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:

Friday 17 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Climate Change and Rural Livelihoods in Ghana: the impacts, adaptations and barriers
Date: 17 May 2024, 16:15 - 17:15 (Friday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof. Philip Antwi-Agyei (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology,)
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)

Museums Late Night Water World
Date: 17 May 2024, 19:00 - 22:00 (Friday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road OX1 3PW
Organisers: Oxford University Museum of Natural History., REACH, Oxford Water Network
Hosts: TBA

Monday 20 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

West Bengal Water Project: In conversation with SoGE alumni
Date: 20 May 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Atmosphere room
Organiser: Oxford Water Network
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Oxford Energy Seminar Series – Week 5 TT24: Nuclear: Why small is beautiful
Date: 21 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Andrew Murdoch (newcleo)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Atmosphere Room, School of Geograpy
Organisers: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Oxford Energy Convenor)
Hosts: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Oxford Energy Convenor)

Wednesday 22 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Session 5: What is involved in leading and managing an Agile Sprint? (online webinar)
Date: 22 May 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Wednesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Aidong Yang (Engineering Science, University of Oxford), Dr Rachel Hayman (Agile Initiative, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Agile Initiative
Host: Agile Initiative

Thursday 23 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

The planetary boundaries framework: helpful for shaping human futures?
Date: 23 May 2024, 16:00 - 17:30 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Kate Raworth (Environmental Change Institute), Erle Ellis (OMS visiting fellow), Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: 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)

Radical hope: Reimagining capitalism for climate crisis
Date: 23 May 2024, 17:15 - 18:45 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Cameron Hepburn, Professor Rebecca Henderson (Harvard University), Professor Mette Morsing (Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Spirit of the Amazon, Indigenous Peoples of the Xingu
Date: 24 May 2024, 16:15 - 17:15 (Friday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Sue and Patrick Cunningham
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 28 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Rethinking Energy: How technology is turbocharging the green revolution
Date: 28 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Greg Jackson (Octopus Energy)
Venue: Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road OX1 3PU
Venue Details: Martin Wood Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Oxford Energy Convenor)
Hosts: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Oxford Energy Convenor)

Why hydrogen is of strategic importance to scale-up the energy transition
Date: 28 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Dirk Smit (Corporate Chief Scientist, Shell)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 31 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Wildlife, Warriors, and Women: Large Carnivore Conservation in Tanzania and beyond. Amy Dickman
Date: 31 May 2024, 16:15 - 17:15 (Friday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Amy Dickman (University of Oxford)
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)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Energy Seminar - Week 7 TT24: Beyond 2030: A national blueprint for a decarbonised electricity system in Great Britain
Date: 4 June 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Paul Wakeley (ESO)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Atmosphere Room, School of Geograpy
Organisers: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Convenor Oxford Energy), Robin Morris (Oxford Energy Convenor)
Hosts: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Oxford Energy Convenor)

Friday 7 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

In praise of the phenotype: Stock-taking and perspectives in plant functional trait ecology
Date: 7 June 2024, 16:15 - 17:15 (Friday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Sandra Díaz ForMemRS (Córdoba National University)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organiser: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 10 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

The role of a global multilateral development bank in the world today
Date: 10 June 2024, 17:00 - 18:15 (Monday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Samuel Munzele Maimbo (World Bank)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (and Online)
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Oxford Energy Seminar Series – Week 8 TT24: Bristol City Leap: A novel finance and procurement model for delivering net zero
Date: 11 June 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Tedd Mose (University of Oxford), Katherine Sugar (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Place Suite, School of Geography
Organisers: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Convenor Oxford Energy), Robin Morris (Oxford Energy Convenor)
Hosts: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Oxford Energy Convenor)

Friday 14 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

The role of secondary forests in mitigating fragmentation-related extinctions
Date: 14 June 2024, 16:15 - 17:15 (Friday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Ricardo Rocha (University of Oxford)
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)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 28 June 2024 (10th Week, Trinity Term)

The ecology and conservation of atolls - Sebastian Steibl
Date: 28 June 2024, 16:15 - 17:15 (Friday, 10th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
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)

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