Videos
Sensitive Intervention Points: How can economic butterfly wings can create a climate action tornado?
The Oxford Martin Programme on the Post-Carbon Transition has proposed a new approach to designing climate interventions to take advantage of socio-economic and political tipping points. They seek real-world social, political and economic situations in which a small action can trigger rapid or dramatic change. Past examples suggest that policies that deliver a ‘shift or kick’ to the...
'Enlightenment now' with Steven Pinker and Prof Ian Goldin
On the 18th March 2019, Blackwell's hosted Steven Pinker at the Sheldonian Theatre to discuss...
"The Globotics Upheaval: Globalization, Robotics, and the Future of Work" with Prof Richard Baldwin
Automation, AI and robotics are changing our lives quickly - but digital disruption goes much fur...
"Why do we spend so little on preventing ill-health and so much on treating it?" with Prof Chris Dye
“Prevention is better than cure”, and yet only 3% of health expenditure in OECD count...
"The value of everything: rediscovering purpose in the economy" with Prof Mariana Mazzucato
This was a joint event with The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Marti...
"What now? Next steps on climate change" with Christiana Figueres
The Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015, was a seminal moment in the world's struggle t...
Planetary warming: is a 1.5 degree target achievable? with Prof Myles Allen
This is a joint lecture with The Rockefeller Foundation Economic Council on Planetary Health at t...
The digital revolution and the distribution of income with Prof Jeffrey D. Sachs
The digital revolution marks a profound transformation of society, on par with the great general ...
Science on the front line: getting good quality evidence into the news
This talk is co-hosted by the Oxford Martin School and the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing,...
Planetary health: does our planet have boundaries? with Prof Yadvinder Malhi and Kate Raworth
There is mounting evidence that the planet’s capacity to sustain a growing human population...
Climate change: past, present and future with Prof Sir David Hendry
The talk draws on findings from applying novel empirical approaches to understanding climate chan...
