Posted on: 20 Apr 2012 in Events
Photo: Zdolbunov, Ukrainian SSR, 14 October 1942 A group of about 100 women lay stripped of their clothes, face down on the ground. Two men, bearing rifles, are shooting them, one by one. This isn’t some fictional drama. It’s a ... Read More »
Posted on: 09 Mar 2012 in Events
It is a brave man who prescribes a European cure to global challenges at a time when the European Union is roiled in crisis. Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organisation, is such a man. Addressing a large audience at an Oxfor... Read More »
Posted on: 02 Mar 2012 in Events
Communications officer, Julia Banfield, outlines her ‘take-aways’ from the panel discussion, The hopes and hazards of climate intervention technologies. Here’s the situation: Our huge dependence on fossil fuels for energ... Read More »
Posted on: 17 Feb 2012 in Events
Cyber security is in our hands. We are all involved and it touches all our lives. We need to take control and be more aware of the way we use our laptops, smart phones, tablets and PCs. This was the overriding message from the Oxford Martin School... Read More »
Posted on: 10 Feb 2012 in Events
Ahead of our upcoming panel discussion on securing our cyber future, Julia Banfield spoke to the recently appointed University of Oxford Professor of Cyber Security, Sadie Creese. As the media focus on yet another incidence of computer... Read More »
Posted on: 06 Feb 2012 in Events
The oceans store a huge amount of carbon compared with the Earth’s atmosphere. This fact has led some scientists and institutions to ask the question of whether human intervention might be used to cause an increase in oceanic uptake of... Read More »
Posted on: 03 Feb 2012 in Events
Ethics, impact and governance are crucial to decisions on the future of human enhancement. It’s certainly not a question of ‘can we do it?’ – human enhancement is already happening. The question is should we? These w... Read More »
Posted on: 23 Jan 2012 in Events
Ahead of the upcoming panel discussion on human and cognitive enhancement, Communications officer Julia Banfield reviews the arguments. “MOST of us want to reach our full potential. We might drink a cup of coffee to stay alert, or g... Read More »
Posted on: 20 Jan 2012 in Events
The costs of healthcare are increasing to unsustainable levels, due to an ageing and growing global population. Could emerging healthcare technologies provide the answers to the world’s mounting healthcare crisis? How acceptable are these te... Read More »
Posted on: 16 Dec 2011 in Events
As our world population passed 7 billion in the last quarter of 2011, a wide range of academic experts explored the question “Is the planet full?” in a series of seminars at the Oxford Martin School. Here are our top five insights... Read More »
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