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This workshop will inquire how neoliberalism, as ideology and policy, has transformed employment law and employment relations. Towards this end, participants will question what neoliberalism truly stands for, and what can be derived from it.[...]
Join your colleagues, friends and mentors at this event to see teams present their projects and find out who will be awarded funding! The Carbon Innovation Programme is an opportunity for students and staff at[...]
Talk, Q&As, and discussion. You’re welcome to come along just to listen, or to take part actively in the discussion. There’s no need to book: just come along on the day.
The use of data capture and visualisation technologies has grown dramatically, embracing the needs of researchers, stakeholder communities, cultural resource managers, tourists and the general public. This paper previews the types of techniques being used[...]
Henry Moseley’s work brought X-ray physics to bear on the chemists’ periodic table. Join us at the Museum to hear Professor Russ Egdell (Chemistry) and Professor Justin Wark (Physics) reveal both the history and rich[...]
Researchers in the humanities and social sciences increasingly visualize their data and results for non-academic audiences like policymakers, civil society organizations, or journalists. They may do this to foster public engagement, or to generate wider[...]
Survival International is the one of the world’s leading tribal rights organisations. From the Yanomami of Brazil to the Bushmen of Botswana, they have defended the land rights of indigenous communities from governmental and corporate[...]
Millions of people worldwide are affected by natural hazards ranging from devastating but localised events such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis to the more subtle but global effects of climate change. It is therefore[...]
Developments of the critical discursive tradition within social psychology offer both a conceptualisation of a gendered contemporary subject and an analytic approach to talk and text data, including media representations. In this paper I discuss[...]
The Oxford Children’s Rights Network invites you to join us for a lunch time seminar with Jonathan Herring, Professor of Law at the University of Oxford. Abstract: Those who argue that children should not have[...]
Join the Oxford Children`s Rights Network, in association with the Refugee and Migration Law Discussion Group at Oxford, for a lunch time seminar with Jason Pobjoy, Barrister at Blackstone Chambers. Abstract: The Convention on the[...]
The Brookes Centre for Global Politics, Economics and Society seminar series
The Oxford Children’s Rights Network invites you to join us for a lunch time seminar with Laura Lundy, Professor of Education Law and Children’s Rights at Queen’s University Belfast. Abstract: Children’s right to participate in[...]
As a computational social science researcher, Ruth García-Gavilanes interested in understanding online footprints, utilizing/developing computational human behaviour from methods and leveraging big data. In this seminar she will present two case studies in this field:[...]
Oxford Brookes Centre for Global Politics, Economics and Society seminar series
IN[SCI]TE is a new interdisciplinary science, technology, and engineering conference, which will take place on Monday and Tuesday of 0th Week Trinity Term 2016. IN[SCI]TE is run by undergrads, and the talks will be both[...]
The discussions held within reading groups (or book clubs) typically involve participants sharing, comparing and co-creating responses to literary texts. While reading is often thought of as a solitary process, reading groups constitute a form[...]
The world’s oceans are a global commons that provide a wealth of services vital to human and societal wellbeing. As global demands on these services increase, and pressure grows from multiple threats such as climate[...]
The Biological Society are very pleased to announce that Sir Paul Nurse will be giving a talk on Friday 13th May. Sir Paul Nurse won the Nobel Prize in 2001 alongside Sir Tim Hunt and[...]
Professor Ian Goldin, Director of the Oxford Martin School, looks at what we mean by development and what citizens, governments and the international community can do to encourage it. Goldin explains how the notion of[...]
Social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter are hugely popular in modern life and bring many benefits. However they also risk ‘digital wildfires’ in which provocative content in the form of hate[...]
Professor Ian Goldin, Director of the Oxford Martin School, and fellow author Chris Kutarna preview their forthcoming book about the risks and rewards of a new Renaissance taking place in our modern world. They will[...]
For most of the world’s toughest challenges, there exists a tension between the needs of an individual and what is best for the common good. Income derived from fishing may be vital to one country’s[...]
Drawing upon sociology of culture and digital rhetoric literature, this talk will illuminate the persuasive function of hashtags in the context of the UK EU membership referendum. What makes a hashtag more influential, or more[...]
While qualitative research has received greater acceptance in a great variety of disciplines, including health and medicine, the true potential of qualitative analysis seems not to have been realised in such areas. Hence, the critique[...]
Check out http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/oxford-science-fair.html for a full list of stalls. This is a FREE, drop in event with something for the whole family. Saturday 25 June 12-5pm, Sunday 26 June 1-5pm.
Date/Time: Sunday 26 June, 18:00 Venue: Phoenix Picturehouse, Oxford Admissions: Free, book online Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/sun-opening-weekend.html Henry Moseley is regarded as one of the most important scientific heroes that never was. Just one[...]
Date/Time: Friday 1 July 13:00 Venue: Holywell Cemetery, St Cross Road, Oxford Admissions: Free, Drop-In Suitability: 14+ Find out more: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/friday.html The wide range of rock types used for gravestones means that cemeteries can be[...]
Join us for a sensational evening of cabaret – an alchemy of acts delivered by Science Oxford’s network of creative science performers. If you love science, stage and stand up, you’ll be in your element[...]
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