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Hilary Term Events, January - February 2019
Oxford Martin School Hilary Term Lecture Series
Evolving economic thought
Re-thinking economics has never been more important. Climate change, technological change, equitable development and migration are among the many challenges the world is currently facing, and new paradigms of economic thought can help society respond effectively. An economic lens can help us understand, adapt and plan for the future. This lecture series presents ideas from leading-edge thinkers on how we might do so.
This term's lecture series features two special events: a book talk with Lord Stern and a joint lecture with the Blavatnik School of Government and INET Oxford.
Time and Date: Thursdays (unless otherwise stated) at 5pm from 17 Jan,
Venue: Oxford Martin School (unless otherwise stated), Corner of Catte and Holywell Streets, Oxford
Further details & registration
- 17 Jan: Losing it: the economics and politics of migration
Speaker: Professor Ian Goldin, Director, Oxford Martin Programme on Technological and
Economic Change
- 24 Jan: Wealth inequality in political perspective
Speaker: Professor Ben Ansell, Professor of Comparative Democratic Insitutions, University of Oxford
- 29 Jan (Tues) : How lives change: Palanpur, India, and development economics
Speaker: Lord Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government & Head of the India Observatory, London School of Economics (LSE)
- 31 Jan: The value of everything: rediscovering purpose in the economy
Speaker: Professor Mariana Mazzucato, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College London (UCL)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government
*Joint lecture with Blavatnik School of Government & INET Oxford*
- 14 Feb: The economics of 1.5°C climate change
Speaker: Simon Dietz, Oxford Martin Visiting Fellow & Professor of Environmental Policy, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
- 28 Feb: Saving labour: automation and its enemies
Speaker: Dr Carl Benedikt Frey, Co-Director, Oxford Martin Programme on Technology and Employment
Tackling the illegal wildlife trade from China's epicentre
Joint event with Oxford Martin Programme on the Illegal Wildlife Trade
The illegal wildlife trade undermines our global commitment to protect threatened biodiversity. During this talk Ming will discuss ongoing projects that his team are working on from Guangzhou, where they are based, which is widely considered as the epicentre of illegal wildlife trade in Mainland China.
- Speaker: Professor Tien Ming Lee, Oxford Martin Visiting Fellow
Time and Date: Thursday 24 January, 12.30pm - 1.30pm
Venue: Oxford Martin School, Corner of Catte and Holywell Streets, Oxford
Further details & registration
Cumulative emissions of carbon - a path to halting climate change?
Joint event with Oxford Energy Colloquia
In this talk, Dr Joeri Rogelj will explore and discuss the latest developments in estimation the remaining carbon budget as well as its usefulness for guiding policy and climate change mitigation action.
- Speaker: Dr Joeri Rogelj, Oxford Martin Visiting Fellow
Time and Date: Tuesday 5 February, 5pm - 6.15pm, followed by a drinks reception
Venue: Oxford Martin School, Corner of Catte and Holywell Streets, Oxford
Further details & registration
Why do we spend so little on preventing ill-health and so much on treating it?
“Prevention is better than cure”, and yet only 3% of health expenditure in OECD countries is spent on prevention and public health while more than 90% is spent on curative, rehabilitative and long-term care. How can that paradox be explained? What are the obstacles and opportunities for greater investment in staying healthy?
- Speaker: Professor Chris Dye, Visiting Professor of Zoology & Visiting Fellow, All Souls College
Time and Date: Monday 11 February, 5pm - 6.15pm, followed by a drinks reception
Venue: Oxford Martin School, Corner of Catte and Holywell Streets, Oxford
Further details & registration
The globotics upheaval: globalization, robotics, and the future of work
Automation, AI and robotics are changing our lives quickly - but digital disruption goes much further than we realise.
In this talk, Richard Baldwin, one of the world's leading globalisation experts, will explain that exponential growth in computing, transmission and storage capacities is also creating a new form of 'virtual' globalisation that could undermine the foundations of middle-class prosperity in the West.
- Speaker: Professor Richard Baldwin, Professor of International Economics, Graduate Institute, Geneva
Time and Date: Wednesday 27 February, 5pm - 6.15pm, followed by a drinks reception and book signing
- Venue: Oxford Martin School, Corner of Catte and Holywell Streets, Oxford
Further details & registration
Can't make it?
Many of our events are streamed live on the web. You can check what live streams we have coming up at www.youtube.com/user/21school or catch up with the videos at a later date.
Catch up on last term's events
Video Series: Planetary health: new technologies, ideas and values
Video Series: Science and populism: from evidence to narrative
Video: 'What now? Next steps on climate change' with Christiana Figueres
There are also a variety of events coming up which are hosted by our member Institutes and Programmes. Find a lecture, seminar or workshop to inspire, explore and debate the topics of interest to you: http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/ |
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