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

Oct 8 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Simpkins Lee Theatre, Lady Margaret Hall
Kajal Odedra has always been passionate about helping other people affect change. She is Executive Director of Change.Org and author of ‘Do Something: Activism for Everyone’. Change.org is the world’s largest petition platform with 15[...]
Oct 18 @ 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm Weston Library
How do our minds and bodies alter as we age? Can attitudes change from one generation to the next? How have the built and natural environments around us changed in the last 200 years? What[...]
Oct 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Data-driven micro-targeted campaigns have become a main stable of political strategy. As personal and societal data becomes more accessible, we need to understand how it can be used and mis-used in political campaigns and whether[...]
Oct 22 @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm Monson Room, Lady Margaret Hall
Joris Luyendijk was born in Amsterdam and studied in Kansas, Amsterdam, and Cairo. He is a writer, journalist and anthropologist. He has written about the Middle East, the banking crisis and Brexit.
Oct 23 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm New Road Baptist Church
Is it our social responsibility to vaccinate? Vaccination has eradicated deadly diseases from our world and saved millions of lives; but why do some people refuse to vaccinate? This event, presented in partnership with the[...]
Nov 28 @ 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm Andrew Wiles Building
Are we witnessing a new, more toxic kind of politics around the world? If so, what is the alternative? Should we lament a supposedly lost civility, or is the emergence of more forthright and angry[...]
Dec 4 @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm Saïd Business School
Inaugural event in our new events series focusing on responsible leadership: Driving Diversity and Inclusion Seminar Series. Progress on diversity in the UK civil service and why it matters. How the dial only really shifted[...]
Feb 3 @ 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm Rewley House
Organised by Oxford Civic Society @oxcivicsoc. The Society’s Louise Thomas and Ian Green discuss the history of the city centre, emerging trends and their implications and present a vision which seizes opportunities and mitigates threats..[...]
Feb 6 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Glasgow Room, Harcourt Hill Campus, Oxford Brookes University
A panel exploring how universities can best support new students as they transition to University
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 19 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Oxford Town Hall
6 speakers from 6 countries debate the proposition – chaired by Sir Trevor McDonald. All welcome.
Apr 27 @ 3:00 pm – 4:45 pm University of Oxford Examination Schools (North School)
1/3: The case for a funded pension with a defined benefit (DB) I begin by drawing attention to the efficiencies in the pooling of longevity and investment risk that collective funded pension schemes provide over[...]
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[...]
Oct 12 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Online via zoom
This unusual online event will see Alberto Guibilini (Research Fellow, Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics) and David Jones (Director, The Anscombe Bioethics Centre) adopting the other’s position on conscientious objection, arguing for the opposing view[...]
Oct 12 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Online
Jointly organised by the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and the Anscombe Bioethics Centre. This unusual online event will see Alberto Guibilini and David Jones adopting the other’s position on conscientious objection, arguing for[...]
Nov 19 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Saïd Business School - Online
How do you build inclusion from the ground up? People with albinism face discrimination across the globe but are often left out of activist efforts around diversity and inclusion. In this episode, we speak to[...]
Dec 3 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Online
With COVID-19 vaccines on the horizon, attention again returns to the contentious topic of whether vaccination should be made mandatory. Recent polling has resulted in worrying headlines about a lack of willingness to have a[...]
Dec 10 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Online, hosted by Saïd Business School
Join Peter Drobac as he interviews Paul Farmer, in an exploration of the lessons we can learn from Paul Farmer’s phenomenal new book, Fevers, feuds and diamonds: Ebola and the ravages of history. We will[...]