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Department: Oxford Department of International Development
Talks:
Monday 23 February 2026
EDI Research Spotlight: Discrimination and Decolonisation
Date: 23 February 2026, 13:30 - 17:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 24 February 2026
Tim Freeman’s malaria trials and the monetisation of impregnated mosquito nets in Gokwe, northwest Zimbabwe, 1993-1996
Date: 24 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Asa Mudzimu (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2
Organiser:
Ila Axelrod (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 25 February 2026
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 2026
What Does Youth ‘Well-being’ Mean in a Digital Age?
Date: 26 February 2026, 10:00 - 11:00
Speaker
:
Dr Michael Rich (Founder & Director, Digital Wellness Lab at Boston’s Children Hospital)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Meeting Room A
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Feeling Safe but Not Ready: Disaster Risk Perception and Urban Resilience in Baltic Capitals
Date: 26 February 2026, 17:30 - 18:30
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 2026
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
Tuesday 10 March 2026
Strikes, refusal, troublemaking: Workers’ resistance to and disruption of German rule in colonial Namibia
Date: 10 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Malin Bornemann (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2
Organiser:
Ila Axelrod (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Book Launch | Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism
Date: 10 March 2026, 16:30 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Dr Thea Riofrancos (Providence College)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Researchers Common Room, Oxford EARTH
Organisers:
TIDE Centre (University of Oxford),
OxEARTH
Hosts:
TIDE Centre (University of Oxford),
OxEARTH
Wednesday 11 March 2026
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
