Events

Panel discussion: 'Post-COP29 Debrief: Reflections on a divisive deal'

21st January 2025: 12:30pm Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

COP29 concluded with a last-minute deal decried as inadequate by developing nations.

'Understanding pathways of knowledge to action in conservation' with Prof Leah Gerber

23rd January 2025: 5:00pm Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

Conservation is a crisis discipline, and one that is arguably failing. As we face an unprecedented rate of extinction, how do we mainstream biodiversity conservation into global decision-making and sustainable development?

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'In a tough geopolitical climate, how can business and government change the UK's economic fortunes?' with Rain Newton-Smith

5th February 2025: 6:00pm Registration Required
Saïd Business School & Online

Global challenges are focusing the minds of leaders across the world: tackling climate change, delivering a successful energy transition, navigating rising trade tensions and AI’s potential (positive and negative) for drastic change.

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'The costs of large teams in innovation’ with Dr Lingfei Wu

11th February 2025: 12:30pm Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

While traditional studies have emphasised the benefits of teamwork, the cost of teams in innovation has been overlooked.

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Book talk: 'Science and Politics' - Sir Ian Boyd in conversation with Sir Charles Godfray and Dame Helen Ghosh

13th February 2025: 5:00pm Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

Professor Sir Ian Boyd is a distinguished marine biologist who from 2012 to 2019 was Chief Scientific Advisor at Defra (Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and is currently President of the Royal Society of Biology.

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'The billionaire tax: a (modest) proposal for the 21st century' with Prof Gabriel Zucman

6th March 2025: 5:00pm Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

Progressive taxation is a key pillar of democratic societies. But thanks to new research, there is now clear evidence that contemporary tax systems, instead of being progressive, do not effectively tax the wealthiest individuals.