Department: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR)
Talks:

Thursday 16 October 2025

The Political Unconscious of Global Polycrisis
Date: 16 October 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Kerem Nisancioglu (SOAS)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford)

Friday 17 October 2025

Responsive to What? Explaining the Information Quality of Public Comments on Bureaucratic Policymaking Using a Text-as-Data Approach
Date: 17 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Adriana Bunea (University of Bergen)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Room TBD
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Oxford Conservative Thought Reading Group, Week 1: Against Change?
Date: 17 October 2025, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Large Discussion Room, Social Science Library, Manor Road Building
Organiser: Jacob Williams (University of Oxford)
Host: Jacob Williams (University of Oxford)

Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed - Week One: The Wall
Date: 17 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Sophie Cardin (University of Oxford)
Host: Sophie Cardin (University of Oxford)

Monday 20 October 2025

When Criminals Help the State: Winning Hearts and Minds through Facilitation of State Service Provision
Date: 20 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : David Cerero (Yale University)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Wargame on Strategic Technologies, Emerging Futures Crisis Exercise
Date: 20 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
Organiser: Zachary Turinsky (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 October 2025

The Rise and Fall of the British Army, 1975–2025
Date: 21 October 2025, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker : Brigadier (rtd) Ben Barry (OBE (IISS))
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 23 October 2025

International Order(ing) as Complex Indebtedness: An Alternative Framework for World Politics
Date: 23 October 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Meera Sabaratnam (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)

Friday 24 October 2025

Racing through Election Cycles: The Political Consequences of the Tour de France
Date: 24 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Ala' Alrababah (Bocconi University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed - Week Two: Origins, Omelas, Odo
Date: 24 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Lecture Room VII
Organiser: Sophie Cardin (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 27 October 2025

Gendered Narratives and Armed Group Publicity During Civil Wars
Date: 27 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Meredith Loken (University of Amsterdam)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Title TBC
Date: 27 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Algorithmic Warfare: Artificial Intelligence and the Ethics of Target Selection
Date: 27 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
Organiser: Zachary Turinsky (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

BAFUNCS OxUNA UN Careers Paths Speakers’s Panel
Date: 27 October 2025, 18:00 - 20:00
Speaker s: Stephen Rudgard (FAO), Jeff Crisp (UNHCR and Chatham House), Tomoko Nishimoto (United Nations)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 30 October 2025

How Domestic Politics Shape the United States' Nuclear Credibility
Date: 30 October 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Lauren Sukin (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)

Friday 31 October 2025

Varieties of Authoritarian Policymaking
Date: 31 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Emilia Simison (Queen Mary University of London)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 3 November 2025

The Logic of Party Violence
Date: 3 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Ursula Daxecker (Amsterdam)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Book Launch: Conflict Sensitivity in Development, Humanitarian & Peacebuilding Practice: Trends and Challenges
Date: 3 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Dr Anthony Ware, (Deakin University), Osama Risheq (Al-Quds University), Leanne Kelly (Deakin University), Tamara Tamimi (Queens University Belfast), Claudio Alberti (OECD, Swisspeace), Tim Midgley (OxPeace, Conflict Sensitivity & Peacebuilding Consultant), Dr Sherine El Taraboulsi (Start Network), Alice Gore (OxPeace, FCDO)
Venue Details: Larkin Room, accessible
Organiser: Liz Carmichael (University of Oxford)
Host: Revd Dr Liz Carmichael (St John’s College)

Hidden Frontiers: Emerging Issues, Black Swans in Geopolitics, Defence, and Security
Date: 3 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Latika M Bourke (ANU National Security College), Dr. Sebastian Seidel (BwConsulting), Jutta Doberstein (NYT Author), Taylor El Hage (International SOS), Dr. Matthew Finch (University of Oxford)
Organiser: Zachary Turinsky (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 November 2025

Russia's Hybrid War
Date: 4 November 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Bob Seely MBE
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 5 November 2025

Treason, Terrorism, and Betrayal: Why Individuals Cross the Line
Date: 5 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr William Costanza (Georgetown University)
Organiser: Zachary Turinsky (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

De-risking and Driving Capital: EU–Africa Dialogue on Financing Africa’s Investment Gap
Date: 5 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Javier Niño Petez (EU Ambassador to the African Union), Mohammed Sani Musa (Chair of Nigeria’s Senate Finance Committee), Dr. Corentin Cohen (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorfman Centre,
Venue Details: St Peter’s College, New Inn Hall Street
Organiser: Ryan Cauwenberghs (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr. Corentin Cohen (University of Oxford)

Thursday 6 November 2025

The Impacts of Globalization on Political Knowledge: Evidence from Climate Awareness in Africa
Date: 6 November 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Amanda Kennard (Stanford University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)

Friday 7 November 2025

Losers' Consent in Polarized Elections: Observational and Experimental Evidence
Date: 7 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Ignacio Jurado (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed - Week Four: Time
Date: 7 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Sophie Cardin (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Saturday 8 November 2025

Peace, Security, Women's Rights, & Peacebuilding in Challenging Times
Date: 8 November 2025, 9:00 - 18:00
Speaker s: Prof Gearoid Millar (University of Aberdeen), Professor Sabina Alkire (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative), Eva Tabbasam (GAPS), Ufra Mir (Kashmir & SE Asia), Shelagh Daley (Saferworld, FCDO), Nita Yawanarajah (Oxford Process), Maimuna Mohamud (ASAL), Fathiaa Abdalla (Humanitarian Action for Sudan), Naheed Israr (HIVE Pakistan (via Peace Direct)), Lamija Kovacevic (Mediacentar Sarajevo), Anjali Rawat (DPhil candidate, Oxford University), Dr Aitemad Matar (LSE Middle East Centre)
Venue: St John's College, St Giles OX1 3JP
Venue Details: Garden Quad Auditorium
Organisers: Jeremy Cunningham (OxPeace), Harry Bregazzi (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford), Liz Carmichael (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Dr Harry Bregazzi (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford), Revd Dr Liz Carmichael, St John’s College (University of Oxford)

Monday 10 November 2025

Title TBC
Date: 10 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Quantum Supremacy: Technology, Strategy, and International Order Panel
Date: 10 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
Organiser: Zachary Turinsky (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 November 2025

Reflections on American foreign and defence policy by Shashank Joshi
Date: 11 November 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Shashank Joshi (The Economist)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 12 November 2025

Lester B. Pearson Inaugural Lecture: Passions, Preferences, and the Politics of Self-Binding
Date: 12 November 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 14 November 2025

Title TBC
Date: 14 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Rikhil Bhavnani (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed - Week Five: Revolution
Date: 14 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Sophie Cardin (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 17 November 2025

Divided We Stand? Identity Strategies in the Wake of Conflict
Date: 17 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Ceren Lord (University of Oxford)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Thursday 20 November 2025

Norms, Practices, and Change in a Planetary Era
Date: 20 November 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Steven Bernstein (University of Toronto)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)

Friday 21 November 2025

Title TBC
Date: 21 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Tugba Bozcaga (King's College London)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed - Week Six: The University
Date: 21 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Sophie Cardin (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 24 November 2025

Resident Resistance: Denouncing Criminalized Groups in Rio de Janeiro
Date: 24 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Nicholas Barnes (St. Andrew's)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Thursday 27 November 2025

The Politics of Deference by International Courts
Date: 27 November 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Theresa Squatrito (LSE)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)

Friday 28 November 2025

Regime Loyalty during Wartime: Evidence from Nazi Germany
Date: 28 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Sascha Riaz (EUI)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 1 December 2025

Strange Fruit in Comparative Perspective: Hierarchy and Ethnic Violence in India and Beyond
Date: 1 December 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dan Naseemulah (University of Oxford)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Thursday 4 December 2025

Collective Reciprocity and the Failure of Climate Change Mitigation Treaties
Date: 4 December 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Sam Housekeeper (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)

Friday 5 December 2025

Who Gets Protection from Protectionism? Evidence from the Buy American Act
Date: 5 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Hye Young You (Princeton University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed - Week Eight: Resistance
Date: 5 December 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Sophie Cardin (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 23 January 2025

Title TBC
Date: 23 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Kristin Michelitch (Institute for Advanced Study - Toulouse)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 30 January 2025

Title TBC
Date: 30 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Katharina Lawall (University of Reading)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 February 2025

TBD
Date: 6 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Jane Green (Nuffield College-University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 13 February 2025

Title TBC
Date: 13 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Andrew Eggers (University of Chicago)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 27 February 2025

Title TBC
Date: 27 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni (DPIR-Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 6 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Ferdinand Eibl (KCL), Steffen Hertog (LSE)
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 13 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 13 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Jeremy Bowles (UCL)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 1 May 2025

Title TBC
Date: 1 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Krzysztof Krakowski (King's College London)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA