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Newcomers, names and numbers – a look back at 2012
Looking back over the past year, 2012 has been an extraordinary period for the Oxford Martin School. The School has inspired new collaborative research, global partnerships and supported Oxford academics who hope to help shape our global future.&n... Read More »
The price of carbon
Democrats and Republicans seem to be re-enacting the scene in “Rebel Without a Cause” in which the protagonists race their cars towards a cliff in a game of chicken. The fiscal cliff is speeding towards them and failure to reach a deal... Read More »
The right amount of hope
As the latest instalment of climate negotiations gets under way in Doha it is important to ask just how far we need to cut emissions of greenhouse gases. A recent UNEP report indicates that there is a substantial gap between the commitments ... Read More »
Electric Dreams
“If you can show people there is a way, there is plenty of will” Elon Musk told the 800 strong audience who flocked to Oxford’s Sheldonian Theatre to hear his inspirational lecture on the Future of Energy and Transport. Showing t... Read More »
Can we transform humankind?
Sixty years ago, Dr James Martin, founder of the Oxford Martin School, matriculated into the University of Oxford to read Physics. Last night, he spoke to an auditorium filled to capacity in his old departmental building to talk about “The t... Read More »
Innovation or stagnation – a great debate
Oxford’s historic Union was buzzing with anticipation. On one side, arguably the greatest chess player of all time, Garry Kasparov, and perhaps Silicon Valley’s most successful and visionary innovator, Peter Thiel. On the other, a tech... Read More »
Brilliant plans to eliminate pandemics
Swine flu, bird flu, SARS, Hanta virus, Ebola virus… regularly we hear of a new virus which threatens to strike down humanity. We’re becoming familiar with the threat of epidemic. Does that make us blasé about the risks? When t... Read More »
A question of thought
When I joined the Oxford Martin School a year ago, a friend commented on the number of questions that we ask on our website, saying that it’s surely answers we should be promoting. Looking at the website today I still see a lot of questi... Read More »
Mediating the social – why bother with Twitter?
Like many people, I was sceptical when asked to consider using Twitter as a medium of communication for the Oxford Martin School. Celebrity gossip has never held much interest for me and time is precious enough without having to condense complex r... Read More »
Leave the Short Term at the Door
It was a daunting gathering: one of the most senior economic ministers of China, former Presidents of the European Central Bank and the UK's Royal Society, India's inspiring techno-entrepreneur behind its Unique Identification project, for... Read More »
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A new era for food
The modern era has been plagued with acute pessimism around our ability to feed our world sustainably. Here is a sprint through some of the future challenges and opportunities we face. Calling the situation complex would be an understatement. ... Read More »
Adapting skin cells for potential cancer vaccine
Dendritic cells derived from a patient’s own skin cells promise to be the ideal starting point for the development of effective new cancer therapies. A team of researchers led by Dr Paul Fairchild, Co-Director of the Oxford Stem Cell Ins... Read More »
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