The Economics of Biodiversity Review

On the 2nd February 2021 The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review was published, an independent, global review on the Economics of Biodiversity led by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta.

"We are facing a global crisis. We are totally dependent upon the natural world. It supplies us with every oxygen-laden breath we take and every mouthful of food we eat. But we are currently damaging it so profoundly that many of its natural systems are now on the verge of breakdown."
David Attenborough writes in the foreword of the The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review.

Reconstructing Aristotle’s Political Philosophy

The relevance of Aristotle’s philosophy to modern politics is not immediately evident. This lecture focuses on three core elements where his thought seems to be incompatible with our present experience: the stress on consensus, law’s moral purpose, and the preferred normative language. Developing these elements allows for a reconstruction of Aristotle’s approach to meet our needs.

Oxford Minds Panel Discussion: Numbers

The series

For Trinity Term we are focussing on research methods. The aim of these sessions is really to excite an interdisciplinary audience of graduates to understand how different methods are being used creatively across the social sciences. The panel discussions will be held during the first four weeks of term and will focus on ‘interviews’ in week 1, ‘numbers’ (quant methods) in week 2, ‘archives’ in week 3, and ‘ethnogrpahy’ in week 4.

Panellists:

The Cab Rank Rule in the Commonwealth: Reflections on the Ethical Duties of Lawyers

The UK Bar Standards Handbook provides that if barristers receive appropriate instructions from a client, they are required to accept the instructions irrespective of the identity of the client, the nature of the case and whether the client is paying privately or is publicly funded. This is the so-called cab rank rule, referring to the principle that at a taxi rank, taxis must take the next passenger inline regardless of who they are or where they want to go.

Financing for Covid-19 and climate action? The best use of the IMF SDR allocation

This online event features as one of several this term which focusses on 'Political economy of European climate action', and is hosted by the European Political Economy Project (EUPEP) at the European Studies Centre.

Speakers: Mark Plant (Centre for Global Development), Mark Henstridge (Oxford Policy Management), Stevan Lee (Oxford Policy Management)
Chair: Adrienne Cheasty (St Antony’s College, Oxford)

For further information please visit: https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/events/financing-covid-19-and-climate-action-best-use-imf-sdr-allocation

AI and Inequality: Joseph Stiglitz in discussion with Anton Korinek

Over the next decades, AI will dramatically change the economic landscape. It may also magnify inequality, both within and across countries. Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics, will join us for a conversation with Anton Korinek on the economic consequences of increased AI capabilities. They will discuss the relationship between technology and inequality, the potential impact of AI on the global economy, and the economic policy and governance challenges that may arise in an age of transformative AI.
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