On 28th November OxTalks will move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events' (full details are available on the Staff Gateway).
There will be an OxTalks freeze beginning on Friday 14th November. This means you will need to publish any of your known events to OxTalks by then as there will be no facility to publish or edit events in that fortnight. During the freeze, all events will be migrated to the new Oxford Events site. It will still be possible to view events on OxTalks during this time.
If you have any questions, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
Imagine you are advising a government on where to invest in climate resilience. Now ask yourself — what data are you relying on? Who built the numbers you’re using? And what might be missing?
In my work, I have spent years developing and applying metrics – to measure climate hazards, environmental risks, vulnerability, and policy performance.
Metrics help us navigate complexity. They simplify, prioritise, and guide decisions across science, policy, and practice. But they also carry assumptions, trade-offs, and blind spots.
This is a story about metrics — and a quiet reflection on how we might use them with greater care, clarity, and intent.
