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The Flexible City: overcoming Lock-In and Path-Dependency

The Flexible City: overcoming Lock-In and Path-Dependency

Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future

Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future

Don't get locked in!

Don't get locked in!

Next big thing: Nanotechnology - Q & A

Next big thing: Nanotechnology - Q & A

Next big thing : Nanotechnology - Professor Richard Jones

Next big thing : Nanotechnology - Professor Richard Jones

Next Big Thing: Nanotechnology - John Knowles

Next Big Thing: Nanotechnology - John Knowles

Next big thing: Nanotechnology - Dr Eric Drexler

Next big thing: Nanotechnology - Dr Eric Drexler

Next big thing: The Miracle Pill - Anders Sandberg

Next big thing: The Miracle Pill - Anders Sandberg

Physical Law and the Future of Nanotechnology

Physical Law and the Future of Nanotechnology

Why do people migrate?

Why do people migrate?

Will climate change cause mass migration?

Will climate change cause mass migration?

What drives human migration?

What drives human migration?

How soon will we have zero carbon cars?

How soon will we have zero carbon cars?

When will driverless vehicles become a reality?

When will driverless vehicles become a reality?

What does the future of transport look like?

What does the future of transport look like?

What is the greatest threat to our food system?

What is the greatest threat to our food system?

Can we feed the world?

Can we feed the world?

Reviving the Spirit of Innovation

Reviving the Spirit of Innovation

How much will an ageing population change our way of life?

How much will an ageing population change our way of life?

How likely are we to live to more than 100?

How likely are we to live to more than 100?

Why are women in developing countries having fewer children?

Why are women in developing countries having fewer children?

Will global birth rates continue to fall?

Will global birth rates continue to fall?

What are the biggest changes we are seeing in world population?

What are the biggest changes we are seeing in world population?

Is there a role for Negative Emissions Technologies in tackling climate change?

Is there a role for Negative Emissions Technologies in tackling climate change?

What are negative emissions technologies?

What are negative emissions technologies?

What is a 'bio-inspired' approach to quantum computing?

What is a 'bio-inspired' approach to quantum computing?

What is the promise of quantum computing?

What is the promise of quantum computing?

Development and Conflict

Development and Conflict

Can GM foods solve food security problems?

Can GM foods solve food security problems?

Killing with computers – the ethics of autonomous and remote controlled weapons

Killing with computers – the ethics of autonomous and remote controlled weapons

Can you have privacy in cyberspace?

Can you have privacy in cyberspace?

What is the role of 'big data' in our future?

What is the role of 'big data' in our future?

What is the future of computing?

What is the future of computing?

Resource stewardship – can we develop a new common sense morality?

Resource stewardship – can we develop a new common sense morality?

Can we have fair, equitable and sustainable economic growth?

Can we have fair, equitable and sustainable economic growth?

Can better economic predictions inform better policy?

Can better economic predictions inform better policy?

Why do we need new ideas in economics?

Why do we need new ideas in economics?

The Transformation of Humankind

The Transformation of Humankind

What is the impact of rising food prices?

What is the impact of rising food prices?

COP18: Tackling short-lived climate pollutants

COP18: Tackling short-lived climate pollutants

COP18: Cities moving forward with climate action

COP18: Cities moving forward with climate action

Doing capitalism in the innovation economy

Doing capitalism in the innovation economy

Protecting populations from mass atrocity crimes

Protecting populations from mass atrocity crimes

Is Doha dead? The need for long-term thinking on critical global challenges

Is Doha dead? The need for long-term thinking on critical global challenges

What will buildings of the future look like?

What will buildings of the future look like?

What will be the pros and cons of city life in the future?

What will be the pros and cons of city life in the future?

How can we deal with the challenge of 'data overload'?

How can we deal with the challenge of 'data overload'?

Why do we need 'citizen science'?

Why do we need 'citizen science'?

The Possibility of Existential Threat

The Possibility of Existential Threat

Can we survive the 21st Century?

Can we survive the 21st Century?

Reflections on Revolution in Oxford

Reflections on Revolution in Oxford

What is the responsibility to protect (R2P)?

What is the responsibility to protect (R2P)?

Can we eliminate the prospect of cyber attack?

Can we eliminate the prospect of cyber attack?

What is geoengineering and what are the risks?

What is geoengineering and what are the risks?

Why do we need an Institute for New Economic Thinking at Oxford?

Why do we need an Institute for New Economic Thinking at Oxford?

What is 'machine intelligence'?

What is 'machine intelligence'?

Hybrid reality: the emerging human-technology co-evolution

Hybrid reality: the emerging human-technology co-evolution

A new strategy on development

A new strategy on development

Exploring the demographic transition in the 21st Century

Exploring the demographic transition in the 21st Century

Can globalisation work for the poor?

Can globalisation work for the poor?

Securing our cyber future

Securing our cyber future

Hyperconnectivity, creativity and collapse

Hyperconnectivity, creativity and collapse

Emerging healthcare technologies

Emerging healthcare technologies

Extreme Longevity

Extreme Longevity

Population, inequality and global justice

Population, inequality and global justice

The population paradox

The population paradox

Exceptional People: how migration shaped our world and will define our future

Exceptional People: how migration shaped our world and will define our future

Globalization and Building Resilience in Business Against Systemic Risk

Globalization and Building Resilience in Business Against Systemic Risk

Do we want to live to be 100?

Do we want to live to be 100?

How technology is changing our lives

How technology is changing our lives

Risks and opportunities in a 'hyperconnected' world

Risks and opportunities in a 'hyperconnected' world

Increasing well-being while mitigating the impacts of growth

Increasing well-being while mitigating the impacts of growth

What are the implications of changing population dynamics?

What are the implications of changing population dynamics?

Exceptional People - Book Launch

Exceptional People - Book Launch

A Global Community Search for Evidence of Extraterrestrial Technologies

A Global Community Search for Evidence of Extraterrestrial Technologies

The interface of technology and society

The interface of technology and society

Resilience in systems that must cope with uncertainty

Resilience in systems that must cope with uncertainty

Sustainability: How can each generation live well within limits?

Sustainability: How can each generation live well within limits?

Is the fiscal crisis forcing a rethink of our intergenerational compact with the elderly?

Is the fiscal crisis forcing a rethink of our intergenerational compact with the elderly?

Paul Collier on Global Economic Development

Paul Collier on Global Economic Development

Chris Lintott on 'Citizen science'

Chris Lintott on 'Citizen science'

Forecasting Financial Crisis

Forecasting Financial Crisis

Working with the crowd : 21st Century citizen science

Working with the crowd : 21st Century citizen science

Globalisation and new systemic risks

Globalisation and new systemic risks

How cosmology can help us convert data into knowledge

How cosmology can help us convert data into knowledge

The implications of globally ageing societies

The implications of globally ageing societies

The Plundered Planet

The Plundered Planet

Oxford University - Sarah Harper

Oxford University - Sarah Harper

George Soros discusses new economic thinking

George Soros discusses new economic thinking

The End of Business as Usual

The End of Business as Usual

Humanity at the Crossroads

Humanity at the Crossroads

IQ2 Panel Discussion: The World in 2050

IQ2 Panel Discussion: The World in 2050

What the Future Holds

What the Future Holds

Navigating our global future

Navigating our global future

The World in 2050

The World in 2050

21st Century Challenges: Humanity at the Crossroads

21st Century Challenges: Humanity at the Crossroads

Impacts of global population ageing

Impacts of global population ageing

Migration and misconceptions

Migration and misconceptions

The future of science and civilization

The future of science and civilization

Target Earth

Target Earth

The opportunities of ageing

The opportunities of ageing

Matters of the vulnerable mind

Matters of the vulnerable mind

Genomics – From humans to the environment

Genomics – From humans to the environment