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Prof Tim Schwanen and Dr Jennie Middleton in Conversation, chaired by Prof Jim Hall: "Re-imagining urban mobility after COVID-19"
13 Nov 20 in Videos
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented disruptions to urban mobility systems across the globe yet also presented unique opportunities for people to drive less, walk/cycle more and reduce carbon emissions.Join Professor Tim Schwanen (Director of the Transport Studies Unit and Lead Researcher on the Oxford Martin Programme on Informal Cities), Dr Jennie Middleton (Senior Research Fellow in Mobilities and...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/re-imagining-urban-mobility-after-covid-19
Prof Sir Paul Collier, John Kay & Prof Sir Charles Godfray in conversation: "Greed is dead: politics after individualism"
05 Feb 21 in Videos
Throughout history, successful societies have created institutions which channel both competition and co-operation to achieve complex goals of general benefit.
These institutions make the difference between societies that thrive and those paralysed by discord, the difference between prosperous and poor economies. In their 2020 book, Greed is Dead, the leading economists Paul Collier and John Kay argue that extreme individualism has...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/greed-is-dead
Professor Jo Boyden
Professor of International Development
Professor Jo Boyden has been Director of the international longitudinal study, Young Lives, based at the Oxford Department of International Development, since 2005.
She has a PhD in Anthropology and a BSc in Social Anthropology from the University of London. Her research has mainly focused on child labour, children and political violence, and childhood poverty – particularly in bringing together academics...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/people/jo-boyden
Dr Marta Favara
Senior Research Officer
Marta is a micro-economist investigating child and youth human development through a micro behavioural lens.
She joined the longitudinal study, Young Lives, at the Oxofrd Department of International Development in 2015 and is leading the quantitative research agenda. She has a PhD in Economics from the University of Essex (UK) and a Masters in Economics from the University of Leuven (Belgium)...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/people/marta-favara
Dr Jaco Hoffman
Senior Research Fellow in Sociology of Africa
Jaco joined the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing in October 2006, developing the Institute's focus on ageing in Africa through the conduct of research and co-ordination of the African Research on Ageing Network (AFRAN).
His research interests revolve around intergenerational issues in Africa in general, and in particular the configuration and reconfiguration of these relationships in the context of HIV/AIDS. This...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/people/jaco-hoffman
Dr Emily Jones
Associate Professor in Public Policy
Emily Jones’ research examines government practices in asymmetric negotiations in the global economy. She investigates the ways in which small developing countries exert influence even in highly asymmetric negotiations.
She holds a DPhil in International Political Economy from the University of Oxford, and an MSc (distinction) in Development Economics from the School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/people/emily-jones
Dr Clare Leaver
Professor of Economics and Public Policy
Clare Leaver is Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and Fellow of University College.
Prior to this, she was a University Lecturer in Economics in the Department of Economics at Oxford and Fellow of The Queen’s College. Clare completed her PhD studies at the University of Bristol, and remains an associate member of...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/people/clare-leaver
Nicolas Lippolis
Research and Policy Officer
Nicolas Lippolis is a doctoral candidate in Politics and a researcher at the Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford. His current research deals with the politics of industrial policy in Ethiopia and Angola. His broader research interests are in development strategies and the political economy of development, with a regional focus on Africa and Latin America...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/people/nicolas-lippolis
Dr David Pratten
Associate Professor in the Social Anthropology of Africa
David Pratten is Associate Professor in the Social Anthropology of Africa, and Fellow of St Antony's College at the University of Oxford.
David Pratten joined the African Studies Centre at the University of Oxford in 2005. He is a social anthropologist and his post is a joint appointment with the Institute of Social Anthropology. He studied at Oxford, Manchester and...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/people/david-pratten
Professor Ricardo Soares de Oliveira
Professor of the International Politics of Africa
Ricardo Soares de Oliveira is Professor of the International Politics of Africa at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford; Official Fellow of St Peter's College; and a Fellow with the Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin. He is a former editor of African Affairs, the journal of the Royal African Society, and co-director of the Oxford Martin...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-ricardo-soares-de-oliveira
Martin Williams
Associate Professor in Public Management
Martin is an Associate Professor in Public Management at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, and Research Fellow at Green Templeton College.
His research is on management, policy implementation, and political economy, mostly focused on Africa. His work involves close collaboration with governments to answer questions that are of interest to policymakers and academics alike, such as why some...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/people/martin-williams
"Re-constructing the boundaries of the nation-state: the Israeli political discourse on African non-Jewish migrants " by Dr Sharon Weinblum
27 May 15 in Events
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/re-constructing-the-boundaries-of-the-nation-state-the-israeli-political-discourse-on-african-non-jewish-migrants-by-dr-sharon-weinblum
'Who is acting for what change? A relational approach to transnational engagements of Afghans in Britain and Germany ' with Carolin Fischer
03 Feb 16 in Events
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/who-is-acting-for-what-change-a-relational-approach-to-transnational-engagements-of-afghans-in-britain-and-germany-with-carolin-fischer
'Transnational religious practices and negotiation of difference among Zimbabwean Catholics in Britain', with Dominic Pasura
15 Feb 17 in Events
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/transnational-religious-practices-and-negotiation-of-difference-among-zimbabwean-catholics-in-britain-with-dominic-pasura
