Oxford Events, the new replacement for OxTalks, will launch on 16th March. From now until the launch of Oxford Events, new events cannot be published or edited on OxTalks while all existing records are migrated to the new platform. The existing OxTalks site will remain available to view during this period.
From 16th, Oxford Events will launch on a new website: events.ox.ac.uk, and event submissions will resume. You will need a Halo login to submit events. Full details are available on the Staff Gateway.
Roger Pielke Jr. is Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado. He teaches and writes on a diverse range of policy and governance issues related to science, technology, environment, innovation and sports. Roger is a professor in the Environmental Studies Program. Roger is currently focusing his research on a NSF-sponsored, 16-country evaluation of science advice in the COVID-19 pandemic. Roger holds degrees in mathematics, public policy and political science, all from the University of Colorado. In 2012 Roger was awarded an honorary doctorate from Linköping University in Sweden and was also awarded the Public Service Award of the Geological Society of America. His books include Hurricanes: Their Nature and Impacts on Society (1997); Prediction: Science, Decision Making and the Future of Nature (2001); The Honest Broker: Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics (2007); The Climate Fix: What Scientists and Politicians Won’t Tell you About Global Warming (2010); and most recently The Rightful Place of Science: Disasters and Climate Change (2018).
