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Events
Forthcoming Events
October
Adama Dieng & Prof Andrew Thompson in Conversation: 'The United Nations and the prevention of mass atrocities in the 21st Century: some challenges and opportunities'
9th October 2023: 5:00pm
Registration Required
Online & Oxford Martin School
Adama Dieng, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, July 2012 to July 2020, will discuss the UN's role in the global collective responsibility to prevent genocide and other mass atrocities.
'Anthropocene opportunities: unleashing humanity's shared aspirations' with Prof Erle Ellis
12th October 2023: 5:00pm
Registration Required
Online & Oxford Martin School
Anthropogenic planetary disruptions, from climate change to biodiversity loss, are unprecedented challenges.
James Martin Memorial lecture: 'Time To Look Up – in conversation with Rt Hon Sir Alok Sharma about the climate crisis'
26th October 2023: 5:00pm
Registration Required
The Sheldonian
After a summer of extreme heatwaves, devastating wildfires and deadly flooding across the world, all made worse by climate change, the Rt Hon Sir Alok Sharma, President of COP26 in Glasgow 2021, will discuss the ongoing climate crisis with Director of the Oxford Martin School, Professor Sir Charles Godfray.
'The future of global development and implications for Aid' with Charles Kenny
30th October 2023: 5:00pm
Registration Required
Online & Oxford Martin School
Richer countries are rapidly ageing and productivity is stagnating.
November
'Health misinformation: the barriers to its recognition by consumers and the limits to the concept of medical “truth”' with Dr Olessia Koltsova
16th November 2023: 5:00pm
Registration Required
Online & Oxford Martin School
As mass communications facilitate the dissemination of messages, both true and false, wrong or inaccurate medical information is increasingly leading to large-scale social consequences.
Book talk: 'The Power of Platforms: Shaping Media and Society' with Prof Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
21st November 2023: 12:30pm
Registration Required
Online & Oxford Martin School
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