Inaugural lecture - Tuberculosis: from immune control to global control
Given by Professor Ajit Lalvani, Chair in Infectious Diseases
Introduction to the Global Catastrophes Risk Conference 2008
Nick Bostrom provides an introduction to the Global Catastrophic Risks Conference and briefly addressing some of the key themes running through it.
LSE Summer School 2010 - Business strategy in a global age
Robert P Bauman is Professor of Strategic Leadership at London Business School. Connson Locke is Lecturer in Management at LSE EROB Group.
Terrorism and global economies
Author, economist and political analyst Loretta Napoleoni has been tracing the intertwined roots of the world's monetary systems and the business of terrorism. The phenomenally fast pace of the global technological shift is leading to 'rogue economics' - grey areas where there is yet no regulation and where criminals and terrorists can win on the money markets.
G20: Solutions to Global Depression?
In this fourth podcast Linda Yueh and Jonathan Michie discuss the G20 debates over co-ordinated fiscal expansion, global regulation, and the role of the IMF.
Global Justice
In the first dialogue of the Global Policy Dialogue series, Amartya Sen and David Held will discuss Sen's new book, The Idea of Justice. Injustices in the contemporary world include global inequities as well as disparities within nations. Understanding the demands of justice in each context requires public reasoning, and the challenges of global justice specifically call for global public reasoning. The Idea of Justice also investigates the contributions of human rights movements to the removal
Dimity Hawkins - A global abolition treaty: getting us to zero - Nuclear disarmament forum
A global abolition treaty: getting us to zero
Speaker: Dimity Hawkins
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ican).
Who will stop nuclear next use? A public forum on nuclear disarmament organised by the Australia-Japan Civil Society Cooperation for Nuclear Disarmament, Nautilus Institute.
We are getting towards the tipping point that will see disarmament. It has been 64 years in the making. There is a ground-swell developing. This week in Australia, the Joint Standing Committe
Ryk Bliszczyk on the global financial crisis - Graduate School of Business Alumni Events
Graduate School of Business lecturer Ryszard (Ryk) Bliszczyk delivered a presentation to RMIT alumni about the global financial crisis.
Q&A - Ryk Bliszczyk on the global financial crisis - Graduate School of Business Alumni Events
Graduate School of Business lecturer Ryszard (Ryk) Bliszczyk questions and answers in response to his presentation to RMIT alumni about the global financial crisis.
2.2 Researching ourselves
Psychology is not a simple subject. This unit examines how different aspects of human behaviour provide the focus for different psychologists. Using learning as an example, you will discover how many different approaches can be adopted thus illustrating that there is no single way of answering psychological questions.
Water use and the water cycle
Water is arguably the most important physical resource as it is the one that is essential to human survival. Understanding the global water cycle and how we use water is essential to planning a sustainable source of water for the future.
Global Challenges for Europe and America
Nicholas Burns is Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is Director of the Future of Diplomacy Project and Faculty Chair for the Programs on the Middle East and on India and South Asia. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He was a visiting Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in summer 2008.
Planning, Policy and Design 139: Water Resource Policy Water is the economic, social, and physical lifeblood of humanity, providing the bases for agriculture, industry, transportation, energy production, and life itself. Despite its importance, alarming signs suggest that there are looming threats to this vital resource. The World Resources Institute contends that the world's thirst for water is likely to become one of the most pressing issues this century due to population growth, drought, and climate change. The World Bank reports that many dev
Water Enterprise Forum: What are the historic and future trends in the water industry?
Christopher Gasson, Global Water Intelligence, talks on 'What are the historic and future trends in the water industry?' as part of the Water Enterprise Forum on the 27 May 2009.
Responding to Water Scarcity
Growers in the UK are having to get used to managing with less water. Changing climate patterns mean that techniques long established in Southern Europe are now being adapted for use further north.
Dr Jim Monaghan (Harper Adams University College) is leading research at Warwick HRI on Dynamic Fertigation, an irrigation system that not only saves water and fertilizer but also automatically respond to five day weather forecasts.
Length: 15 minutes
Water in urban Ethiopia
Life in the Ethiopian town of Bahir Dar is somewhat different from rural life we see in track 2 'Water in rural Ethiopia'. With a direct water pipe to her house, Mulugojam Tegegne and her family enjoy a relatively comfortable life.
Michael Schuster: Social Software Solutions in Business
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Art a GoGo Podcast #46 - Water and Glass Please visit our blog at www.artagogo.com/blog for full show notes and links that we discuss during the show. Tags: art, arts, art a gogo, artist, art new
