
03 Feb 2011 |
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Dealing with The New Normal: Resilience in systems that must cope with uncertainty |
Part of the School's intergrative seminar series. Delivered by Professor Patricia Hirl Longstaff, James Martin Senior Visiting Fellow, Professor, Syracuse University, Research Associate, Harvard Program on Information Resources Policy. |
Patricia Hirl Longstaff |
03 Feb 2011 |
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Creative Commons |
Sustainability: How can each generation live well within limits? |
Well-being, Time and Sustainability: Epicurus or Aristotle? This seminar addresses two key questions about sustainability. |
John O'Neill |
28 Jan 2011 |
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Creative Commons |
Is the fiscal crisis forcing a rethink of our intergenerational compact with the elderly? |
Professor Peter Heller (John Hopkins University) on 'Is the fiscal crisis forcing a rethink of our intergenerational compact with the elderly?'. |
Peter Heller |
21 Jan 2011 |
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Creative Commons |
Fair Trade Certification |
Dr Alex Nicholls (Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship) examines how over the past ten years the market for Fair Trade products has grown at double digit rates across many countries in the North. |
Alex Nicholls |
08 Dec 2010 |
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Creative Commons |
Problems With Credit Rating Agencies |
Professor Timothy Sinclair (University of Warwick) looks at why getting credit ratings 'right' seems vitally important to many professional observers and politicians. |
Timothy Sinclair |
01 Dec 2010 |
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Creative Commons |
Integrating Technology, Science, Law, Economics, and Politics: Development of Practical Policy for Carbon Capture and Storage |
Dr Kenneth Richards, James Martin Senior Visiting Fellow on how carbon capture and storage (CCS) provides a potentially promising approach to mitigating carbon dioxide emissions. |
Kenneth Richards |
24 Nov 2010 |
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Creative Commons |
Standards for sweatshops: voluntary labour standards programs in global supply chains |
Increased attention to sweatshops, child labour, and the suppression of labour rights has led to a range of voluntary initiatives that set, monitor, and certify labour standards in global supply chains. |
Tim Bartley |
19 Nov 2010 |
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Conflict diamonds and the governance of resources |
Professor Ian Taylor (University of St. Andrews) discusses conflict diamonds and the governance of resources. Part of the Michaelmas Term Seminar series 2010. |
Ian Taylor |
10 Nov 2010 |
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Creative Commons |
Driven to Drive Markets: The contradictions of forest certification in the promotion of sustainability |
Professor Dan Klooster (University of Redlands) summarizes the formation and growth of forest certification and illustrates how it qualifies sustainability and leverages meaningful changes in forest management. |
Dan Klooster |
04 Nov 2010 |
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Creative Commons |
Working with the crowd : 21st century citizen science |
Galaxy Zoo PI and James Martin Fellow Chris Lintott will review the technologies available to researchers seeking to rescue themselves from drowning in data by recruiting the help of tens or even hundreds of thousands of volunteers. |
Chris Lintott |
27 Oct 2010 |
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Creative Commons |
Enacting the Ethical Consumer |
Dr Clive Barnett (Open University) asks how do consumers know when they are acting responsibly? Are they making a difference when they buy "Fairtrade" or "certified organic"? Can consumers trust these kinds of accreditations? |
Clive Barnett |
22 Oct 2010 |
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Creative Commons |
Introduction to and Overview of Third Party Certification |
Michaelmas Term Seminar Series 2010 - Dr Lars Gulbrandsen, 'Introduction to and Overview of Third Party Certification'. |
Lars Gulbrandsen |
20 Oct 2010 |
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Creative Commons |
Climate Shocks: Turning Crisis into Opportunity |
Thomas F. Homer-Dixon, CIGI Chair of Global Systems, Balsillie School of International Affairs; full Professor, Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo on Climate Shocks: Turning Crisis into Opportunity. |
Thomas Homer-Dixon |
15 Oct 2010 |
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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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Creative Commons |
A Panel Discussion with George Soros |
Lessons from Financial Crises: Paradigm Failure and the Future of Financial Regulation. |
Paul Beaudry, Ian Goldin, Roger Goodman, Anatole Kaletsky |
17 Dec 2009 |
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Creative Commons |
Global Eradication of Infectious Diseases: Can 'Not Very Much' undermine the goal of 'None at All'? |
Despite the well-publicised success of global smallpox eradication, 'zero' remains an elusive goal for the majority of vaccine-preventable diseases, making reduced pathogen circulation, or direct protection of the vulnerable more achievable strategies. |
Jodie McVernon |
27 Nov 2009 |
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A New Approach to Nuclear Disarmament: Learning from International Humanitarian Law Success |
Achieving an end-state of "zero" has emerged as an important policy goal for a number of 21st Century challenges. The most prominent example is the "Global Zero" campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons. |
Patricia Lewis |
25 Nov 2009 |
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Creative Commons |
Dealing with doctrines: time to outlaw nuclear weapon use? |
Achieving an end-state of "zero" has emerged as an important policy goal for a number of 21st Century challenges. The most prominent example is the "Global Zero" campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons. |
Rebecca Johnson |
24 Nov 2009 |
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Creative Commons |
Geoengineering the climate |
Geoengineering the climate: Science, Governance and Uncertainty: The Royal Society Study - John Shepherd (NOCS). |
John Shepherd |
19 Nov 2009 |
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Creative Commons |
The End of Business as Usual |
Distinguished Public Lecture: The end of business as usual by Dr Mohamed El-Erian, Co-CIO of PIMCO. |
Mohamed El-Erian |
18 Nov 2009 |
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Creative Commons |
Dealing with doctrines: time to outlaw nuclear weapon use? |
Achieving an end-state of "zero" has emerged as an important policy goal for a number of 21st Century challenges. The most prominent example is the "Global Zero" campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons. |
Rebecca Johnson |
11 Nov 2009 |
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Eliminating Nuclear Weapons |
The Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP on how, in the 21st century, nuclear weapons pose a greater danger than ever before and their possession is less necessary. The time has come to forge agreement on a process of multilateral disarmament. |
Malcolm Rifkind |
28 Oct 2009 |
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Repairing Economic Governance |
Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and internationally renowned economic advisor, talks about the need to take a systematic long view in repairing international economic governance structures. |
Jeffrey Sachs |
23 Oct 2009 |
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Zero chance? Aiming for zero in weapons control |
These seminars were run by the Oxford Martin School (formerly the James Martin 21st Century School) in association with the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict. |
Richard Price |
21 Oct 2009 |
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Blueprint for a Safer Planet |
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, a world renowned economist and leading authority on climate change, came to the 21st Century School on Thursday 7 May to give a lecture about his "Blueprint for a Safer Planet". |
Nicholas Stern |
08 May 2009 |
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Ian Goldin at University of Cape Town |
Speaking at the Vice-Chancellor's Open Lecture, Dr Ian Goldin asked: Are the world's leading thinkers anticipating the risks and opportunities of the 21st century, or will humanity be overtaken by its own medical, technological and scientific successes? |
Ian Goldin |
18 Mar 2009 |
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21st Century Challenges: Humanity at the Crossroads? |
Dr Ian Goldin provides an overview of the work of the James Martin 21st Century School and looks at the challenges facing humanity in the 21st Century. |
Ian Goldin |
15 Oct 2008 |
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What is Science for? |
What is science for, what good does it do and should it do good? |
John Sulston, John Harris, Richard Dawkins |
10 Jun 2008 |
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Stiglitz on Credit Crunch - Global Financial Debacle: Meeting the Challenges of Global Governance in the 21st Century |
The global financial crisis reflects a failure of global economic governance. The failure of America's regulatory system has not only ramifications for the American economy, but for the global economy. |
Joseph Stiglitz |
10 Jun 2008 |
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Target Earth: The Grand Scale Problems of the 21st Century |
At the start of the 21st century, humankind finds itself on a non-sustainable course - a course that, unless it is changed, will lead to catastrophes of awesome consequences. |
James Martin |
10 Jun 2008 |
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Freedom from Oil |
Based on his book, Freedom from Oil, Sandalow gives a public lecture which draws on both his government experience and energy expertise to explore options, shape solutions and create national policy to address the United States' oil addiction. |
David Sandalow |
14 Apr 2008 |
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The Bottom Billion |
Based on his book of the same name, in this lecture Paul Collier will point out how global poverty is actually falling quite rapidly for about eighty percent of the world. |
Paul Collier |
14 Apr 2008 |
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Craig Venter on Genomics: From humans to the environment |
In the second of the Distinguished Public Lecture Series run by the James Martin 21st Century School, Dr Craig Venter will discuss his work at the J Craig Venter Institute and its implications for the future of our culture, society and science. |
J Craig Venter |
14 Apr 2008 |
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Economics of Climate Change |
Professor Sir Nicholas Stern, HM Treasury: The economics of climate change Introduced by: Dr John Hood, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. Chaired by: Dr Ian Goldin, Director of the James Martin 21st Century School. |
Nicholas Stern |
14 Apr 2008 |