Events Archives - Centre for Enterprise Markets and Ethics

April 28, 2025

The CEME Fforestfach Colloquia Series

The CEME Fforestfach Colloquia Series Exploring a Christian perspective on contemporary issues of political economy There are growing concerns that capitalism and democracy are in crisis. Despite the success of free markets in creating global prosperity over two centuries, the recent slowdown in growth in Western economies, the persistence of inflation, increasing economic inequality, financial...

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April 4, 2025

CEME Event: Inflation Is About More Than Money March 2025

Inflation Is About More Than Money: Economics, Politics and the Social Fabric On Wednesday 26 March, in conjunction with CCLA Investment Management, CEME hosted an event to launch the publication of a new book by CEME Senior Fellow Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach (Brian). The event featured a talk on the book by Brian...

April 3, 2025

CEME Event: ‘Is the Non-executive Director worth saving?’ December 2024

The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) was pleased to host a roundtable event on the topic of non-executive directors. The full report is available to download here. The role of the non-executive director is essential to the proper functioning of corporate governance. The expectations on directors have been tested by corporate scandal. What are...

May 2, 2024

CEME Event: Artificial Intelligence – Challenges & Opportunities, May 2024

On Thursday, 23rd May 2024 the Centre for Enterprise, Markets & Ethics (CEME) hosted an online event on the topic of Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities. The event was chaired by Revd Dr Richard Turnbull and our speakers were: Dr Richard Zhang – AI Research Scientist at Google DeepMind. Richard is on the Google Vizier...

March 20, 2024

CEME Event: “Is William Wilberforce relevant for today’s society?”, April 2024

What are the lessons we can learn from Wilberforce today? What about the continued challenges of modern slavery? The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics, together with CCLA, hosted an event on the topic on the 24th April 2024. Our speakers were: Revd Dr Richard Turnbull: Lessons from Wilberforce’s campaign against the slave trade...

October 5, 2023

CEME & Las Casas Event: “Finance for the Common Good”, November 2023

We were delighted to host a joint event on the 30th November 2023 between the Centre for Enterprise, Markets & Ethics (CEME) and the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice (Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford), on the theme of “Finance for the Common Good”. Our speakers addressed a range of issues such as the interplay...

June 23, 2023

CEME Event: The Great London Estates – Lessons for Housing?, July 2023

CEME was delighted to host an event on the theme of The Great London Estates – Lessons for Housing. The event took place on 18th July 2023 at CCLA Investment Management Limited, One Angel Lane, London, EC4R 3AB. The meeting was chaired by Nicholas Boys Smith, founding Director of Create Streets which aims to help...

June 16, 2022

CEME & IEA Event: Restoring Confidence in the Market – July, 2022

On Wednesday 6th July 2022 the Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) and the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) hosted a joint event to discuss the topical question of whether the UK public has lost faith in free markets, and if so what might be done about it. CEME’s Director, Revd Dr Richard Turnbull,...

March 2, 2022

CEME Event: The Morality of Government Debt – March, 2022

CEME was delighted to co-host, in partnership with St Mary’s University and CCLA Investment Management, an in-person event on The Morality of Government Debt: insights from economics and Christian social thought. One economic consequence of the pandemic has been the accumulation of large amounts of public debt. This has huge ramifications and raises a wide...

June 14, 2021

CEME Event: Invest or Divest in Brown Industries? The Moral Dilemmas – July, 2021

CEME hosted, in partnership with CCLA Investment Management, an online event entitled, “Invest or Divest in Brown Industries? The Moral Dilemmas”. The purpose of this event was to bring together key speakers concerned with investment in, or management of, ‘brown industries’ from both the companies and the investment community. The discussion focused on the questions...