Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars

Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars


Latest Episodes

The UK’s development strategy and the new economic and geopolitical challenges
May 30, 2024

The Minister for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell MP, will join us to discuss how to address these challenges as well as seize new opportunities.

Book talk: 'Not the end of the world: how we can be the first generation to build a sustainable planet'
May 20, 2024

Hannah Ritchie discusses her new book 'Not the end of the world' with Prof Charles Godfray.

Human security versus national security: have we lost our capacity for collective action?
November 24, 2023

Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator, explores the implications of growing paralysis, polarisation and uncertainty for a world in a race against time to achieve systemic and transformational change.

The United Nations and the prevention of mass atrocities in the 21st Century: some challenges and opportunities
November 24, 2023

Adama Dieng, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, July 2012 to July 2020, discusses the UN's role in the global collective responsib

Time To Look Up – in conversation with Rt Hon Sir Alok Sharma about the climate crisis
October 31, 2023

After a summer of extreme heatwaves, devastating wildfires and deadly flooding across the world, all made worse by climate change, the Rt Hon Sir Alok Sharma, President of COP26 in Glasgow 2021, will

Can international humanitarian organisations adapt to face the challenges of this century?
April 26, 2023

Yves Daccord, former CEO of the International Committee of the Red Cross, joins us at the Oxford Martin School.

Panel Discussion 'The age of the strongman: populism and authoritarianism in global politics'
December 07, 2022

A discussion on leaders and populism with Lord Patten, Gideon Rachman, Margaret MacMillan and Ricardo Soares de Oliveira

The state of the African state: Where has it come from and where is it going
December 07, 2022

Nick Westcott, Director of the Royal African Society, discusses the African State.

Book talk: 'Butler to the world: how Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals'
December 07, 2022

In this event chaired by Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, Oliver Bullough discusses his best selling and critically acclaimed book, 'Butler to the World: How Britain Became the Servant of Tycoons, Tax Dodg

Illicit finance and the role of professional enablers in the United Kingdom: are things finally changing?
June 21, 2022

MPs Andrew Mitchell and Margaret Hodge discuss illicit finance and their work on improving regulations.