Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars Podcast
1) The UK’s development strategy and the new economic and geopolitical challenges
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 Wh...Show More
The UK’s development strategy and the new economic and geopolitical challenges
1:20:53 | May 30th, 2024
2) Book talk: 'Not the end of the world: how we can be the first generation to build a sustainable planet'
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 vanis...Show More
3) Human security versus national security: have we lost our capacity for collective action?
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. Con...Show More
Human security versus national security: have we lost our capacity for collective action?
1:14:05 | Nov 24th, 2023
4) The United Nations and the prevention of mass atrocities in the 21st Century: some challenges and opportunities
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 responsib...Show More
5) Time To Look Up – in conversation with Rt Hon Sir Alok Sharma about the climate crisis
After a summer of extreme heatwaves, devastating wildfires and deadly flooding across the world, all made worse by climate change, the Rt Hon Sir Alok Sharma, President of COP26 in Glasgow 2021, will ...Show More
Time To Look Up – in conversation with Rt Hon Sir Alok Sharma about the climate crisis
49:33 | Oct 31st, 2023
6) Can international humanitarian organisations adapt to face the challenges of this century?
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 adapta...Show More
Can international humanitarian organisations adapt to face the challenges of this century?
1:17:07 | Apr 26th, 2023
7) Panel Discussion 'The age of the strongman: populism and authoritarianism in global politics'
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...Show More
8) The state of the African state: Where has it come from and where is it going
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 ...Show More
The state of the African state: Where has it come from and where is it going
1:18:30 | Dec 7th, 2022
9) Book talk: 'Butler to the world: how Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals'
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 Dodg...Show More
10) Illicit finance and the role of professional enablers in the United Kingdom: are things finally changing?
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...Show More