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Maths in the City: Future Cities

In this lecture, we will examine the phenomenon of computer vision, show how to build a computer vision system and discuss the expectations for the future.

Bubbles, Manias and Market Failures: The Unintended Consequences of Regulatory Responses

This lecture explores how regulators try to prevent what will hopefully be the ‘last’ bubble and suggests that the most effective regulatory frameworks were developed during the normal operation of markets, not in response to crises.

Reforming Corporate Governance

This talk will discuss rigorous evidence on what optimal governance should look like – including issues such as boardroom diversity, independence of directors, employee representation, and whether directors’ fiduciary duty should be to shareholders or all of society.

'RUDQ?' Digital Skills: Crisis or Opportunity?

The 2019 Annual Lord Mayor’s Gresham Lecture will explore the so called ‘digital skills crisis’ and question whether this may present an opportunity? As the digital era unfolds and the future demands for talent become evident, what are the implications for our system of education?

Can Maths Tell Us Where We Are?

This talk will show how mathematics has played a vital role in making navigation as accurate as it is today and the impact that this has had on us all.

Executive Pay: What's Right, What's Wrong, and What Could Be Fixed?

Evidence will be presented on which aspects of pay are working well and which are indeed dysfunctional, and on how pay should be reformed.

CEO Pay vs Performance

Prof. Alex Edmans dissects the controversy surrounding CEO pay in...

The Mathematics of Climate Change

Climate change is important, controversial, and the subject of huge debate. Much of our understanding of the future climate comes from the use of complex climate models based on mathematical and physical ideas.

Money: The Root of All Evil, Or Our Salvation?

Professor Burridge considers ethical material across the New Treatment, drawing upon experience as the Deputy Chair of the Church of England's Ethical Investment Advisory Group.

Mathematics in War and Peace - Stories about Mathematicians Killed in WW1

As a commemoration of the end of the First World War, the event will focus on the theme of mathematics in war and peacetime.

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