Nottingham Globalisation Lectures
supported by alumnus Martin Totty
2023/24
7 December 2023
Assaf Razin, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Tel Aviv University on "The transition from liberal democracy to illiberal democracy: Multifaceted economic shifts"
2020/21
11 March 2021
Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times on "The World Economy in 2030"
2019/20
2 March 2020
Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times on "The challenge of reaching global net zero by 2050"
2018/19
11 October 2018
Anna Soubry, MP for Browtowe on " Brexit: where are we now?"
7 March 2019
Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times on " The future of US-China relations"
2016/17
31 January 2017
David Norgrove, Chair, Low Pay Commission on "The past and future of the minimum wage"
22 February 2017
Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times on "The rise of economic populism"
2015/16
1 October 2015
Michael Jacobs, Senior Adviser on International Climate Change Policy at l'Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI), Paris on "Crunchtime in Paris: the political economy of a new climate change agreement"
29 February 2016
Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times on The challenges of China's transition to a "new normal"
2014/15
21 October 2014
Charles Clarke, Former Home Secretary on "How best can we meet the international economic and security challenges of our time?"
2 December 2014
David Smith, Economics Editor, The Sunday Times - "After the crisis: How Britain's adjusted and how it has not"
23 February 2015
Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times - "The Shifts and The Shocks"
23 March 2015
Sir Peter Kendall, Chairman, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB)- "British Agriculture: Sunrise Industry"
2013/14
21 October 2013
Nick Bridge, British Ambassador to the OECD on "Economic Diplomacy in the 21st Century"
25 November 2013
Martin Ruhs, Oxford University on "More migrants, fewer rights? How shall we balance openness and rights in labour immigration policy?"
29 January 2014
Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times "Have we Fixed the Financial System?"
12 March 2014
Tim Hatton, Australian National University on "The Slump and Immigration Policy in Europe"
2012/13
23 October 2012
Jonathan Portes, Director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (formerly Chief Economist at the Cabinet Office) on 'Immigration and the UK Economy'
29 November 2012
Stefan Dercon, Chief Economist, Department for International Development on 'Africa: The Next Economic Miracle?'
14 February 2013
Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times, on 'Will the Euro Survive?'
2012
7 March 2012
David Fenton, Head of Corporate at the Royal Bank of Scotland 'A Ring Side View of the Economic Crisis'
28 March 2012
Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times 'The Shift and the Shocks: Prospects for the World Economy'
2011
23 February 2011
Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times, 'Challenges to Sustaining China's Growth'
24 March 2011
Kate Barker, Former Member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee, 'What problems does globalisation pose for inflation-targeting in the UK?'
30 March 2011
Lord Wolfson, Chief Executive of Next 'Business Government and the Growth Agenda'
2010
27 January 2010
Professor Alan Winters, Chief Economist, Department for International Development, 'Where does the crisis leave Globalisation'
3 March 2010
Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times, 'China in the World Economy'
12 October 2010
Roger Bootle, Managing Director, Capital Economics. 'The Trouble with Markets - Saving Capitalism from Itself'
2009
29 January 2009
David Blanchflower, Dartmouth College and Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee and Dartmouth College, 'Macroeconomic Policy Responses in the UK.
3 November 2009
Andrew Witty, Chief Executive Officer, GlaxoSmithKline plc, 'Strategies for a Global Company in a Personal Age'
26 November 2009
Lord Davies, Minister for Trade, Investment and Small Business, 'Exploiting the UK's Talent for Innovation'
7 December 2009
David Metcalf, Professor of Industrial Relations at the London School of Economics and Chair of the new Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), 'British Immigration Policy and Work'
2008
19 November 2008
Nicholas Crafts, Professor of Economic History, University of Warwick, 'The Changing Place of Britain in the World Economy: A Long-Term Perspective'
22 October 2008
Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times, 'Fixing Global Finance'
23 April 2008
Hamid Mughal, Executive Vice President, Rolls Royce Plc, 'The Challenges and Opportunities of Globalisation'
5 March 2008
Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times, 'Why the Subprime Crisis is a Turning Point for the World Economy'
2007
4 December 2007
David Smith, Economics Editor, The Sunday Times. The Dragon and the Elephant: China, India and the New World Order.
15 November 2007
Professor Paul Collier, University of Oxford: 'The Bottom Billion'
15 March 2007
Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times, 'The Rise of the Asian Giants: India and China Compared'
2006
11 December 2006
Gavin Menzies, Author of '1421 The Year China Discovered The World'. 'Chinese World Maps: China and Globalisation 600 Years Ago'
9 November 2006
Will Hutton, Chief Executive, The Work Foundation. 'The Writing on the Wall: Will it be China's Century'.
4 May 2006
Tony Venables, Chief Economist, Department for International Development. 'Convergence and Divergence in the World Economy: The Role of Trade'
9 March 2006
Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times, 'Global Payments Imbalances: Will They End In Tears?'
2005
28 November 2005
John Martin, Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD, 'Compensating Trade-Displaced Workers: a Mountain or a Molehill?'
18 April 2005
Evan Davis, Economics Editor, BBC, on 'What do we do, when China makes everything?'
17 February 2005
Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times, on 'Why Globalisation Works'
2004
15 November 2004
Robert Anderton, Senior Economist, European Central Bank on 'The External Dimension of the Euro Area'
12 October 2004
David Smith, Economics Editor, The Sunday Times on 'Offshoring - Political Myths and Economic Reality'
2003
18 November 2003
Paul Collier, Director, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (formerly Director, Development Research Group, The World Bank) on 'Globalisation and Civil War'
20 October 2003
Adrian Wood (Chief Economist, Department for International Development) on 'Making Globalisation Work for the Poor'
30 April 2003
Martin Wolf (Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times ) on 'How Financial Integration Today Differs from that of a Century Ago'
17 March 2003
Todd Sandler (University of Southern California) on 'Collective Action and Transnational Terrorism'
2002
7 November 2002
Lord Peston (Chair of the House of Lords Enquiry into Globalisation) on 'Globalisation - Threat or Opportunity?'
22 April 2002
Sam Laird (Chief of Research, Division of Internatonal Trade, UNCTAD) on 'What does the WTO do for Developing Countries?'
25 February 2002
Martin Wolf (Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times ) on 'Is Globalisation Causing World Poverty?'