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Dr Simone Sturniolo will talk about How computational science helps us understand the world and how you can try it too.
In this age of so-called ‘Fake News’, a concept promoted in Tweets from the White House, seized on by conspiracy theories, and threatening to undermine the democratic process, the trustworthiness of our journalists has never[...]
What if I like research but not teaching? What if I do not like any of them? What alternatives to academia do I have? We would like to introduce the “SIU Career Sessions”, a termly[...]
The Inaugural Quantum Materials Public Lecture will be presented by Professor Andrew Boothroyd. Please join us for an exploration of quantum materials – what they are, what they can do, and why they are so[...]
Can the wisdom of the crowd help us estimate the number of sweets in a jar? From guessing the weight of a cow or the number of sweets in a jar, there is evidence that[...]
Plastics (polymers) and other organic materials are typically thought of as insulating materials that surround conducting metals (e.g. copper) to protect us from shocks. However, through careful design, a class of so-called “pi-conjugated” organic compounds[...]
Carrie Gracie grew up mostly in North-East Scotland and set up a restaurant before taking a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford. She spent a year teaching in two Chinese universities and then[...]
Book Launch with Author & Translator: Yan Ge (顏歌)’s The Chilli Bean Paste Clan, translated by Nicky Harman https://www.facebook.com/events/605485149803274/ 2018/May/07 Monday 5-7PM Ho Tim Seminar Room, China Centre, St Hugh’s College, Oxford Open and free[...]
Professor Harriet Ritvo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Gone but not Forgotten: Coming to Grips with Extinction 5.30—7.00, Seminar Room 3, St Anne’s College Extinction is a timely and controversial topic now, as it has been[...]
Distinguished modern historian and former Warden of St Antony’s College, Professor MacMillan recently became an Honorary Fellow of LMH. She is a Companion of the Order of Canada, and will be this summer’s BBC Reith[...]
The Oxford Guild and its Collegium Global Network in association with the Oxford PPE Society is delighted to welcome a very special guest – Tawakkol Karman, one of the most famous and most decorated Nobel[...]
How do we define a sound or a taste for which our language does not have a dedicated word? Typically, we borrow words from another sensory modality. Wines, for example, are often described by words[...]
In today’s fast changing, highly interconnected, culturally diverse world our current approaches to policy need to become more responsive to change. Currently the dominant mode of policy making is still based on what we might[...]
Speaker: Carlo van de Weijer Digitisation has entered the mobility arena. The car has evolved from a mechanical device into a “data producing embedded software platform”, and the internet is quickly linking the supply and[...]
Bill Browder, CEO and Founder of Hermitage Capital Management, Head of Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign and author of “Red Notice, How I Became Putin’s Number One Enemy”
“3.5 million cyber-crimes recorded, true figure could be 20.5 million” – this is just one of the headlines that exemplify how significant cybercrime is today. Cybercrime has been ruthless, victimising everyone from corporations to charities[...]
We are now in the Anthropocene – human activity has become a major influence on the climate and ecosystems of the earth. It has never been more important that the public are aware of the[...]
As part of Think Human Festival, this one-off pop-up event is a unique opportunity for visitors of all ages to interact with leading academics from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Oxford Brookes[...]
For many people science in the media is lovely science stories like gravitational waves, the God particle and incredible discoveries about our natural history. But science is also to be found in messy, politicised and[...]
Join us for live music in the John Henry Brookes Building – Forum before the panel discussion at 18:00 in the Lecture Theatre. Most political movements are accompanied by protest songs. This Think Human Festival[...]
Join us for live music in the Forum of the John Henry Brookes Building from 17:00 before the panel discussion in the John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre at 18:00. Most political movements are accompanied by[...]
Our DNA holds clues to the demographic history of our ancestors. Dr Clare Bycroft presents recent work looking at the genetic history of the Iberian Peninsula.
The adoption of big data, machine learning, and simulation software in biology and drug discovery have allowed for rapid progress in these fields. So far these technologies have aided discoveries, but can they eventually replace[...]
The growth of populism has led to a widening of rights and power of the people to question all elites – those holding leading positions not only in politics, but also in the media, arts[...]
Our immune system keeps us healthy and safe – it’s a fantastic internal bodyguard that, like any good soldier, is well organised and disciplined. It’s our defence against infectious organisms and germ invaders. But what[...]
The year is 1964 and ten defendants are on trial for their lives in South Africa in what is widely perceived as a politically motivated proceeding. The defendants include many prominent campaigners against apartheid, notably[...]
Discover how propaganda images and literature during the First World War marked a change in women and their roles in society.
In this seminar we will discuss the current challenges facing science and politics. Drawing from the speaker’s experience, we will reflect on the current status of science involvement in the decision-making process and highlight potential[...]
Are we really living in a post-truth world where everyone is addicted to fake news? If so, what are the implications for communicating science and expert knowledge? The Frameworks Institute has harvested the most up-to-date[...]
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