© Oxford University Public Lectures and Seminars from the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford. Humanity at the crossroads: Bringing together the best minds to tackle the toughest challenges of the 21st century. en-GB Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:59:41 +0000 http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/ Oxford University http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/images/logos/300x300_C21_iTunes.png http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/ 1 oxfordmartin population growth civilization Sachs argues that for the U.S. to regain sound fiscal health the country must also reform its politics. The lecture is immediately followed by a panel discussion with: Professor Valpy FitzGerald, Department of International Development Professor Ian Goldin, Oxford Martin School (chair) Professor Peter Tufano, Said Business School Professor Adrian Wood , Department of International Development Professor Sir Adam Roberts, Centre for International Studies (Please note Prof Sir Adam Roberts is replacing Prof Ngaire Woods) http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2011-12-16:095941:551:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/201112_sachs.mp3 Sachs argues that for the U.S. to regain sound fiscal health the country must also reform its politics. Sachs argues that for the U.S. to regain sound fiscal health the country must also reform its politics. The lecture is immediately followed by a panel discussion with: Professor Valpy FitzGerald, Department of International Development Professor Ian Goldin, Oxford Martin School (chair) Professor Peter Tufano, Said Business School Professor Adrian Wood , Department of International Development Professor Sir Adam Roberts, Centre for International Studies (Please note Prof Sir Adam Roberts is replacing Prof Ngaire Woods) oxfordmartin,population,growth,civilization Jeff Sachs 111 6003 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:59:41 +0000 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 2 oxfordmartin migration Migration has played a critical role in human history--the circulation of ideas and technologies has benefited communities and the movement of people across oceans and continents has fueled economies. In this lecture which draws on the issues raised in the book Exceptional People Ian Goldin shows how migrants in today's world connect markets, fill labour gaps, and enrich social diversity. Migration also allows individuals to escape destitution, human rights abuses, and repressive regimes. Goldin argues that current migration policies are based on misconceptions and fears about migration's long-term contributions and social dynamics and looks at ways that future policies might allow societies to effectively reap migration's opportunities while managing the risks of the twenty-first century. This event celebrates Goldin's latest book Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future. Ian Goldin is director of the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, and professorial fellow at Balliol College, Oxford. Goldin was Vice President of the World Bank (2003-2006) and prior to that the Bank's Director of Development Policy (2001-2003). He served on the Bank's senior management team, and was directly responsible for its relationship with the UK and all other European, North American and developed countries. Goldin led the Bank's collaboration with the United Nations and other partners. As Director of Development Policy, Goldin played a pivotal role in the research and strategy agenda of the Bank. From 1996 to 2001 he was Chief Executive and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Southern Africa and served as an adviser to President Nelson Mandela. His many books include Globalization for Development. Born in South Africa, Goldin has a BA (Hons) and a BSc from the University of Cape Town, an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Doctorate from the University of Oxford. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2011-10-13:104245:511:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/201110_goldin_exceptionalPeople.mp3 Migration has played a critical role in human history--the circulation of ideas and technologies has benefited communities and the movement of people across oceans and continents has fueled economies. Migration has played a critical role in human history--the circulation of ideas and technologies has benefited communities and the movement of people across oceans and continents has fueled economies. In this lecture which draws on the issues raised in the book Exceptional People Ian Goldin shows how migrants in today's world connect markets, fill labour gaps, and enrich social diversity. Migration also allows individuals to escape destitution, human rights abuses, and repressive regimes. Goldin argues that current migration policies are based on misconceptions and fears about migration's long-term contributions and social dynamics and looks at ways that future policies might allow societies to effectively reap migration's opportunities while managing the risks of the twenty-first century. This event celebrates Goldin's latest book Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future. Ian Goldin is director of the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, and professorial fellow at Balliol College, Oxford. Goldin was Vice President of the World Bank (2003-2006) and prior to that the Bank's Director of Development Policy (2001-2003). He served on the Bank's senior management team, and was directly responsible for its relationship with the UK and all other European, North American and developed countries. Goldin led the Bank's collaboration with the United Nations and other partners. As Director of Development Policy, Goldin played a pivotal role in the research and strategy agenda of the Bank. From 1996 to 2001 he was Chief Executive and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Southern Africa and served as an adviser to President Nelson Mandela. His many books include Globalization for Development. Born in South Africa, Goldin has a BA (Hons) and a BSc from the University of Cape Town, an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Doctorate from the University of Oxford. oxfordmartin,migration Dr Ian Goldin 111 5003 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:42:45 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 3 extraterrestrials aliens SETI Oxford Martin 2011-04-05 Dr Jill Tarter, Director, Center for SETI Research, SETI Institute gives a talk for the Oxford Martin School Seminar Series http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2011-08-24:123045:913:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://media.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/jmar/htss-2011-audio/2011-04-05-jmar-tarter.mp3 Dr Jill Tarter, Director, Center for SETI Research, SETI Institute gives a talk for the Oxford Martin School Seminar Series Dr Jill Tarter, Director, Center for SETI Research, SETI Institute gives a talk for the Oxford Martin School Seminar Series extraterrestrials,aliens,SETI,Oxford Martin,2011-04-05 Jill Tarter 111 2252 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:30:45 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 4 oxfordmartin climate change global warming crisis energy geoengineering 2011-06-27 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. Professor Hamilton argues that there is a strong case for preferring the natural, and that the unique and highly threatening character of global warming renders the standard approach to the ethics of climate change unsustainable. Moreover, the unstated metaphysical assumption of conventional ethical, economic and policy thinking - modernity's idea of the autonomous human subject analysing and acting on an inert external world - is the basis for the kind of "technological thinking" that lies at the heart of the climate crisis. Technological thinking both projects a systems framework onto the natural world and frames it as a catalogue of resources for the benefit of humans. Recent discoveries by Earth system science itself - the arrival of the Anthropocene, the prevalence of non-linearities, and the deep complexity of the earth's processes - hint at the inborn flaws in this kind of thinking. The grip of technological thinking explains why it has been so difficult for us to heed the warnings of climate science and why the idea of using technology to take control of the earth's atmosphere is immediately appealing. Professor Clive Hamilton is a Visiting Academic, Department of Philosophy, and Senior Visiting Research Associate, Oxford University Centre for the Environment. He is Professor of Public Ethics at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) and holds the newly created Vice-Chancellor's Chair at Charles Sturt University, Australia. He was the Founder and for 14 years the Executive Director of The Australia Institute, a public interest think tank. He is well known in Australia as a public intellectual and for his contributions to public policy debate. His extensive publications include writings on climate change policy, overconsumption, welfare policy and the effects of commercialisation. Recent publications include The Freedom Paradox: Towards a post-secular ethics and Requiem for a Species: Why we resist the truth about climate change. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2011-08-02:123800:329:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/201106_hamilton.mp3 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. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ ukoer 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. Professor Hamilton argues that there is a strong case for preferring the natural, and that the unique and highly threatening character of global warming renders the standard approach to the ethics of climate change unsustainable. Moreover, the unstated metaphysical assumption of conventional ethical, economic and policy thinking - modernity's idea of the autonomous human subject analysing and acting on an inert external world - is the basis for the kind of "technological thinking" that lies at the heart of the climate crisis. Technological thinking both projects a systems framework onto the natural world and frames it as a catalogue of resources for the benefit of humans. Recent discoveries by Earth system science itself - the arrival of the Anthropocene, the prevalence of non-linearities, and the deep complexity of the earth's processes - hint at the inborn flaws in this kind of thinking. The grip of technological thinking explains why it has been so difficult for us to heed the warnings of climate science and why the idea of using technology to take control of the earth's atmosphere is immediately appealing. Professor Clive Hamilton is a Visiting Academic, Department of Philosophy, and Senior Visiting Research Associate, Oxford University Centre for the Environment. He is Professor of Public Ethics at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) and holds the newly created Vice-Chancellor's Chair at Charles Sturt University, Australia. He was the Founder and for 14 years the Executive Director of The Australia Institute, a public interest think tank. He is well known in Australia as a public intellectual and for his contributions to public policy debate. His extensive publications include writings on climate change policy, overconsumption, welfare policy and the effects of commercialisation. Recent publications include The Freedom Paradox: Towards a post-secular ethics and Requiem for a Species: Why we resist the truth about climate change. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ oxfordmartin,climate change,global warming,crisis,energy,geoengineering,2011-06-27 Clive Hamilton 101104 3352 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:38:00 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 5 oxfordmartin climate media 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. This talk will touch on salient and swirling contextual factors as well as competing journalistic pressures and norms that contribute to how issues, events and information have often become climate 'news'. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2011-07-28:090518:345:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/201107_boykoff.mp3 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. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ ukoer 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. This talk will touch on salient and swirling contextual factors as well as competing journalistic pressures and norms that contribute to how issues, events and information have often become climate 'news'. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ oxfordmartin,climate,media Maxwell T. Boykoff 109 3233 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:05:18 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 6 oxfordmartin In a fascinating lecture that reimagines the history of earth, from its earliest origins to our present global civilization, Prof Tim Flannery tells a remarkable story that shows the awesome hand of nature and the transformative power of ideas. The challenge we now face is to sustain our fragile hold on life. Providing a manifesto to guide effective thinking for a sustainable future, Flannery argues that our fate is in our own hands... Flannery was named Australian of the Year in 2007 and is presently a professor at Macquarie University. He is also the chairman of the Copenhagen Climate Council, an international climate change awareness group. His controversial views on shutting down conventional coal fired power stations for electricity generation in the medium term are frequently cited in the media. Flannery has held various academic positions throughout his career including Professor at the University of Adelaide, director of the South Australian Museum in Adelaide, Principal Research Scientist at the Australian Museum, Visiting Chair in Australian Studies at Harvard University in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and an adviser on environmental issues to the Australian Federal Parliament. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2011-03-10:132738:021:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/201103_flannery.mp3 In a fascinating lecture that reimagines the history of earth, from its earliest origins to our present global civilization, Prof Tim Flannery tells a remarkable story that shows the awesome hand of nature and the transformative power of ideas. In a fascinating lecture that reimagines the history of earth, from its earliest origins to our present global civilization, Prof Tim Flannery tells a remarkable story that shows the awesome hand of nature and the transformative power of ideas. The challenge we now face is to sustain our fragile hold on life. Providing a manifesto to guide effective thinking for a sustainable future, Flannery argues that our fate is in our own hands... Flannery was named Australian of the Year in 2007 and is presently a professor at Macquarie University. He is also the chairman of the Copenhagen Climate Council, an international climate change awareness group. His controversial views on shutting down conventional coal fired power stations for electricity generation in the medium term are frequently cited in the media. Flannery has held various academic positions throughout his career including Professor at the University of Adelaide, director of the South Australian Museum in Adelaide, Principal Research Scientist at the Australian Museum, Visiting Chair in Australian Studies at Harvard University in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and an adviser on environmental issues to the Australian Federal Parliament. oxfordmartin Tim Flannery 111 1894 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:27:38 +0000 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 7 oxfordmartin economics crisis Bishop and Green led a discussion based on their recent book, "The Road From Ruin: A New Capitalism for a Big Society". Together, they will take a look at what set us on the road to the recent financial crisis, whilst also highlighting the signs to guide us back to prosperity. Matthew Bishop is US Business Editor and New York Bureau Chief of The Economist. Michael Green is a leading independent economist and writer. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2011-02-03:155411:358:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/201102_bishop.mp3 Bishop and Green led a discussion based on their recent book, "The Road From Ruin: A New Capitalism for a Big Society". Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ ukoer Bishop and Green led a discussion based on their recent book, "The Road From Ruin: A New Capitalism for a Big Society". Together, they will take a look at what set us on the road to the recent financial crisis, whilst also highlighting the signs to guide us back to prosperity. Matthew Bishop is US Business Editor and New York Bureau Chief of The Economist. Michael Green is a leading independent economist and writer. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ oxfordmartin,economics,crisis Matthew Bishop, Michael Green 100100 2296 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:54:11 +0000 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 8 oxfordmartin economics china india The recent economic rise of China and India has attracted a great deal of attention--and justifiably so. Together, the two countries account for one-fifth of the global economy and are projected to represent a full third of the world's income by 2025. Yet, many of the views regarding China and India's market reforms and high growth have been tendentious, exaggerated, or oversimplified. This talk by leading economist Professor Bardhan will explore the challenges that both countries must overcome to become true leaders in the international economy. Bardhan's latest book 'Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay' investigates China's and India's economic reforms, each nation's pattern and composition of growth, and the problems afflicting their agricultural, industrial, infrastructural, and financial sectors. His talk will consider how these factors affect poverty, inequality, and environment, how political factors shape each country's pattern of burgeoning capitalism, and how significant poverty reduction in both countries is mainly due to domestic factors--not global integration, as most would believe. Pranab Bardhan is professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Scarcity, Conflicts, and Cooperation. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2011-02-03:132602:896:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/201102_bardhan.mp3 The recent economic rise of China and India has attracted a great deal of attention--and justifiably so. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ ukoer The recent economic rise of China and India has attracted a great deal of attention--and justifiably so. Together, the two countries account for one-fifth of the global economy and are projected to represent a full third of the world's income by 2025. Yet, many of the views regarding China and India's market reforms and high growth have been tendentious, exaggerated, or oversimplified. This talk by leading economist Professor Bardhan will explore the challenges that both countries must overcome to become true leaders in the international economy. Bardhan's latest book 'Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay' investigates China's and India's economic reforms, each nation's pattern and composition of growth, and the problems afflicting their agricultural, industrial, infrastructural, and financial sectors. His talk will consider how these factors affect poverty, inequality, and environment, how political factors shape each country's pattern of burgeoning capitalism, and how significant poverty reduction in both countries is mainly due to domestic factors--not global integration, as most would believe. Pranab Bardhan is professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Scarcity, Conflicts, and Cooperation. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ oxfordmartin,economics,china,india Pranab Bardhan 100100 1785 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:26:02 +0000 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 9 oxfordmartin resilience systems integration 2011-01-31 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. Climate change, economic globalization, and many new levels of communication have all made many human, biological and technical systems more unpredictable. This has been called The New Normal: a time of higher uncertainty, with fast and strong disruptions in many systems. This is affecting technical systems, biological systems, economic systems, and human organizations. This has increased interest in resilience, a strategy that is often seen in systems that must operate under high uncertainty. Professor Longstaff will discuss some of the attributes of resilience that is seen in many systems and how resilience can fail. She has received funding for her interdisciplinary work from the US National Science Foundation. She has applied these concepts to community planning, human/technical systems, and business organizations. She is currently writing about the role of trust and blame in human systems that must adapt to new realities in their environments. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2011-02-03:093720:501:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/201101_longstaff.mp3 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. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ ukoer 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. Climate change, economic globalization, and many new levels of communication have all made many human, biological and technical systems more unpredictable. This has been called The New Normal: a time of higher uncertainty, with fast and strong disruptions in many systems. This is affecting technical systems, biological systems, economic systems, and human organizations. This has increased interest in resilience, a strategy that is often seen in systems that must operate under high uncertainty. Professor Longstaff will discuss some of the attributes of resilience that is seen in many systems and how resilience can fail. She has received funding for her interdisciplinary work from the US National Science Foundation. She has applied these concepts to community planning, human/technical systems, and business organizations. She is currently writing about the role of trust and blame in human systems that must adapt to new realities in their environments. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ oxfordmartin,resilience,systems,integration,2011-01-31 Patricia Hirl Longstaff 111 2749 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:37:20 +0000 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 10 oxfordmartin energy renewable lovins nuclear green Amory B. Lovins (Chairman and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute) on why a prosperous, secure, and climate-stable world must shift from fossil fuels to efficient use and benign supply. The pieces of this puzzle are now falling into place in a detailed synthesis underway at Rocky Mountain Institute, focusing chiefly on oil and electricity, for publication in mid-2011. The off-oil roadmap RMI published in 2004 (www.oilendgame.com), at an average cost of US$15 per barrel in year-2000 dollars, is now looking conservative, as key technologies and implementation methods have evolved more quickly than expected. As for electricity, the rapidly emerging shift from wasteful to highly efficient end-use (often with expanding returns via integrative design) and from central thermal power stations to distributed renewable sources looks cheaper, less risky, and more resilient than present arrangements or plans. Thus defossilizing fuels can be led by business for profit. The main obstacles to achieving this in the UK are in the realm not of technology or economics but of public policy. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-12-02:092852:566:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/201011_lovins.mp3 Amory B. Lovins (Chairman and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute) on why a prosperous, secure, and climate-stable world must shift from fossil fuels to efficient use and benign supply. Amory B. Lovins (Chairman and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute) on why a prosperous, secure, and climate-stable world must shift from fossil fuels to efficient use and benign supply. The pieces of this puzzle are now falling into place in a detailed synthesis underway at Rocky Mountain Institute, focusing chiefly on oil and electricity, for publication in mid-2011. The off-oil roadmap RMI published in 2004 (www.oilendgame.com), at an average cost of US$15 per barrel in year-2000 dollars, is now looking conservative, as key technologies and implementation methods have evolved more quickly than expected. As for electricity, the rapidly emerging shift from wasteful to highly efficient end-use (often with expanding returns via integrative design) and from central thermal power stations to distributed renewable sources looks cheaper, less risky, and more resilient than present arrangements or plans. Thus defossilizing fuels can be led by business for profit. The main obstacles to achieving this in the UK are in the realm not of technology or economics but of public policy. oxfordmartin,energy,renewable,lovins,nuclear,green Amory B. Lovins 100100 3352 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:28:52 +0000 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 11 oxfordmartin climate change policy 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. However, as with virtually all major new technologies, deployment will require careful consideration of a number of issues - including geology, property rights, transactions costs, politics, and legislative strategy. This discussion will illustrate how multiple fields of study have been integrated to synthesize a practical solution in the United States. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-11-24:154031:966:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/201011_richards.mp3 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. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ ukoer 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. However, as with virtually all major new technologies, deployment will require careful consideration of a number of issues - including geology, property rights, transactions costs, politics, and legislative strategy. This discussion will illustrate how multiple fields of study have been integrated to synthesize a practical solution in the United States. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ oxfordmartin,climate,change,policy Kenneth Richards 110 3116 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:40:31 +0000 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 12 oxfordmartin computational cosmology 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. As well as our own Zooniverse suite of projects (which now includes climate science and papyrology), Lintott will highlight other successful examples including the protein folding game, fold.it, and even an example of collaborative mathematics. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-10-27:103000:784:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/201010_lintott.mp3 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. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ ukoer 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. As well as our own Zooniverse suite of projects (which now includes climate science and papyrology), Lintott will highlight other successful examples including the protein folding game, fold.it, and even an example of collaborative mathematics. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ oxfordmartin,computational,cosmology Chris Lintott 109101 3693 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:30:00 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 13 oxfordmartin climate change policy 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 Climate policy is gridlocked nationally and globally, with virtually no chance of a breakthrough under current conditions. Policy makers need to accept that societies will not make drastic changes to address climate change until a climate crisis hits. The recent financial crisis showed that when powerful special interests have convinced much of the public that what they are doing is not dangerous, only a disaster that discredits those interests will provide an opportunity for comprehensive policy change. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-10-15:115215:833:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/201010_homerdixon.mp3 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 Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ ukoer 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 Climate policy is gridlocked nationally and globally, with virtually no chance of a breakthrough under current conditions. Policy makers need to accept that societies will not make drastic changes to address climate change until a climate crisis hits. The recent financial crisis showed that when powerful special interests have convinced much of the public that what they are doing is not dangerous, only a disaster that discredits those interests will provide an opportunity for comprehensive policy change. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ oxfordmartin,climate,change,policy Thomas Homer-Dixon 110 3519 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:52:15 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 14 oxfordmartin Dr Ian Goldin on Globalisation and new systemic risks. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-10-07:143256:557:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/201009_ian_goldin.mp3 Dr Ian Goldin on Globalisation and new systemic risks. Dr Ian Goldin on Globalisation and new systemic risks. oxfordmartin Ian Goldin 110 360 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:32:56 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 15 oxfordmartin On Monday 27 September, the Oxford Martin School launched its new name amidst an audience of over 200 people who came to find out more about how the School is tackling the challenges of the 21st century. Taking place at the Royal Society, the special event included a range of presentations from leading academics in the fields of cosmology, philosophy, pathology and the social sciences. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-10-06:155731:946:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/201009_launch_complete.mp3 On Monday 27 September, the Oxford Martin School launched its new name amidst an audience of over 200 people who came to find out more about how the School is tackling the challenges of the 21st century. On Monday 27 September, the Oxford Martin School launched its new name amidst an audience of over 200 people who came to find out more about how the School is tackling the challenges of the 21st century. Taking place at the Royal Society, the special event included a range of presentations from leading academics in the fields of cosmology, philosophy, pathology and the social sciences. oxfordmartin Various 110 3538 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:57:31 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 16 oxfordmartin Professor Sarah Harper, Oxford Institute of Ageing, on the implications of globally ageing societies http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-10-06:155323:434:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/201009_sarah_harper.mp3 Professor Sarah Harper, Oxford Institute of Ageing, on the implications of globally ageing societies Professor Sarah Harper, Oxford Institute of Ageing, on the implications of globally ageing societies oxfordmartin Sarah Harper 110 387 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:53:23 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 17 oxfordmartin Professor Susan Lea, Institute for Vaccine Design, on developing vaccines to eliminate malaria, tuberculosis and HIV. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-10-06:155215:125:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/201009_susan_lea.mp3 Professor Susan Lea, Institute for Vaccine Design, on developing vaccines to eliminate malaria, tuberculosis and HIV. Professor Susan Lea, Institute for Vaccine Design, on developing vaccines to eliminate malaria, tuberculosis and HIV. oxfordmartin Susan Lea 103108 414 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:52:15 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 18 oxfordmartin Professor Steve Rayner, Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, on the technological, social and ethical aspects of intervention in the Earth's natural systems. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-10-06:155054:794:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/201009_steve_rayner.mp3 Professor Steve Rayner, Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, on the technological, social and ethical aspects of intervention in the Earth's natural systems. Professor Steve Rayner, Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, on the technological, social and ethical aspects of intervention in the Earth's natural systems. oxfordmartin Steve Rayner 109107 481 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:50:54 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 19 oxfordmartin war ethics Dr David Rodin, Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, on how we can effectively reduce or even eliminate armed conflict. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-10-06:154917:554:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/201009_david_rodin.mp3 Dr David Rodin, Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, on how we can effectively reduce or even eliminate armed conflict. Dr David Rodin, Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, on how we can effectively reduce or even eliminate armed conflict. oxfordmartin,war,ethics David Rodin 111 540 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:49:17 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 20 oxfordmartin computational cosmology Professor Pedro Ferreira, Programme on Computational Cosmology, on how cosmology can help us convert data into knowledge. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-10-06:154739:843:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/201009_pedro_ferreira.mp3 Professor Pedro Ferreira, Programme on Computational Cosmology, on how cosmology can help us convert data into knowledge. Professor Pedro Ferreira, Programme on Computational Cosmology, on how cosmology can help us convert data into knowledge. oxfordmartin,computational,cosmology Pedro Ferreira 109108 540 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:47:39 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 21 21school environment resources oceans planet energy oxfordmartin Special seminar from the James Martin 21st Century School: Climate change and marine ecosystems: have dangerous changes already begun? The Earth's ocean is central to the conditions experienced on our planet, regulating its atmosphere, climate and biology. Recent evidence, however, suggests that the physical and chemical conditions within the ocean are changing in ways that are rapidly moving outside those experienced for millions of years with major changes to ocean temperature, acidity, sea ice extent, sea level, and storm intensity. These changes are impacting the biological components the ocean, including an array of important microbial systems. Observed changes so far include decreased ocean productivity, altered food web dynamics, declining abundances of habitat forming species such as oysters, mangroves and corals, species range shifts, and an increased incidence of disease and invasion by exotic species. These changes to the marine biosphere are also beginning to amplify changes within major nutrient cycles, adding to impacts driven by other human activities such as coastal land use and overfishing. As we continue to push carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, there is also growing uncertainty as to the risks associated with passing non-linear triggers and tipping points. This talk will examine the totality of changes occurring in the world's oceans as result of anthropogenic climate change, and will explore the consequences for the biological systems that are otherwise crucial for healthy oceans and their many human dependents. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg is Professor and Director, Global Change Institute, University of Queensland. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-09-07:150844:687:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/20100906_oceans.mp3 Special seminar from the James Martin 21st Century School: Climate change and marine ecosystems: have dangerous changes already begun? Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ ukoer Special seminar from the James Martin 21st Century School: Climate change and marine ecosystems: have dangerous changes already begun? The Earth's ocean is central to the conditions experienced on our planet, regulating its atmosphere, climate and biology. Recent evidence, however, suggests that the physical and chemical conditions within the ocean are changing in ways that are rapidly moving outside those experienced for millions of years with major changes to ocean temperature, acidity, sea ice extent, sea level, and storm intensity. These changes are impacting the biological components the ocean, including an array of important microbial systems. Observed changes so far include decreased ocean productivity, altered food web dynamics, declining abundances of habitat forming species such as oysters, mangroves and corals, species range shifts, and an increased incidence of disease and invasion by exotic species. These changes to the marine biosphere are also beginning to amplify changes within major nutrient cycles, adding to impacts driven by other human activities such as coastal land use and overfishing. As we continue to push carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, there is also growing uncertainty as to the risks associated with passing non-linear triggers and tipping points. This talk will examine the totality of changes occurring in the world's oceans as result of anthropogenic climate change, and will explore the consequences for the biological systems that are otherwise crucial for healthy oceans and their many human dependents. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg is Professor and Director, Global Change Institute, University of Queensland. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ 21school,environment,resources,oceans,planet,energy,oxfordmartin Ove Hoegh-Guldberg 109 3386 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:08:44 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 22 medicine 21school future greenfield neurodegeneration Academics from the Oxford Martin School (formerly the James Martin 21st Century School) present their latest research in the areas of stem cells, particle therapy, nanotechnology and neurodegeneration. Moderated by the science presenter, Michael Mosley, (most recently seen on BBC Two for the 'Story of Science' series), the discussions offered audience members the latest information on a variety of topics that could transform the way we combat health challenges of the future. The panel discussion was the second in an ongoing series of collaborative events hosted by Intelligence Squared that help showcase some of the latest findings from academics in the James Martin School. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-07-21:154820:411:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/201007_iQ2_medicine.mp3 Academics from the Oxford Martin School (formerly the James Martin 21st Century School) present their latest research in the areas of stem cells, particle therapy, nanotechnology and neurodegeneration. Academics from the Oxford Martin School (formerly the James Martin 21st Century School) present their latest research in the areas of stem cells, particle therapy, nanotechnology and neurodegeneration. Moderated by the science presenter, Michael Mosley, (most recently seen on BBC Two for the 'Story of Science' series), the discussions offered audience members the latest information on a variety of topics that could transform the way we combat health challenges of the future. The panel discussion was the second in an ongoing series of collaborative events hosted by Intelligence Squared that help showcase some of the latest findings from academics in the James Martin School. medicine,21school,future,greenfield,neurodegeneration Michael Mosley, Bleddyn Jones, Sonia Contera, Susan Greenfield 103 4800 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:48:20 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 23 21school environment resources planet energy oxfordmartin Paul Collier, Oxford Professor and author of The Bottom Billion, launched a discussion based on his latest publication, The Plundered Planet. Building on his work in developing countries and the poorest populations, Collier argued for proper stewardship of natural assets as a matter of planetary urgency. His arguments charted a course between unchecked profiteering on the one hand, and environmental romanticism on the other to offer realistic and sustainable solutions to these dauntingly complex issues. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-06-17:103004:113:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/201006_collier.mp3 Paul Collier, Oxford Professor and author of The Bottom Billion, launched a discussion based on his latest publication, The Plundered Planet. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ ukoer Paul Collier, Oxford Professor and author of The Bottom Billion, launched a discussion based on his latest publication, The Plundered Planet. Building on his work in developing countries and the poorest populations, Collier argued for proper stewardship of natural assets as a matter of planetary urgency. His arguments charted a course between unchecked profiteering on the one hand, and environmental romanticism on the other to offer realistic and sustainable solutions to these dauntingly complex issues. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ 21school,environment,resources,planet,energy,oxfordmartin Paul Collier, Charles Badenoch, Jamie Drummond, Gideon Rachman 109106 3780 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:30:04 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 24 21school economics soros panel oxfordmartin L100 2009-12-11 1 Lessons from Financial Crises: Paradigm Failure and the Future of Financial Regulation In October, George Soros delivered a week-long series of lectures at the Central European University in Budapest discussing his latest thinking on economics and politics, and the way forward out of the current financial crisis. Soros argued that while the magnitude of the credit and leverage problem faced today is greater than in the Great Depression, the artificial life support given to the financial system has been successful. However, Soros believes that the recovery may run out of steam and sees a possibility for a "double-dip" in the next year. At this event, George Soros will lead a panel discussion to reflect on some of the key ideas that he put forward in those lectures. He will particularly invite discussion among both the panellists and the audience to engage with his ideas and understand the alternative they represent when compared with traditional economic theory. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-12-17:094015:817:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/200912_soros.mp3 Lessons from Financial Crises: Paradigm Failure and the Future of Financial Regulation Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ ukoer Lessons from Financial Crises: Paradigm Failure and the Future of Financial Regulation In October, George Soros delivered a week-long series of lectures at the Central European University in Budapest discussing his latest thinking on economics and politics, and the way forward out of the current financial crisis. Soros argued that while the magnitude of the credit and leverage problem faced today is greater than in the Great Depression, the artificial life support given to the financial system has been successful. However, Soros believes that the recovery may run out of steam and sees a possibility for a "double-dip" in the next year. At this event, George Soros will lead a panel discussion to reflect on some of the key ideas that he put forward in those lectures. He will particularly invite discussion among both the panellists and the audience to engage with his ideas and understand the alternative they represent when compared with traditional economic theory. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ 21school,economics,soros,panel,oxfordmartin,L100,2009-12-11,1 Paul Beaudry, Ian Goldin, Roger Goodman, Anatole Kaletsky, David Soskice, George Soros 100100 6790 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:40:15 +0000 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 25 royalsociety geoengineering climate change effects 21school oceans21 oceans oxfordmartin F612 F860 2009-11-18 1 Geoengineering the climate: Science, Governance and Uncertainty: The Royal Society Study - John Shepherd (NOCS) The climate change we are experiencing now is caused by an increase in greenhouse gases due to human activities, including burning fossil fuels, agriculture and deforestation. There is now widespread belief that a global warming of greater than 2C above pre-industrial levels would be dangerous and should therefore be avoided. However, despite growing concerns over climate change, global CO2 emissions have continued to climb. This has led some to suggest more radical 'Geoengineering' alternatives to conventional mitigation via reductions in CO2 emissions. Geoengineering is deliberate intervention in the climate system to counteract man-made global warming. There are two main classes of geoengineering; direct carbon dioxide removal, and solar radiation management, which aims to cool the planet by reflecting more sunlight out to space. This talk will summarise the findings of a recent review of Geoengineering carried-out by the UK Royal Society discussing the climate effects, costs, risks, and research and governance needs for each approach. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-11-19:131114:112:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/200911_shepherd.mp3 Geoengineering the climate: Science, Governance and Uncertainty: The Royal Society Study - John Shepherd (NOCS) Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ ukoer Geoengineering the climate: Science, Governance and Uncertainty: The Royal Society Study - John Shepherd (NOCS) The climate change we are experiencing now is caused by an increase in greenhouse gases due to human activities, including burning fossil fuels, agriculture and deforestation. There is now widespread belief that a global warming of greater than 2C above pre-industrial levels would be dangerous and should therefore be avoided. However, despite growing concerns over climate change, global CO2 emissions have continued to climb. This has led some to suggest more radical 'Geoengineering' alternatives to conventional mitigation via reductions in CO2 emissions. Geoengineering is deliberate intervention in the climate system to counteract man-made global warming. There are two main classes of geoengineering; direct carbon dioxide removal, and solar radiation management, which aims to cool the planet by reflecting more sunlight out to space. This talk will summarise the findings of a recent review of Geoengineering carried-out by the UK Royal Society discussing the climate effects, costs, risks, and research and governance needs for each approach. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ royalsociety,geoengineering,climate,change,effects,21school,oceans21,oceans,oxfordmartin,F612,F860,2009-11-18,1 John Shepherd 109107 3534 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:11:14 +0000 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 26 business economics 21school oxfordmartin N100 L100 2009-11-12 1 Distinguished Public Lecture: The end of business as usual by Dr Mohamed El-Erian, Co-CIO of PIMCO. In the wake of last year's financial crisis, businesses, economists, policy makers and analysts around the world are asking if the events of 2008 mean the end of business as usual for the global financial system. Dr Mohamed El-Erian, Co-CIO of PIMCO, the world's biggest bond fund, and one of the world's most respected economic analysts, certainly thinks that it does. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-11-18:101350:326:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/200911_el_erian.mp3 Distinguished Public Lecture: The end of business as usual by Dr Mohamed El-Erian, Co-CIO of PIMCO. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ ukoer Distinguished Public Lecture: The end of business as usual by Dr Mohamed El-Erian, Co-CIO of PIMCO. In the wake of last year's financial crisis, businesses, economists, policy makers and analysts around the world are asking if the events of 2008 mean the end of business as usual for the global financial system. Dr Mohamed El-Erian, Co-CIO of PIMCO, the world's biggest bond fund, and one of the world's most respected economic analysts, certainly thinks that it does. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ business,economics,21school,oxfordmartin,N100,L100,2009-11-12,1 Mohamed El-Erian 100 2662 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:13:50 +0000 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 27 non-proliferation nuclear weapons disarm 21school oxfordmartin L200 M900 2009-11-05 1 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. To stand any chance of getting near to zero, nuclear weapons must be marginalised in military and security doctrines. That means creating international norms and, if feasible, agreements that until nuclear weapons are universally prohibited by treaty, their use will be treated as a crime against humanity. Dr Johnson considers how the problems of doctrine and use could be addressed. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-11-11:112844:093:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/200911_mtss_4.mp3 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. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ ukoer 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. To stand any chance of getting near to zero, nuclear weapons must be marginalised in military and security doctrines. That means creating international norms and, if feasible, agreements that until nuclear weapons are universally prohibited by treaty, their use will be treated as a crime against humanity. Dr Johnson considers how the problems of doctrine and use could be addressed. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ non-proliferation,nuclear,weapons,disarm,21school,oxfordmartin,L200,M900,2009-11-05,1 Rebecca Johnson 110102 2400 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:28:44 +0000 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 28 iq2 21school oxfordmartin Panel discussion by speakers from the James Martin 21st Century School. The event is hosted by Intelligence Squared (the international debating forum on crucial issues of the day). What kind of world will we inhabit 40 years from now? What moral codes will we live by? We've tended to leave these enormous questions to science fiction but time travel isn't essential. In this fascinating evening of talks the scientific experts of the 21st Century School will reveal - sometimes to an alarming degree - just how much we already know about the world in 2050. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-10-28:142019:644:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/200909_iq2.mp3 Panel discussion by speakers from the James Martin 21st Century School. The event is hosted by Intelligence Squared (the international debating forum on crucial issues of the day). Panel discussion by speakers from the James Martin 21st Century School. The event is hosted by Intelligence Squared (the international debating forum on crucial issues of the day). What kind of world will we inhabit 40 years from now? What moral codes will we live by? We've tended to leave these enormous questions to science fiction but time travel isn't essential. In this fascinating evening of talks the scientific experts of the 21st Century School will reveal - sometimes to an alarming degree - just how much we already know about the world in 2050. iq2,21school,oxfordmartin Ian Goldin, Malcolm McCulloch, Sarah Harper, Julian Savulescu 110 5855 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:20:19 +0000 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 29 economics business sachs 21school oxfordmartin L100 N100 2009-10-20 1 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. Professor Sachs is the Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University. He is also Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. From 2002 to 2006, he was Director of the UN Millennium Project and Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the Millennium Development Goals, the internationally agreed goals to reduce extreme poverty, disease, and hunger by the year 2015. Sachs is also President and Co-Founder of Millennium Promise Alliance, a nonprofit organization aimed at ending extreme global poverty. He is widely considered to be the leading international economic advisor of his generation. For more than 20 years Professor Sachs has been in the forefront of the challenges of economic development, poverty alleviation, and enlightened globalization, promoting policies to help all parts of the world to benefit from expanding economic opportunities and wellbeing. He is also one of the leading voices for combining economic development with environmental sustainability, and as Director of the Earth Institute leads large-scale efforts to promote the mitigation of human-induced climate change. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-10-23:104843:869:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/200910_Sachs.mp3 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. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ ukoer 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. Professor Sachs is the Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University. He is also Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. From 2002 to 2006, he was Director of the UN Millennium Project and Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the Millennium Development Goals, the internationally agreed goals to reduce extreme poverty, disease, and hunger by the year 2015. Sachs is also President and Co-Founder of Millennium Promise Alliance, a nonprofit organization aimed at ending extreme global poverty. He is widely considered to be the leading international economic advisor of his generation. For more than 20 years Professor Sachs has been in the forefront of the challenges of economic development, poverty alleviation, and enlightened globalization, promoting policies to help all parts of the world to benefit from expanding economic opportunities and wellbeing. He is also one of the leading voices for combining economic development with environmental sustainability, and as Director of the Earth Institute leads large-scale efforts to promote the mitigation of human-induced climate change. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ economics,business,sachs,21school,oxfordmartin,L100,N100,2009-10-20,1 Jeffrey Sachs 100100 4305 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:48:43 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 30 economic climate change stern oxfordmartin 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". 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". Lord Stern made headlines in 2006 with the publication of the influential Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change and the launch of his most recent publication "Blueprint for a Safer Planet", on which this lecture was based has also received attention from around the world. Further substantial global warming is now unavoidable and the risks to the natural world, the economy and our everyday lives are immense. Approximately 800 people heard Lord Stern explain his vision for a global deal to manage these risks and how the way we live in the next thirty years - how we invest, use energy, organise transport and manage forests - will determine whether these risks become realities. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-05-08:124112:412:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/200905_stern.mp3 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". 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". 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". Lord Stern made headlines in 2006 with the publication of the influential Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change and the launch of his most recent publication "Blueprint for a Safer Planet", on which this lecture was based has also received attention from around the world. Further substantial global warming is now unavoidable and the risks to the natural world, the economy and our everyday lives are immense. Approximately 800 people heard Lord Stern explain his vision for a global deal to manage these risks and how the way we live in the next thirty years - how we invest, use energy, organise transport and manage forests - will determine whether these risks become realities. economic,climate change,stern,oxfordmartin Nicholas Stern 100100 3232 Fri, 08 May 2009 12:41:12 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 31 goldin public lectures humanity 21st Century science technology migration environment economics oxfordmartin 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? http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-03-18:115724:071:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/200903_Goldin_UCT.mp3 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? 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? goldin,public lectures,humanity,21st Century,science,technology,migration,environment,economics,oxfordmartin Ian Goldin 110 2661 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:57:24 +0000 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 32 lord martin rees lectures science oxfordmartin By 2050 there will be far more of us: world population is predicted to be two billion higher than it is today. This rise, predominantly in the developing world, will engender major geopolitical shifts and tensions. By 2050 there will be far more of us: world population is predicted to be two billion higher than it is today. This rise, predominantly in the developing world, will engender major geopolitical shifts and tensions. Unless new and appropriate technologies are urgently adopted, rising demands for energy, food and water could irreversably degrade the Earth's biosphere. By mid-century, scientific understanding will have been greatly enhanced: science is the one truly global culture. Individuals will be increasingly empowered by technology that potentially offers huge benefits to the developing and the developed world. But these same advances will pose novel ethical dilemmas, and render our ever more interconnected world vulnerable to new and disruptive threats. Lord Martin Rees is President of the Royal Society, Master of Trinity College, and Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge. He was appointed Astronomer Royal in 1995, and was nominated to the House of Lords in 2005 as a cross-bench peer. He was appointed a member of the Order of Merit in 2007. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-02-27:115904:758:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/200902_rees.mp3 By 2050 there will be far more of us: world population is predicted to be two billion higher than it is today. This rise, predominantly in the developing world, will engender major geopolitical shifts and tensions. By 2050 there will be far more of us: world population is predicted to be two billion higher than it is today. This rise, predominantly in the developing world, will engender major geopolitical shifts and tensions. By 2050 there will be far more of us: world population is predicted to be two billion higher than it is today. This rise, predominantly in the developing world, will engender major geopolitical shifts and tensions. Unless new and appropriate technologies are urgently adopted, rising demands for energy, food and water could irreversably degrade the Earth's biosphere. By mid-century, scientific understanding will have been greatly enhanced: science is the one truly global culture. Individuals will be increasingly empowered by technology that potentially offers huge benefits to the developing and the developed world. But these same advances will pose novel ethical dilemmas, and render our ever more interconnected world vulnerable to new and disruptive threats. Lord Martin Rees is President of the Royal Society, Master of Trinity College, and Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge. He was appointed Astronomer Royal in 1995, and was nominated to the House of Lords in 2005 as a cross-bench peer. He was appointed a member of the Order of Merit in 2007. lord martin rees,lectures,science,oxfordmartin Martin Rees 109 3240 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:59:04 +0000 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 33 goldin public lectures humanity 21st Century science technology migration environment economics oxfordmartin 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. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2008-10-15:144128:396:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/200810_goldin.mp3 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. 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. goldin,public lectures,humanity,21st Century,science,technology,migration,environment,economics,oxfordmartin Ian Goldin 111 2700 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:41:28 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 34 ageing house of commons oxfordmartin The first set of our Policy Briefings at a seminar in the House of Commons. Dr Ian Goldin and Professor Sarah Harper gave presentations to a cross-party selection of MPs and Lords, with representatives from government, NGOs and think tanks also present. On 3 July, we launched the first set of our Policy Briefings at a seminar in the House of Commons, entitled "21st Century Challenges in Perspective: From academic research to government policy". Dr Ian Goldin (School Director) and Professor Sarah Harper (Director, Oxford Institute of Ageing) gave presentations to a cross-party selection of MPs and Lords, with representatives from government, NGOs and think tanks also present. The aim of the event was to help build connections between the academic and policy worlds and to show how the 21st Century School can contribute to more evidence-based policy development initiatives. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2008-09-24:110359:737:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/200807_ageing_house_of_commons.mp3 The first set of our Policy Briefings at a seminar in the House of Commons. Dr Ian Goldin and Professor Sarah Harper gave presentations to a cross-party selection of MPs and Lords, with representatives from government, NGOs and think tanks also present. The first set of our Policy Briefings at a seminar in the House of Commons. Dr Ian Goldin and Professor Sarah Harper gave presentations to a cross-party selection of MPs and Lords, with representatives from government, NGOs and think tanks also present. On 3 July, we launched the first set of our Policy Briefings at a seminar in the House of Commons, entitled "21st Century Challenges in Perspective: From academic research to government policy". Dr Ian Goldin (School Director) and Professor Sarah Harper (Director, Oxford Institute of Ageing) gave presentations to a cross-party selection of MPs and Lords, with representatives from government, NGOs and think tanks also present. The aim of the event was to help build connections between the academic and policy worlds and to show how the 21st Century School can contribute to more evidence-based policy development initiatives. ageing,house of commons,oxfordmartin Ian Goldin, Sarah Harper 111 5843 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:03:59 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 35 public lectures science god religion sulston harris dawkins nobel prize scientific oxfordmartin What is science for, what good does it do and should it do good? In this lecture, Sulston and Harris will attempt to identify some of the most urgent ethical and regulatory problems raised by contemporary science, and suggest some possible solutions. They will discuss some key cutting edge scientific problems, and debate how we can assess their impact. Where do the significant ethical and regulatory dilemmas for science lie? Are we worrying about the right things? They will also address the crucial issue of international or "global" co-ordination at the level of regulation. What happens when research is illegal - criminalised in some jurisdictions and permitted in others or when products or services are freely available in some countries and denied to the citizens of others? Is harmonization necessary or can we live with a plurality of regulatory environments? Finally, they will raise the question of who owns science. They will suggest that scientific co-operation - the freedom of science to operate across frontiers, regulatory boundaries and share information freely between scientists and institutions - carries with it certain responsibilities. They will argue that equity and morality require open access and benefit sharing. And they will suggest what such benefit sharing might amount to. Professor Sir John Sulston is a Nobel Prize winner and Chair of the University of Manchester's Institute of Science, Ethics and Innovation, a new research institute focusing on the ethical questions raised by science and technology in the 21st century. Professor John Harris is the Lord David Alliance Professor of Bioethics, and research director at the University of Manchester's Institute of Science, Ethics and Innovation. Professor Richard Dawkins is Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2008-06-10:134843:687:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/200805_sulston.mp3 What is science for, what good does it do and should it do good? What is science for, what good does it do and should it do good? In this lecture, Sulston and Harris will attempt to identify some of the most urgent ethical and regulatory problems raised by contemporary science, and suggest some possible solutions. They will discuss some key cutting edge scientific problems, and debate how we can assess their impact. Where do the significant ethical and regulatory dilemmas for science lie? Are we worrying about the right things? They will also address the crucial issue of international or "global" co-ordination at the level of regulation. What happens when research is illegal - criminalised in some jurisdictions and permitted in others or when products or services are freely available in some countries and denied to the citizens of others? Is harmonization necessary or can we live with a plurality of regulatory environments? Finally, they will raise the question of who owns science. They will suggest that scientific co-operation - the freedom of science to operate across frontiers, regulatory boundaries and share information freely between scientists and institutions - carries with it certain responsibilities. They will argue that equity and morality require open access and benefit sharing. And they will suggest what such benefit sharing might amount to. Professor Sir John Sulston is a Nobel Prize winner and Chair of the University of Manchester's Institute of Science, Ethics and Innovation, a new research institute focusing on the ethical questions raised by science and technology in the 21st century. Professor John Harris is the Lord David Alliance Professor of Bioethics, and research director at the University of Manchester's Institute of Science, Ethics and Innovation. Professor Richard Dawkins is Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford. public lectures,science,god,religion,sulston,harris,dawkins,nobel prize,scientific,oxfordmartin John Sulston, John Harris, Richard Dawkins 109 3458 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:48:43 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 36 public lectures finance governance crisis regulatory economy economics risk management oxfordmartin 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. It is clear that the banks' risk management systems could not even protect their own shareholders, let alone the well-being of the global economy. What went wrong? Where did the global financial regulators fail? What can we do to minimize the downturn? And what, if anything, can we do to prevent a recurrence? What are the lessons for global governance in the 21st Century? Joseph E. Stiglitz is University Professor at Columbia University in New York and Chair of Columbia University's Committee on Global Thought. He is also the co-founder and Executive Director of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia. In 2001, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his analyses of markets with asymmetric information. Stiglitz helped create a new branch of economics, "The Economics of Information," exploring the consequences of information asymmetries and pioneering such pivotal concepts as adverse selection and moral hazard, which have now become standard tools not only of theorists, but of policy analysts. His work has helped explain the circumstances in which markets do not work well, and how selective government intervention can improve their performance. Recognized around the world as a leading economic educator, he has written textbooks that have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He founded one of the leading economics journals, The Journal of Economic Perspectives. His book, Globalization and Its Discontents, (W.W. Norton June 2001) has been translated into 35 languages and has sold more than one million copies worldwide. Most recently, he has written The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict with Linda J. Bilmes, published by WW Norton in March 2008. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2008-06-10:134601:309:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/200805_stiglitz.mp3 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. 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. It is clear that the banks' risk management systems could not even protect their own shareholders, let alone the well-being of the global economy. What went wrong? Where did the global financial regulators fail? What can we do to minimize the downturn? And what, if anything, can we do to prevent a recurrence? What are the lessons for global governance in the 21st Century? Joseph E. Stiglitz is University Professor at Columbia University in New York and Chair of Columbia University's Committee on Global Thought. He is also the co-founder and Executive Director of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia. In 2001, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his analyses of markets with asymmetric information. Stiglitz helped create a new branch of economics, "The Economics of Information," exploring the consequences of information asymmetries and pioneering such pivotal concepts as adverse selection and moral hazard, which have now become standard tools not only of theorists, but of policy analysts. His work has helped explain the circumstances in which markets do not work well, and how selective government intervention can improve their performance. Recognized around the world as a leading economic educator, he has written textbooks that have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He founded one of the leading economics journals, The Journal of Economic Perspectives. His book, Globalization and Its Discontents, (W.W. Norton June 2001) has been translated into 35 languages and has sold more than one million copies worldwide. Most recently, he has written The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict with Linda J. Bilmes, published by WW Norton in March 2008. public lectures,finance,governance,crisis,regulatory,economy,economics,risk management,oxfordmartin Joseph Stiglitz 100100 2700 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:46:01 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 37 public lectures climate change james martin severe climate change water shortages mass famines global pandemics global terrorism civilization oxfordmartin 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. Severe climate change, water shortages, mass famines, global pandemics, global terrorism... All these mega-problems are interrelated and need a long-term view of the future. They are global problems and cannot be solved by one country alone. This could be humanity's last century, or it could be the century in which civilization sets sail towards a far more spectacular future. James Martin leads us to understand the options of the 21st century and make the decisions we need to survive. James Martin is the Founder of the James Martin 21st Century School at the University of Oxford, and author of The Meaning of the 21st Century (declared the most borrowed non-fiction book in libraries in 2007). http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2008-06-10:133700:365:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/200803_martin_full.mp3 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. 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. Severe climate change, water shortages, mass famines, global pandemics, global terrorism... All these mega-problems are interrelated and need a long-term view of the future. They are global problems and cannot be solved by one country alone. This could be humanity's last century, or it could be the century in which civilization sets sail towards a far more spectacular future. James Martin leads us to understand the options of the 21st century and make the decisions we need to survive. James Martin is the Founder of the James Martin 21st Century School at the University of Oxford, and author of The Meaning of the 21st Century (declared the most borrowed non-fiction book in libraries in 2007). public lectures,climate change,james martin,severe climate change,water shortages,mass famines,global pandemics,global terrorism,civilization,oxfordmartin James Martin 109 4112 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:37:00 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 38 public lectures oil government us usa sandalow oxfordmartin 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 is Energy and Environment Scholar and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of Freedom from Oil (McGraw-Hill October 2007). Sandalow is Chair of the Energy and Climate Working Group of the Clinton Global Initiative. Sandalow has served as Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Environment and Science; Senior Director for Environmental Affairs, National Security Council; Associate Director for the Global Environment, White House Council on Environmental Quality; and Executive Vice President, World Wildlife Fund-US. His opinion pieces and articles have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Washington Times, Financial Times, International Herald Tribune, Boston Globe, Science, and many other periodicals. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2008-04-14:114153:922:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/200802_sandalow_full.mp3 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. 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 is Energy and Environment Scholar and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of Freedom from Oil (McGraw-Hill October 2007). Sandalow is Chair of the Energy and Climate Working Group of the Clinton Global Initiative. Sandalow has served as Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Environment and Science; Senior Director for Environmental Affairs, National Security Council; Associate Director for the Global Environment, White House Council on Environmental Quality; and Executive Vice President, World Wildlife Fund-US. His opinion pieces and articles have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Washington Times, Financial Times, International Herald Tribune, Boston Globe, Science, and many other periodicals. public lectures,oil,government,us,usa,sandalow,oxfordmartin David Sandalow 100100 2572 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:41:53 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 39 public lectures poverty bottom billion oxfordmartin 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. The real crisis lies in a group of about 50 failing states, the bottom billion, whose problems defy traditional approaches to alleviating poverty. These fifty failed states pose the central challenge of the developing world in the twenty-first century. The Lecture was Chaired by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, John Hood. Paul Collier is Director of the Center for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2008-04-14:113816:158:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/200711_collier_full.mp3 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. 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. The real crisis lies in a group of about 50 failing states, the bottom billion, whose problems defy traditional approaches to alleviating poverty. These fifty failed states pose the central challenge of the developing world in the twenty-first century. The Lecture was Chaired by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, John Hood. Paul Collier is Director of the Center for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford. public lectures,poverty,bottom billion,oxfordmartin Paul Collier 100100 2502 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:38:16 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 40 public lectures genomics genetics venter oxfordmartin 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. The Institute's projects include developing new understanding of human disease at the DNA level, running the Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition to understand microbial diversity in the world's oceans, and finding new ways of tackling environmental issues, especially the production of new biological sources of energy. One of its many goals is to engineer microbes that can produce biological sources of fuel. Dr Venter and his team believe that genomics is the field of science that has the power to transform the world around us. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2008-04-14:111921:924:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/200710_venter_full.mp3 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. 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. The Institute's projects include developing new understanding of human disease at the DNA level, running the Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition to understand microbial diversity in the world's oceans, and finding new ways of tackling environmental issues, especially the production of new biological sources of energy. One of its many goals is to engineer microbes that can produce biological sources of fuel. Dr Venter and his team believe that genomics is the field of science that has the power to transform the world around us. public lectures,genomics,genetics,venter,oxfordmartin J Craig Venter 103105 4022 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:19:21 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars 41 public lectures climate change economics nicholas stern global warming 21school oxfordmartin 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. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2008-04-14:104438:791:jmar/seminars-and-lectures-au http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/downloads/podcasts/200702_stern_full.mp3 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. 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. public lectures,climate change,economics,nicholas stern,global warming,21school,oxfordmartin Nicholas Stern 100100 3634 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:44:38 +0100 Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars