Videos
"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 countries is spent on prevention and public health while more than 90% is spent on curative, rehabilitative and long-term care. How can that paradox be explained? What are the obstacles and opportunities for greater investment in staying healthy?
"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,...
'The art of the possible' with Dr Andrea Siodmok
In today’s fast changing, highly interconnected, culturally diverse world our approaches to...
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...
Transforming drug discovery – the pathway to innovation
Immense ingenuity and unprecedented levels of funding are available for drug discovery, yet pharm...
Towards a low-carbon future with Lord Nicholas Stern
This talk is the public key-note lecture for the Resource Conference 2017 - Strate...
'Disruptive oil and electricity futures' with Amory Lovins
Oil suppliers have more unsellable than unburnable oil: they are more at risk from comp...
Why are we waiting? The logic, urgency, and promise of tackling climate change
The risks of climate change are potentially immense. The benefits of taking action are also clear...
Ebola: implications for Africa and understanding future pandemics
Professor Peter Piot co-discovered the Ebola virus in 1976 in the Democratic Republic of the Cong...
