2017-04-13

Oxford Martin School (videos of March 2017)

source: Oxford Martin School
3:26 Natural flood management - what's the evidence? Dr Simon Dadson discusses a new Oxford Martin Restatement examining the scientific evidence for natural flood management measures.
Oxford Martin School,
University of Oxford
www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
1:15:17 'Climate change morphing into an existential problem' with Prof Veerabhadran Ramanathan This is a joint event with the Oxford Martin School and the Oxford Climate Research Network (OCRN)
With unchecked emissions of climate pollutants, there is a 50% probability for the planetary warm...
1:09:56 'Africa’s health in transition' with Prof Kevin Marsh Africa currently has the highest disease burden of any region of the world and the least resources in terms of health personnel and health systems. But things are changing rapidly, many countries...
1:18:55 'Gender equality in Oxford: how far have we come?' - International Women's Day roundtable discussion This is a joint event between the Oxford Martin School and TORCH's Women in the Humanities programme
Speakers:
Professor Deborah Cameron, Rupert Murdoch Professor of Language and Communication; F...
1:29:08 'African Futures: navigating a profound transition' - panel discussion By 2050, a quarter of humanity will be African. The continent is in profound transition, the scale of which matters not just for the citizens of Africa's 54 nations, but for the world. It is the fa...
1:01:55 'Hacking nature’s computers: exploring quantum computation with organic molecules' Professor Vlatko Vedral, Co-Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Bio-Inspired Quantum Technologies will explore the possibility of basing quantum technologies on organic molecules, namely usi...

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