BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:talks.ox.ac.uk BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The 4 Day Week and Population Health - Dr Orla Kelly (University C ollege Dublin) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251204T153000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251204T170000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/e7c538e1-a1a5-4f50-8e5a-fc0bed789bce/ DESCRIPTION:In this seminar we will examine the relationship between worki ng time and wellbeing from both a macro and micro level perspective. We wi ll begin by exploring the relationship between working hours and life expe ctancy\, paying particular attention to how inequality moderates the resul ts of this relationship. Then we will delve into the results of our recent study which examines the health implications of working time reduction am ong 3000 employees who participated in the 4 Day Week Global Trials. \n\ n------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------\n\nSpeaker bio: Dr Kelly's research focuses on the social drivers a nd responses to climate change\, and she is particularly interested in und erstanding pathways to sustainable human well-being and eco-social policie s. She is part of the international academic research team investigating t he economic\, social\, and environmental impacts of reduced worktime trial s\, led by the 4-day Week Global campaign\, and she is a founding member o f the Worktime Reduction Research Network (WTR-RN). Her research has been published in academic journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Social For ces\, and Sustainability Science.\n\n------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------\n\nBooking is required for peop le outside of the Department of Social Policy and Intervention (DSPI). DSP I Members do not need to register.\nSpeakers:\nDr Orla Kelly (University C ollege Dublin) LOCATION:32-42 Wellington Square (Barnett House) (VBR Department of Social Policy and Intervention\, 32 Wellington Square OX1 2ER/ Microsoft Teams)\ , 32-42 Wellington Square OX1 2ER TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/e7c538e1-a1a5-4f50-8e5a-fc0bed789bce/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:The 4 Day Week and Population Health - Dr Orla Kelly (Uni versity College Dublin) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Migration and racism and global health - Professor Delan Devakumar (UCL) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251106T160000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251106T173000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/225ead63-c054-4d4c-837b-7161e4f6c6f6/ DESCRIPTION:In this seminar Professor Devakumar will describe how racism a nd xenophobia affect health across the world. The talk will describe some of the historical and political roots\, health outcomes and a systems appr oach to interventions. He will draw on the Lancet Commission on Migration and Health and The Lancet series on Racism\, Xenophobia\, Discrimination a nd Health\, and will also include information from the upcoming Lancet Com mission on Global Racisms and Child Health. \n\n-------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------\n\nSpeaker bio: Delan Devakumar is a Pro fessor of Global Child Health in University College London. He is a public health consultant with clinical experience in paediatrics and in humanita rian contexts. He is Director of the UCL Centre for the Health of Women\, Children and Adolescents and the UCL Race & Health group. \n\nDelan is cha ir of the Lancet Commission on Racism and Child Health. He led the Lancet Series on ‘racism\, xenophobia\, discrimination and health’ and was a commissioner and steering group member of the UCL-Lancet Commission on M igration. He has held many committee positions in the Royal College of Pae diatrics and Child Health and the Faculty of Public Health in global healt h and in advocacy. \n\n--------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------\n\nBooking is required for people outside of the Department of S ocial Policy and Intervention (DSPI). DSPI Members do not need to register .\nSpeakers:\nProfessor Delan Devakumar (UCL) LOCATION:32-42 Wellington Square (Barnett House) (VBR Department of Social Policy and Intervention\, 32 Wellington Square OX1 2ER/ Microsoft Teams)\ , 32-42 Wellington Square OX1 2ER TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/225ead63-c054-4d4c-837b-7161e4f6c6f6/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Migration and racism and global health - Professor Delan Devakumar (UCL) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mortality and Starvation in the Gaza Strip: Epidemiological Method s\, Uncertainties\, and Interpretations - Dr Zeina Jamaluddine (London Sch ool of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251120T160000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251120T173000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/1245d629-584b-4097-946f-c2e420e1b9ca/ DESCRIPTION:The war in the Gaza Strip has resulted in significant civilian mortality and infrastructure damage\, creating a public health emergency. Israeli military operations have caused massive destruction\, displaced n early 2 million people\, and severely disrupted essential services. This s eminar examines mortality and famine in Gaza over the past year\, addressi ng health information system challenges\, mortality and famine projections analysis\, and data collection during conflict. The seminar will present mortality estimates using capture-recapture analysis methods and discuss f amine projections that assess food insecurity and malnutrition risks.\n\n- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------\n\nSpeaker bio : Zeina Jamaluddine\, PhD\, is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at t he London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Her research explores how conflict\, displacement\, and social determinants shape nutrition and hea lth among vulnerable populations in the Middle East and North Africa. She has led large-scale studies on maternal and child health\, food and water security\, and the evaluation of humanitarian interventions\, with a focus on developing evidence-based solutions to reduce health and nutrition dis parities.\n\n------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- \n\nBooking is required for people outside of the Department of Social Pol icy and Intervention (DSPI). DSPI Members do not need to register.\nSpeake rs:\nDr Zeina Jamaluddine (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) LOCATION:32-42 Wellington Square (Barnett House) (VBR Department of Social Policy and Intervention\, 32 Wellington Square OX1 2ER/ Microsoft Teams)\ , 32-42 Wellington Square OX1 2ER TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/1245d629-584b-4097-946f-c2e420e1b9ca/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Mortality and Starvation in the Gaza Strip: Epidemiologic al Methods\, Uncertainties\, and Interpretations - Dr Zeina Jamaluddine (L ondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Don’t ask if you don’t want the answer: a career in violence r esearch - Professor Karen Devries (London School of Hygiene and Tropical M edicine) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251030T160000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251030T173000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/e6c5da37-f2e9-4ef7-81b5-7b1629d0b13b/ DESCRIPTION:Professor Devries will discuss research she has conducted over her career\, including producing the first estimates on the global preval ence of intimate partner violence against women\, conducting randomised tr ials of interventions to prevent violence against women and children\, and the challenges inherent in conducting this research in a safe and ethical way.\n\n----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- \nSp eaker bio: Karen Devries is a professor of social epidemiology at the Lon don School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She leads the Child Protecti on Research Group and uses epidemiological methods to understand violence against children\, adolescents\, women\, and child protection. She current ly collaborates with international partners in Uganda\, Tanzania\, Latvia\ , the United Kingdom\, the United States and other countries\, and she has published widely in international journals. Her work has been cited more than 50\,000 times and has informed global policy\, including WHO violence prevention guidance.\n\n------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------\n\nBooking is required for people outside of the Department of Social Policy and Intervention (DSPI). DSPI Members do not need to regist er.\nSpeakers:\nProfessor Karen Devries (London School of Hygiene and Trop ical Medicine) LOCATION:32-42 Wellington Square (Barnett House) (VBR Department of Social Policy and Intervention\, 32 Wellington Square OX1 2ER/ Microsoft Teams)\ , 32-42 Wellington Square OX1 2ER TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/e6c5da37-f2e9-4ef7-81b5-7b1629d0b13b/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Don’t ask if you don’t want the answer: a career in v iolence research - Professor Karen Devries (London School of Hygiene and T ropical Medicine) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The politics of evidence – from evidence-based policy to the goo d governance of evidence - Dr Justin Parkhurst (LSE) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251021T170000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251021T183000 UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/f33041a6-c040-4f0f-abc6-892e5cfd296b/ DESCRIPTION:Evidence matters for public policymaking. Yet calls for ‘evi dence-based policy’ often risk oversimplifying inherently political proc esses— assuming that particular forms of scientific evidence can directl y determine policy decisions\, or that politics should be excluded from po licymaking altogether. In contrast\, this talk (based on the open-access b ook of the same title)\, argues that it is critical to move away from aski ng how policy can be ‘based on’ evidence\; to instead consider what be tter uses of evidence would look like - from both scientific and democrati c principles - given the inherently political nature of the policy process . The talk identifies a range of biased and problematic uses of evidence w hen assessed against these normative principles\, leading to the developme nt of a ‘good governance of evidence’ framework. Ultimately it argues for institutionalisation of good governance principles in the form of the structures\, rules\, and norms of science/evidence advisory systems that c an ensure the use of rigorous\, systematic\, and technically valid pieces of evidence within decision making processes that are representative of\, and accountable to\, populations served.\n\n------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------\n\nSpeaker bio: Dr Justin Parkhurst (BS\, MP hil\, DPhil) is an Associate Professor of Global Health Policy at the LSE Department of Health Policy. His research interests lie in global health p olitics and policy\, and the political nature of evidence use to inform po licy decisions. He led a 5-year programme of work on Getting Research In to Policy in Health  funded by the European Research Council\, resulting in multiple open access publications including the book: The Politics of Evidence: From Evidence Based Policy to the Good Governance of Evidence\, (Routledge). \n\nHe currently co-leads (with Dr Freddie Ssengooba) the ‘ Systems of Evidence to Improve Health Policy in Africa’ (SEIHPA) project which studies institutional arrangements and processes that provide scien ce/evidence advice to health policymakers in Uganda\, Kenya\, Malawi and R wanda (funded by the National Institute of Health Research - NIHR). \n\n- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------\n\nBooking i s required for people outside of the Department of Social Policy and Inter vention (DSPI). DSPI Members do not need to register.\nSpeakers:\nDr Justi n Parkhurst (LSE) LOCATION:32-42 Wellington Square (Barnett House) (VBR Department of Social Policy and Intervention\, 32 Wellington Square OX1 2ER/ Microsoft Teams)\ , 32-42 Wellington Square OX1 2ER TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/f33041a6-c040-4f0f-abc6-892e5cfd296b/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:The politics of evidence – from evidence-based policy t o the good governance of evidence - Dr Justin Parkhurst (LSE) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Taking a life course lens to understanding the health consequences of childhood adversity and violence  - Professor Laura Howe (University of Bristol) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251127T160000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251127T173000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/25abd5a2-9ea6-4303-b17c-739969bcd72f/ DESCRIPTION:In this seminar\, Professor Laura Howe will describe her resea rch into the life course trajectory of adversity and violence\, how these experiences affect the development of mental and physical health\, and how we might use this understanding to inform efforts to prevent ill health a nd support people exposed to adversity and violence. \n\nProfessor Howe's research draws on large population-based cohort studies such as the Avon L ongitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)\, and her research grou p has particular expertise in statistical methods for maximising the value of longitudinal observational data\, and evaluation of causality. \n\ n------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSpeaker bi o: Laura Howe is a statistical epidemiologist\, whose research draws on li fe course and causal inference approaches to understand the development of physical and mental health across the life course. She uses data from lar ge population-based cohort studies to understand how and why childhood adv ersity and violence affect health. She has experience of statistical metho ds for repeated measures data and methods for the integration of genetic d ata into epidemiological studies\, and has carried out methodological rese arch in these areas.\n\n-------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------\n\nBooking is required for people outside of the Department of S ocial Policy and Intervention (DSPI). DSPI Members do not need to register .\nSpeakers:\nProfessor Laura Howe (University of Bristol) LOCATION:32-42 Wellington Square (Barnett House) (VBR Department of Social Policy and Intervention\, 32 Wellington Square OX1 2ER/ Microsoft Teams)\ , 32-42 Wellington Square OX1 2ER TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/25abd5a2-9ea6-4303-b17c-739969bcd72f/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Taking a life course lens to understanding the health con sequences of childhood adversity and violence  - Professor Laura Howe (U niversity of Bristol) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Engaging young people in mental health: Lessons from the INSPIRE p roject - Dr Tatiana Taylor Salisbury (King's College) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251113T160000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251113T173000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/58d50c40-e118-4549-9115-24dd87d1a3ed/ DESCRIPTION:While much effort has gone into developing mental health inter ventions for delivery in the Global South\, the integration of evidence-ba sed interventions into existing services is highly limited. Many factors c ontribute to this outcome\, one of which is the lack of partnership with t hose who would receive and deliver interventions in their design. \n\nThro ugh her UKRI Future Leader's Fellow award\, Dr Salisbury has focused on th e co-design of an adolescent perinatal mental health intervention in Kenya and Mozambique. During her talk\, she will share her experience of workin g with adolescents and their communities and what she has learnt about usi ng co-design techniques in the Global South. \n\n----------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------\nSpeaker bio: Dr Tatiana Taylor Salis bury is Reader in Global Mental Health and Design at King’s College Lond on (KCL). She is Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health at KCL and Co-Director of the Centre for Global Mental Health.  She is a UKRI Future Leader's Fellow and trustee of the Global Alliance for Maternal Mental Health. Her work blends human-centred design\, systems thinking and implementation science to develop developme nt of scalable and sustainable solutions to improve mental health. Tatiana 's other interests include integrating mental health into physical health services\, operationalising good quality mental health care\, and engaging communities in intervention development and service delivery.\n\n-------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------\n\nBooking is required for people outside of the Department of Social Policy and Intervention (D SPI). DSPI Members do not need to register.\nSpeakers:\nDr Tatiana Taylor Salisbury (King's College) LOCATION:32-42 Wellington Square (Barnett House) (VBR Department of Social Policy and Intervention\, 32 Wellington Square OX1 2ER/ Microsoft Teams)\ , 32-42 Wellington Square OX1 2ER TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/58d50c40-e118-4549-9115-24dd87d1a3ed/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Engaging young people in mental health: Lessons from the INSPIRE project - Dr Tatiana Taylor Salisbury (King's College) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The hidden human labour powering AI: Introducing the Fairwork Acti on Research Project - Prof Mark Graham (University of Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251016T160000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251016T173000 UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/7607e7ed-ea32-49fd-9958-dbb695f9f426/ DESCRIPTION:Artificial intelligence is often seen as a mirror of human int elligence\, an attempt to replicate the processes that occur within a huma n mind. However\, a different perspective is presented in the book Feeding the Machine\, co-authored by Prof Mark Graham.\n \nAI is described as an "extraction machine." When users interact with AI products\, they typicall y only see the surface and the outputs it generates. In reality\, the extr action machine absorbs vital inputs—capital\, power\, natural resources\ , human labour\, data\, and collective intelligence—and transforms them into statistical predictions\, which AI companies convert into profits. Th is process requires control over material infrastructure\, workers\, and k nowledge. \n  \nThe talk introduces the Fairwork project\, an action res earch methodology designed to hold companies within the AI production netw ork accountable. It examines how the Fairwork methodology has successfully functioned in the gig economy\, having scored nearly 700 companies to dat e. Fairwork works with platforms to encourage pro-worker changes to polici es and practices. Guided by the Fairwork Principles\, companies improve co nditions for workers and develop safer\, fairer businesses. As a result of Fairwork's engagement\, 64 companies have agreed to implement 300 pro-wor ker changes\, covering all five Fairwork Principles. These changes include ensuring minimum or living wages\, GDPR-compliant data management\, sickn ess insurance\, contracts aligned with local legislation\, anti-discrimina tion policies\, the election of workers’ representatives\, and collabora tion with local workers' associations. \n\nThe talk further explores how t his methodology will be extended to AI supply chains to compel companies t o act more responsibly. \n\n---------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------\n\nSpeaker bio: Mark Graham is the Professor of Internet Geo graphy at Oxford University. He is also the Director of Fairwork. This ini tiative has actively pushed companies to implement worker-friendly policie s\, impacting millions of jobs. His latest book\, "Feeding the Machine\," delves into the human labour behind the development of Artificial Intellig ence.\n \n---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nB ooking is required for people outside of the Department of Social Policy a nd Intervention (DSPI). DSPI Members do not need to register.\nSpeakers:\n Prof Mark Graham (University of Oxford) LOCATION:32-42 Wellington Square (Barnett House) (VBR Department of Social Policy and Intervention\, 32 Wellington Square OX1 2ER/ Microsoft Teams)\ , 32-42 Wellington Square OX1 2ER TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/7607e7ed-ea32-49fd-9958-dbb695f9f426/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:The hidden human labour powering AI: Introducing the Fair work Action Research Project - Prof Mark Graham (University of Oxford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR