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This lecture is a joint event between the Oxford Martin School and The Institute of New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School
Dishonest practices brought to light by the 2008 crisis have raised questions about the incentives faced by bankers, and about their training. Unfortunately, the remedy of using market discipline through competition policy to make bankers ‘behave’ is problematic.
So there have been many calls for more ethical bankers, but what might this actually look like in practice? Our answer is given by the idea of ‘principled agents’ who at times exhibit a high degree of concern for others in standard economic calculations and at other times operate from moral principle. But how compatible is the use of moral principles with standard economic cost benefit analysis?
Lord Browne of Madingley is presently Chairman of L1 Energy, the Chairman of Trustees of both the Tate and the QEII Prize for Engineering, and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University.
The fifth annual Ockenden International Prize for excellence in self-reliance projects among refugees and displaced people will be presented by Lord Alfred Dubs, Labour peer, on Tuesday 7th March 2017. Projects in Uganda, Egypt and Nepal will compete for the $100,000 prize. The two runners-up will each receive $25,000.
Semantics and the Resurgence of Populism
Dr Timothy Michael is a Tutorial Fellow in English Literature at Lincoln, whose research explores the intersection of literary and intellectual history in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. His first monograph – British Romanticism and the Critique of Political Reason (2016) – offers a groundbreaking analysis of how writers such as Mary Wollstonecraft and Percy Bysshe Shelley critique the faculty of reason in its political capacities to test the kinds of knowledge available to it. His current project explores the rise of philosophical criticism in the long-eighteenth century, examining how developments in rhetorical and literary theory gave rise to the institution of criticism itself.
After completing a degree in mathematics at Lincoln, Kate Smurthwaite became a political activist and award-winning stand-up comedian. Kate has performed in comedy venues around the world, and in 2013 her long running Edinburgh Fringe show – ‘The News at Kate’ – won the prestigious Three Weeks Editor’s Choice Award. She has published journalism in The Guardian and Cosmopolitan, and frequently appears on major news shows to discuss her campaign work for groups such as No More Page Three and the National Secular Society. She is also the Vice Chair and Media Spokesperson for Abortion Rights UK, and teaches stand-up comedy through the City Academy in London
David Rochat will be examining the resurgence of populism through the lens of contemporary literary theory. David completed his undergraduate degree at the University in Lausanne, Switzerland, with a year at the University of Canterbury, before working as an academic intern at the Embassy of Switzerland in Qatar. He then came to Oxford to complete his MSt in Modern Languages, and develop his research interests in postcolonialism, life-writing and theories of literature.
Saïd Business School is thrilled to announce Lawrence H. Summers, American economist and former Director of the National Economic Council for President Obama, will be in conversation with Dean Peter Tufano at the School on Thursday 16 March. Registration is essential to confirm your attendance.
Lawrence H. Summers is the Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus of Harvard University. During the past two decades, he has served in a series of senior policy positions in Washington, D.C., including the 71st Secretary of the Treasury for President Clinton, Director of the National Economic Council for President Obama and Vice President of Development Economics and Chief Economist of the World Bank.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1975 and was awarded a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1982. In 1983, he became one of the youngest individuals in recent history to be named as a tenured member of the Harvard University faculty. In 1987, Mr. Summers became the first social scientist ever to receive the annual Alan T. Waterman Award of the National Science Foundation (NSF), and in 1993 he was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal, given every two years to the outstanding American economist under the age of 40.
He is currently the Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University and the Weil Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government at Harvard’s Kennedy School. He and his wife Elisa New, a professor of English at Harvard, reside in Brookline with their six children.
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, Richard Sambrook
Rima Marrouch, freelance journalist for Reuters, BBC, CBS, and Al Jazeera
26 Apr: ‘The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy: the polarized media landscape in Syria’
Saïd Business School is pleased to welcome Lubomira Rochet, Global Chief Digital Officer of the L’Oréal Group, to speak at the School on Wednesday 26 April.
Leading digital transformation at L’Oréal
L’Oréal is the world’s number one beauty company with leading brands such as Maybelline New York, L’Oréal Paris, Garnier, Lancome, Kiehl’s, and Kerastase. The group was also named by Adweek as 2017’s hottest digital marketer. How did one of the world’s oldest consumer goods companies get to this position? Lubomira Rochet, the Chief Digital Officer for L’Oréal globally and member of the group’s executive committee, will talk about the digital transformation of L’Oréal’s businesses that she and her team have enacted since she joined the company in 2014.
The seminar is open for anyone to attend and will take place at Saïd Business School on Wednesday 26 April followed by a short networking drinks reception until around 7.30pm. Please remember that registration is required to attend this event.
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars
The following seminars will be given at 5pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
Convenors: Andrew Dilnot, David Levy, James Painter
Jane Green, professor of political science, University of Manchester, and co-director of the 2015 British Election Study
28 Apr: ‘How the global financial crisis is shaping political upheavals: Reflections on UKIP, Brexit and Trump.’
This strategy has the potential to transform China’s relations with Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. The linkages are embodied in the Silk Road Economic Belt and New Maritime Silk Road. It is aimed at internal Asian economic development, a process never significantly supported by the countries of Asia or by external actors, especially in Europe and North America.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is the financing vehicle for intergovernmental cooperation, thus serving as enabler of the development process. This seed money supplements even larger sums from Asian governments and private sector actors who will supply most of the capital. Key infrastructure components include railroads, telecommunications, and ports, all to be integrated by sea and by land.
Successful implementation of the strategy will accelerate Asian development and lead to greater internal Eurasian economic integration. Failure of the United States to participate in the AIIB, even as most important world economies are members of the bank, relegates the US to being a weak participant in this major global-economic transformation.
The Seminar Convenor is Professor Chris Rowley, Visiting Fellow of Kellogg College and Professor Emeritus of Cass Business School, City, University of London.
Refreshments will be served from 16:45. The seminar will begin at 17:00.
All are welcome to attend this seminar and booking is not required.
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, Richard Sambrook
Esra Dogramaci, senior digital editor, Deutsche Welle
3 May: ‘Why Facebook matters, and what you might be getting wrong about it’
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars
The following seminars will be given at 5pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
Convenors: Andrew Dilnot, David Levy, James Painter
Isabel Oakeshott, political journalist and commentator, and author of ‘Call me Dave’
5 May: ‘From black and white to read all over – political reporting in a digital age’
Will the US and global economy thrive, or barely survive, under Trumponomics? Will erratic policymaking and populist pandering lead to economic catastrophe? Or will business-friendly reforms and expansionary fiscal and monetary policies bring unprecedented prosperity? A distinguished panel of economists – Kenneth Rogoff of Harvard University, Martin Wolf of the Financial Times, and John Muellbauer of Oxford Univesity – will debate the early economic consequences of Trumpism and how policies are likely to take shape in key areas such as trade, tax, infrastructure, finance, and monetary policy.
Kenneth Rogoff, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Harvard University and recipient of the 2011 Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics, was the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund from 2001 to 2003. The co-author of This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, his new book, The Curse of Cash, was released in August 2016. He is the Visiting Sanjaya Lall Professor at the University of Oxford.
Martin Wolf is chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, London. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2000 “for services to financial journalism”.
Professor John Muellbauer is a Senior Research Fellow of Nuffield College, Professor of Economics and a Senior Fellow of the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, Oxford University.
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, Richard Sambrook
Suzanne Franks, professor of journalism, City University, London
10 May: ‘The use of women experts in the media’
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars
The following seminars will be given at 5pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
Convenors: Andrew Dilnot, David Levy, James Painter
Frances Stead Sellers, senior writer, Washington Post
12 May: ‘Talking to Trump’
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, Richard Sambrook
Tom Standage, deputy editor, the Economist
17 May: ‘News in the digital age, and how The Economist fits in’
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars
The following seminars will be given at 5pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
Convenors: Andrew Dilnot, David Levy, James Painter
Kate O’Regan, director of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, and former constitutional court judge in South Africa
19 May: ‘Media freedom and free speech in South Africa’
CANCELLED
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, Richard Sambrook
Jim Waterson, deputy editor, BuzzFeed UK
24 May: ‘How BuzzFeed covers news’
A book colloquium featuring Stuart H Newberger, an international lawyer who represented victims of the terrorist plot hatched by Colonal Qaddafi that brought down French Airlines Flight 772. His latest book The Forgotten Flight: Terrorism, Diplomacy and the Pursuit of Justice tells the story of how he fought for justice for seven of the 170 people killed in one of the deadliest acts of terrorism in history.
This real-life legal thriller combines the international intrigue of le Carré with the courtroom drama of John Grisham, and asks how we can bring leaders of sovereign nations to account for their crimes.
For the first time, Stuart Newberger reveals how French investigators cracked the case and takes us inside the courtroom to witness the litigation against the Libyan state that followed. In the age of globalization, The Forgotten Flight provides a fascinating insight into the pursuit of justice across international borders.
Stuart H. Newberger is a senior partner at international law firm Crowell & Moring. His practice handles complex international disputes, many involving the actions of governments. He lives in McLean, Virginia.
Praise for The Forgotten Flight:
“Gripping, shocking, forensic: a true legal thriller that captured me entirely.”
Philippe Sands, author of East West Street
“In the war against terrorism, lawyers can make a difference. A must read for all those interested in how the rule of law can be an important weapon in the ongoing struggle.”
Kenneth Feinberg, former Special Master of the Federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
Launch and discussion of Mari Mikkola’s new book, ‘The Wrong of Injustice: Dehumanization and its Role in Feminist Philosophy’
Join the English Faculty Twentieth Century Poetry Reading Group for a special event at the T. S. Eliot Theatre: Kay Redfield Jamison – author of the groundbreaking memoir An Unquiet Mind, and world expert in bipolar disorder – discusses her acclaimed new book, Robert Lowell: Setting the River on Fire, a study of the American poet’s mental illness, character and creativity.
Professor Jamison will read extracts from the book, before answering questions in conversation with Stephanie Kelley, and discussing Lowell’s life and work more generally.
The event is free and open to the public!
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, Richard Sambrook
Emma Jane Kirby, BBC correspondent and author of the ‘Optician of Lampedusa’
31 May: ‘The Optician of Lampedusa – opening the world’s eyes to the human story behind mass migration’
LMH Principal Alan Rusbridger will be in conversation with Professor Richard Sennett on Friday 2nd June. He’s based at LSE and NYU and is a sociologist writing about cities, labour and culture. His most famous books were probably ‘The Fall of Public Man’ and the ‘Corrosion of Character’. Among other awards, he has received the Hegel and Spinoza Prizes and an honorary degree from the University of Cambridge.
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 inequality is traditionally viewed as being between rich and poor, a new divide is also emerging – the wealth gap between generations.
The failure of younger generations to accumulate wealth – through pensions, property and savings – will reduce their lifetime living standards, particularly once they reach retirement. This would have profound implications for both families and the state, so what can be done?
As part of its Intergenerational Commission, chaired by Lord Willetts, the Resolution Foundation will soon be publishing a series of papers analysing Britain’s wealth across generations. Ahead of this launch, the Oxford Martin School is hosting an event to explore these issues and the role of public policy in tackling Britain’s new wealth divides.
Experts from the Foundation will present some of the emerging findings from its work on intergenerational wealth inequality, while Professors John Muellbauer and Brian Nolan will discuss possible policy responses, before taking part in an audience Q&A.
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, Richard Sambrook
Sakhr Al-Makhadhi, Acting Executive Producer, AJ+
7 Jun: ‘Producing news videos that young people care about’
N.B. This event is not yet confirmed; however we expect it to be very popular. Please register your interest and, once confirmed, your registration will be converted into an order.
In 2013, the Bank of Japan adopted quantitative and qualitative monetary easing; a policy of unprecedented large-scale monetary easing. Since then, the economic and price situation in Japan has greatly improved.
In this talk, Governor Kuroda will recount how he was strongly inspired about the importance of expectations in monetary policy by a lecture by Professor Hicks when he studied here at the University of Oxford. He will discuss the latest monetary policy measures in today’s banking as well as topics to help central banks to appropriately manage people’s inflation expectations and raise the effectiveness of monetary policy in a global low-growth, low-inflation environment.
The seminar will take place at Saïd Business School followed by a short networking drinks reception and is open for anyone to attend. Please remember that registration is required.
Oxford India Speaker series and Saïd Business School presents:
Ajay G. Piramal in conversation with Dean Peter Tufano
The event will span a range of topics including entrepreneurship, the future of the Indian economy and business ethics.
Mr Ajay Piramal is one of India’s leading industrialists, philanthropists and social entrepreneurs. He is the Chairman of a business conglomerate, Piramal Group & Shriram Group (market cap: $7.5 billion; Revenue $3 billion), with activities in healthcare, financial services, real estate, information services, glass packaging and more.
The seminar is open for anyone to attend and will take place at Saïd Business School on Tuesday 13 June followed by a short networking drinks reception until around 7.30pm. Please remember that registration is required to attend this event.
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, Richard Sambrook
Justin Webb, BBC Today presenter, Radio 4
14 Jun: ‘Broadcasting in the age of Brexit and Trump’
Dr John Reader launches his new book, published by Palgrave Macmillan – Theology and New Materialism: Spaces of Faithful Dissent. A panel presentation will preface a wider debate following chapters in the book which include not only issues of human agency and transcendence, but also the search for a New Enlightenment and practical issues of politics, aesthetics and technology.
Edmund Birch is a lecturer at the University of Cambridge and works on French literature and cultural history. In his talk at the Reuters Institute, he will explore key points of his research on the relation between fiction and the press in the 19th century, and what it could mean for present-day debates on the role of journalism.
1. The history of the press in France and in particular the nineteenth century – the age of the rise of the press. His work looks to expose the points of continuity and difference which characterise our current sense of the media and its history.
2. The relation of fiction to journalism. This is at the heart of his work: the idea that, in the French context specifically, fiction plays an absolutely central role in the rise of the press. The economic health of newspapers was often tied to the kinds of fiction serialised in such newspapers. Today, few would expect to find a novel serialised in a daily paper – and yet this was a critical part of the newspaper’s history in the nineteenth century.
3. Fictions of the press. How is journalism represented in novels, plays, and other kinds of imaginative writing? This was the focus of Edmund Birch’s thesis, and first book; what kind of image of the press emerged in literature of the nineteenth century?