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.
If staff have any questions about the Oxford Events launch, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
Whit has worked at the intersection of conflict and social construction since starting a newspaper in Novosibirsk in 1991, which was intended to cultivate mutual understanding and friendly relations between Russians and Americans. He has worked as a journalist, for the Australian and British ministries of defence, the US State Department, the UN missions in Kosovo and Afghanistan (about both of which he published books) and for research organisations. In 2014-15, his firm, Mason Change Communications, had a team of 30 embedded in the Government of Ukraine and delivered strategic communications support on behalf of HMG. He recently completed over two years as the Influence Adviser in the Standing Joint Force Headquarters, the UK’s deployable joint military HQ for major crises, and is now contributing to a variety of efforts to ameliorate the effects of Russia’s assault on Ukraine and the norms that sustained the Long Peace.
