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

Aug 10 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Blackwell’s are delighted to be hosting a special event with Dr Matthew L. Tompkins on his fantastic book, The Spectacle of Illusion. Professional magician-turned experimental psychologist Dr. Matthew L. Tompkins investigates the arts of deception[...]
Sep 7 @ 10:00 am – 4:30 pm John Henry Brookes Building
A conference exploring how we can get people who used to cycle, or have never cycled, onto bikes, and the role of virtual reality cycling. Come and join us for a day full of informative[...]
Sep 21 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm St Peter's College Chapel
St Peter’s College welcomes you to a talk about Lord Nuffield, a leading figure in St Peter’s early history. William Morris, Lord Nuffield, probably did more than any other individual to transform Oxford in the[...]
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 23 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Oxford Brookes University
The seminar (12-1pm) is going to be followed by a workshop (1-2.30pm). No tickets required but please confirm your attendance. Seminar (12-1pm): How questionnaires shape answers. On validity and performativity of ‘the data’ in psychotherapeutic[...]
Oct 24 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Michael Obersteiner will present new insights from co-producing a set of new sustainability scenarios. Major sectoral transitions will be presented to achieve development targets in line with improved ecosystem and human health. He will conclude[...]
Oct 24 @ 5:30 pm – 7:15 pm Jacqueline du Pre Music Building
Michaelmas term’s topic of the popular St Hilda’s ‘Brain and Mind – from concrete to abstract’ series of workshops is ‘Creativity and the Brain’. Professor Jane Mellanby (Oxford), Dr Lambros Malafouris (Oxford), and Dr Matthew[...]
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 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 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
Feb 10 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Department of Education
This seminar is part of our public seminar series on ‘Exclusion from School and its Consequences’, led by the Department of Education and convened by Harry Daniels (Professor of Education) and Ian Thompson (Associate Professor[...]
Feb 11 @ 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm Wolfson College
How do we write about queer lives? Queer people have always existed, but a combination of censorship, coded language and omission from the historical record has made it difficult for scholars to clearly interpret and[...]
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[...]
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[...]