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'Remote work across jobs, companies, and space' with Dr Bledi Taska
11 May 23 in Videos
The COVID-19 pandemic propelled an enormous uptake in hybrid and fully remote work.
Over time, it has become clear that this shift will endure long after the initial mandatory event. US survey data indicate that a quarter of workdays will happen at home or other remote locations, five times the pre-pandemic rate. This large and enduring increase in remote work is...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/remote-work
'The Cattle-Grain-Beef Complex: Maize, feedlots, and British breeds in the rise of the modern food system' with Dr Nathan Sayre
19 May 23 in Videos
Intensive, industrial beef production in the US relies on confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and high-throughput slaughter and packing plants to produce reliable supplies at low prices.
Its problems are legion and infamous. Where did it come from, and how might it be different?
This talk examines the origins of the modern food system in the trans-Atlantic economic geography of the nineteenth...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/cattle-grain-beef-complex
'More productive future-proofed crops via manipulation of photosynthesis to address global food security in 2050' with Dr Steve Long
23 May 23 in Videos
In 2021 one in ten of the global population suffered starvation for a substantial portion of the year, a number that has been rising steadily since 2014.
Many of those afflicted are small-holder farmers and their families in the Global South. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UN-FAO) project a worsening situation with global demand for our major...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/photosynthesis-to-address-global-food-security
Ioana Duta
Data Scientist
Ioana is currently a data scientist with the AGENDA Project, a research group that aims to improve the diagnosis of epilepsy in Brazil, India, Kenya, South Africa and Zimbabwe through designing portable EEGs and smartphone applications, and leveraging ethnographic work to ensure integration with the cultural contexts of the sites. Ioana works within the Apps and Data team to deploy...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/people/ioana-duta
Professor Robert Trager
Director
Robert F. Trager is Co-Director of the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative, International Governance Lead at the Centre for the Governance of AI, and Senior Research Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. He is a recognized expert in the international governance of emerging technologies, diplomatic practice, institutional design, and technology regulation. He regularly advises...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-robert-trager
Professor Rick Van Der Ploeg
Professor of Economics
Rick van der Ploeg is Research Director of Oxford Centre for Analysis of Resource Rich Economies.
Formerly at Cambridge, LSE, European University Institute, Tilburg University, VU University and University of Amsterdam. Also former Member of Parliament and State Secretary in the Netherlands and former Member and Vice Chair of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. Research interests macro and public finance...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/people/rick-van-der-ploeg
Dr Rocco Zizzamia
Postdoctoral Researcher
Rocco is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for the Study of African Economies, having recently completed his DPhil at the Oxford Department of International Development.
His research focuses on social protection and labour markets. In his current work, he is using experimental and quasi-experimental methods to study the potential to leverage innovations in the design and delivery of social protection...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-rocco-zizzamia
Dr Selam Kidane Abebe
Senior Research Fellow in Net Zero Law Climate Programme
Selam Kidane Abebe is a Senior Research Fellow in Net Zero Law at the Oxford Net Zero Programme. She is also a member of the Oxford Sustainable Law Programme.
Her research focuses on net zero law including designing legal frameworks for the implementation of net zero commitments and understanding the multiple layers of net zero governance under domestic and international law.
Selam...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-selam-kidane-abebe
Dr Benjamin Franta
Senior Research Fellow in Climate Litigation, Sustainable Law Programme
Ben Franta is a Senior Research Fellow and the Head of the Climate Litigation Lab at the Oxford Sustainable Law Programme in the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. The Climate Litigation Lab is a new multidisciplinary research initiative to inform, supercharge, and accelerate climate change litigation globally.
Ben holds a JD from Stanford Law School and is a licensed...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-benjamin-franta
Dr Aoife Brophy
Departmental Research Lecturer in Innovation and Enterprise
Aoife holds a joint appointment between the Smith School and Saïd Business School. Aoife was previously a senior researcher at the Group for Sustainability and Technology (SusTec) at ETH in Zurich. She received her PhD from the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge and her MA from the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.
Aoife’s research focuses on understanding...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-aoife-brophy