This seminar is organised jointly with the Institute for International Economic Policy at George Washington University and the UNDP Human Development Report Office. This seminar will be held online, with a possibility for members of the University of Oxford to join in person in Meeting Room A, Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road, OX1 3TB.

Registration for online participation: https://gwu-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gQzgoZ34RvaJe7zlReQJEQ

Speakers:
Timothy Baker (University of Aberdeen)
Bob Eaglestone (Royal Holloway)
Patrick McGuinness (University of Oxford)
Anne Varty (Royal Holloway)
David Wheatley (University of Aberdeen)

The passing of the Citizenship Amendment Act in Parliament in 2019 and the threat of organizing
a National Register of Citizens by the Modi government makes every Muslim a doubtful citizen
until he or she proves otherwise. These policies must be seen with the government's stated Hindu
nationalist agenda to set new terms and conditions for Muslim citizenship. The Muslim
community's resistance through large street protests with their emphasis on a civic understanding
of citizenship challenges the state narrative. This paper will explain why these protestors followed

Join us for a captivating conversation with John Demers, Fernanda Domingos, Chimène Keitner (Maritimes & New College 1996), and Tarah Wheeler and on cross-border cyber threats, the new frontier where the challenges of national security, international law, privacy, and human rights collide. On May 7, 2021, for the first time in its history, Colonial Pipeline had to shut down the entirety of its gasoline pipeline system. The US-based company had come under a ransomware attack. Hackers had infiltrated the systems, stolen data, and were demanding millions of dollars in ransom.

AI poses a risk of automating and degrading jobs around the world, creating harmful effects to vulnerable workers’ livelihoods and well-being. How can we deliberately account for the impacts on workers when designing and commercializing AI products in order to benefit workers’ prospects while simultaneously boosting companies’ bottom lines and increasing overall productivity? The Partnership on AI’s recently released report Redesigning AI for Shared Prosperity: An Agenda puts forward a proposal for such accounting.

Nature-based solutions (NbS) can contribute to the fight against climate change up to the end of our century.

But the world must invest now in nature-based solutions that are ecologically sound, socially equitable, and designed to deliver multiple benefits to society over a century or more. Properly managed, the protection, restoration and sustainable management of our working lands could benefit many generations to come.

The Principal and Fellows of St Edmund Hall bring you the Pontigny Lecture 2021 where guest speaker and Hall alumnus Lord Mark Sedwill (1987, MPhil Economics) will speak on ‘Global Governance in a Contested World’. This is a free public online lecture.