OxTalks will soon move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events.' There will be a need for an OxTalks freeze. This was previously planned for Friday 14th November – a new date will be shared as soon as it is available (full details will be available on the Staff Gateway).
In the meantime, the OxTalks site will remain active and events will continue to be published.
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Professor Sir Ian Boyd is a distinguished marine biologist who from 2012 to 2019 was Chief Scientific Advisor at Defra (Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and is currently President of the Royal Society of Biology.
While at Defra he dealt with such tricky issues as bovine TB and badger culling, neonicotinoid insecticides and “forever” chemical pollutants. In his recent no-holds-barred book, Science and Politics, Ian describes some of the challenges in speaking truth to power and reflects on the uneasy marriage of science and politics. Importantly, he suggests positive and quite radical actions that might be taken to improve the way government incorporates the best science in decision maker. Ian will discuss his ideas with Sir Charles Godfray (OMS Director) and Dame Helen Ghosh (Master of Balliol and former Permanent Secretary at Defra) and take questions from the audience.
This event will be followed by a drinks reception and book sale/signing.
