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

14 Feb 25 in Videos
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. While at Defra he dealt with such tricky issues as bovine TB and badger culling, neonicotinoid insecticides and “forever” chemical pollutants. In his...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/science-and-politics

'Sustainability, prosperity and global decision-making in the age of ecological scarcity' with Prof Edward Barbier

14 Mar 25 in Videos
We have entered a new era of increasing ecological scarcity and rising environmental risks - global warming, land use change and biodiversity loss, freshwater scarcity, and deteriorating oceans and coasts. How economies choose to respond to this scarcity challenge is critical to both their sustainability and prosperity. In this talk, Professor Barbier will explain why we are at a defining turning...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/ecological-scarcity

'Notions of emergency under democratic and dictatorial rule: experiences from the 20th century ' with Prof Stefanie Middendorf

03 Apr 25 in Videos
In this talk, Professor Stefanie Middendorf will scrutinise experiences of crisis and disorder in historical and comparative perspectives. The talk will reveal how states perceived ‘states of emergency’ which were both made visible or hidden by different political systems throughout the 20th century. It will also question whether this approach helps us to better understand liminalities of democratic and dictatorial rule...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/notions-of-emergency

'AI and the future of work in developing countries' with Dr Pablo Egaña-delSol

20 May 25 in Videos
In developing economies, artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to have transformative—and potentially disruptive—effects on labour markets. Unlike previous waves of automation, which primarily affected routine or low-skilled jobs, AI now increasingly impacts high-skilled, educated workers, younger adults and women in certain roles.Drawing on new research, this talk by Dr Pablo Egaña-delSol, Visiting Fellow on the Oxford Martin Future of Work...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/ai-and-the-future-of-work