Socrates in the Boardroom

Dr Amanda Goodall, Warwick Business School, talks about her new book 'Socrates in the Boardroom'.

Introducing the Global Energy MBA

How will we meet the world's changing needs for energy? The global energy industry faces challenges from growing demand in developing economies, alternative sources of supply, climate change, regulation and energy security.

China and India - The economic giants of the future

China and India are the two burgeoning economic giants of the globalising economy. Dr Simon Collinson of Warwick Business School discusses their comparative positions and looks to the future for these to would-be superpowers. Length: 18 minutes

Managing Creativity and Creative Management

As the Creative Industries become a more important part of the global economy does the stereotype of the creative genius still persist? Do we need to rethink our ideas on creativity and understand how it works more clearly? Dr Chris Bilton, Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, argues that organisations need to start thinking about creativity as a process and begin adapting traditional business strategies to develop a creative approach to management. Length: 25 minutes

How to thrive in challenging times

Can the financial system, as we know it, continue? Over the coming decade, how is the political and economic framework of economic policy likely to change, and how is this likely to impact on business and industry?

Herds, Houses and the Crisis - Professor Andrew Oswald

Andrew is a Professor of Economics at Warwick. He is one of the pioneers of research into how economic conditions affect the psychology of wellbeing and is a member of the Stiglitz Commission on how to design a new measure of social wellbeing beyond GDP.

Is policy damaging the Arts in the UK?

Munira Mirza argues that current arts policy in the UK may be damaging to the long term health of the arts. Munira Mirza is a writer and researcher on issues related to cultural policy and identity

Warwick WARP - fingerprint technology on building sites

Technology developed by the University of Warwick that can identify partial, distorted, scratched, smudged, or otherwise warped fingerprints in just a few seconds has just scored top marks in the world's two toughest technical fingerprint tests.

Digital Forensics

Dr Matthew Sorell, Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study, explores the problems and opportunities of the emerging approach to 'Digital Forensics'.

How Psychology Affects Our Credit Card Payments

A psychological phenomenon called anchoring can determine the amount you pay on your credit card bill. Dr Neil Stewart from the Department of Psychology at Warwick University sheds light on how we can be more credit savvy when making credit card repayments.

The Complexity of Global Change

Introduction opening the ECCS 2009 conference, Public Session on Global Problems, by the Conference Chair, Dr Markus Kirkilionis, Warwick Mathematics Institute.

Watch more in this series:

• Part 2 round table discussion

• Part 3 Question and Answer Session

• Part 4 Conclusions