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People power: A message to the G7

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11 Jun 2021

As nation-states grapple with generation-defining issues from the Covid-19 pandemic to the climate crisis, what role does civil society play in addressing the issues of our time?
The Oxford Vaccine: Innovation for the global good

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16 Apr 2021

The 2021 Albert Medal Event
Mariana Mazzucato on The Value of Everything

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17 Sep 2018

Do modern economies reward the extractors – not the creators – of economic value? Leading economist Mariana Mazzucato urges us to rethink how we determine value in our economy.
Michael Ignatieff on whether Human Solidarity Exists

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20 Nov 2017

Former Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Michael Ignatieff asks whether or not the principle of human rights is becoming a global ethic, or the preserve of a liberal economic elite.
Duncan Green on How Change Happens

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18 Jul 2017

How can we effect real change in the world? Duncan Green brings together the best research from a range of academic disciplines and the evolving practical understanding of activists to explore the topic of social and political change.
Pankaj Mishra on The History of our Present Moment

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27 Feb 2017

We are living in an age of anger: from American 'shooters' and ISIS to Trump, from a rise in vengeful nationalism across the world to racism and misogyny on social media. Pankaj Mishra discusses how and why we got to this point.
2016: The Year in Review

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30 Dec 2016

Historian and author of The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan; academic and cultural critic Sarah Churchwell and political scientist Matthew Goodwin reflect on what has been a turbulent year in national and international political, social and cultural events.
President Donald Trump: The Experts React

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28 Nov 2016

Our expert panel considers what a Trump presidency says about, and means for America and the world in the days, months and years to come.
Parag Khanna on The Global Connectivity Revolution

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29 Aug 2016

Leading global strategist Parag Khanna shows how connectivity, rather than sovereignty, has become the organising principle of 21st century society.
Iris Bohnet on Gender Equality

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08 Aug 2016

Harvard professor of public policy Iris Bohnet shows how new research in behavioural design can help efforts to eliminate gender-based inequality from classrooms to boardrooms.