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The UK’s development strategy and the new economic and geopolitical challenges

May 30, 2024 · 1 hr 21 min

The Minister for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell MP, will join us to discuss how to address these challenges as well as seize new opportunities. The UK launched an international development White Paper in November 2023, setting out…
Book talk: 'Not the end of the world: how we can be the first generation to build a sustainable planet'

May 20, 2024 · 1 hr 0 min

Hannah Ritchie discusses her new book 'Not the end of the world' with Prof Charles Godfray. We are bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won't be able to support crops, fish will vanish from our oceans, that we should…
Human security versus national security: have we lost our capacity for collective action?

November 24, 2023 · 1 hr 14 min

Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator, explores the implications of growing paralysis, polarisation and uncertainty for a world in a race against time to achieve systemic and transformational change. Conflicts, climate change, rising…
The United Nations and the prevention of mass atrocities in the 21st Century: some challenges and opportunities

November 24, 2023 · 1 hr 12 min

Adama Dieng, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, July 2012 to July 2020, discusses the UN's role in the global collective responsibility to prevent genocide and other…
Time To Look Up – in conversation with Rt Hon Sir Alok Sharma about the climate crisis

October 31, 2023 · 50 min

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Can international humanitarian organisations adapt to face the challenges of this century?

April 26, 2023 · 1 hr 17 min

Yves Daccord, former CEO of the International Committee of the Red Cross, joins us at the Oxford Martin School. The history of humanitarianism is one of vulnerabilities, power, mobilisation and adaptation. This has been true since…
Panel Discussion 'The age of the strongman: populism and authoritarianism in global politics'

December 7, 2022 · 1 hr 25 min

A discussion on leaders and populism with Lord Patten, Gideon Rachman, Margaret MacMillan and Ricardo Soares de Oliveira Since the beginning of the millennium, when Vladimir Putin took power in Russia, authoritarian leaders have come to…
The state of the African state: Where has it come from and where is it going

December 7, 2022 · 1 hr 19 min

Nick Westcott, Director of the Royal African Society, discusses the African State. African states have been in flux since long before colonial powers carved up the continent into bite-sized chunks at the end of the 19th century. In the 60…
Book talk: 'Butler to the world: how Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals'

December 7, 2022 · 1 hr 15 min

In this event chaired by Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, Oliver Bullough discusses his best selling and critically acclaimed book, 'Butler to the World: How Britain Became the Servant of Tycoons, Tax Dodgers, Kleptocrats and Criminals'. In…
Illicit finance and the role of professional enablers in the United Kingdom: are things finally changing?

June 21, 2022 · 1 hr 29 min

MPs Andrew Mitchell and Margaret Hodge discuss illicit finance and their work on improving regulations. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and resulting sanctions regime has shed light on the United Kingdom’s harbouring of illicit wealth from…
Book talk: 'Storylistening: Narrative Evidence and Public Reasoning' with Claire Craig & Sarah Dillon

June 15, 2022 · 1 hr 1 min

Claire Craig and Sarah Dillon discuss their new book. There is an urgent need to take stories seriously in order to improve public reasoning. The challenges of using scientific evidence, of distinguishing news from fake news, and of…
Book Talk: 'Envisioning 2060: opportunities and risks for emerging markets'

June 7, 2022 · 1 hr 29 min

The event launched a book by the Emerging Markets Forum (EMF), a Washington DC based not-for-profit think tank focused on emerging economies. The book takes a long-term perspective of emerging market economies through 2060. It highlights…

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Public Lectures and Seminars from the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford. The Oxford Martin School brings together the best minds from different fields to tackle the most pressing issues of the 21st century.