The James Martin 21st Century School

The James Martin 21st Century School was founded in June 2005 at the University of Oxford, England, and is named after its benefactor, James Martin, a technology writer. [Martin, James, "The Meaning of the 21st Century". ISBN1573223239.]

The focus of the School is on stimulating Oxford’s research, by giving the University’s scholars the "resources and space to think imaginatively about the problems and the opportunities that the future will bring." [ [http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk 21school.ox.ac.uk] .]

The school operates around a hub and spoke model, with a small administrative hub at the centre, responsible for distributing research outputs and ensuring there is interdisciplinary contact between the institutes.

The director of the institute is Dr Ian Goldin.

The school expands it number of institutes from 10 to 15 in October 2008. New research areas include cancer therapy, Stem Cells, Carbon reduction in Transport and study of Oceans.

Affiliated Institutes

* [http://www.martininstitute.ox.ac.uk The James Martin Institute for Science and Civilization] - Director: Professor Steve Rayner
* [http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk The Environmental Change Institute] - Director: Professor Diana Liverman
* [http://www.ageing.ox.ac.uk/jms.html The Oxford Institute of Ageing] - Director: Professor Sarah Harper
* [http://www.emdis.ox.ac.uk The Institute for Emerging Infections of Humans] - Director: Professor Angela McLean
* [http://www.futuremind.ox.ac.uk The Institute for the Future of the Mind] - Director: Professor Baroness Susan Greenfield
* [http://www.imi.ox.ac.uk International Migration Institute] - Directors: Professors Steve Vertovec and Stephen Castles
* [http://www.e-horizons.ox.ac.uk The e-Horizons Institute] - Directors: Professors William Dutton and Paul Jeffreys
* [http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk The Oxford Future of Humanity Institute] - Director: Dr Nick Bostrom
* [http://www.bep.ox.ac.uk The Programme on Ethics of the New Biosciences] - Director: Professor Julian Savulescu
* The World Education Institute - Directors: Dr Thomas Benson and Dr Angus Hawkins

Advisory Council

Victor Chu, Chairman, First Eastern Investment GroupFrancis Finlay, Chairman & CEO, Clay Finlay IncOrit Gadiesh, Chair, Bain & Co
John Gage, Chief Researcher and Vice President of the Science Office, Sun Microsystems
John Hood, Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford, and Chair of the International Advisory Council for the 21st Century School
Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-large, Singapore
Amory Lovins, Co-founder, Chairman & Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute
James Martin, Founder, 21st Century School
Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director-General, IUCN
Joseph Nye, Professor & former Dean, Kennedy School of Government
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Vice President, World Bank, and former Finance Minister of Nigeria
Martin Rees, Lord, President of the Royal Society and Astronomer Royal
Amartya Sen, Professor, Harvard University
Mark Shuttleworth, IT Developer and former Astronaut
Nicholas Stern, Sir, Professor, London School of Economics
Joseph Stiglitz, Professor, Columbia University
Crispin Tickell, Sir, Director, Policy Foresight Programme
Craig Venter, President, J Craig Venter Institute
Xu Zhihong, President, Peking University
Ernesto Zedillo, former President of Mexico

Ex-Officio:

Ian Goldin, Director, 21st Century SchoolMichael Spence, Chair, Social Sciences Division, University of Oxford, and Chair of the Management Committee for the 21st Century School

References

External links

* [http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk James Martin 21st Century School website]
* [http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/video/200702_stern.cfm Webcast of Sir Nicholas Stern Inaugural Lecture on Climate Change]
* [http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/video/200710_venter.cfm Webcast of J Craig Venter on 'Genomics: From humans to the environment']
* [http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/blog School Blog]