Department: Environmental Change Institute
Talks:

Wednesday 19 February 2025

Gender and sustainable practice in disaster contexts: a feminist ethics of care lens
Date: 19 February 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr Yiwen Lin (Portsmouth Business School, University of Portsmouth, UK)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Diversity Room, School of Geography and the Environment
Organiser: Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 21 February 2025

Biodiversity science for 2030 - knowledge needs to support action to reach the targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework
Date: 21 February 2025, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Andy Gonzalez (McGill)
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 24 February 2025

What is a Unit of Nature? Measurement Challenges in the Emerging Biodiversity Credit Market
Date: 24 February 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Hannah Wauchope (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: East Lab, Environmental Change Institute
Organiser: Andrey Levitskiy (University of Oxford)
Host: Environmental Change Institute (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 26 February 2025

Developing socio-environmental research at the interface of interdisciplinarity and interculturality in the Amazon Rainforest.
Date: 26 February 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr Aoife Bennett (Research Lecturer in Environmental Social Sciences, University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Diversity 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)

Friday 28 February 2025

Leveraging human behavioural science for conservation
Date: 28 February 2025, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Brock Bergseth (James Cook University)
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)

Wednesday 5 March 2025

Balancing the production of low-emission energies with its impacts on biodiversity at RWE Offshore
Date: 5 March 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr Umberto Binetti (RWE - London office)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Diversity Room, School of Geography and the Environment
Organiser: Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 7 March 2025

Joining the blue dots - how our understanding of connectivity across the seascape can inform nature restoration policy and practice
Date: 7 March 2025, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Joanne Preston (University of Portsmouth)
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)

Thursday 13 March 2025

Sustainability 2.0: Unlocking Sustainable Business Transformation with Advanced Analytics & AI
Date: 13 March 2025, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker s: Dr Laura-Marie Töpfer (Chief Sustainability Officer, Area Leader Western Europe, Microsoft), Claudio Mirti (Senior Advanced Analytics & AI Specialist EMEA (Global Black Belt), Microsoft)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: East Lab, Environmental Change Institute
Organiser: Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)

Friday 14 March 2025

Biodiversity Governance: past, present and future: Reflections on COP-16, and on 16 COPs.
Date: 14 March 2025, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : David Cooper
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)