Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.

Nov 6 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Non-fat, low-fat, saturated fat, trans fats, healthy fats – in an era where we seem to be constantly bombarded with often conflicting messages about our diets, is all this information actually making us any healthier?[...]
Nov 7 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Ashmolean Museum
The 35th Annual Barlow Lecture Yongle to Zhengtong: Fifty Years that Changed Chinese Art? With Professor Craig Clunas, University of Oxford Friday 7 November , 5-6 pm, Ashmolean Lecture Theatre Sir Alan Barlow (1881-1968) was[...]
Nov 20 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm The Mitre
A public meeting with a short introductory talk followed by questions and discussion. Animal rights: a human perspective Thursday 20 November, 7:30pm to 9:00pm The Mitre, corner of High St and Turl St (upstairs function[...]
Nov 26 @ 4:00 pm Lecture Theatre A, Department of Zoology
This year’s Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food Lecture is by Michael Mack, CEO of Syngenta He will be talking about: “Technophobia vs. technophilia: The polarized debate about our food” This is the[...]
Mar 20 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Friends Meeting House
Almost a million people in Britain had to rely on food banks last year. Why, in the world’s fourth richest country, are there still people who cannot afford to eat?
Jul 25 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Ashmolean Museum
What the World is Losing, a talk with Dr Paul Collins, Dr Robert Bewley & Dr Emma Cunliffe A special talk with Dr Paul Collins, Curator of the Ancient Near East Collections at the Ashmolean[...]
Sep 30 @ 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm Oxford Martin School
To avoid dangerous climate change will require not only very steep cuts in emissions, but also the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Most of the models that avoid dangerous climate change do so[...]
Dec 1 @ 7:45 pm – 9:15 pm The Old School Room, , St Peter’s Church, First Turn, Wolvercote
Prof. Harberd will discuss the writing of his book ‘Seed to Seed’, in particular, the fusion of the experimental scientific approach to nature with more traditional ‘natural history’ writing. ‘Seed to Seed’, which shows how[...]
Feb 16 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm TS Eliot Lecture theatre, Merton College
‘How to feed 9 billion people?’ is a free public seminar as part of the NERC Environmental Research DTP Grand Challenges Seminar Series. FREE TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/grand-challenges-seminar-series-tickets-19857062007?aff=ebrowse By the year 2050, it is estimated that the[...]
Jun 15 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Herbertson Room, School of Geography and the Environment, South Parks Road
There is increasing recognition over the last decade that conservation, while conserving biodiversity of global value, can have local costs. Understanding these costs is essential as a first step to delivering conservation projects that do[...]
Jun 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm University of Oxford Botanic Garden
Telegraph writer Helen Yemm brings her column Thorny Problems to life by answering your gardening conundrums and dispensing invaluable advice in the picturesque setting of the Botanic Garden.
Nov 24 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Moser Theatre, Wadham College
Please join us at 7pm on Thursday of 7th Week (November 24th) for a presentation by Daniel Castro Garcia and Thomas Saxby on their recent publication ‘Foreigner: Migration into Europe 2015–2016’. —————————————————– “The photographs are[...]
Nov 30 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm St Aldates Tavern
Jenny Josephs & Why eating insects might soon become the new normal By 2050 the global population will reach 9 billion and this will put ever increasing pressure on food and environmental resources. It will[...]
Feb 28 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Examination Schools,
Lord Browne of Madingley is presently Chairman of L1 Energy, the Chairman of Trustees of both the Tate and the QEII Prize for Engineering, and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Blavatnik School of[...]
May 9 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
In celebration of the Oxford Festival of Nature, Blackwell’s Broad Street will be hosting a day of free Nature talks and activities. At 1pm we will be joined by Jeremy Mynott who will be discussing[...]
Jun 9 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
In celebration of the Oxford Festival of Nature, Blackwell’s Broad Street will be hosting a day of free Nature talks and activities. At 1pm we will be joined by Jeremy Mynott who will be discussing[...]
Nov 29 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
This is a joint lecture with The Rockefeller Foundation Economic Council on Planetary Health at the Oxford Martin School Ana María Loboguerrero, Head of Global Policy Research at CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture[...]
Oct 24 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Michael Obersteiner will present new insights from co-producing a set of new sustainability scenarios. Major sectoral transitions will be presented to achieve development targets in line with improved ecosystem and human health. He will conclude[...]
Oct 31 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Dr David Nabarro, former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Food Security and Nutrition, will give a talk on what implications there will be for the planet and us in linking nature, food[...]
Nov 13 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
A growing middle class in the developing world, as well as increasing concerns about the healthfulness, environmental footprint and inhumaneness of conventional livestock production have given rise to neo-Malthusian concerns about how to address what[...]
Nov 28 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Plants and photosynthetic microbes have the extraordinary ability to convert light energy to chemical energy and as a consequence, they are the foundation of virtually all ecosystems and all agricultural systems on the planet. The[...]
Dec 5 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
When the UK joined the EU in 1973 all previous trade barriers with the EU were abolished, which led to a strong intensification of trade with the European continent. This situation will soon be a[...]
Feb 11 @ 5:15 pm – 6:15 pm Oxford Martin School
In this book talk, Claas will review central findings of his research on the past 80 years of antibiotic use, resistance, and regulation in food production with introduction by Prof Mark Harrison, Director of Wellcome[...]
Mar 12 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Oxford Martin School
This talk will focus on the disruptive ingredients and recipes at the heart of Ocado’s ongoing journey of self-disruption and reinvention. One of these recipes relates to growing, manufacturing and delivering our food in much[...]