Kelly Joyce and Patricia Pisters give talks for the Neurosociety conference on the subject of reading neuroimages, MRI scans and how they are perceived and interpreted in films and popular culture. Chaired by Paul Martin.

Neurosociety part 1: Welcome and Opening Remarks

Mar 10th, 2011 36m 29s

Steve Woolgar and Tanja Schneider (InSIS, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford) give the opening address for the Neurosociety conference.

Oxford Program for the Future of Cities Part 6: Resilience and adaptation in complex city systems

Dec 15th, 2010 43m 20s

James Simmie (Department of Planning, Oxford Brookes University) develops an evolutionary economics approach to adaptation and change in urban economies. Abstract: In this lecture, James Simmie develops one of the evolutionary economics approac

Oxford Program for the Future of Cities Part 2: Sustainable development and crime in the urban Caribbean

Dec 15th, 2010 45m 34s

David Howard (Lecturer in Sustainable Urban Development, University of Oxford) looks at larger concerns over social and spatial equity, conceptual approaches to sovereignty and the practical interpretation of sustainable forms of justice. Abstr

Oxford Program for the Future of Cities Part 3: Global migration and the future of le droit à la ville

Dec 15th, 2010 49m 53s

Michael Keith (Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford) interrogates how we think about urban change and normative theory in cities experiencing high levels of international migration. Abstract: The modern city has convent

Oxford Program for the Future of Cities Part 1: New business models for low-carbon cities

Nov 16th, 2010 52m 15s

Mark Hinnells (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford) explores the impact of policy measures to deliver a low-carbon economy on the development of new business models for low-carbon cities. Abstract: This research explores the im

Oxford Program for the Future of Cities Part 4: Sustainable urban development to 2050 - complex transitions in the built environment of cities

Nov 16th, 2010 42m 2s

Tim Dixon (Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, Oxford Brookes University) looks at 'critical success factors' that need to be in place for cities to be more sustainable by 2050. Abstract: The majority of the world's population now liv

Oxford Program for the Future of Cities Part 5: The paralyzed frog, water supply services and sustainable cities

Nov 16th, 2010 41m 17s

Rob Hope (School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford) gives a talk on institutional innovations and new financial models for sustainable water as part of a seminar series on the Future of Cities. Abstract: Any notion of a sus

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