Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.
Wine reception, snacks, and £5 year membership to PsyNAppS available. Alternatively, pay £2 for a single event! Venue: Lecture Theatre B, Department of Experimental Psychology ******************** We are at the cusp of some far-reaching technological[...]
Wine reception, snacks, and £5 year membership to PsyNAppS available. Alternatively, pay £2 for a single event! Venue: Lecture Theatre B, Department of Experimental Psychology ******************** Professor Canter began his career as an architectural psychologist[...]
Louisa Stuart Costello (1799-1870) was a popular and critically acclaimed poet, novelist, travel writer, historian, biographer, artist, and medieval scholar. Clare Broome Saunders will explore how Costello’s long career offers a rich source of information[...]
In this lecture, William Browder, author of New York Times bestseller Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice, will give a firsthand account of corruption, dirty politics,[...]
Venue: John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane OX3 0BP Time: Sunday 8 November (Week 5), 9:30 am – 5:30pm *********************************** The ‘Symposium in Applying Psychology & Neuroscience to Business’[...]
New emerging infections can pose huge global risks to health, with potentially devastating societal and economic impacts. In this seminar, Professor Angela McLean, Director of the Institute for Emerging Infections, will look at how new[...]
A showcase of four exciting start-ups from the Oxford Technology Portfolio, The companies presenting are: Molecular Warehouse Molecular Warehouse is developing sensors which will allow simple measurement of biological molecules. The company relies on leading[...]
Do we have the means necessary to create the perfect human? Do we have a moral responsibility to do so? Professor Julian Savulescu, Director of the Institute for Science and Ethics, will consider current and[...]
Delve into the secret lives of animals that make seashells – the molluscs and the fascinating science behind how shells are made. Author of ‘Spirals in Time’, featured on BBC Radio 4’s Book of the[...]
Much of our research focuses on understanding the behaviour of individual molecules when they become energised following absorption of light or collision with an electron, both very common processes. Advancing our knowledge of such molecular[...]
Wine reception, snacks, and £5 year membership to PsyNAppS available. Alternatively, pay £2 for a single event! Venue: Lecture Theatre B, Department of Experimental Psychology ******************** Caroline’s research investigates how sensory information is processed in[...]
GOD SCIENCE AND THE UNIVERSITY: IS BELIEF IN GOD A BARRIER TO SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY? The Veritas Forum at the Sheldonian Theatre followed by a drinks reception at Blackwell Hall, Weston Library. With Professor John Lennox,[...]
7.30PM start at St. Aldates Tavern, and entry is free, although we do suggest a donation of around £3 to cover speaker expenses. Come along and say hello! All welcome. http://oxford.skepticsinthepub.org/Event.aspx/5746/Blame-The-Brain-How-Neurononsense-Joined-Psychobabble-To-Keep-Women-In-Their-Place — There is a[...]
How do vaccines stimulate the immune system, and how can we use this knowledge to develop more effective vaccines for future pandemics? Professor Adrian Hill, Co-Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Vaccines, will discuss[...]
**OxPolicy and #periodpositive are ready to launch their report on the state of menstruation education in the United Kingdom!** Join us on the evening of November 30th for a bloody good time (haw haw). We’ll[...]
Wine reception, snacks, and £5 year membership to PsyNAppS available. Alternatively, pay £2 for a single event! Venue: Lecture Theatre B, Department of Experimental Psychology ******************** Dr. Anil Anthony Bharath is Reader in Image Analysis,[...]
Professor Carl Heneghan will deliver an interactive workshop, taking an evidence-based approach to answering your own clinical questions. With over 20 year’s experience in clinical epidemiology, Professor Heneghan has over 200 peer reviewed publications that[...]
Climate predictions provide key scientific input into climate policy – and will continue to do so in future years. Professor Tim Palmer, Co-Director of the Programme on Modelling and Predicting Climate, will discuss how scientific[...]
This panel takes the publication of Ruti Teitel’s new book ‘Globalizing Transitional Justice’ as paperback 15 years after the publication of her seminal book ‘Transitional Justice’ (OUP 2000) as the entry point into a critical[...]
Join us for a conversation with cultural thinker Roman Krznaric as we decide which are the best books on ‘the Art of Living.’ The event is hosted by website www.fivebooks.com and Prosecco will be served…
There will be a short introductory talk of about twenty minutes, followed by Q&As, and about an hour’s discussion among the audience. The meeting finishes at 9pm. All welcome; no need to book.
Join award winning poet and scientist Rachel McCarthy at the Museum as she takes us on a sociological journey through the Periodic Table; from its early formation to the chemistry of the present day. This[...]
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[...]
Every day millions of people struggle with psychological and emotional problems. The Stressed Sex sets out to answer a simple, but crucial, question: are rates of psychological disorder different for men and women? Join us[...]
Renowned biographer Lucasta Miller talks about her work on Letitia Landon, with a free lunch included. Registration is necessary to guarantee a place.
Sunday Times top 10 bestselling novelist, Peter May, author of ‘The Lewis Trilogy’, will be in conversation with journalist Lucy Atkins about his new novel ‘Coffin Road’ at Blackwell’s Bookshop, Broad St, Oxford on Monday[...]
A corporation interested in patenting ‘human pheromones’ for profit has created a long lasting myth that has roped in many scientists as well as the general public. Tristram will describe what went wrong and what[...]
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