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Climate change and marine ecosystems: have dangerous changes already begun?

Special seminar from the James Martin 21st Century School: Climate change and marine ecosystems: have dangerous changes already begun?

The Plundered Planet

Paul Collier, Oxford Professor and author of The Bottom Billion, launched a discussion based on his latest publication, The Plundered Planet.
Complexity and Systemic Risk: Hilary Term Seminar Series 2010

Cooperation, Norms and Conflict: Towards Simulating the Foundations of Society

In order to understand social systems, it is essential to identify the circumstances under which individuals spontaneously start cooperating or developing shared behaviors, norms, and culture.
Complexity and Systemic Risk: Hilary Term Seminar Series 2010

Predicting the Behaviour of Techno-Social Systems: How Informatics and Computing Help to Fight Off Global Pandemics

We live in an increasingly interconnected world of 'techno-social' systems, where infrastructures composed of different technological layers are interoperating within the social component that drives their use and development.
Complexity and Systemic Risk: Hilary Term Seminar Series 2010

Ocean Circulation and Climate: Observing and Modelling the Global Ocean

The oceans are a critical component of the climate system, storing roughly 1000 times as much heat, and 50 times as much carbon, as the atmosphere.
Complexity and Systemic Risk: Hilary Term Seminar Series 2010

Anticipating Future Complexity: Are Systems Such as Cities Getting More Complex?

Cities are getting more complex as their residents acquire more and more ways in which they can interact with one another.
Complexity and Systemic Risk: Hilary Term Seminar Series 2010

Growth, Innovation, and the Pace of Life from Cells and Ecosystems to Cities and Corporations; Are They Sustainable?

Growth, Innovation, and the Pace of Life from Cells and Ecosystems to Cities and Corporations; Are They Sustainable?
Complexity and Systemic Risk: Hilary Term Seminar Series 2010

Stability and Complexity in Model Banking Systems

The recent banking crises have made it clear that increasingly complex strategies for managing risk in individual banks and investment funds (pension funds, etc) has not been matched by corresponding attention to overall systemic risks.

A Panel Discussion with George Soros

Lessons from Financial Crises: Paradigm Failure and the Future of Financial Regulation.
Getting to Zero: Michaelmas Term Seminar Series 2009

Global Eradication of Infectious Diseases: Can 'Not Very Much' undermine the goal of 'None at All'?

Despite the well-publicised success of global smallpox eradication, 'zero' remains an elusive goal for the majority of vaccine-preventable diseases, making reduced pathogen circulation, or direct protection of the vulnerable more achievable strategies.
Getting to Zero: Michaelmas Term Seminar Series 2009

A New Approach to Nuclear Disarmament: Learning from International Humanitarian Law Success

Achieving an end-state of "zero" has emerged as an important policy goal for a number of 21st Century challenges. The most prominent example is the "Global Zero" campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons.
Getting to Zero: Michaelmas Term Seminar Series 2009

Dealing with doctrines: time to outlaw nuclear weapon use?

Achieving an end-state of "zero" has emerged as an important policy goal for a number of 21st Century challenges. The most prominent example is the "Global Zero" campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons.

Geoengineering the climate

Geoengineering the climate: Science, Governance and Uncertainty: The Royal Society Study - John Shepherd (NOCS).

The End of Business as Usual

Distinguished Public Lecture: The end of business as usual by Dr Mohamed El-Erian, Co-CIO of PIMCO.

Dealing with doctrines: time to outlaw nuclear weapon use?

Achieving an end-state of "zero" has emerged as an important policy goal for a number of 21st Century challenges. The most prominent example is the "Global Zero" campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons.
Getting to Zero: Michaelmas Term Seminar Series 2009

Bottom billion or bottom zero? Policies for international poverty reduction

Some developing countries have achieved rapid economic growth and poverty reduction while others have stagnated. This talk will review the determinants of success and the prospects for lagging regions to improve performance and eliminate poverty.
Getting to Zero: Michaelmas Term Seminar Series 2009

Eliminating Nuclear Weapons

The Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP on how, in the 21st century, nuclear weapons pose a greater danger than ever before and their possession is less necessary. The time has come to forge agreement on a process of multilateral disarmament.
Getting to Zero: Michaelmas Term Seminar Series 2009

Zero chance? Aiming for zero in weapons control

These seminars were run by the Oxford Martin School (formerly the James Martin 21st Century School) in association with the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict.

Economics of Climate Change

Professor Sir Nicholas Stern, HM Treasury: The economics of climate change Introduced by: Dr John Hood, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. Chaired by: Dr Ian Goldin, Director of the James Martin 21st Century School.

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