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| 4001 | Pan-African Solidarity in the Central African Federation, 1953-1963 (African History and Politics Seminar) | Zoe Grove, PhD student at Keele University, presents her research on the history of the Central African Federation, especially looking at the issues of cross-border migration and the movement of ideas. | Zoe Grove | 17 May 2011 | |
| 4002 | Creative Commons | Designing Biotechnology | James King, Lead Designer, Science Practice Ltd. gives a talk on Synthetic Biology - a new approach to genetics which applies engineering principles to biology in the hope of creating medicines, fuels, foods and other useful products. | James King | 24 May 2011 |
| 4003 | Creative Commons | Lowering Cholesterol Significantly: Archie Cochrane Lecture 2011 | Colin Baigent leads the CTSU's Vascular Overviews Group, which recently reported a meta-analysis of the findings among 170,000 participants in 26 randomised trials of cholesterol-lowering drugs in The Lancet. | Colin Baigent | 24 May 2011 |
| 4004 | Creative Commons | Virtue Ethics: virtue, values and character | Part 3 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". In this episode we will reflect on Aristotle's account of morality and the centrality of the virtues in this account. | Marianne Talbot | 24 May 2011 |
| 4005 | Tolkien's Languages | These lectures cover an introduction to J R R Tolkien's career, show how medieval literature influenced his fiction, and consider the wider scheme Tolkien worked on linking his mythology to historical and other mythical events. | Elizabeth Solopova | 21 Mar 2011 | |
| 4006 | J R R Tolkien: Medievalist and Mythmaker | These lectures cover an introduction to J R R Tolkien's career, show how medieval literature influenced his fiction, and consider the wider scheme Tolkien worked on linking his mythology to historical and other mythical events. | Stuart Lee | 21 Mar 2011 | |
| 4007 | Tolkien and Medieval Literature | These lectures cover an introduction to J R R Tolkien's career, show how medieval literature influenced his fiction, and consider the wider scheme Tolkien worked on linking his mythology to historical and other mythical events. | Elizabeth Solopova | 21 Mar 2011 | |
| 4008 | J R R Tolkien 'Beyond the Shoreless Sea' | These lectures cover an introduction to J R R Tolkien's career, show how medieval literature influenced his fiction, and consider the wider scheme Tolkien worked on linking his mythology to historical and other mythical events. | Stuart Lee | 21 Mar 2011 | |
| 4009 | Creative Commons | Success of the Smelliest - Sexual attraction and pheromones | Sexual attraction and pheromones? Dr. Tristram Wyatt talks about pheromones and evolution in a short talk about the "Success of the smelliest". Recorded as part of an ongoing series of short lectures. | Tristram Wyatt | 21 Mar 2011 |
| 4010 | Second Sir Douglas Hague Annual Lecture: Professor Raymond Dwek | Professor Dwek explores Oxford University's strong track record of interacting with the commercial world. | Raymond Dwek | 19 Jan 2011 | |
| 4011 | Oxford at Said: Migration, Life on the Move | An exploration of global migration and development and the economics of migrant labour. | Hein de Haas, Carlos Vargas-Silva | 19 Jan 2011 | |
| 4012 | Creative Commons | Beyond 2011 - Introduction: Once Upon a Time... | Melissa Highton, Head of the Learning Technologies group at Oxford University Computing Services opens the conference. She referred to the themes of earlier Beyond conferences, and introduced today's theme "Beyond Collections". | Melissa Highton | 26 May 2011 |
| 4013 | Beyond 2011 - Character Journey | The story of the super-transcribers involved in the project to understand the thousands of manuscripts of Jeremy Bentham. | Valerie Wallace, Tim Causer | 26 May 2011 | |
| 4014 | Creative Commons | Beyond 2011 - A Road Movie | Alun Edwards and Stuart Lee (Oxford University Computing Services) present their experiences of running public participation days in Germany to gather everyday objects from World War I. | Alun Edwards, Stuart Lee | 26 May 2011 |
| 4015 | Beyond 2011 - A Saga of Creativity | Gail Durbin (Victoria and Albert Museum) examines how a nationally focused museum can use its web presence to foster the interest and expertise of users, as well as sharing its own authoritative information? | Gail Durbin | 26 May 2011 | |
| 4016 | Creative Commons | Beyond 2011 - Keynote: Tales of Big Society | Beyond 2011 Keynote presentation from Robert Ashton, author of The Barefoot Entrepreneur. | Robert Ashton | 26 May 2011 |
| 4017 | Creative Commons | Beyond 2011 - A Nursery Rhyme | Melissa Highton (Oxford University Computing Services) examines how Oxford's crowdsourced and community collections of open educational resources are supported and embedded in practice for sustainability. | Melissa Highton | 26 May 2011 |
| 4018 | Creative Commons | Beyond 2011 - "...apart from that he was completely naked" and other stories of the amazing everyday in the community | Chris Morgan 'Mog' (University of Glamorgan, GEECS) presents on the Communities 2.0 digital inclusion project and the collection of digital stories that community members make. | Chris Morgan | 26 May 2011 |
| 4019 | Creative Commons | Beyond 2011 - Choose Your Own Adventure | 'Time Travels' from the creator of How To Be A Retronaut and inventor of the Retroscope, and a leader of Museumpreneurs. | Chris Wild | 26 May 2011 |
| 4020 | Creative Commons | Beyond 2011 - The Sequel | Debate and discussion about academic crowdsourcing and community content in the UK and beyond, with highlights and interesting ideas from the day. | Alastair Dunning, Stuart Lee, Chris Batt | 27 May 2011 |
| 4021 | Creative Commons | Creativity Lecture 1: Soul Dust - the Science and Art of Consciousness | Nicholas Humphrey, a theoretical psychologist based in Cambridge, presents his work on the evolution of human intelligence and consciousness. Part of the Creativity Lecture Series by the Keble College Advanced Studies Centre. | Nicholas Humphrey | 23 May 2011 |
| 4022 | Systems Science and Inequalities in Obesity in England - Findings from an Agent-Based Model | Abdulrahman El-Sayid, DPhil Student, British Heart Foundation, Oxford, gives a talk for the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminar series. | Abdulrahman El-Sayid | 27 May 2011 | |
| 4023 | Two Perspectives on the Longitudinal Trends in Food Consumption: The Case of Denmark 1900-2000 | Tenna Jensen, Department of History, University of Copenhagen, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series. | Tenna Jensen | 27 May 2011 | |
| 4024 | Predictable obesity? An ecological approach for identifying future health risk | Dr Caroline Potter, Lecturer in Medical Anthropology for the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 5th May 2011. | Caroline Potter | 31 May 2011 | |
| 4025 | Thinking with Christians: Doing Ecclesiastical History in a secular age | Sarah Foot, Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Christ Church, University of Oxford, gives the Inaugural Lecture on the 18th May 2011. | Sarah Foot | 31 May 2011 | |
| 4026 | Creative Commons | International Criminal Courts: The Advocate's Perspective | Special lecture by Sir Geoffrey Nice QC. Deputy prosecutor in the trial of Slobodan Milosevic in The Hague. He has led several cases at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia since 1998. | Sir Geoffrey Nice | 31 May 2011 |
| 4027 | Creative Commons | Wellbeing and Inequality in Post-Industrial Society | The Annual Ralf Dahrendorf Memorial Lecture is delivered by a leading thinker on a subject related to Ralf Dahrendorf's concerns. This inaugural (2010) Ralf Dahrendorf Memorial Lecture was delivered by Lord (Adair) Turner. | Adair Turner, Timothy Garton Ash, Michael Göring, Robert Skidelsky, Paul Collier | 06 Jul 2010 |
| 4028 | Creative Commons | Reparation and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Bosnia and Serbia: What Role for Socio-Legal Studies? | Stephen Parmentier, Professor of Criminology Leuven Institute of Criminology, K.U.Leuven, gives a talk for the Oxford Transitional Justice Research Seminar series on 26th May 2011. | Stephen Parmentier | 31 May 2011 |
| 4029 | Creative Commons | British EU Policy After The Election | Recorded on 15th June 2010, the European Studies Centre, St Antony's College presents The Chancellor of the University of Oxford Lord Patten of Barnes in conversation with Lord Hannay and Sir Stephen Wall. Convenor: Professor Jane Caplan. | David Hannay, Stephen Wall, Chris Patten, Jane Caplan | 19 Jul 2010 |
| 4030 | 'City, Art, Motion: Rethinking the "Now" in Johannesburg' (Annual Lecture 2011) | Sarah Nuttal, Research Professor, Department of English, University of Stellenbosch, gives the first 2011 African Studies Annual Lecture on 26th May 2011. | Sarah Nuttal | 01 Jun 2011 | |
| 4031 | Worldliness, Citiness, Postcolonial Life and Thinking from the South | Achille Mbembe, Professor of Social Theory, University of Stellenbosch, gives the second 2011 Africa Studies Annual lecture on 26th May 2011. | Achille Mbembe | 01 Jun 2011 | |
| 4032 | Creative Commons | Conclusion to Crossing Borders | The conclusion to the Crossing Borders exhibition. The exhibition tells the story of how Jews, Christians and Muslims have contributed to the development of the book. | Piet van Boxel | 10 May 2010 |
| 4033 | Creative Commons | Sciences | Piet looks at how the works of famous ancient thinkers such as Aristotle, Hippocrates, Euclid or Ptolemy traveled from culture to culture and formed the basis of Muslim, Christian and Jewish science and philosophy alike. | Piet van Boxel | 10 May 2010 |
| 4034 | Creative Commons | User-produced Hebrew Prayer Books and Shared Iconography | Some Hebrew manuscripts were produced in Christian workshops, others were made by Jewish artists themselves for their own use. Piet looks at examples of these and explores the shared iconography between Christian and Jewish faiths, such as the unicorn. | Piet van Boxel | 10 May 2010 |
| 4035 | Creative Commons | Hebrew Prayer Books for Public Use | Piet looks at the three great Bodleian mahzorim (large and elaborately decorated prayer books for the festivals), which were illuminated by Christian painters in collaboration with and under the supervision of Jewish scribes. | Piet van Boxel | 10 May 2010 |
| 4036 | Creative Commons | Arabic Art Forms in Spanish Book Production | Piet explains Arabic design and illustration in Spanish books, looking in particular at the Kennicott Bible, produced in La Coruna, Spain, in 1476. | Piet van Boxel | 10 May 2010 |
| 4037 | Creative Commons | From Roll to Codex | Piet explains codices, the oldest manuscripts in book form, looking in particular at a fragment of the Hebrew text of the book of Ecclesiasticus (ch. 40) from the Cairo Genizah, and the four Gospels in Syriac. | Piet van Boxel | 06 May 2010 |
| 4038 | Creative Commons | Introduction to Crossing Borders | An introduction to the Crossing Borders exhibition. The exhibition tells the story of how Jews, Christians and Muslims have contributed to the development of the book. | Piet van Boxel | 06 May 2010 |
| 4039 | Creative Commons | Humean Ethics: Non-Cognitivism, the passions and moral motivation | Part 4 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". In this episode we reflect on Hume's account of morality and his rejection of reason as the source of morality. | Marianne Talbot | 02 Jun 2011 |
| 4040 | Creative Commons | Ironing The Ocean - exploring the ocean iron and carbon cycles aboard the RRS discovery in the south atlantic | Gideon Henderson, Professor of Earth Sciences and fellow of University College, gives a talk on his research on iron content in the atlantic ocean and its necessity for life in the ocean. | Gideon Henderson | 01 Jun 2011 |
| 4041 | Creative Commons | Ironing The Ocean - exploring the ocean iron and carbon cycles aboard the RRS discovery in the south atlantic | Gideon Henderson, Professor of Earth Sciences and fellow of University College, gives a talk on his research on iron content in the atlantic ocean and its necessity for life in the ocean. | Gideon Henderson | 01 Jun 2011 |
| 4042 | Creative Commons | The Role of Open Access in Maximising The Impact of Biomedical Research | Sir Mark Walport, Director of the Wellcome Trust, gives a lecture on scholarship, publishing and the dissemination of research designed to stimulate debate in Oxford on the issues surrounding changes in scholarly communications. | Sir Mark Walport | 26 Apr 2011 |
| 4043 | Creative Commons | Neuroscience and the Soul | Professor Roger Scruton gives a talk for the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion on the 21st October, 2010. | Roger Scruton | 16 May 2011 |
| 4044 | Creative Commons | Killing in Humanitarian Wars | Professor Cecile Fabre, Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Lincoln College Oxford University, gives a talk for the ELAC/CCW lunchtime seminar series on the 3rd May, 2011. Introduced by Dr David Rodin. | Cecile Fabre | 16 May 2011 |
| 4045 | Creative Commons | Defining Peace and Debating Peace in Relation to War. OxPeace 2010 | A breakout session of the Building Peace conference organized by the Oxford Network for Peace Studies and hosted by St John's College, Oxford on 15 May 2010. | Richard Caplan, CAJ Coady, Robert Harris | 21 Dec 2010 |
| 4046 | Culture Conflict and the Building of Peace. OxPeace 2010 | A breakout session of the Building Peace conference organized by the Oxford Network for Peace Studies and hosted by St John's College, Oxford on 15 May 2010. | Rama Mani, Scilla Elworthy, Alex Danchev, Aviv Wasserman, Ruth Wasserman Lande | 21 Dec 2010 | |
| 4047 | Religion in Peacebuilding and Conflict. OxPeace 2010 | A breakout session of the Building Peace conference organized by the Oxford Network for Peace Studies and hosted by St John's College, Oxford on 15 May 2010. | Liz Carmichael, Philip Lewis, William Headley, Suren Raghavan | 21 Dec 2010 | |
| 4048 | Justice and Transitional Justice in Peace building. OxPeace 2010 | A breakout session of the 'Building Peace' conference organized by the Oxford Network for Peace Studies and hosted by St John's College, Oxford on 15 May 2010. | Phil Clark, Donald Ferencz, Wendy Lambourne, Phyllis Ferguson | 21 Dec 2010 | |
| 4049 | Reporting Conflict and Peace. OxPeace 2011 | Mike Wooldridge OBE, BBC World Affairs Journalist, gives the first talk in session 1 of the 2011 OxPeace Day Conference; Media in Conflict and Peacebuilding on 7th May 2011. | Mike Wooldridge | 17 May 2011 | |
| 4050 | Creative Commons | Reporting Northern Ireland. OxPeace 2011 | John Seaton, Professor of Media Hstory, University of Westminster, gives the second talk in session 1 of the 2011 OxPeace Day Conference; Media in Conflict and Peacebuilding on 7th May 2011. | John Seaton | 17 May 2011 |
| 4051 | Creative Commons | Conflict and the Media in Somalia | Nicole Stremlau, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, gives the first talk in the second session in the 2011 OxPeace conference on 5th May 2011. | Nicole Stremlau | 17 May 2011 |
| 4052 | Creative Commons | Marginal on the Map: Hidden Wars and Hidden Media in India's Noth-Eastern Frontier. OxPeace 2011 | Arijit Sen, Gerda Henkel Fellow, Reuters Institute, Oxford, gives the second talk in the second session of the 2011 OxPeace Conference. | Arijit Sen | 17 May 2011 |
| 4053 | Creative Commons | The Arab Democracy Uprisings and the Prospects for Peace in the Middle East. OxPeace 2011 | Did the Western Media (And Everyone Else) get it Wrong? Reflections from an American Journalist. Andrew Lee Butters, Reuters Institute Fellow, Oxford, gives the third talk in session two of the 2011 OxPeace Conference. | Andrew Lee Butters | 17 May 2011 |
| 4054 | Creative Commons | What is Peace Journalism? OxPeace 2011 | Professor Richard Keeble, School of Journalism, University of Lincoln, gives the fourth talk for the second session of the 2011 OxPeace Conference. | Richard Keeble | 17 May 2011 |
| 4055 | Creative Commons | Drugs, Destabilisation and UN policy in Guinea-Bissau: The role of Investigative Journalism. OxPeace 2011 | Daniel Ruiz, PhD Candidate, Instituto Gutierrez Mellado, Madrid, gives the first talk in session three in the 2011 OxPeace Conference. | Daniel Ruiz | 17 May 2011 |
| 4056 | Creative Commons | Technology and Power: Use of New Media in the Middle East. OxPeace 2011 | Miriyam Aouragh, Oxford Internet Institute, gives the second talk in the third of the 2011 OxPeace Conference. | Miriyam Aouragh | 17 May 2011 |
| 4057 | Creative Commons | Re-framing peace building and controlling the state: The case if Ethiopia. OxPeace 2011 | Iginio Gagliardone, Research Assistant, Centre for Government and Human Rights, Cambridge, gives the third talk in session three of the 2011 OxPeace Conference. | Iginio Gagliardone | 17 May 2011 |
| 4058 | Stabilisation, Security and Capacity Building - What the Business Schools and Sociologists might tell the Military | Colonel Duncan Barley, British Army (Retired) gives a talk for the ELAC/CCW seminar series on 10th May 2011. | Duncan Barley | 18 May 2011 | |
| 4059 | Memory in the Aftermath of War: Australian Responses to the Vietnamese Refugee Crisis of 1975-76 | Dr. Nathalie Nguyen, Associate Professor of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne, gives the first Oxford Transisiional Justice Research Seminar 2011 Trinity term on 3rd May 2011. | Nathalie Nguyen | 18 May 2011 | |
| 4060 | Creative Commons | Sovereign Equality and Moral Disagreement: Premises of a Pluralist International Legal Order | Professor Brad Roth, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Wayne State, Detroit, gives a talk for the ELAC/CCW seminar series on 17th May 2011. Introduced by Dr David Rodin. | Brad Roth | 18 May 2011 |
| 4061 | Creative Commons | Rules, truths and theories: an introduction to ethical reasoning | Part 1 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". In this episode we examine moral dilemmas, moral truth and moral knowledge, freewill and determinism. | Marianne Talbot | 19 May 2011 |
| 4062 | Creative Commons | The PAX Project (for a worldwide preventative network). OxPeace 2011 | Brian Lapping gives the fourth and final presentation from session three of the 2011 OxPeace Conference. | Brian Lapping | 17 May 2011 |
| 4063 | How to Build a Successful Opposition Party in Africa (African History and Politics Seminar) | Michael Sata, President of Zambia's leading opposition party, the Patriotic Front (PF), presents a talk on what it means to lead an opposition party in Zambia. | Michael Sata | 17 May 2011 | |
| 4064 | Creative Commons | Freedom, knowledge and society: the preconditions of ethical reasoning | Part 2 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". In this episode we examine the preconditions of ethical reasoning and make a comparison between the law of the land and the moral law. | Marianne Talbot | 20 May 2011 |
| 4065 | Reconciling Islam and Modern Science: from schizophrenia to harmony (18 Nov 2010) | Nidhal Guessoum, Professor of Physics, American University of Sharjah, gives a talk for the Ian Ramsay Seminar series on 18th November 2010. | Nidhal Guessoum | 18 Apr 2011 | |
| 4066 | Creative Commons | The Master and his Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World (10 Feb 2011) | Iain McGilchrist gives a talk for the Ian Ramsay Seminar series on 10th February 2011. | Iain McGilchrist | 18 Apr 2011 |
| 4067 | Creative Commons | Cistercian Monks as Metallurgists - Iron Technology at Rievalx Abbey c. 1130-1600 AD (24 Feb 2011) | Gerry McDonnell gives a talk for the Ian Ramsay Seminar Series on 24th February 2011. | Gerry McDonnell | 18 Apr 2011 |
| 4068 | Creative Commons | Cosmology and Creation: From Hawking to Aquinas (10 Mar 2011) | William Carroll, Aquinas Fellow, Blackfriars College, Oxford, gives a talk for the Ian Ramsay Seminar Series on 10th March, 2011. | William Carroll | 18 Apr 2011 |
| 4069 | Creative Commons | Science and Religion Around the World - Book Launch (27 Jan 2011) | Geoffrey Cantor, John Brooke, Ronald Numbers and Keith Benson, contributors to the Science and Religion Around the World book, give presentations for the Ian Ramsay Seminar Series on 27th January 2011 as part of the book launch. | Geoffrey Cantor, John Brooke, Ronald Numbers, Keith Benson | 18 Apr 2011 |
| 4070 | Creative Commons | World Wide Research | William Dutton, Oxford Internet Institute, gives a talk on the fourth estate, media research, and the globalised news world on the 4th November 2010. | William Dutton | 05 Apr 2011 |
| 4071 | Creative Commons | Reporting Politics to a Mass Audience | Nick Robinson, BBC Political Editor, gives a talk on reporting political news to mass audiences, drawing from his experiences as Political Editor for the BBC. Given on 26th November 2010. | Nick Robinson | 05 Apr 2011 |
| 4072 | The crisis facing the business models of print media around the world | Robert Picard, Professor of Media Economics, Jönköping University and Director of Research, RISJ, gives a talk for the 2011 Hilary term Seminar series. | Robert Picard | 11 Apr 2011 | |
| 4073 | The Berlusconi experience. A new model of politics for the 21st century? | Paolo Mancini, Università degli Studi di Perugia, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute on Italian Premiere Berlusconi on 26th November 2010. | Paolo Mancini | 11 Apr 2011 | |
| 4074 | Creative Commons | Fragmentation: the end of liberal journalism? | Paolo Mancini gives a talk for the Reuters Institute for the study of journalism seminar series in Hilary term 2011. | Paolo Mancini | 11 Apr 2011 |
| 4075 | Wikileaks and freedom of expression | Damian Tambini (London School of Economics) gives a talk for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism in Hilary term 2011. | Damian Tambini | 11 Apr 2011 | |
| 4076 | Creative Commons | The Weekend Newspaper: still some life in it? | Caroline Daniel, weekend editor, Financial Times, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism Hilary term 2011 seminar series. | Caroline Daniel | 11 Apr 2011 |
| 4077 | Creative Commons | Values in Context: Journalists' understanding of press freedom and press responsibility. A 4 country comparison of Bulgaria, Poland, Namibia and South Africa | Katrin Voltmer, Leeds University gives a talk for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism Hilary term 2011 seminar series. | Katrin Voltmer | 11 Apr 2011 |
| 4078 | Collaboration as the future of news generation and distribution | Turi Munthe, CEO of Demotix, a citizen journalism website, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute of Journalism Hilary term 2011 seminar series on 2nd March 2011. | Turi Munthe | 19 Apr 2011 | |
| 4079 | Creative Commons | Media Freedom in Central and Eastern Europe: between political and business pressures | Peter Bajomi-Lazar and Vaclav Stetka, Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford, give a talk for the Reuters Institute of Journalism Hilary term 2011 Seminar series on 23rd February 2011. | Peter Bajomi-Lazar, Vaclav Stetka | 19 Apr 2011 |
| 4080 | Creative Commons | Wikileaks and Beyond: the future of open journalism | Alun Rusbridger, Editor of The Guardian, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute of Journalism Hilary Term 2011 Seminar Series on 4th March, 2011. | Alun Rusbridger | 19 Apr 2011 |
| 4081 | Data Protection: A Growing Threat to Free Speech in the Web 2.0 Era? | David Erdos, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, gives a talk for the Reuters School of Journalism 2011 Hilary term seminar series on 8th March 2011. | David Erdos | 19 Apr 2011 | |
| 4082 | Creative Commons | Soft News, Hard Sell: Journalism in Neo-Liberal India | Daya Thussu, Professor of International Communication and Co-Director of India Media Centre, University of Westminster, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute of Journalism on 9th March, 2011. | Daya Thussu | 19 Apr 2011 |
| 4083 | Is War Evil? - Why We fight Conference Lecture 8 | Part of the Why we Fight Conference held in Nuffield College October 2010. Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University Jeff McMahan gives his paper followed by a discussion. | Jeff McMahan | 05 Jan 2011 | |
| 4084 | Nanotechnology Part 1 - Into the Nanoworld | Part 1 of a series of short podcasts that explores one route toward the most exotic technology ever conceived: a quantum computer. | Simon C. Benjamin | 26 Sep 2008 | |
| 4085 | Nanotechnology Part 2 - A Cat's Tale | Part 2 of a series of short podcasts that explores one route toward the most exotic technology ever conceived: a quantum computer. | Simon C. Benjamin | 26 Sep 2008 | |
| 4086 | Nanotechnology Part 3 - Atomic Cat | Part 3 of a series of short podcasts that explores one route toward the most exotic technology ever conceived: a quantum computer. In this episode we see how to make a real world version of Schrodinger's Cat. | Simon C. Benjamin | 29 Sep 2008 | |
| 4087 | Talking to Camera | A new one-day course at the Department for Continuing Education taught by Paul Heiney, writer and broadcaster, this course is intended to help people face a video camera with confidence, and communicate through the fast-growing video media. | Paul Heiney | 04 May 2011 | |
| 4088 | Creative Commons | Political Organizing of Temporary Migrants in Asia | Michele Ford explores international organizing around temporary labour migration in Southeast Asia, while Nicola Piper examines temporary contract migration in Asia, revisited from an integrated rights perspective. | Nicola Piper, Michele Ford | 09 May 2011 |
| 4089 | Creative Commons | The Immigrant Divide: How Cuban Americans are Changing the US and their Homeland | Immigrant studies contrasts between foreign-born and their progeny born where they resettle. Eckstein shows how analyses leave undocumented and unexplained differences among first generation immigrants, rooted in different pre-migration experiences. | Susan Eckstein | 10 May 2011 |
| 4090 | Fiscal Policy in an Emerging Market Economy | Former Chilean Minister of Finance and Fellow of the Center for International Development at Harvard, Andres Velasco, delivered a lecture on the subject 'Fiscal policy in natural resource intensive countries: some theory and the experience of Chile.'. | Andrés Velasco | 10 May 2011 | |
| 4091 | Creative Commons | After "Returning to Europe": Divides and Challenges in the Enlarged European Union | Professor Claus Offe (Professor of Political Sociology, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin) delivers the 2011 European Studies Centre Annual Lecture on 4th March 2011. | Claus Offe, Margaret MacMillan | 11 May 2011 |
| 4092 | Telescopes Now Lecture 2: Jodrell Bank, the Lovell Telescope and e-MERLIN | In the second in a series of lectures by senior astronomers about recent developments in the telescope, Professor Phil Diamond talks about his work at Jodrell Bank on E-Merlin, and in particular the Lovell Telescope. | Phil Diamond | 03 Mar 2009 | |
| 4093 | Telescopes Now Lecture 3: The Gemini Telescopes | In the third in a series of lectures by senior astronomers about recent developments in telescopes, Professor Roger Davies talks about his work on the Gemini Telescopes. | Roger Davies | 03 Mar 2009 | |
| 4094 | Telescopes Now Lecture 4: The Pierre Auger Observatory | In the fourth and final lecture in the 'Telescopes Now' series, Professor Alan Watson talks about his work at the Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory. | Alan Watson | 03 Mar 2009 | |
| 4095 | Creative Commons | Radio Manufacturing in the Interwar Years | Professor Peter Scott (University of Reading) presents the inaugural Douglas Byrne Marconi Lecture based on his research on Marconi and radio manufacturing between the World Wars. | Peter Scott | 01 Apr 2011 |
| 4096 | Creative Commons | Interview: Peter Scott on Marconi and Radio Manufacturing | Professor Peter Scott discusses his research into competitive advantage and innovation in the interwar British radio industry using the Marconi Archive, Britain's most extensive and important archive for the radio and related industries. | Peter Scott, Jim Bennett | 01 Apr 2011 |
| 4097 | Al-Mizan: Astrolabes in Cultural Context | A public lecture by Dr. Silke Ackermann, Curator of European and Islamic scientific instruments at the British Museum. Part of the Al-Mizan exhibition which explores the connections between the sciences and arts in Muslim societies. | Silke Ackermann | 06 Apr 2011 | |
| 4098 | Al-Mizan: Mapping the Earth in Medieval Islam | A public lecture by Professor Emilie Savage-Smith, FBA, Emeritus Professor of the History of Islamic Science, University of Oxford. Part of the Al-Mizan exhibition which explores the connections between the sciences and arts in Muslim societies. | Emilie Savage Smith | 06 Apr 2011 | |
| 4099 | Creative Commons | Investment in transport infrastructure and economic development: recent debates in the United States | Andrew Goetz, Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography, University of Denver, gives a talk for the Transport Studies Unit Lecture Series on Future Research in Transport. | Andrew Goetz | 06 Apr 2011 |
| 4100 | Why do we dislike obese people? | Kerry O'Brien, Senior lecturer, University of Manchester and Monash University, gives a talk for the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminar series. | Kerry O'Brien | 06 Apr 2011 | |
| 4101 | Affective hunger: bread and famine in ethiopian christian spirituality | Cressida Marcus gives a talk for the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminar series. | Cressida Marcus | 06 Apr 2011 | |
| 4102 | Digital image capture in public health surveillance for physical activity and food behaviour assessment | Paul Kelly and Aiden Doherty give a talk for the UBVO seminar series. | Paul Kelly, Aiden Doherty | 06 Apr 2011 | |
| 4103 | The phenomenology of binge eating in anorexia and bulimia | Karin Eli, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series. | Karin Eli | 06 Apr 2011 | |
| 4104 | Fizzyology: genetics, metabolic effects health outcomes and politics of high sugar | Michael Goran gives a talk for the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminar series. | Michael Goran | 06 Apr 2011 | |
| 4105 | Celebrations of Democracy and the rise of the Political Festival | Part of the Politics in Strange Places Conference held in Oxford in September 2010. | Marc Stears | 30 Mar 2011 | |
| 4106 | What History should British children be taught? | The Jesus College History Debate, held at the Law Society in London on the evening of Wednesday 9th March 2011. With Lord Bragg as chair and Professor Niall Ferguson and Professor Richard Evans. | Niall Ferguson, Richard Evans, Lord Bragg | 14 Apr 2011 | |
| 4107 | Creative Commons | Politics in Strange Places Opening Remarks | Professor Michael Freeden introduces the Politics in Strange Places conference, held in Oxford in September 2010. | Michael Freeden | 15 Apr 2011 |
| 4108 | Creative Commons | It's the Cat's Whisker: How Sport and the Media developed together, from Mesopotamia to John Logie Baird | Matthew Engel, the journalist and sports writer and 2011 News International Broadcast Media Professor gives his second lecture in the 2011 series entitled 'Please, mister, can we have our ball back? Sport, the media, and the people. | Matthew Engel | 19 Apr 2011 |
| 4109 | Creative Commons | Life and death? No, Much more Important than that; How Sport turned into Big Business and a Global Obsession | Matthew Engel, Journalist and Sports Writer and 2011 News International Visiting Professor of Broadcast Media gives the first of the 2011 series on Broadcast media, entitled; Please, mister, can we have our ball back? Sport, the media, and the people. | Matthew Engel | 19 Apr 2011 |
| 4110 | Creative Commons | From Reith to wreath; The Great Days of Sport on BBC TV and how they ended | Matthew Engel, the journalist and sports writer and 2011 New International Professor of Broadcast Media gives his third lecture in the 2011 series entitled; Please, mister, can we have our ball back? Sport, the media, and the people. | Matthew Engel | 19 Apr 2011 |
| 4111 | Boat People and the Politics of Memory in Australia: Refugee Advocacy, the Past and the Tampa Crisis | 'Refugees' Diasporic Memories and the Politics of Democratisation' (organised by the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute as part of the Oxford Diasporas Programme in February 2011). | J Olaf Kleist | 12 Apr 2011 | |
| 4112 | Welcome Speech | 'Refugees' Diasporic Memories and the Politics of Democratisation' (organised by the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute as part of the Oxford Diasporas Programme in February 2011). | Thomas Lacroix | 12 Apr 2011 | |
| 4113 | Massinissa, Messali Hadj and the Berber Movement: Diasporic Memories and the Rewriting of History in Contemporary Algeria | 'Refugees' Diasporic Memories and the Politics of Democratisation' (organised by the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute as part of the Oxford Diasporas Programme in February 2011). | Judith Scheele | 12 Apr 2011 | |
| 4114 | Spanish Refugees and the Construction of a Memory of Spanish Immigration in France | 'Refugees' Diasporic Memories and the Politics of Democratisation' (organised by the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute as part of the Oxford Diasporas Programme in February 2011). | Evelyn Ribert | 12 Apr 2011 | |
| 4115 | The Politics of "Travelling Memories"; Sahrawi Youth Remembering and Memorialising Home-land and Home-camp | 'Refugees' Diasporic Memories and the Politics of Democratisation' (organised by the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute as part of the Oxford Diasporas Programme in February 2011). | Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh | 12 Apr 2011 | |
| 4116 | Diasporic Memories and Narratives of Belonging: Cubans in Spain | 'Refugees' Diasporic Memories and the Politics of Democratisation' (organised by the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute as part of the Oxford Diasporas Programme in February 2011). | Mette Louise Berg | 12 Apr 2011 | |
| 4117 | Creative Commons | On the very idea of criteria for personhood (4 Nov 2010) | Timothy Chappell, Professor of Philosophy, Open University, gives a talk for the Ian Ramsay Seminar series on 4th November, 2010. | Timothy Chappell | 18 Apr 2011 |
| 4118 | Forgotten Histories: The Memories of South Vietnamese Female Veterans | 'Refugees' Diasporic Memories and the Politics of Democratisation' (organised by the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute as part of the Oxford Diasporas Programme in February 2011). | Nathalie Nguyen | 12 Apr 2011 | |
| 4119 | 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 | |
| 4120 | 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 | |
| 4121 | 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 | |
| 4122 | 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 | |
| 4123 | 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 |
| 4124 | 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 |
| 4125 | 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 |
| 4126 | 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 |
| 4127 | 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 |
| 4128 | 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 |
| 4129 | 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 | |
| 4130 | Dept Seminar: Money-go-round: personal economies of wealth | In this Anthropology Dept Seminar (11 February 2011), Professor Deborah James (London School of Economics) discusses the personal economies of wealth, aspiration and indebtedness in South Africa. | Deborah James | 18 Mar 2011 | |
| 4131 | Students of St Cross | Students of St Cross college discuss living and studying at the college. | Laela Adamson, Shannon Keiley, Thad Parsons, Amy Yang, Quincy Prentice, Hsien Chan | 04 Dec 2008 | |
| 4132 | Mooting - A Short Introduction | This video includes footage taken at the 2009 Shearman and Sterling LLP University of Oxford Moot Competition and features short interviews with participants, who explain what mooting is and talk about their experiences mooting in Oxford. | Stefanie Wilkins, Emily Mackenzie, Tessa Khan, Stephen Kosmin, Hannah Noyce | 08 Jun 2009 | |
| 4133 | Creative Commons | Religious Toleration, Religious Freedom and Human Nature | Professor Roger Trigg (Oxford) gives a talk for the Science and Religious Conflict Conference. The commentator is Dr John Perry (Oxford). | Roger Trigg, John Perry | 07 Jun 2010 |
| 4134 | Shearman and Sterling Moot Competition 2009 - semi-final | The Shearman and Sterling LLP University of Oxford Moot Competition has become established as the most prestigious mooting competition within the University. This video features one of the semi-final moots in the 2009 competition. | Hannah Noyce, Emily Mackenzie, Stephen Kosmin | 08 Jun 2009 | |
| 4135 | Iraqis in Jordan | Interviews with a number of Iraqi refugees now living in Jordan from a range of backgrounds and current situations. | Simon James | 20 May 2008 | |
| 4136 | The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Online Audiences and the Paradox of Web Traffic | Using three years of daily Web traffic data, and new models adapted from financial mathematics, this talk examines large-scale variation in Web traffic. | Matthew Hindman | 06 Mar 2009 | |
| 4137 | Introduction to the software life-cycle | Introductory lecture, given by Dr Raymond Flood, for the summer school part of the online diploma in computing. | Raymond Flood | 11 Sep 2008 | |
| 4138 | Creative Commons | The Future of Journalism | John Lloyd, Director of Journalism, Reuters Institute, delivers a lecture on the future of journalism. | John Lloyd | 22 Feb 2011 |
| 4139 | Creative Commons | Government and press relations in South Africa | Seminar delivered by Professor Anton Harber, Caxton Professor of Journalism and Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and visiting fellow, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford. | Anton Harber | 04 Mar 2011 |
| 4140 | Creative Commons | The use of citizen journalism by traditional media | Seminar delivered by Nic Newman, former Future Media Controller, BBC and visiting fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. | Nic Newman | 04 Mar 2011 |
| 4141 | Creative Commons | New Imaging Evidence for the Neural Bases of Moral Sentiments: Prosocial and Antisocial Behaviour | 2nd Annual Wellcome Lecture in Neuroethics, given by Professor Jorge Moll on 18th January 2011 on the subject of new evidence for Neural bases for moral sentiments. | Jorge Moll | 28 Mar 2011 |
| 4142 | Weaknesses of the Current System | Second panel discussion on 'Economics and the Idea of Justice'. Discussing questions such as do we need a new economic framework? And should economics change fundamentally in light of the financial crisis? | Ngaire Woods, John Broome, Stefan Dercon, James Purnell, Amartya Sen | 03 Dec 2009 | |
| 4143 | Economics: Poised to Change? | First panel discussion on 'Economics and the Idea of Justice'. Discussing questions such as Do we need a new economic framework? And should economics change fundamentally in light of the financial crisis? | Ngaire Woods, Sabina Alkire, Avner Offer, Angus Richie, Amartya Sen | 03 Dec 2009 | |
| 4144 | The Political Economy of Change | Third and final panel discussion on 'Economics and The Idea of Justice'. Discussing questions such as do we need a new economic framework?And should economics change fundamentally in light of the financial crisis? | Frances Cairncross, Alison Evans, Peter Lilley, Marcel Fafchamps, Amartya Sen | 03 Dec 2009 | |
| 4145 | Coalition Government | Dr Michael Hart, Fellow of Exeter College, gives a talk on the Coalition Government, part of the Exeter In The City event on February 2011. | Michael Hart | 22 Mar 2011 | |
| 4146 | Politics around the wine table: The political nature of a symposium in Plato's laws | Part of the Politics in Strange Places conference held n Oxford University, September 2010. | Eno Trimcev | 30 Mar 2011 | |
| 4147 | Nietzsche, Plato, Dance, Politics: Two interpretations of the relationship between politics and dance | Part of the Politics in Strange Places conference held in Oxford in September 2010. | Dana Mills | 30 Mar 2011 | |
| 4148 | Telling Stories about Politics; The concept of political narrative and the case of 'Left versus Right' | Part of the Politics in Strange Places conference held in Oxford in September 2010. | George Hoare | 30 Mar 2011 | |
| 4149 | Four Dead in Ohio: The Politics of Public Memory at Kent State | Dr. Mark Laffey, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, SOAS, University of London, gives a talk for the OTJR seminar series on 8th March 2011. | Mark Laffey | 31 Mar 2011 | |
| 4150 | Telescopes Now Lecture 1: The William Herschel and the Hubble telescopes | In the first in a series of lectures by senior astronomers about recent developments in telescopes, Professor Alexander Boksenberg talks about his work with the William Herschel and the Hubble telescopes. | Alexander Boksenberg | 03 Mar 2009 | |
| 4151 | Creative Commons | Anticipating Future Complexity: Are Systems Such as Cities Getting More Complex? | Cities are getting more complex as their residents acquire more and more ways in which they can interact with one another. | Mike Batty | 17 Feb 2010 |
| 4152 | Creative Commons | Ocean Circulation and Climate: Observing and Modelling the Global Ocean | The oceans are a critical component of the climate system, storing roughly 1000 times as much heat, and 50 times as much carbon, as the atmosphere. | David Marshall | 18 Feb 2010 |
| 4153 | 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 |
| 4154 | 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 |
| 4155 | 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 |
| 4156 | Iraq's refugees - beyond tolerance: Keynote address | This podcast was recorded at the Regional Presentation of the Forced Migration Policy Briefing on 'Iraq's refugees - beyond tolerance', which was held on 13th April 2010 in Amman, Jordan. | Prince El-Hassan bin Talal | 05 May 2010 | |
| 4157 | Creative Commons | 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 |
| 4158 | Creative Commons | 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 |
| 4159 | Creative Commons | Bottom billion or bottom zero? Policies for international poverty reduction | Some developing countries have achieved rapid economic growth and poverty reduction while others have stagnated. This talk will review the determinants of success and the prospects for lagging regions to improve performance and eliminate poverty. | Tony Venables | 30 Oct 2009 |
| 4160 | 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 |
| 4161 | Creative Commons | 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 |
| 4162 | 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 |
| 4163 | 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 |
| 4164 | 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 |
| 4165 | 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 |
| 4166 | 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 | |
| 4167 | 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 |
| 4168 | 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 |
| 4169 | 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 |
| 4170 | 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 | |
| 4171 | 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 |
| 4172 | 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 |
| 4173 | 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 | |
| 4174 | 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 | |
| 4175 | 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 | |
| 4176 | Creative Commons | 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 |
| 4177 | Creative Commons | Geoengineering the climate | Geoengineering the climate: Science, Governance and Uncertainty: The Royal Society Study - John Shepherd (NOCS). | John Shepherd | 19 Nov 2009 |
| 4178 | 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 |
| 4179 | 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, David Soskice, George Soros | 17 Dec 2009 |
| 4180 | 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 | |
| 4181 | 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 | |
| 4182 | The Independence of Scotland | Professor J Crawford, Whewell Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge - 25 October 2012. | James Crawford | 30 Oct 2012 | |
| 4183 | Immunities and Extradition: The Curious Case of Khurts Bat | Dr R O'Keefe, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Cambridge - 15 November 2012. | Roger O'Keefe | 22 Nov 2012 | |
| 4184 | The relations between jus ad bellum and jus in bello: independence versus conflation | Dr V Koutroulis, Visiting Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law - 29 November 2012. | Vaios Koutroulis | 04 Dec 2012 | |
| 4185 | Creative Commons | Immune System in the Gastrointestinal tract | Dr Holm Uhlig talks about the role of the immune system in our gastrointestinal tract. | Holm Uhlig | 12 Sep 2012 |
| 4186 | Creative Commons | Genome Integrity | Dr Opher Gileadi tells us how cells maintain genome integrity and how we can use it in our fight against cancer. | Opher Gileadi | 01 Jun 2012 |
| 4187 | Creative Commons | Can we eradicate Tuberculosis? | Dr Helen Fletcher talks about progress in the development of a vaccine against tuberculosis. | Helen Fletcher | 12 Jun 2012 |
| 4188 | Creative Commons | Progress in Malaria Vaccine Research | Dr Simon Draper tells us about his progress in malaria vaccine research. | Simon Draper | 11 Sep 2012 |
| 4189 | Creative Commons | Autoimmunity | Professor Richard Cornall tells us about his research on autoimmunity. | Richard Cornall | 12 Sep 2012 |
| 4190 | Automated Analysis of Information and Social Networks from Social Media Data | Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University, gives a talk for the Oxford Internet Institute. | Anatoliy Gruzd | 06 Nov 2012 | |
| 4191 | Creative Commons | Social Media Research for Policy Making (Knowledge Exchange Seminar) | Carl Miller discusses development of effective social media research for policy making during a seminar on quantitative methods in social media research held at the OII on 26 September 2012. | Carl Miller | 02 Jan 2013 |
| 4192 | Creative Commons | Exploring the meanings of standards in language testing | Public Seminar delivered by Professor Barry O'Sullivan from the British Council on 11/02/2013. | Barry O'Sullivan | 12 Feb 2013 |
| 4193 | Creative Commons | How Universal is Liberalism? | Professor Ronald Dworkin, New York University, delivers the 2012 Ralf Dahrendorf Memorial Lecture, with response from Professor Sir Adam Roberts, President of the British Academy. | Ronald Dworkin, Timothy Garton Ash, Adam Roberts | 30 May 2012 |
| 4194 | Creative Commons | Alan Turing: The One Who Became a Zero | Andrew Hodges (author of Alan Turing: The Enigma) delivers a lecture on Alan Turing, the founder of modern computer science. This is the third annual lecture for LGBT history month. | Andrew Hodges | 02 Mar 2012 |
| 4195 | Partner Compatibility and Online Dating Sites | Erina Lee discusses the importance of similarity between partners in terms of long-term relationship satisfaction. She discusses some compatibility dimensions that have been considered by eHarmony, as well as future directions for research. | Bernie Hogan, Erina Lee | 28 Feb 2012 | |
| 4196 | Presentation and Perception on Online Dating Sites | Joseph Walther describes the hyperpersonal model and its relevance to the study of online dating. 'Idealisation' of perception and presentation online can facilitate the selection process, but may have unforseen consequences when people eventually meet. | Joseph Walther, Nicole Ellison | 28 Feb 2012 | |
| 4197 | Creative Commons | Experiments in sociological food governance | Dr Michael Guggenheim (Goldsmiths, University of London) gives a talk for the Oxford Food Governance Group on 28th November 2012. | Michael Guggenheim | 13 Feb 2013 |
| 4198 | Creative Commons | Date labelling and the governance of food quality and safety | Dr Richard Milne (University of Sheffield) gives a talk for the Oxford Food Governance Group on 21st November 2012. | Richard Milne | 13 Feb 2013 |
| 4199 | Creative Commons | Fat places? Re-thinking the obesogenic environment thesis and the implications for food governance | Professor Julie Guthman (University of California, Santa Cruz) gives a talk for the Oxford Food Governance Group on 14th November 2012. | Julie Guthman | 13 Feb 2013 |
| 4200 | Creative Commons | Sustainability and governance of the food supply | Dr David Barling (City University London) gives a talk for the Oxford Food Governance Group on 7th November 2012. | David Barling | 13 Feb 2013 |