Oxford Department of International Development

14:00 - Mobility, Livelihood, and COVID-19
This event will take place online on Zoom. To register, please visit https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wukBfYFHTqmdkJSbDgTVaA
Professor Biao Xiang (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 6 May 2020

17:00 - Global agenda setting, from the bottom up: the Global Refugee-Led Network (GRN)
This seminar will be held online via Zoom
Mustafa Alio, Shaza Al Rihawi, Anila Noor, Najeeba Wazefadost
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Thursday 7 May 2020

13:00 - Seeking Asylum in Literature: Reclaiming the Refugee Narrative
This event will take place through Zoom. To register, please visit bit.ly/alghurabi
Lur Alghurabi (University of Oxford)

Monday 11 May 2020

17:00 - Life under lockdown in Nigeria
Online via Zoom
Various Speakers
African History & Politics Seminars

Tuesday 12 May 2020

14:00 - Anthropological solace? Social analysis between understanding and caring in the COVID-19 crisis
Registration via https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9Mnzuuj-QVK48isRQBOq4A
Prof. Pietro (Piero) Vereni (Tor Vergata University of Rome), Kushal Sohal (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 13 May 2020

17:00 - Without recognition, without assistance: Refugee-led responses in urban contexts
This seminar will be held online via Zoom
Bahati Ghislain, Robert Hakiza, Janemary Ruhundwa
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Monday 18 May 2020

Tuesday 19 May 2020

14:00 - Fear and Loathing in Times of COVID-19
Online via Zoom. Please register via https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Bvjp4xk3R7SfZovpmDJ3ow
Prof. Jörg Friedrichss (University of Oxford), Niklas Stoehr (ETH Zurich)

Wednesday 20 May 2020

17:00 - New partnerships: How international organisations can support refugee-led organisations
This seminar will be held online, via Zoom
Dana Al Anzy, Edmund Page
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Thursday 21 May 2020

13:00 - ODID Flash Talk: Framing Protest at Political Summits - An Analysis of Dominant Protest Narratives and Failing Democratic Accountability
Online via Zoom
Finn Klebe (University of Oxford)

Friday 22 May 2020

14:00 - ODID/LAC - UNDP Special Roundtable: Power, Governance and Inequality in Latin America in the Era of Pandemics
This event will take place online via Zoom. Please register via https://bit.ly/2YRDP5b
Diego Sánchez-Ancochea (Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford), Santiago Levy (Brookins Institute), Rebeca Grynspan (SEGIB), Luis Felipe López-Calva (UNDP), Nora Lustig (Tulane University)

Tuesday 26 May 2020

Wednesday 27 May 2020

17:00 - Rapid response to funding gaps: Philanthropic support for refugee-led initiatives
This seminar will be held online, via Zoom
Anna Crowley, Annemieke de Jong, Mingo Heiduk
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Thursday 28 May 2020

13:00 - Using the MPI as a tool for crafting government responses to the Covid-19 pandemic
Various Speakers

Monday 1 June 2020

15:30 - Overcoming Boko Haram: A Book and a Conversation
Various Speakers
ODID Special Lectures & Seminars

Tuesday 2 June 2020

14:00 - COVID-19 Flash Talk: Domestic Violence During the Great Lockdown
Dr Cathy McIlwaine (King's College London), Vidya Ramachandran (University of Oxford)
Covid-19 Flash Talks

Monday 8 June 2020

Wednesday 10 June 2020

17:00 - Limited room to manoeuvre: Refugee-led responses in camp settings
This seminar will be held online, via Zoom
Nhial Deng, Innocent Magambi, Samuel Ouma Mijwang’a
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Friday 12 June 2020

14:00 - National lockdowns and global spill-overs: some macroeconomic aspects of Covid-19 in Sub Saharan Africa
Professor Christopher Adam (University of Oxford), Prof Alexander Betts (University of Oxford)
Oxford Development

Monday 15 June 2020

Tuesday 16 June 2020

14:00 - Learning in Governance in times of COVID-19
Jomo Kwame Sundaram (United Nations), Mukta Naik (CPR India), Isabella Blumm (University of Oxford)
Covid-19 Flash Talks

Wednesday 17 June 2020

17:00 - Affecting change from within: Refugees in international humanitarian organisations
This seminar will be held online, via Zoom
Joelle Hangi, Bahati Ernestine Hategekimana, Foni Joyce
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Friday 19 June 2020

14:00 - Islam in the Changing World
Professor Masooda Bano (University of Oxford)
Oxford Development

Monday 22 June 2020

14:00 - The Politics of Pandemics in Africa
Simukai Chigudu (University of Oxford)
Oxford Development

Wednesday 24 June 2020

15:00 - Mobility and immobility in the time of coronavirus: reflections from long-term study of migration and displacement | Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture 2020
This talk will take place via Zoom webinar
Professor Laura Hammond (SOAS, University of London)

Monday 29 June 2020

14:00 - Should We Abolish Immigration Control?
Prof Matthew Gibney (Refugee Studies Centre)
Oxford Development

Thursday 24 September 2020

14:00 - Poverty at a Crossroad: Using leadership and the multidimensional poverty index to build back better
Various Speakers

Friday 16 October 2020

13:00 - A journey of acute poverty: the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)
Professor Sabina Alikre (Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative), Dr Usha Kanagaratnam (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 21 October 2020

17:00 - Deporting Extremists: A Qualified Defence
Rutger Birnie (European University Institute)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Friday 23 October 2020

Wednesday 28 October 2020

17:00 - Carceral Junctions - Stuckness and Connectedness in Camps
Simon Turner (University of Copenhagen)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Friday 30 October 2020

13:00 - Catastrophic payments and multidimensional poverty: A longitudinal analysis
Dr Mónica Pinilla-Roncancio (Universidad de Los Andes and OPHI), Dr Paul Rodriguez (Universidad del Rosario)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 4 November 2020

17:00 - Unlivable Life: Ordinary Disasters and the Atmosphere of Crisis in Haiti
Greg Beckett (University of Western Ontario)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Friday 6 November 2020

13:00 - Construction of an internationally comparable Child Multidimensional Poverty Index
Mr Richard Freund (Young Lives)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 11 November 2020

17:00 - Reflecting on Refugia
Nicholas Van Hear (University of Oxford)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Friday 13 November 2020

13:00 - Poor households or poor individuals? The issue of the unit of identification when designing an MPI
Dr María Emma Santos (Universidad Nacional del Sur, CONICET and OPHI)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty
17:00 - Asking Fundamental Questions of the State, Space and Nature
Please email events@qeh.ox.ac.uk to register.
Nikita Sud (University of Oxford)
Frontiers of Development Lecture Series

Wednesday 18 November 2020

Friday 20 November 2020

13:00 - Measuring rural poverty with a multidimensional approach: conceptual framework and empirical results
Dr Frank Vollmer (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative), Dr Piero Conforti (FAO), Dr. José A. Rosero Moncayo (Director of the Statistics Division in the Economic and Social Development Department, FAO)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 23 November 2020

17:30 - Refugees as Human Shields: In Conversation with Neve Gordon
Prof Neve Gordon (Professor of International Law and Human Rights, Queen Mary University of London)

Wednesday 25 November 2020

17:00 - ‘Belongers’ and ‘non-belongers’: dividing citizens in 1968
Deirdre Troy (Queen Mary University of London)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Thursday 26 November 2020

15:00 - The Pluralism of Place: India and the Muslim World in the Political Thought of Abul Kalam Azad
Shaunna Rodrigues (Columbia University)

Friday 27 November 2020

Wednesday 2 December 2020

17:00 - Refugees and Racial Capitalism: What ‘Integration’ In the Labour Market Means
Elizabeth Dunn (Indiana University Bloomington)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Thursday 3 December 2020

16:00 - Towards Party Constitutionalism: On Freedom of Speech within Political Parties
Udit Bhatia (University of Oxford)

Friday 4 December 2020

13:00 - A bird’s eye view of well-being: Exploring a multidimensional measure for the UK
Professor Sabina Alikre (Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative), Miss Fanni Kovesdi (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Friday 11 December 2020

10:30 - Climate Change and the Challenges of Development: Himalayan Forum
Various Speakers
Climate Change and the Challenges of Development

Monday 18 January 2021

15:00 - Sensitivity analyses in poverty measurement: The case of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index
Dr Nicolai Suppa (OPHI, CED)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 20 January 2021

17:00 - Refugee denial: Settler colonialism & the making of the Global North imaginary
Laura Madokoro (Associate Professor of History, Carleton University)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Monday 25 January 2021

15:00 - Changes over time in the global Multidimensional Poverty Index
Professor Sabina Alkire (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 27 January 2021

17:00 - Refugees, escapees & migrants: International migration and the politics of naming displacement in the Biafran War
Bonny Ibhawoh (Professor of History & Senator William McMaster Chair in Global Human Rights, McMaster University)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Monday 1 February 2021

15:00 - Moderate internationally comparable MPI
Dr Elina Scheja (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 3 February 2021

17:00 - The international refugee regime and postcolonial sovereignty: Algeria, refugees and the UNHCR, 1954-63
Malika Rahal (Research Fellow, Institut d’histoire du temps présent), Benjamin Thomas White (Senior Lecturer in History, Glasgow University)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Friday 5 February 2021

17:00 - The Climate Emergency in LAC: threats and opportunities for sustainable development
Alicia Barcena (Executive Secretary of the Economic Comission for Latin America and the Caribbean)
ODID Special Lectures & Seminars

Monday 8 February 2021

15:00 - Multidimensional Poverty Indices and Children: Four Measurement Strategies
Mr Jakob Dirksen (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 10 February 2021

17:00 - Refugees, minority citizens and the law: Sindh’s deterritorialised partition
Uttara Shahani (Postdoctoral researcher, RSC, University of Oxford)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Monday 15 February 2021

Wednesday 17 February 2021

17:00 - The Long Journey Home: African American Forced Migration & Exile from the Civil War to the Vietnam War.
Saje Mathieu (Associate Professor of History, University of Minnesota)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Monday 22 February 2021

Wednesday 24 February 2021

17:00 - Crucibles of Exile: Palestinian education and the politics of regeneration, 1948 - 1967
Mezna Qato (Margaret Anstee Centre Research Fellow, University of Cambridge)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Friday 26 February 2021

13:00 - How to fight inequality? A conversation
Various Speakers

Monday 1 March 2021

15:00 - Inequality among the multidimensionally poor in over 100 countries
Dr Maria Emma Santos (OPHI, CONICET)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 3 March 2021

17:00 - Haitian refugees, the US state, and precedents for global border regimes
A.Naomi Paik (Associate Professor of Asian American Studies, University of Illinois)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Monday 8 March 2021

15:00 - Growth elasticity of multidimensional poverty in India between 2005/06 and 2015/16
Dr Suman Seth (University of Leeds)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 10 March 2021

17:00 - Rethinking forced migration: Legacies of the Greek-Turkish population exchange
Asli Igsiz (Associate Professor of Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, New York University)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Thursday 25 March 2021

14:00 - Young Lives Seminar “The impact of Covid-19 lockdown on physical domestic violence: Evidence from a list randomization experiment.”
Douglas Scott (University of Oxford)

Monday 19 April 2021

15:00 - Horizontal and Intersecting Wealth Inequalities in Mozambique – 1997 to 2017
Dr Ricardo Santos (UNU-WIDER)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Thursday 22 April 2021

14:00 - Young Lives Seminar The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru on food insecurity, the role of government support, and its potential implications for malnutrition
Please email the Young Lives email address if you would like to attend and you will be sent a Teams invite.
Katherine Curi (Young Lives Peru)
22:00 - Peace in the Age of Chaos: The Best Solution for a Sustainable Future
Steve Killelea (Institute for Economics and Peace)

Monday 26 April 2021

15:00 - The Policy and Advocacy Use of Multidimensional Poverty Measures
David Stewart (UNICEF), Sólrún (Sola) Engilbertsdóttir (UNICEF)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 3 May 2021

15:00 - The Impact of the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) programme on multidimensional poverty of refugees in Turkey
Nils Grede (World Food Programme)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 5 May 2021

17:00 - The Rise of the Refugee Research Industry: Some Reflections
Dr Mayssoun Sukarieh (Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern Studies, King’s College London)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Thursday 6 May 2021

14:00 - The Challenges of School to Work Transition in Ethiopia, presented by Yisak Tafere and Alula Pankhurst
Please email to request an invite.
Yisak Tafere, Alula Pankhurst

Monday 10 May 2021

15:00 - A Multi-Country Analysis of Multidimensional Poverty in Contexts of Forced Displacement
Dr. Yeshwas Admasu Bogale (The World Bank)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Tuesday 11 May 2021

14:00 - COVID-19 and longitudinal research: opportunities and challenges
Sarah Baird (Gender and Adolescence Global Evidence), Marta Favara (University of Oxford), Talip Kilik (World Bank), Sarah Ssewanyana (Economic Policy Research Centre)
Learning from longitudinal studies in LMIC countries: pre & post COVID

Wednesday 12 May 2021

Thursday 13 May 2021

14:00 - Doing and Adapting Longitudinal Research: What have we learned?
Jo Boyden (Young Lives), Rebecca Hardy (UCL, CLOSER), Caroline Moreau (Johns Hopkins University, Global Early Adolescent Study), Virginia Morrow (Young Lives), Sabina Faiz Rashid (Brac University, Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence), Alan Sánchez (GRADE, Young Lives)
Learning from longitudinal studies in LMIC countries: pre & post COVID

Friday 14 May 2021

14:00 - Special session: Longitudinal evidence on skills inequality in Peru
This panel will be conducted in Spanish.
Jorge Agüero (University of Connecticut), Alan Sánchez (GRADE)
Learning from longitudinal studies in LMIC countries: pre & post COVID

Monday 17 May 2021

15:00 - Who is Being Left Behind? Closing the Horizontal Inequality Gap
Professor Sabina Alkire (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative), Miss Fanni Kovesdi (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative), Dr Rachel Gisselquist (UNU-WIDER), Maren Andrea Jimenez (UN-DESA)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Tuesday 18 May 2021

10:30 - Time to Care: The intersection between social norms, unpaid care work and gender-based violence
Amitabh Behar (CEO, Oxfam India), Diya Dutta (independent consultant, Oxfam GB & Oxfam US), Amita Pitre (Lead Specialist Gender Justice, Oxfam India)
ODID Special Lectures & Seminars

Wednesday 19 May 2021

13:00 - With, for, or by refugees? Practical and ethical challenges of participatory research
Dr Kate Pincock (Overseas Development Institute)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Monday 24 May 2021

15:00 - Using multidimensional poverty and vulnerability indices to inform equitable policies and interventions in health emergencies
Dr. NILUKA WIJEKOON KANNANGARAGE (WHO), Juan Daniel Oviedo (DANE Colombia)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 26 May 2021

17:00 - Critical Localism: Reflections on the Localisation of Humanitarian Action in Theory and (Research) Practice
Dr Kristina Roepstorff (IFHV, Bochum university)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Wednesday 2 June 2021

17:00 - Digital methodologies in forced migration and refugee research: rethinking voices, representation and power
Professor Giorgia Donà (Centre for Migration, Refugees and Belonging, University of East London)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Thursday 3 June 2021

Wednesday 9 June 2021

17:00 - Syrian Refugees and Local Assistance in Berlin
Yahya Alaous (Founder, Zusammenwachsen NGO; Journalist, Die Suddeutsche Zeitung)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Thursday 17 June 2021

14:00 - Foundational cognitive skills and executive functions in Young Lives
Marta Favara (University of Oxford)

Thursday 1 July 2021

14:00 - Early Childhood undernutrition and growth catch-ups in mid-childhood contribute to gender disparity in adolescent cognitive outcomes
Duc Le Thuc (University of Oxford), Nguyen Thang (University of Oxford)

Thursday 15 July 2021

14:00 - Young Lives Seminar 'Returns to Human Capital during a Negative Economic Shock' with Marcello Perez-Alvarez
Marcello Perez (Assistant Professor of Development Economics at Erlangen-Nürnberg University (FAU))

Friday 16 July 2021

15:00 - Webinar: Challenges and rewards of integrating qualitative and quantitative data in gender research
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Dr. Ruth Meinzen-Dick (Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute)
Gender, Research and Action in the Global South

Thursday 23 September 2021

14:00 - "Envisioning a More Equitable Future: Using Multidimensional Poverty Indices as a Policy Tool" High-Level Side Event at the 76th UN General Assembly
Various Speakers

Monday 11 October 2021

16:00 - Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021 - Unmasking Disparities: Ethnicity, Race, and Gender
Professor Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford), Heriberto Tapia (UNDP HDRO), Yanchun Zhang (UNDP HDRO), Sophie Scharlin-Pettee (University of Oxford)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 13 October 2021

17:30 - Encountering the refugee camp beyond recognition
Numbers will be limited, and you will be asked to register upon arrival.
Dr Aya Musmar (University of Petra)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Friday 15 October 2021

14:30 - The Future of Foreign Policy is Feminist - Insights from building a feminist startup to change the status quo of foreign policy
Kristina Lunz (Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy)
Global Governance & Diplomacy Public Speaker Series

Monday 18 October 2021

16:00 - On Data Availability for Assessing Monetary and Multidimensional Poverty
Change of topic for this session. The original session is postponed.
Professor Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford), Yanchun Zhang (UNDP HDRO), Heriberto Tapia (UNDP HDRO)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 20 October 2021

17:30 - Gender and humanitarian representations of Syrian refugees during displacement
Numbers will be limited and you will be asked to register upon arrival.
Dr Michelle Lokot (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Friday 22 October 2021

17:00 - From Economic Fantasy to Ecological Reality on Climate Change
Professor Steve Keen (UCL)
Climate Change and the Challenges of Development

Monday 25 October 2021

16:00 - Measuring the Statistical Capacity of Nations
Professor James Foster (Georges Washington University)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Tuesday 26 October 2021

17:45 - Young Lives Data Presentation
Mr Richard Freund (Young Lives), Annina Hittmeyer (Young Lives), Maria Molina (Young Lives)

Wednesday 27 October 2021

17:30 - Refugeedom’s Subjects and Subjectivities
Numbers will be limited and registration will be required on arrival.
Dr Arek Dakessian (Queen Margaret University of Edinburgh)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Thursday 28 October 2021

17:30 - Refugee Entrepreneurship and Gender Paradoxes
Numbers will be limited and you will be asked to register upon arrival.
Dr Farah Al Taji (Al-Balqa University)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Friday 29 October 2021

15:30 - Book discussion on 'Mountain Tales: Love and Loss in the Municipality of Castaway Belongings' by Saumya Roy
Saumya Roy (Journalist and activist)

Wednesday 3 November 2021

09:30 - The 6th Sino-UK Innovation and Development Forum
Various Speakers
17:15 - Creating a Concept: ‘Friendship’ in International Relations
Felix Berenskötter (Head of Department and Senior Lecturer in International Relations at SOAS, University of London)
Global Governance & Diplomacy Public Speaker Series
17:30 - "A Refugee-Led Study on Refugee-Led Organisations" | RSC/BIEA Refugee Led Research Hub
We are hoping to make this a hybrid event. If you would like to be here in person, please be aware that this option is only available to students and staff of the University of Oxford, numbers are limited, and you may be asked to register on arrival.
Abis Getachew, Andhira Kara, Mary Gitahi, Uwezo Ramazani, Mark Okello
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Thursday 4 November 2021

09:30 - Inclusive Digital Model (IDMODEL) China High Level Conference
Various Speakers

Monday 8 November 2021

16:00 - Social Protection and Multidimensional Poverty
Dr Liyousew Borga (University of Luxembourg), Dr Conchita D’Ambrosio (University of Luxembourg)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Tuesday 9 November 2021

16:00 - Climate Diplomacy: Indigenous Voices on Negotiating Climate Action
Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson, Gidahl-Guudsdllyaay (Counsel to the Haida Nation, artist and Masters student, UBC Law), Beze Gray (Two-spirit climate youth activist and Anishnaabe land/water protector), Deborah McGregor (Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice at York University)
Climate Change and the Challenges of Development

Wednesday 10 November 2021

17:00 - 'Empire, Asylum, and Refugee Responsibility Sharing' l The Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2021
E. Tendayi Achiume
Refugee Studies Centre Special Seminars & Lectures

Monday 15 November 2021

15:00 - Afghanistan: What went wrong? Who is to blame? What next?
Please note this is open to members of Oxford University only. Please register using your Oxford email address.
Peter W Galbraith (former US diplomat)
Global Governance & Diplomacy Public Speaker Series
16:00 - On Track or Not? Projecting the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
Dr Nicolai Suppa (OPHI, CED)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 17 November 2021

Friday 19 November 2021

14:00 - Decolonising research: strategies from a feminist perspective
Dr. Michelle Lokot (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM))
Gender, Research and Action in the Global South

Monday 22 November 2021

Wednesday 24 November 2021

17:30 - Subcontinental Defiance to the Global Refugee Regime: Global Leadership or Regional Exceptionalism
Jay Ramasubramanyam (York University, Toronto)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Monday 29 November 2021

16:00 - Distributional Impacts of Cash Transfers on the Multidimensional Poverty of Refugees: The ESSN programme in Turkey
Dr Matthew Robson (University of York)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty
17:00 - SDG Impact Lab launch event
For more information about the Lab and how to apply to be a fellow go to our website: sdglab.uk
Various Speakers

Wednesday 1 December 2021

16:00 - Surviving the 21st Century
Space is limited to 38 people.
TBA
Global Governance & Diplomacy Public Speaker Series
17:30 - The Changing Contestations of Deportation in the UK: From Race to Asylum and Humanity
Diletta Lauro (University of Oxford)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Thursday 2 December 2021

16:00 - Virtual Book Launch - The Politics of Food Provisioning in Colombia: Agrarian Movements and Negotiations with the State
Various Speakers

Friday 3 December 2021

17:00 - Land, territory, agroecology and climate change
Joelson Ferreira de Oliveira (Activist and teacher)
Climate Change and the Challenges of Development

Monday 6 December 2021

16:00 - Why are Kurdish people risking their lives to seek asylum?
Kamal Chomani
Refugee Studies Centre Special Seminars & Lectures

Monday 10 January 2022

15:00 - Undoing Discriminatory Borders
Professor Shreya Atrey (University of Oxford), Professor E. Tendayi Achiume ((UCLA and UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance)), Professor Cathryn Costello (Hertie School and University of Oxford), Dr Catherine Briddick (University of Oxford), Professor Anuscheh Farahat (Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg), Professor Liav Orgad (WZB, EUI, IDC, STL), Professor Colm O’Cinneide (UCL)
Refugee Studies Centre Special Seminars & Lectures

Wednesday 19 January 2022

17:00 - Immigration Controls, Captivity and Reproductive Injustice in Britain: Punishing illegalised migrant women from the Global South and separating children from their mothers
Dr Monish Bhatia (Birkbeck University of London)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Wednesday 26 January 2022

18:00 - Postcolonial Racisms: National sovereignty and the making of new global apartheids
Professor Nandita Sharma (University of Hawai’i at Manoa)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Wednesday 2 February 2022

17:00 - Machine-Readable Refugees: Navigating biometric systems in Kenya
Dr Keren Weitzberg (UCL)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Monday 7 February 2022

16:00 - Multidimensional Poverty and Children in Punjab, Pakistan
Rizwan ul Haq (University of Oxford)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 9 February 2022

Monday 14 February 2022

16:00 - Extending Multidimensional Poverty Identification. From Additive Weights to Minimal Bundles
Sam Jones (UNU-WIDER)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty
16:15 - Religion and World Politics: Presence, Absence or Resurgence?
This event is open to members of the University only; spaces are limited.
Ali Al Youha (DPIR, University of Oxford)
Global Governance & Diplomacy Public Speaker Series

Tuesday 15 February 2022

14:00 - MPPN - OPHI Side Event to the 53rd UN Statistical Commission: Using Multidimensional Poverty Data to Leave No One Behind
https://mppn.org/mppn-side-event-unsc-2022/
Various Speakers

Wednesday 16 February 2022

Friday 18 February 2022

17:00 - Climate Change, Agrarian Transformation, and the Origins of COVID-19
Dr Li Zhang (University of California, Irvine)
Climate Change and the Challenges of Development

Monday 21 February 2022

16:00 - Profiling gendered multidimensional poverty and inequality in post-apartheid South Africa
Kehinde O. Omotoso
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 23 February 2022

Friday 25 February 2022

09:30 - Nobel Prize Laureate Prof Mohammad Yunus to speak at IDMODEL final conference.
Various Speakers
17:00 - Indian farmers' struggle and climate change: Defending small farming against agro-business takeover
This event has been cancelled - we hope to reschedule for Trinity Term.
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Professor Pritam Singh (Oxford Brookes University)
Climate Change and the Challenges of Development

Monday 28 February 2022

Wednesday 2 March 2022

Thursday 3 March 2022

17:00 - The UK government approach to crisis management
This event is open to members of the University only. Numbers are limited and admission will be on a first come, first served basis.
David Munroe (UK Cabinet Office)
Global Governance & Diplomacy Public Speaker Series

Monday 7 March 2022

Wednesday 9 March 2022

Monday 28 March 2022

13:00 - Growing Young Lives: Past, Present and Future
Catherine Porter (University of Oxford)

Thursday 31 March 2022

09:00 - Visions of Life Symposium: Utopian Dreams, Revolutionary Filmmaking and the Politics of the Film Archive in Africa
Various Speakers

Wednesday 27 April 2022

16:00 - Governing Planetary Health in an Unequal World
Anna-Katharina Hornidge (Director of the German Development Institute and member of the German Government of Global Change (WBGU)), Nicole de Paula (Senior SDGs Expert at FAO of the UN & Founder of the Women Leaders for Planetary Health)
Climate Change and the Challenges of Development

Wednesday 4 May 2022

15:00 - The struggle for self-determination and grassroots liberation from neocolonial NGO-ism: perspectives from Kenya
Grassroots Liberation group (Kenya), Dr Thomas Jeffrey Miley (University of Cambridge)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Monday 9 May 2022

17:00 - Book presentation - The Ethics of Exile: A Political Theory of Diaspora
Dr Ashwini Vasanthakumar (Queen’s Law School), Professor Matthew J Gibney (Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford), Professor Cathryn Costello (Hertie School and University of Oxford)
Refugee Studies Centre Special Seminars & Lectures

Wednesday 11 May 2022

17:00 - A materialist account of patriarchy under the post-colonial state
Mohammed Elnaiem (University of Cambridge)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Monday 16 May 2022

17:00 - How will ending poverty impact climate change? A well-being centred approach to energy transitions
Narasimha D Rao will speak in person at the Oxford Martin School. To attend online, please sign up via the link below.
Narasimha D Rao (Yale University)
Climate Change and the Challenges of Development

Friday 20 May 2022

17:00 - Fascism is not dead: violence of Hindu nationalism in India and the possibilities of resistance
Professor Dibyesh Anand (University of Westminster)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Tuesday 24 May 2022

Wednesday 25 May 2022

Wednesday 1 June 2022

16:00 - The UN at a Crossroads: The Ukrainian War and the Challenge of Multilateral Diplomacy
Ambassador Rytis Paulauskas (Permanent Representative of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations), Richard Gowan (UN director, International Crisis Group)
Global Governance & Diplomacy Public Speaker Series

Monday 6 June 2022

16:00 - Climate and Environmental Justice Matters: Towards connected knowledge and policy in a development pluriverse
This is a hybrid event; it will take place in person and online via Zoom. To attend via Zoom, please register at the url below.
Professor Melissa Leach (Director, Institute of Development Studies)
Climate Change and the Challenges of Development

Wednesday 8 June 2022

17:00 - Writing and researching Palestine: reflections on positionality and decoloniality
Dr Yara Hawari (Al-Shabaka)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Friday 10 June 2022

17:00 - 'The Unremembered Nation-Bhutan' by Karma Ura
Dasho Karma Ura (President of the Center for Bhutan Studies & Gross National Happiness), Professor Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford), Dinah Rose (University of Oxford), Sir Simon Bowes Lyon KCVO (President of The Bhutan Society of the United Kingdom)

Monday 13 June 2022

17:00 - Liberal violence
Dr Ayça Çubukçu (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Tuesday 21 June 2022

12:30 - Poverty and the SDGs: Engaging the UK Parliament
For online-only participation, please use this link to get your unique access code: https://bit.ly/zoom-OPHIOPEN
Kelly-Ann Fonderson (Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative)
Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) Showcase 2022

Friday 24 June 2022

10:00 - Development policy and wellbeing: Bhutan's Gross National Happiness Index
Professor Sabina Alkire (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative), Dasho Karma Ura (Centre for Bhutan Studies and GNH)
Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) Showcase 2022

Monday 10 October 2022

16:00 - An environmentally-augmented Multidimensional Poverty Index: The Case of Madagascar
Light refreshments from Currydor, a local Indian restaurant in Oxford, will be served to in-person attendees.
Various Speakers
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty
16:30 - The Burning Field: Film screening and Q&A
Anita Afonu (Documentary filmmaker)

Tuesday 11 October 2022

17:00 - Book launch: “The Condor Trials: Transnational Repression and Human Rights in South America” by Francesca Lessa
This is a hybrid event. To attend online please register via the link below. Registration is not required for in person attendance.
Professor Jocelyn Alexander (University of Oxford), Ezequiel Gonzalez Ocantos (Nuffield College), Dr Francesca Lessa (Oxford Department of International Development and Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford), Dr Par Engstrom (Associate Professor of Human Rights, Institute of the Americas, University College London)

Monday 17 October 2022

16:00 - The 2022 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
Light refreshments from Currydor, a local Indian restaurant in Oxford, will be served to in-person attendees.
Various Speakers
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Tuesday 18 October 2022

Friday 21 October 2022

16:00 - Coloniality, Global Health and Reparations
Eugene Richardson (Harvard Medical School)

Monday 24 October 2022

16:00 - The many forms of poverty: Analyses of deprivation interlinkages in the developing world
Light refreshments will be served to in-person attendees.
Dr Ricardo Nogales (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative), Dr Nicolai Suppa (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 26 October 2022

14:30 - Informal Lives: Welfare, Underemployment and Gender in Mid-Twentieth Century Mexico
This is a hybrid event. To attend online, please register via the link below.
Sara Hidalgo (CIDE, Mexico City)
Social Life of Work Seminar Series
17:30 - Collaborating with organisations to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Prof Alexander Betts (University of Oxford), Clara van der Pol (UNWTO), Matt Callaghan (Director of Customers & Operations, easyJet holidays), Fiona Jeffrey OBE (Just a Drop), Anjali Sarker (University of Oxford)

Thursday 27 October 2022

13:00 - MPPN Dialogues: Communication and Engagement Strategies for the MPI
Various Speakers

Monday 31 October 2022

16:00 - Unidimensional Underpinnings of Multidimensional Counting Measures
Light refreshments from Currydor, a local Indian restaurant in Oxford, will be served to in-person attendees.
Professor James Foster (Georges Washington University)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Tuesday 1 November 2022

17:00 - Economic Diversification in Nigeria: The Politics of Building a Post-Oil Economy
This is a hybrid event. Please register via the link below to attend in person or online.
Zainab Usman (Director, Africa Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

Wednesday 2 November 2022

14:30 - ‘This is like addiction!’: aspirations, disaffections and hope amongst app- based food delivery workers and drivers in Bengaluru, India
This is a hybrid event. To attend online, please register via the link below.
Kaveri Medappa Kaliyanda (Sussex and Oxford)
Social Life of Work Seminar Series

Thursday 3 November 2022

17:30 - A discussion with Dr. Markus Grüneisl, Chief Executive BMW Group UK, on the new and exciting partnership with the Oxford SDG Impact Lab
Prof Alexander Betts (University of Oxford), Dr. Markus Grüneisl (BMW Group UK)

Monday 7 November 2022

16:00 - Measuring Multidimensional Poverty: a Global Assessment of Data Availability and Data Gaps
Light refreshments from Currydor, a local Indian restaurant in Oxford, will be served to in-person attendees.
Miss Fanni Kovesdi (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Tuesday 8 November 2022

13:00 - The secret life of energy in refugee camps: uncovering spaces of power and principles of governance within humanitarian energy
Sarah Rosenberg-Jansen (University of Oxford)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Wednesday 9 November 2022

14:30 - “Aur bhi taiyareeyan karni padti hai” (Even more preparation is needed): The everyday life of preparation for work in India’s government services
This is a hybrid event. To attend online, please register via the link below.
Abhishek Datta (University of Oxford)
Social Life of Work Seminar Series

Thursday 10 November 2022

17:00 - What Justice for Famine Crimes? | Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2022
Alex de Waal (World Peace Foundation)
Refugee Studies Centre Special Seminars & Lectures

Friday 11 November 2022

17:00 - Nature as an Asset or Nature as a Subject of Rights: Which way for addressing the global biodiversity crisis?
This is a hybrid event. To attend online, please register via the link below.
Roldan Muradian (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil)
Climate Change and the Challenges of Development

Monday 14 November 2022

16:00 - Human Development Report 2022 - Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives. Shaping Our Future in a Transforming World
Yu-Chieh Hsu (Human Development Report Office (HDRO)), Tasneem Mirza (United Nations Development Programme (UNDP))
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Tuesday 15 November 2022

13:00 - Right where we belong: how refugee teachers and students are changing the future of education
Professor Sarah Dryden-Peterson (Harvard University)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Wednesday 16 November 2022

14:30 - On Women's Backs - How Gender, Unpaid Care Work and Violence Interlink with Each Other in North India
This is a hybrid event. To attend online please register below.
Diya Dutta (Oxfam America Non-Resident Research Fellow 2022- 23/Independent researcher)
Social Life of Work Seminar Series
17:00 - The UK government approach to crisis management
David Munroe (UK Cabinet Office)
Global Governance & Diplomacy Public Speaker Series

Monday 21 November 2022

16:00 - Inclusive absolute well-being changes: An application with multidimensional cross-country analysis
Light refreshments from Currydor, a local Indian restaurant in Oxford, will be served to in-person attendees.
Dr Suman Seth (University of Leeds)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 28 November 2022

15:00 - Building a global fundraising career: a view from the MENA region and UNHCR
This event is taking place online only so please register via the link below if you would like to attend. The event finishes at 4pm UK time.
Houssam Chahine (UNHCR)
Global Governance & Diplomacy Public Speaker Series
16:00 - Multidimensional Poverty Dynamics in Indonesia in the time of COVID-19: Lessons Learned and Policy Implications
Light refreshments from Currydor, a local Indian restaurant in Oxford, will be served to in-person attendees.
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Putu Natih (University of Oxford)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Tuesday 29 November 2022

13:00 - Voluntary statelessness
Dr Rebecca Buxton (University of Cambridge)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Monday 16 January 2023

16:00 - Valuing the Dirty work: A Study of Caste and Waste Work in Delhi
This is a hybrid event. To attend online please register via the link below. Attendees at Oxford are strongly encouraged to attend in person.
Aparna Agarwal (University of Oxford)
Social Life of Work Seminar Series

Tuesday 24 January 2023

13:00 - Improving refugee resettlement
Alex Teytelboym (University of Oxford)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Wednesday 25 January 2023

17:00 - Toward Social Diplomacy
Professor Dr. Alisher Faizullaev (The University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
Global Governance & Diplomacy Public Speaker Series

Monday 30 January 2023

16:00 - Christian Identities in Domestic Service: The Church, Non-Kin Sociality, Class and Gender.
This is a hybrid event. To attend online please register via the link below. Attendees at Oxford are strongly encouraged to attend in person.
Shalini Grover (LSE)
Social Life of Work Seminar Series

Tuesday 31 January 2023

16:00 - Book Talk: 'Peacebuilding Legacy: Programming for Change and Young People's Attitudes to Peace'
Sukanya Podder (Reader in Post-war Reconstruction and Peacebuilding, King's College London)
Global Governance & Diplomacy Public Speaker Series

Wednesday 1 February 2023

12:00 - Lab Lunch: Sustainability Start-ups & Venture Capital with Stephen Murphy
Stephen Murphy (CTC Advisory)
16:00 - Nigeria National Multidimensional Poverty Index
Light refreshments from Currydor will be served
Sola Afolayan (Federal Government of Nigeria), Prince Adeyemi Adeniran (Federal Government of Nigeria)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Thursday 2 February 2023

12:00 - Engineering the Middle Classes – online special issue launch
Please register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Various Speakers
ODID Special Lectures & Seminars

Friday 3 February 2023

17:00 - Transformative Education: Lessons from a new eco-campus
This is a hybrid event. Please register via the link to attend online.
Professor Cécile Renouard (ESSEC Business School, Ecole des Mines, and Centre Sèvres)
Climate Change and the Challenges of Development

Tuesday 7 February 2023

13:00 - Digital labour platforms and migration: making of commoditised workers
Dr Jonas Valente (Oxford Internet Institute), Dr Funda Ustek-Spilda (Oxford Internet Institute)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Wednesday 8 February 2023

16:00 - Optimized multidimensional poverty reduction subject to aid targeting and tailoring: A variety of models centered on policy-makers’ capabilities
Light refreshments from Currydor will be available to in-person attendees.
Dr Vladimir Hlasny (UN ESCWA), Dr Hassan Hamie (UN ESCWA), Professor Paul Makdissi (University of Ottawa)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 13 February 2023

16:00 - Narrative Sensemaking Among Women Workers in the Bangladesh Garments Sector
This is a hybrid event. To attend online please register via the link below. Attendees at Oxford are strongly encouraged to attend in person.
Mahreen Khan (University of Oxford)
Social Life of Work Seminar Series

Tuesday 14 February 2023

17:00 - Geo-technology: an analysis of global decoupling pressures in technology and geopolitics today
Scott Young (Consultant, Geo-technology (and former GGD student) from the Eurasia Group), Nick Reiners (Senior Analyst, Geo-technology, Eurasia Group)
Global Governance & Diplomacy Public Speaker Series

Wednesday 15 February 2023

12:00 - Where next for ESG investing?’ a conversation with Baroness Morrissey DBE
Baroness Helena Morrissey (House of Lords)
Oxford SDG Impact Lab Lectures & Seminars
15:00 - Identifying effective strategies to improve livelihoods of LGBTI People
Please note new time and location
Professor Lee Badgett (University of Massachusetts)
ODID Special Lectures & Seminars
16:00 - Cumulative deprivations in the labour market
Light refreshments from restaurant Currydor will be provided.
Professor Kirsten Sehnbruch (London School of Economics and Political Science), Dr Mauricio Apablaza (London School of Economics and Political Science and Universidad del Desarollo, Chile)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Friday 17 February 2023

13:00 - Doing the Game: An Ethnography of Undocumented Migration Trajectories from Afghanistan to Germany
Hannah Pool (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies)
Refugee Studies Centre Work-in-Progress seminar series

Monday 20 February 2023

15:00 - The Future of Transport in Oxford: A debate to reimagine what sustainable travel in Oxford could look like
Dr Louise Upton (University of Oxford), Hannah Budnitz (University of Oxford), Professor Nick Eyre (University of Oxford), Prof Alexander Betts (University of Oxford)
Oxford SDG Impact Lab Lectures & Seminars

Tuesday 21 February 2023

13:00 - SEMINAR CANCELLED | The digital border and its techno-symbolic assemblages of power
Prof Lilie Chouliaraki (LSE), Prof Myria Georgiou (LSE)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Wednesday 22 February 2023

16:00 - Multidimensional Poverty in Europe. A Longitudinal Perspective
Light refreshments from Currydor will be provided.
Dr Nicolai Suppa (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative), Professor Philippe Van Kerm (University of Luxembourg)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Friday 24 February 2023

13:00 - The Role(s) of Higher Education in Emergencies
Prof Barbara Moser-Mercer (University of Nairobi)
Refugee Studies Centre Work-in-Progress seminar series

Monday 27 February 2023

16:00 - Title TBC
This is a hybrid event. To attend online please register via the link below. Attendees at Oxford are strongly encouraged to attend in person.
TBA
Social Life of Work Seminar Series

Tuesday 28 February 2023

Wednesday 1 March 2023

16:00 - Methodological Approaches on How to Measure Risk of Poverty with Income and Wealth
Light refreshments from restaurant Currydor will be provided.
Piotr Paradowski (LIS Cross-National Data Center), DrJörg Neugschwender (LIS Cross-National Data Center), Heba Omar (LIS Cross-National Data Center)

Friday 3 March 2023

Wednesday 8 March 2023

16:00 - Multidimensional Poverty Dynamics in Indonesia in the time of COVID-19: Lessons Learned and Policy Implications
Light refreshments will be available from Currydor.
Dr Putu Natih (University of Oxford), Dr Elan Satriawan (Vice President’s Office, Indonesia)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 15 March 2023

16:00 - Counting and Accounting: Measuring the Effectiveness of Fiscal Policy in Multidimensional Poverty Reduction
Online only
Dr Maria Emma Santos (OPHI, CONICET)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 24 April 2023

16:00 - Shifting cultivation work across generations: social reproduction, gendered labour, and divergent aspirations in Andhra Pradesh, India
This is a hybrid event - to attend online please register via the link. All are warmly invited to attend in person to take advantage of the informal gathering with drinks afterwards for further discussion and networking.
Thomas Herzmark (London School of Economics)
Social Life of Work Seminar Series

Wednesday 26 April 2023

11:30 - Book Talk: ‘Queer Diplomacy: Homophobia, International Relations, and LGBT Human Rights’
Dr Douglas Janoff
Global Governance & Diplomacy Public Speaker Series

Tuesday 2 May 2023

16:00 - Book Talk | A World of Insecurity: Democratic Disenchantment in Rich and Poor Countries
Professor Pranab Bardhan (University of California, Berkeley)

Wednesday 3 May 2023

17:00 - The UN at a time of geopolitical divisions: challenges and opportunities
Sam Daws (University of Oxford)
Global Governance & Diplomacy Public Speaker Series

Thursday 4 May 2023

16:00 - POSTPONED: Agrarian Questions of Gendered Labour in Global South Development Trajectories
This event has been POSTPONED. A new date will be announced in due course.
Lyn Ossome (Associate Professor of Political Studies, Political Studies Department, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg)
ODS Annual Lectures

Wednesday 10 May 2023

12:00 - SDG Lab Q&A with Dr Max Roser, Director of Our World in Data
Dr Max Roser (Director of Our World in Data)

Thursday 11 May 2023

10:30 - Oxford Sanctuary Fair 2023
Various Speakers
16:00 - The social and political life of Latin American infrastructures: Insights from the Ecuadorian Andes
Dr Geoff Goodwin (University of Leeds)

Friday 12 May 2023

17:00 - Green "new" deal for the Global South or more of the same?
This is a hybrid event. To attend online please register via the link.
Aruna Chandrasekhar (Independent journalist)
Climate Change and the Challenges of Development

Tuesday 16 May 2023

13:00 - RSC Trinity Term Public Seminar Series |Dr Dan Renshaw (University of Reading), ‘The British Churches, Refugee ‘Crises’ and Anti-Migrant Sentiment 1903-1918’
Dr Daniel Renshaw (University of Reading)
RSC Trinity Term Public Seminar Series

Monday 22 May 2023

16:00 - Work as a right, work as a crime
This is a hybrid event - to attend online please register via the link. All are warmly invited to attend in person to take advantage of the informal gathering with drinks afterwards for further discussion and networking.
Mayaan Niezna (University of Oxford)
Social Life of Work Seminar Series

Tuesday 23 May 2023

13:00 - RSC Trinity Term Public Seminar Series | Dr Ria Kapoor (Queen Mary University of London), 'Making Refugees in India'
Dr Ria Kapoor (Queen Mary university of London)
RSC Trinity Term Public Seminar Series

Tuesday 30 May 2023

13:00 - RSC Trinity Term Public Seminar Series |Dr Anne Irfan (University College London), ‘Refuge and Resistance: Palestinians and the global refugee regime’
Dr Anne Irfan (University College London)
RSC Trinity Term Public Seminar Series

Wednesday 31 May 2023

11:00 - Institutional Diversity in Refugee Recognition Regimes
Please register here: https://invtdu.to/_0dk9x
TBA

Monday 5 June 2023

16:00 - Self and training: the making of work personas in the hotel industry in Mexico
This is a hybrid event - to attend online please register via the link. All are warmly invited to attend in person to take advantage of the informal gathering with drinks afterwards for further discussion and networking.
Emilia Pool Illsley (Oxford Department of International Development)
Social Life of Work Seminar Series

Tuesday 6 June 2023

13:00 - RSC Trinity Term Public Seminar Series | Associate Professor Saskia Witteborn (Chinese University of Hong Kong), ‘Migration and the Politics of Transgression: A Historical Perspective’
Associate Professor Saskia Witteborn (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
RSC Trinity Term Public Seminar Series

Wednesday 7 June 2023

Thursday 8 June 2023

17:00 - Sharing Insights: The Lived Experience of Syrian Refugees in Canada
Keith Neuman (Environics Institute for Survey Research), Jobran Khanji (Environics Institute for Survey Research)
Refugee Studies Centre Special Seminars & Lectures
17:00 - Agrarian Questions of Gendered Labour in Global South Development Trajectories
This is a hybrid event. Please follow the link to register.
Professor Lyn Ossome (Makerere Institute of Social Research, Makerere University)

Monday 9 October 2023

16:00 - OPHI IIEP GWU Seminar Series: Global MPI
Professor Sabina Alikre (Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Monday 16 October 2023

16:00 - Gross National Happiness (GNH)
Professor Sabina Alikre (Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative), Tshoki Zangmo (OPHI)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 18 October 2023

17:00 - Recognising Refugees: Book discussion on IOM Unbound? Obligations and Accountability of the International Organization for Migration in an Era of Expansion
Various Speakers
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series
18:00 - Inevitable decline or renovation of Liberal International Order
Please enter the building via Jowett Walk (attendees will be let in from 5.45). The talk will be followed by a reception in the Main Hall at QEH.
Vittorio Emanuele (Parsi)
Global Governance & Diplomacy Public Speaker Series

Wednesday 25 October 2023

Tuesday 31 October 2023

17:00 - Nobel Peace Laureate in Oxford, Juan Manuel Santos Book Launch 'The Battle against Poverty, Colombia: A Case of Leadership’
Juan Manuel Santos (Former President of Colombia and Nobel Peace Laureate), Dasho Tshering Tobgay (Former Prime Minister of Bhutan), Professor Sabina Alikre (Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative)

Wednesday 1 November 2023

Friday 3 November 2023

17:00 - Quo Vadis ODID? Climate change, growth, and the future of development
Various Speakers
Climate Change and the Challenges of Development

Monday 6 November 2023

16:00 - Belonging in the Digital World: A Conceptual Framework and a Systematic Review of the inter-generational impact of Social Media on ‘Belonging’ in Adolescents and Older Adults
Kim Samuel (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (Visiting Scholar), Oxford), Dr Prenika Anand (University of Oxford)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty

Wednesday 8 November 2023

17:00 - SEMINAR POSTPONED - DATE TBC | Beyond Livelihoods: A Protracted Displacement Economy Approach
Professor Anne-Meike Fechter (University of Sussex), Michael Collyer (University of Sussex), Dr Tahir Zaman (University of Sussex), Dr Ali Ali (University of Sussex)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Wednesday 15 November 2023

16:00 - Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture 2023 | Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees
Dr Lamis E Abdelaaty (Syracuse University)
Refugee Studies Centre Special Seminars & Lectures

Monday 20 November 2023

16:00 - Poverty and human development challenges in Arab countries
Please book to attend in person.
Dr Khalid Abu-Ismail (ESCWA)
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty
17:00 - Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2023 | Who Gets Believed? A conversation with Dina Nayeri
Dina Nayeri (University of St Andrews)
Refugee Studies Centre Special Seminars & Lectures

Wednesday 22 November 2023

Tuesday 28 November 2023

11:00 - Lab Fellowship Information Session & Coffee Morning
TBA

Wednesday 29 November 2023

Monday 4 December 2023

13:30 - Can the All-in-One App be Replicated?
Professor David Gann (University of Oxford), Professor Jocelyn Alexander (University of Oxford), Professor Xiaolan Fu (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 17 January 2024

17:00 - Beyond Livelihoods: A Protracted Displacement Economy Approach
Michael Collyer (University of Sussex), Dr Tahir Zaman (University of Sussex), Dr Ali Ali (University of Sussex), Dr Ayub Jan (University of Peshawar), Dr Ceri Oeppen (University of Sussex)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Wednesday 24 January 2024

17:00 - Refugee Protection and AAA and others (2023-4) | Panel 3: Enabling Refoulement? The UK-Rwanda Agreement and Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Professor Jonathan Portes (King's College London), Zoe Bantleman (Immigration Law Practitioners' Association), Dr Catherine Briddick (University of Oxford), Sile Reynolds (Freedom from Torture), Dr Nicola Palmer (King's College London)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Friday 26 January 2024

16:00 - How an Embassy contributes to Science Diplomacy
Dr. Minh-Hà PHAM (Counsellor for Science and Technology at French Embassy in the United Kingdom)
Global Governance & Diplomacy Public Speaker Series

Wednesday 31 January 2024

17:00 - Displacement from Conflict: Old Realities, New Protections?
Dr Ruvi Ziegler (University of Reading )
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Wednesday 7 February 2024

Thursday 8 February 2024

16:30 - Online Diplomatic Participation Using Diplotainment: A Conceptual Exploration and Illustrative Analysis
Dr Pawel Surowiec-Capell (University of Sheffield)
Global Governance & Diplomacy Public Speaker Series

Wednesday 14 February 2024

10:00 - Evacuations as Displacement
Scientia Professor Jane McAdam (University of New South Wales)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Friday 16 February 2024

13:00 - Material and non-material aspects of flourishing:Findings from GNH Survey 2022
Dasho Karma Ura (Centre for Bhutan Studies and GNH), Professor Sabina Alikre (Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative)

Wednesday 21 February 2024

17:00 - Book launch: Becoming Adult on the Move: Migration Journeys, Encounters and Life Transitions
Various Speakers
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Thursday 22 February 2024

17:00 - Book Launch: The Oxford Handbook of Digital Diplomacy
Corneliu Bjola (Oxford Department of International Development), Ilan Manor (Ben Gurion University of the Negev), Tom Fletcher, CMG (University of Oxford), Jennifer Cassidy (University of Oxford), Dr Pawel Surowiec-Capell (University of Sheffield)

Friday 23 February 2024

16:30 - Rethinking Climate Change and Migration: From Victims to Agents of Change
Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda (University of California, Los Angeles), Yvonne Su (York University)

Monday 26 February 2024

18:00 - The New Era of Digital Diplomacy: The Future of AI and the Metaverse for International Relations
This is a hybrid event - with the speaker attending in-person and viewable online. Those attending in-person should use the entrance on Jowett Walk, which will be open from 17:50-18:00. Those attending online should email mscggd-admin@qeh.ox.ac.uk for the meeting link.
Dr. Martin Waehlisch (United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs)
Global Governance & Diplomacy Public Speaker Series

Wednesday 6 March 2024

17:00 - Protection of the right to nationality: Resolution No. 02/23 of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights / Protección del derecho a la nacionalidad: Resolución No. 02/23 de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos
Seminar available in both English and Spanish
Commissioner Andrea Pochak (IACHR), Dr Laura van Waas (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Tuesday 12 March 2024

16:00 - Film showing: No city for women - Gurgaon | Millennium City | 2023
TBA

Wednesday 24 April 2024

14:00 - 2024 Oxford University of Sanctuary Fair
Various Speakers

Wednesday 8 May 2024

17:00 - Humanitarian extractivism: the digital transformation past, present, future
Professor Kristin Sandvik (University of Oslo)
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Monday 13 May 2024

14:00 - Harnessing Technology and Financial Innovation to Serve the Global South
Azman Mokhtar (Malaysia International Islamic Finance Centre), Prof Xiaolan Fu (Oxford TMCD)
Technology and Management Centre for Development Talks

Tuesday 14 May 2024

09:00 - Oxford Migration Studies Society Conference: 'Transformation and Resilience'
Seán Binder

Wednesday 15 May 2024

Friday 17 May 2024

16:00 - Just energy transition in the Amazon: contributions and interdisciplinary dialogue between engineering, and human and social sciences
This event is in Portuguese and English with simultaneous translation. This is a hybrid event but if you are attending in person please register for the online event too and bring a phone and headphones, as you will need this to hear the translation for parts of the event!
TBA
Climate Change and the Challenges of Development