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Soapbox Science
16 Jul 12 in Events
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/soapbox-science
Dr Luana Campos Soares
Post-doctoral researcher
I am currently working on The Oxford Martin Programme on 3D Printing for Brain Repair, which will advance our knowledge on basic neurosciences with added potential advances for translational medicine.
The project has three main goals, all equally puzzling. Firstly, we intend to deepen our understanding of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) neuronal differentiation process, as the ability to generate...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-luana-campos-soares
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
“Climate and land use change: Environmental modelling in Amazonia in support of sound policy development” by Britaldo Soares-Filho
17 Oct 12 in Events
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/climate-and-land-use-change-environmental-modelling-in-amazonia-in-support-of-sound-policy-development-by-britaldo-soares-filho
Prof Benno Ndulu, Prof Stefan Dercon & Prof Ricardo Soares de Oliveira in conversation: “COVID-19 in Africa: crisis and opportunity?”
18 Sept 20 in Videos
Lack of systemic resilience to shocks has exposed Africa’s vulnerability to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Years of underinvestment has left the health system incapable of handling needed testing, emergencies and care. Also a significant proportion (45%) of the region’s population live a hand-to-mouth existence (IGC 2020) which means there is a lack of personal cautionary savings; functional credit system; curtailed household survival...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/covid-19-in-africa
"Africa, capital flight and the bankers who help: evidence from the FinCEN files" a panel discussion with William Fitzgibbon, Augustin Armendariz, Taiwo Hassan Adebayo and Ricardo Soares de Oliveira
10 Nov 20 in Videos
The FinCEN Files investigation, coordinated by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, exposed more than $2 trillion in suspicious deals.
Criminals, politicians and others sent money through the world's major banks, which initially ignored red flags or reported the money as potentially dirty after weeks, months or years of delay. Billions of dollars in suspicious deals moved from Africa into Europe...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/africa-and-capital-flight
Book talk: ‘Why do some countries gamble on development, and others don’t?’ with Stefan Dercon, David Pilling, Melinda Bohannon & Ricardo Soares de Oliveira
04 May 22 in Videos
In the last thirty years, the developing world has undergone tremendous changes. Overall, poverty has fallen, people live longer and healthier lives, and economies have been transformed.
And yet many countries have simply missed the boat. Oxford’s Stefan Dercon’s new book, “Gambling on Development: Why some countries win and others lose”, asks why it is that some of the previously poorest...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/gambling-on-development
Panel discussion: 'On the trail of capital flight from Africa'
05 May 22 in Videos
Angola, Cote d'Ivoire, and South Africa are countries that have witnessed large-scale illicit financial outflows in recent decades.
But what are the 'who', 'how', and 'where' dimensions of the phenomenon? The quantitative, qualitative, and institutional analysis for each country is being used to examine the modus operandi of capital flight and the major domestic and foreign players (the who); the mechanisms...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/capital-flight-from-africa
Panel Discussion: 'Illicit financial flows and offshore finance: its impact on African development'
12 May 22 in Videos
Join us as our panel of three major African experts discuss the impact of illicit financial flows and offshore structures on the continent’s development prospects.
Panel:
Tutu Alicante, Founder and Executive Director, EG JusticeKhadija Sharife, Editor, Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)Professor Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, Director, Oxford Martin Programme on African Governance (Chair)Professor Attiya Waris, UN Independent Expert on foreign...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/illicit-financial-flows
'Illicit finance and the role of professional enablers in the United Kingdom: are things finally changing?' with Andrew Mitchell & Dame Margaret Hodge
25 May 22 in Videos
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and resulting sanctions regime has shed light on the United Kingdom’s harbouring of illicit wealth from around the world.
It has also revealed the centrality of enablers in the legal and financial sectors in laundering oligarchs’ monies and reputations. As co-chairs of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Responsible Tax, Andrew Mitchell and Margaret Hodge have been at...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/illicit-finance-mitchell-hodge
Book talk: 'Butler to the world: how Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals' with Oliver Bullough
16 Jun 22 in Videos
In this event chaired by Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, Oliver Bullough will be discussing his best selling and critically acclaimed book, 'Butler to the World: How Britain Became the Servant of Tycoons, Tax Dodgers, Kleptocrats and Criminals'.
In Butler to the World, Bullough reveals how the UK has become a hospitable location for oligarchs and kleptocrats from all over the world...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/butler-to-the-world
'Decolonising Africa-Europe relations' with Prof Carlos Lopes
17 Jun 22 in Videos
Africa and Europe stand at a crossroads.
With several key frameworks governing their partnership being changed at fast pace, the stage is set for them to identify, understand, and overcome the self-deceit that has shaped their relations. The two continent’s key actors have an opportunity to reaffirm what was said by the region’s respective leaders in 2017: that their partnership ought...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/decolonising-africa-europe-relations
