Oxford Martin School (videos of June 2017)

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57:32 Environment, conflict & peacebuilding: a personal journey of change within the UN While the links between natural resources, conflict and peace are well understood within the academic community, the UN system has been slow to respond to the risks and opportunities in a comprehen...
2:42 Back From The Dead Dr Claas Kirchhelle and Dr Andreas Kappes, of the Oxford Martin Programme on Collective Responsibility for Infectious Disease, have won a Vice-Chancellor’s Public Engagement with Research Award, al...
1:02:47 Climate Policy: the world needs to prepare for a risky future with Janos Pasztor This lecture is organised by the Oxford Geoengineering Programme and the Oxford Martin Net Zero Carbon Investment Initiative
Do the implementation challenges of the Paris Climate Agreement mean th...
48:11 Is Social Media Killing Democracy? Computational Propaganda, Algorithms, Automation and Public Life The Oxford Internet Institute presents Professor Philip Howard's Inaugural Lecture.
Abstract:
The design and implementation of social media platforms has put several advanced democracies into a k...
1:22:42 'Disruptive oil and electricity futures' with Amory Lovins
 Oil suppliers have more unsellable than unburnable oil: they are more at risk from competition than from climate regulation. Electricity suppliers too, face a swarm of disruptors that will transfor...
1:31:11 'An age-old problem? Exploring Britain’s new wealth divides' This event is in partnership with the Resolution Foundation
The accumulation and distribution of wealth across Britain has been a contentious issue since the dawn of economics. But while wealth in...