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:

Tuesday 5 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Can coastal flood predictions affect real estate markets?
Date: 5 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: City 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 4: Innovation in the context of the energy transition
Date: 5 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Claudia Centazzo (ESO)
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 6 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Agent-based models for policy – past, present, future
Date: 6 November 2024, 14:30 - 15:30 (Wednesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Arzu Uluc (Bank of England)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G and online via Zoom
Organisers: Dorothy Nicholas (INET Oxford), Francois Lafond (INET Oxford)
Host: Professor Doyne Farmer (INET Oxford)

Thursday 7 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Northern Exposure presents: From Where We Stand
Date: 7 November 2024, 15:30 - 17:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Lucy Kaye, Adrian Favell (Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub (wheelchair accessible)
Organiser: Dace Dzenovska (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 8 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Why we need transformative scenarios for people and nature: Building capacities to imagine safe and just futures for all life on Earth
Date: 8 November 2024, 16:15 - 17:15 (Friday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Laura Pereira (Wits University, South Africa)
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: Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 12 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Improving resilience to urban flooding: Innovations and future directions for surface water flood warning services
Date: 12 November 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Linda Speight (School of Geography and the Environment, 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)

Book Launch: Saving a Rainforest and Losing the World: Conservation and Displacement in the Global Tropics
Date: 12 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Gregory M. Thaler (LAC and School of Geography)
Venue Details: Latin American Centre, Main Seminar Room
Organiser: Gregory Thaler
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 13 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Pushing the model boundary: developing the approach to integrated assessment modelling
Date: 13 November 2024, 14:30 - 15:30 (Wednesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Steve Pye (UCL)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G and online via Zoom
Organisers: Dorothy Nicholas (INET Oxford), Francois Lafond (INET Oxford)
Host: Professor Doyne Farmer (INET Oxford)

Climate futures: Will fire be the beginning and the end of our story?
Date: 13 November 2024, 16:00 - 16:30 (Wednesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
Organiser: Smith School
Hosts: TBA

Towards a global plastics treaty: emerging questions of human rights and global ethics in the Net Zero transition
Date: 13 November 2024, 17:30 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Joshua Lincoln
Venue Details: Kellogg College Hub
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 14 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

“It can’t get any worse”: Imagining the opportunity to be political throughout Brexit
Date: 14 November 2024, 15:30 - 17:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Katherine Smith (University of Manchester)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub (wheelchair accessible)
Organiser: Dace Dzenovska (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

After Ostpolitik: Germany and Ukraine in a new Europe
Date: 14 November 2024, 16:30 - 17:30 (Thursday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: St John's College, St Giles OX1 3JP
Venue Details: New seminar room
Organiser: Dr Ian Klinke (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 15 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Reimagining Bretton Woods: placing nature at the heart of global finance and governance
Date: 15 November 2024, 16:15 - 17:15 (Friday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Nicola Ranger (Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment)
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 19 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Unlearning ECM: PhD and Beyond
Date: 19 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Kapil Yadav (King's College London)
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)

Atlas of Finance: Mapping the Global Story of Money
Date: 19 November 2024, 16:00 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Darek Wojcik (National University of Singapore), Stefanos Ioannou (Oxford Brookes University)
Venue: St John's College, St Giles OX1 3JP
Venue Details: Auditorium
Organiser: Dr Alice Watson (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Alice Watson (University of Oxford)

Energy Seminar - Week 6: The cleantech revolution. How the energy system will be disrupted this decade
Date: 19 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Kingsmill Bond (RMI)
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 20 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Macro-financial transition risks along mitigation pathways: evidence from a hybrid agent-based integrated assessment model
Date: 20 November 2024, 14:30 - 15:30 (Wednesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Francesco Lamperti (Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (Pisa))
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G and online via Zoom
Organisers: Dorothy Nicholas (INET Oxford), Francois Lafond (INET Oxford)
Host: Professor Doyne Farmer (INET Oxford)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

Thursday 5 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Eat, Poop, Die: How Animals Make Our World.
Date: 5 December 2024, 16:15 - 17:15 (Thursday, 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)

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

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?
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