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

Oct 29 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm Ashmolean Museum
A Taste of Pompeii, with Sally Grainger Evening Talk and Tasting Tue 29 Oct, 6.30–9.30pm Join author of The Classical Cookbook Sally Grainger as she shares her knowledge of classical Roman recipes adapted for the[...]
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 11 @ 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm Memorial Room
Join Erín Moure for a workshop on translating poetry, part of the QTE Residency and Poets Translating Poets series. You will learn about the movement of meaning across languages, and how it’s not just dictionaries[...]
Nov 12 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Migration is present at the dawn of human history – the phenomena of hunting and gathering, seeking seasonal pasture and nomadism being as old as human social organisation itself. The flight from natural disasters, adverse[...]
Nov 12 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Wolfson College
Adam Smith is world-famous as a founding father of economics, and well-known to political theorists and philosophers for his Theory of Moral Sentiments (TMS). His work as a jurist is much less well known. As[...]
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 15 @ 7:45 pm – 8:45 pm Simpkins Lee Theatre, Lady Margaret Hall
Hella Pick is one of the trailblazers for the modern female foreign correspondent. She worked across three continents and covered the death of Yugoslavia’s leader, President Tito. Yugoslavia was always the saving grace of covering[...]
Nov 20 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Institute of Archaeology
Plants & Food Culture in Roman Britain Wed 20 Nov, 1–2pm Institute of Archaeology, 36 Beaumont Street, Oxford With Alexandra Livarda, ICAC, Tarragona At our Roman Discussion Forum research seminars you can join experts in[...]
Nov 21 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Poor diet is the leading risk factor for ill health in the UK, carrying more risk than smoking or hypertension. But in an era where we seem to be constantly bombarded with often conflicting messages[...]
Nov 27 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Ashmolean Museum
Food Remains from Pompeii: The Difficulties of Reconstructing Diet Wed 27 Nov, 1–2pm With Mark Robinson, University of Oxford At our Roman Discussion Forum research seminars you can join experts in the field of archaeology[...]
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[...]
Jan 11 @ 10:30 am – 2:30 pm estia wellspace
Mindfulness: Ancient Wisdom meets Modern Psychology in the Contemporary World Willem Kuyken University of Oxford
Jan 21 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
New technologies have always provoked panic about workers being replaced by machines. In the past, such fears have been misplaced, and many economists maintain that they remain so today. Yet in A World Without Work,[...]
Jan 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Restore
Inspiring talk with hot drinks and buffet.
Jan 24 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm Common Ground Workspace
Do you want to improve your digital security? Do you keep putting it off? We’re a group of cybersecurity researchers and activists, and we want to help you access free tools and resources to protect[...]
Jan 30 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Science Oxford Centre
Presenting 101 is an interactive workshop designed to help you flex your presenting muscles. Whether you have been presenting to the public for a long time or have just started, this workshop will help you[...]
Feb 4 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Makespace Oxford
Come and take a role in a simulation of our world between now and 2030. It’s a challenging time and other people will have different objectives to yours. How can business and society create the[...]
Feb 7 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Common Ground Cafe and Social Workspace, Oxford
It’s such a strange experience: you’re in the place you want to be, researching a topic of great interest to you, you have time and space for research that senior academics often envy, and yet[...]
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[...]
Feb 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Restore Garden Cafe
Talk with finger buffet and hot drinks
Feb 24 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Wolfson College
This book colloquium will discuss Shoshana Zuboff’s The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, her influential account of the challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, specifically, how the commodification of personal information threatens our core[...]
Feb 28 @ 11:15 am – 1:00 pm Oxford Martin School
‘Job insecurity at the end of the 20th century has given way to income insecurity at the start of the 21st.’ – Andy Haldane, July 2019 Join us for a stimulating morning of talks exploring[...]
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[...]
Apr 28 @ 3:00 pm – 4:45 pm University of Oxford Examination Schools (North School)
Lecture 2: The case for collective defined contribution (CDC) On any sensible approach to the valuation of a DB scheme, ineliminable risk will remain that returns on a portfolio weighted towards return-seeking equities and property[...]
Apr 30 @ 3:00 pm – 4:45 pm University of Oxford Examination Schools (North School)
Lecture 3: The case for an unfunded pay as you go (PAYG) pension The previous two lectures grappled with various challenges that funded collective pension schemes face. In the final lecture, I ask whether an[...]
Sep 16 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Online
The COVID-19 pandemic is having an unprecedented impact on societies around the world. As governments mandate social distancing practices and instruct non-essential businesses to close to slow the spread of the outbreak, there is significant[...]
Oct 13 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Online
It is no coincidence that countries with mission-driven governments have fared better in the COVID-19 crisis than those beholden to the cult of efficiency. Join Mariana Mazzucato, UCL professor and author of The Entrepreneurial State[...]
Nov 9 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Online
The FinCEN Files investigation, coordinated by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, exposed more than $2 trillion in suspicious deals. Criminals, politicians and others sent money through the world’s major banks, which initially ignored red[...]
Nov 19 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Online
The current covid-19 pandemic has focussed attention on the variability in personal risk of serious illness. After age and ethnicity, one of the most important factors associated with developing serious covid complications, requiring admission to[...]