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Geoffrey West highlights the tension between growth and sustainability in 21 st century cities. "I shall not today attempt to define ‘complexity' and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so, but I know it when I see it .......!!" Geoffrey West , an associate fellow at the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society , opened his talk in the 21 st Century School seminar …
Launching our new seminar series on "Complexity and Systemic Risk", Professor Lord Robert May, a renowned expert in ecosystems, spoke at the 21st Century School on Thursday 21 January about what lessons the financial world might draw from the study of stability and complexity in the natural world. Hosted by the 21st Century School, the seminar series was convened by Dr Felix Reed-Tsochas and …
On Friday 11 December, investor and philanthropist George Soros came to Oxford to lead a special panel discussion at the Sheldonian Theatre on the topic of "Lessons from Financial Crises: Paradigm Failure and the Future of Financial Regulation". A podcast of the event , and a video are now available from the resources section of our website . Joining Mr Soros as panellists were Dr Ian Goldin, …
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In a century of globalization, when the life of every individual is directly affected by a vast network of forces beyond their control, the concept of "Global Zero" has the power to inspire action on some of the most intractable problems of our time. Hosted in association with the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict , the seminar series on the theme of ' getting to zero ' aimed …
Unfortunately, the final seminar in our ' Getting to Zero ' series, which was supposed to be delivered by Professor Schellnhuber on 'restitution of the atmosphere', was cancelled. Fortunately, Professor David Keith (University of Calgary) was speaking on 3 December at the Smith School for Enterprise and the Environment about using geoengineering techniques in the efforts to reduce or eliminate …
On Thursday 26 November Dr Jodie McVernon , Deputy Head of the Vaccine and Immunisation Research Group at the Melbourne School of Population Health, Australia , gave the penultimate lecture in our seminar series on 'Getting to Zero' . She spoke on the subject of "Global Eradication of Infectious Diseases: can 'Not Very Much' undermine the goal of 'None at All'?" A podcast of this lecture is …
In the latest contribution to our Michaelmas term seminar series on ' Getting to Zero ' Dr Patricia Lewis , Deputy Director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies , gave an insightful lecture on nuclear disarmament. A podcast of this lecture is available here . Entitled 'A new approach to nuclear disarmament: learning from international humanitarian law success', Dr Lewis' …
On Wednesday 18 November Professor John Shepherd, Chair of the Royal Society's recent report on "Geoengineering the Climate" gave a lecture at the 21 st Century Ocean Institute. Professor Steve Rayner, Director of the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (part of the 21 st Century School) was a member of the multidisciplinary group of 12 working experts who conducted the study for the …
On Thursday 12 November, Dr Mohammed El-Erian , Co-CIO of PIMCO, the world’s largest bond fund, and one of the world’s most respected economic analysts, came to the 21st Century School to deliver our Michaelmas term Distinguished Public Lecture at Oxford's Sheldonian theatre. A podcast and video of the event are now available. Photos from the event are available on our Flickr site …
The latest seminar in our ' Getting to Zero ' series was given by Dr Rebecca Johnson, Executive Director of the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy . Speaking on the topic of nuclear weapons, Dr Johnson made a passionate argument about the importance of marginalising the use, possession and supply of such weapons. Dr Johnson began on a positive note, referencing a quote from 'Weapons …
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