Talks of Interest to the School of Geography and the Environment
Description: The School undertakes world-class interdisciplinary research, addresses societal and environmental problems, and advances knowledge within an intellectually vibrant, interdisciplinary research environment that combines natural and social sciences and has geography at its core.

In addition to world leading education and research in the School, we host three internationally recognised research centres and lead cross-university initiatives and collaborative networks:
Environmental Change Institute
Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
Transport Studies Unit
Talks:

Thursday 21 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

RiVER: Routes into Vleis - Environmental Reconstruction of conditions facilitating hominin occupation in the northern Namib Sand Sea.
Date: 21 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Abi Stone (University of Manchester)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Desert room
Organiser: Dr Julie Durcan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Your water, Your place - the final 100 metres
Date: 21 November 2024, 16:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Fiona Waller (Independent Consultant, Ex Affinity Water)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: City Room
Organiser: Oxford Water Network
Hosts: TBA

Friday 22 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Understanding human-nature relationships: How can we foster more integrated, impactful, and collaborative action to tackle the climate and biodiversity crisis?
Date: 22 November 2024, 16:15 - 17:15 (Friday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 26 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Derisking Biodiversity Investments: Lessons from the Energy Transition
Date: 26 November 2024, 10:00 - 11:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Florian Egli (Technical University of Munich)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Village Room, Environmental Change Institute
Organiser: Andrey Levitskiy (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Dr Nicola Ranger (Director of the Resilient Planet Finance Lab), Sophus zu Ermgassen (University of Oxford)

The Missing Middle of a Resilient Food System Transformation
Date: 26 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Saher Hasnain (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Desert Room, School of Geography and the Environment
Organiser: Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)

Energy Seminar - Week 7: COP29 Energy Outcomes – from targets to implementation
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 26 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Nicholas Howarth (IEA)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Diversity Room, School of Geography
Organisers: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Convenor Oxford Energy)
Hosts: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Convenor Oxford Energy)

Wednesday 27 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

‘Cities rethought’: a book launch and lunchtime discussion
Date: 27 November 2024, 12:30 - 13:30 (Wednesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Michael Keith (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Professor Sue Parnell (University of Bristol), Professor Edgar Pieterse (University of Cape Town), Professor Gillian Rose (School of Geography and the Environment), Professor Tim Schwanen (Transport Studies Unit University of Oxford ), Professor Fran Tonkiss (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (and Online)
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

‘Cities rethought’: a book launch and lunchtime discussion
Date: 27 November 2024, 12:30 - 13:30 (Wednesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 28 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Towards a liveable planet: land, energy and food system transitions
Date: 28 November 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Paul Behrens (British Academy Global Professor)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (and Online)
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Karakalpakstan: Shrinking Sea, Vanishing Republic?
Date: 28 November 2024, 17:00 - 19:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Sophie Ibbotson (Changing Character of War Center)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Desert Room
Organiser: Oxford Water Network
Hosts: TBA

Friday 29 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The inevitable loss of large mammals in Malaysia, the lessons not learned, and pointers for the recovery of the surviving species
Date: 29 November 2024, 16:15 - 17:15 (Friday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr. John Payne (Author/CEO, Bring Back Our Rare Animals)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 2 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The role of finance in protecting people, planet and prosperity in the Indian Ocean and Southern Africa
Date: 2 December 2024, 11:30 - 12:30 (Monday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Idah Pswarayi-Riddihough (World Bank Country Director), Professor Christopher Adam (University of Oxford), Dr Nicola Ranger (Director of the Resilient Planet Finance Lab)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Andrey Levitskiy
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Expanding Insight: The Value of Mixed Qualitative Methods in Understanding Environmental Change
Date: 3 December 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Nathan Salvidge (University of Reading)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Desert Room, School of Geography and the Environment
Organiser: Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)

Energy Seminar - Week 8: Gas in decline – what to do with the gas grid when we no longer need it?
Date: 3 December 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Jan Rosenow
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Diversity Room, School of Geography
Organisers: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Convenor Oxford Energy)
Hosts: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Convenor Oxford Energy)

Friday 6 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Eat, Poop, Die: How Animals Make Our World.
Date: 6 December 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr. Joe Roman (University of Vermont.)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

The Screaming Sky: The strange allure of swifts.
Date: 6 December 2024, 16:15 - 17:15 (Friday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Charles Foster
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 10 December 2024 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Climate futures: Is recycled gold the new philosopher’s stone?
Date: 10 December 2024, 16:00 - 16:30 (Tuesday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
Organiser: Smith School
Hosts: TBA

This list contains talks from the following series:
Biodiversity Institute talks
Biodiversity Network Coffee Seminar Series
Biodiversity Network Seminars, Michaelmas Term 2015
Climate Careers
Climate Change and the Challenges of Development
ECI Big Ideas Seminar
Energy Colloquia
Energy Colloquia Series
Energy Events
Environmental Change Institute
Food Thinkers Lunches - Trinity Term 2018
Future of Cities Programme
Future of Food Lunchtime Talk Series
Geographies of informal and precarious labour - Transformations & Technological Natures Seminars
Grand Challenges in Environmental Research
Grand Challenges Seminar Series
IFSTAL
IFSTAL Lecture Series
InSIS seminar series: Ecologies of Expertise
Life after the Anthropocene
Model Truths: modelling, evidence, and truth in science and policy?
NatureFinance@Oxford Seminar Series
NEST - New Energy Systems Thinkers
Net Zero Home School
ONE
Oxford Centre for Tropical Forests
Oxford Interdisciplinary Microbiome Project
Oxford Water Network
Oxford Water Networks Water Quality Series (2019-2020)
Sandscapes
School of Geography and the Environment
Smith School Business Fellows
Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
SoGE Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation Cluster Events
SoGE Climate Systems and Policy Cluster Events
SoGE Economy and Society Cluster Events
SoGE Landscape Dynamics Cluster events
SoGE Political Worlds Cluster Events
SoGE Technological Life Cluster events
Technological Natures & Transformations Hilary 2017 Seminar Series
Technological Natures & Transformations Michaelmas 2016 Seminar Series
The Agile Initiative Research Planning workshop series (online)
Thinking Through Toxicity
Transport Studies Unit Hilary Term Seminar Series
Transport Studies Unit (TSU) Lunchtime Seminar Series
TSU Seminar Series
TSU Seminar Series, Hilary Term 2017 : Transport & Mobilities Across the Life Course
TSU Seminar Series Trinity 2016