12th October 2026: 5:00pm   Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

In this talk Andrew Sutton will share from recent research on how finance may act both as an AI risk vector and risk mitigant.

15th October 2026: 5:00pm   Registration Required
The Sheldonian Theatre and Online

We welcome Paul Krugman, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, who will give this year's James Martin Memorial Lecture.

21st October 2026: 5:00pm   Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

Professor Arindrajit (Arin) Dube, one of the most influential economists on the topic of wage inequality and minimum wage policies, presents his new book, 'The Wage Standard: What's Wrong in the Labour Market and How to Fix It'.

22nd October 2026: 5:00pm   Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

This book by Professor Rob Garlick is a timely call to action for anyone concerned about the future of work. In the wake of the 2008 Financial Crisis, Queen Elizabeth II famously asked: ‘Why did nobody see it coming?’ As today’s AI revolution reshapes work at unprecedented speed, the question is no longer whether we see it coming—but what we choose to do about it.

26th October 2026: 12:30pm   Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

In affluent countries, healthier diets can reduce environmental pressures; where nutrition remains inadequate, however, dietary improvement may initially require more food, water, and energy, or shift environmental pressures to distant producers.

27th October 2026: 5:00pm   Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

The Oxford economist Sir Dieter Helm discusses his latest book in which, while emphasising the urgent need to address climate change, he challenges standard narratives about halting climate change and argues for a brutal reality check on policy failures and why after 30 years of UN climate conferences we have failed to slow rising CO₂ levels.

19th November 2026: 5:00pm   Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

Electrification is not simply about replacing fossil fuels with clean electricity. Electric technologies can deliver the same services using far less energy, creating a powerful but often overlooked benefit: electroefficiency. In this talk, Professor Jan Rosenow will explore how electroefficiency could reshape energy demand and accelerate decarbonisation, and introduce the new Oxford Martin Electrification Accelerator.

24th November 2026: 5:00pm   Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

What should the next generation learn—and what should they stop worrying about—in a world transformed by artificial intelligence? AI is rewriting the rules in the classroom, the job market and the workplace, leaving parents, teachers, students and all types of workers unsure about how best to prepare for what lies ahead.

2nd December 2026: 5:00pm   Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

A tsunami of change, we are told, is sweeping the economy as robots and AI threaten to take over tasks done by humans. But while we worry that we’re robotising our work, what if the real risk is that we’re robotising ourselves?