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Mar 17 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm The North Wall Arts Centre
Artist, writer and activist Jess Thom has Tourettes syndrome, a neurological condition that means she makes movements and noises she can’t control, called tics. In 2010 she co-founded Touretteshero as a creative response to her[...]
Apr 7 @ 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm St Margaret's Institute
How the Freshwater Habitats Trust’s ‘Saving Oxford’s Wetland Wildlife’ project is helping to improve and monitor Oxford’s valuable freshwater areas, and protect the species they support.
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[...]
May 5 @ 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm St Margaret's Institute
In recent years there have been some alarming media stories about declines in insect populations. This talk provides an overview of trends in British insect populations over the past four decades.
Jun 2 @ 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm St Margaret's Institute
Identification, ecology and conservation of amphibians found in Oxfordshire.
Jul 7 @ 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm St Margaret's Institute
To enhance our natural environment, we need to put the environment back into the heart of the economy. Using natural capital as the guiding principle, we can leave a better environment for future generations, implementing[...]
Sep 12 @ 10:30 am – 1:00 pm Lady Margaret Hall
Tea/coffee, biscuits on arrival in the Committee Room. Introductory talk from Sophie Huxley, Gardener, LMH, followed by tour of the garden. Parking for 5 cars only (priority to Blue Card holders). Maximum 20 persons
Sep 16 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Online
The COVID-19 pandemic is having an unprecedented impact on societies around the world. As governments mandate social distancing practices and instruct non-essential businesses to close to slow the spread of the outbreak, there is significant[...]
Oct 1 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Online via Said Business School - Oxford Answers Website
The world faces many challenges, climate change, systemic racism, a crisis of leadership and the pandemic. As governments, business and organisations pivot to survive can the social impact sector do the same? What’s changed and[...]
Oct 13 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Online
It is no coincidence that countries with mission-driven governments have fared better in the COVID-19 crisis than those beholden to the cult of efficiency. Join Mariana Mazzucato, UCL professor and author of The Entrepreneurial State[...]
Oct 23 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Kellogg College
Friday 23 October Lecture by Advolly Richmond. Thomas Birch was a trained botanist, and head gardener at Orwell Park, Ipswich, before travelling to the Gold Coast. He became part of the international network of correspondents[...]
Nov 12 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Online
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented disruptions to urban mobility systems across the globe yet also presented unique opportunities for people to drive less, walk/cycle more and reduce carbon emissions. Join Professor Tim Schwanen[...]
Nov 20 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Kellogg College
Lecture by Hanna Zembrzycka-Kisiel, Principal Major Applications Officer at South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse Councils. Hanna uses the research insights of her recent MA Thesis to explore the reality of poor urban design[...]
Nov 23 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Online
Covid-19 has sparked the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression, and with much of the world now experiencing a second wave and with lockdowns returning, the crisis is far from over. The major[...]
Dec 11 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Kellogg College
Lecture by Jane Owen, preceded by OGT’s Christmas drinks party. Jane Owen, Founder Member of OGT, avid gardener, garden historian and previously Deputy Editor of the Financial Times, gives us her personal take on garden[...]
Jan 18 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Online
The first discussion in the Oxford Net Zero Series, hosted by the Oxford Martin School, hones in on the fundamental motivation of the research programme: ‘Why net zero?’. Join the Oxford Net Zero Initiative’s Research[...]
Jan 21 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Online
Covid-19 killed around two million people in 2020. At the same time, the social and economic impact of the pandemic led to an 8% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, the biggest one-year decline on record.[...]
Jan 25 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Online
The failure to stem the tide of biodiversity loss, or to address the deeply related issue of climate change, demands we quickly find more ambitious and more coherent approaches to tackling these challenges. Nature-based Solutions[...]