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Department: Oxford Department of International Development
Talks:
Wednesday 21 January 2025
Unwelcome to Denmark: The Paradigm Shift and Refugee Integration
Date: 21 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Professor Michelle Pace (Roskilde University)
Venue Details: On Zoom
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 28 January 2025
Title TBC
Date: 28 January 2026, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Theodor Borrmann (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Meeting Room A
Organiser:
Professor Laura Rival (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Game: The Economy of Undocumented Migration from Afghanistan to Europe
Date: 28 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Hannah Pool (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 4 February 2025
The shifting place of land, water, and nature in the Ecuadorian Andes
Date: 4 February 2026, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Dr Geoff Goodwin (University of Leeds)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Meeting Room A
Organiser:
Professor Laura Rival (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
The price of Fortress Europe: Critical reflections on the EU’s migration policies and constitutional horizons
Date: 4 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Dr Aristel Skrbic (Ghent University)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 11 February 2025
Can queering ecology help us address environmental destruction?
Date: 11 February 2026, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Cannelle Gueguen-Teil (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Meeting Room A
Organiser:
Professor Laura Rival (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 12 February 2025
The Way Out: Justice in the Queer Search for Refuge - Book Launch
Date: 12 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
s:
Dr Rebecca Buxton (University of Bristol),
Dr. Samuel Ritholtz (University of Oxford)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: The Old Library
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 18 February 2025
Master class: Nature and modes of law making
Date: 18 February 2026, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Professor Laura Rival (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Meeting Room A
Organiser:
Professor Laura Rival (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Coolie Migrants, Indian Diplomacy: Caste, Class, and Indenture Abroad, 1914-67
Date: 18 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Kalathmika Natarajan (University of Exeter)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar room one
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 25 February 2025
Master class: Priceless or unmarketable? Nature and its free gifts
Date: 25 February 2026, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Professor Laura Rival (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Meeting Room A
Organiser:
Professor Laura Rival (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Anthropology of Good: Exploring Volunteerism in the 2015 European Refugee Crisis
Date: 25 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
s:
Professor Dawn Chatty (University of Oxford),
Audra Morris (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar room one
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 26 February 2025
Feeling Safe but Not Ready: Disaster Risk Perception and Urban Resilience in Baltic Capitals
Date: 26 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Dr. Didzis Kļaviņš (University of Latvia)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers:
Emily Usherwood (Oxford Department of International Development),
Jo Boyce (University of Oxford, Oxford Dept of International Development)
Host:
Professor Corneliu Bjola (University of Oxford)
Wednesday 4 March 2025
Master class: If Nature was the question, would biomimicry be the answer?
Date: 4 March 2026, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Professor Laura Rival (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Meeting Room A
Organiser:
Professor Laura Rival (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Grounding the Components of an Ethical Response to Refugees
Date: 4 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Dr Bradley Hillier-Smith (University of St Andrews)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 11 March 2025
When Ground Gives Way: Attentive Responsiveness and Reimagining Scientific Authority
Date: 11 March 2026, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Olga Ulturgasheva (University of Manchester)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: tbc
Organiser:
Professor Laura Rival (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Responsibility Sharing in International Refugee Law: Towards Common but Differentiated Legal Obligations
Date: 11 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Dr Elizabeth Mavropoulou (University of Westminster)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar room one
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA