Name: Alastair Strickland
University of Oxford

Events this person is organising:

Friday 29 April 2016

Mitigating Risks and Vulnerabilities in the Energy-Food-Water Nexus in Developing Countries – Report Launch
Date: 29 April 2016, 14:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Jeremy Wakeford (Sustainability Institute (Stellenbosch, RSA))
Venue: ,
Venue Details: Oxford Martin Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Karis McLaughlin (School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford), Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 9 May 2016

Australia’s Adaptation to a Drying Climate
Date: 9 May 2016, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Prof John Langford (University of Melbourne)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gottmann Room
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Host: Michael Rouse (University of Oxford)

Saturday 10 September 2016

Flood recovery and resilience from the perspectives of children and young people
Date: 10 September 2016, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof Maggie Mort (Lancaster University)
Venue: Christ Church, St Aldates OX1 1DP
Venue Details: Blue Boar Room
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 10 October 2016

Water Security, Migration, and Infrastructural Conflicts in the Middle East
Date: 10 October 2016, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Prof Erika Weinthal (Duke University)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 October 2016

Climate extremes, floods and modelling approaches
Date: 13 October 2016, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Friederike Otto (University of Oxford Environmental Change Institute)
Venue: Christ Church, St Aldates OX1 1DP
Venue Details: Blue Boar Room
Organisers: Karis McLaughlin (School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford), Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 19 October 2016

Just adding water? The Water Act, sustainable diversion limits and environmental health in the Murray-Darling Basin
Date: 19 October 2016, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Stefanie Schulte (Policy Manager at the New South Wales Irrigators’ Council)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gottmann Room, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Michael Gilmont (Environmental Change Institute)

Tuesday 25 October 2016

Water, politics, and the “art of hydro-diplomacy”: how the US government came to care about water across the world.
Date: 25 October 2016, 17:00 - 19:30
Speaker : Dr Aaron Salzberg ( US Department of State)
Venue: ,
Venue Details: Oxford Martin Lecture Theatre, Oxford Martin School
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof David Grey (University of Oxford)

Thursday 3 November 2016

W. Mike Edmunds Memorial Lecture: Groundwater and climate resilience
Date: 3 November 2016, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Prof Alan MacDonald (British Geological Survey, and University of Dundee)
Venue: Christ Church, St Aldates OX1 1DP
Venue Details: Blue Boar Room
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

W. Mike Edmunds Memorial Lecture
Date: 3 November 2016, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Prof Alan MacDonald (British Geological Survey and University of Dundee)
Organisers: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford), Karis McLaughlin (School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 10 November 2016

Flood recovery and resilience from the perspectives of children and young people
Date: 10 November 2016, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof Maggie Mort (Dept of Sociology, Lancaster University)
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 24 November 2016

Global flood risk and adaptation
Date: 24 November 2016, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof Philip Ward (Institute for Environmental Studies)
Venue: Christ Church, St Aldates OX1 1DP
Venue Details: Blue Boar Room
Organisers: Karis McLaughlin (School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford), Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 25 November 2016

Impact of shoreline morphological change in West Africa: Ghana DECCMA project.
Date: 25 November 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Kwasi Appeaning Addo (University of Ghana)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Beckit Rm
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Paul Whitehead (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 17 January 2017

Water, the economy and development: a high-level panel with the World Bank
Date: 17 January 2017, 17:00 - 19:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: ,
Venue Details: Main Lecture Theatre, Oxford Martin School
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Dustin Garrick (University of Oxford)

Thursday 26 January 2017

Oxford Water Network seminar with Prof Philippe Cullet, SOAS.
Date: 26 January 2017, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Prof Philippe Cullet (SOAS)
Venue: Christ Church, St Aldates OX1 1DP
Venue Details: Blue Boar Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 30 January 2017

Beyond technology: the role of innovation in achieving universal access to drinking water
Date: 30 January 2017, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Peter Harvey (UNICEF)
Venue: Christ Church, St Aldates OX1 1DP
Venue Details: Blue Boar Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Rob Hope (University of Oxford)

Friday 3 February 2017

Adaptation regimes: confronting climate change and environmental crisis in Bangladesh
Date: 3 February 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Kasia Paprocki (Cornell University)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Emily Barbour (University of Oxford)

Monday 13 February 2017

International development financing: current priorities, policies and practices on water resources, environmental and social issues.
Date: 13 February 2017, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Prof Stephen Lintner (King’s College London)
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Michael Gilmont (Environmental Change Institute)

Thursday 16 February 2017

From Flint to the Rio Grande: water insecurity in the United States.
Date: 16 February 2017, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Prof Wendy Jepson (University of Texas A&M)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room, School of Geography and the Environment
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 1 March 2017

Hydrological prediction for drought and flood early warning in sub-Saharan Africa
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 1 March 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Justin Sheffield (University of Southampton)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Beckit Room
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Simon Dadson (Oxford University)

Monday 6 March 2017

The resilience of Britain’s water supplies in an uncertain future
Date: 6 March 2017, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Professor Jim Hall (Director, Environmental Change Institute)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 13 March 2017

Evidence-based policy in an age of alternative facts: the life of a chief science advisor in New Zealand
Date: 13 March 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Ken Hughey (Department of Conservation, New Zealand & Professor of Environmental Management at Lincoln University, Christchurch.)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gilbert Room
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 12 May 2017

Fear, disgust and loathing: the emotional qualities of public policies
Date: 12 May 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Leong Ching (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gilbert Room, School of Geography and the Environment
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 25 May 2017

Stepping out of the ‘water-box’: re-thinking transboundary water cooperation
Date: 25 May 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gilbert Room
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 9 October 2017

Vectors, rasters and voxels: how to simulate evolving digital terrain models of the coast
Date: 9 October 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Dr Dave Favis-Mortlock (University of Oxford), Dr Andres Payo (British Geological Survey)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Beckit Rm
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 October 2017

Decoupling national water needs for national water supplies: insights and potential for countries in the Jordan Basin
Date: 17 October 2017, 17:00 - 19:30
Speaker : Dr Michael Gilmont (Environmental Change Institute)
Venue: Christ Church, St Aldates OX1 1DP
Venue Details: Sir Michael Dummett (formerly Blue Boar) Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 25 October 2017

Limits of predictability: forecasting weather driven natural hazards
Date: 25 October 2017, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Prof Florian Pappenberger (ECMWF)
Venue: Christ Church, St Aldates OX1 1DP
Venue Details: Sir Michael Dummett (formerly Blue Boar) Lecture Theatre.
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 27 October 2017

Basin Futures: a tool for simplifying basin planning and the assessment of water SDGs using global and local datasets
Date: 27 October 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Carmel Pollino (CSIRO)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Emily Barbour (University of Oxford)

Monday 30 October 2017

Estimating the benefits of environmental protection and sustainable water resources infrastructure development on the economic growth of Uganda
Date: 30 October 2017, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof Kenneth M. Strzepek (MIT-KACST Center for Complex Engineering Systems)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Beckit Room
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 2 November 2017

W. Mike Edmunds Memorial Lecture
Date: 2 November 2017, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Dr Abigail Stone (University of Manchester)
Venue: Christ Church, St Aldates OX1 1DP
Venue Details: Sir Michael Dummett (formerly Blue Boar) Lecture Theatre.
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 13 November 2017

NEWS FROM A SCIENTIFIC FRONTIER: THE COMPLEXITY OF FIELD-TO-RIVER CONNECTIVITY IN THE ROTHER CATCHMENT
Date: 13 November 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Professor John Boardman (University of Oxford), Dr Dave Favis-Mortlock (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gilbert Room
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 16 November 2017

Fluvial geomorphology and flood risk management
Date: 16 November 2017, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Dr Louise Slater (Loughborough University)
Venue: Christ Church, St Aldates OX1 1DP
Venue Details: Sir Michael Dummett (formerly Blue Boar) Lecture Theatre.
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 23 November 2017

Clearing our thinking about water and health
Date: 23 November 2017, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Jamie Bartram (Gillings School of Global Public Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Venue: Christ Church, St Aldates OX1 1DP
Venue Details: Sir Michael Dummett (formerly Blue Boar) Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 30 November 2017

Beyond inclusion: identifying and addressing the gender dimensions of water projects.
Date: 30 November 2017, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Speaker: Professor Margreet Zwarteveen (UNESCO-IHE)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gottmann Rm
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 25 January 2018

Drought: from local to continental scales
Date: 25 January 2018, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker s: Prof Justin Sheffield (University of Southampton), Dr Anne Van Loon (University of Birmingham)
Venue: Christ Church, St Aldates OX1 1DP
Venue Details: Sir Michael Dummett (formerly Blue Boar) Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 1 February 2018

Natural flood risk management
Date: 1 February 2018, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Prof Louise Heathwaite (Lancaster University ), Prof Enda O'Connell (Newcastle University)
Venue: Christ Church, St Aldates OX1 1DP
Venue Details: Sir Michael Dummett (formerly Blue Boar) Lecture Theatre, Christ Church, Oxford.
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 12 February 2018

Under and over the aquifer: interdisciplinary exploration of sinkholes in the Yucatan
Date: 12 February 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Nathalie Richards (King's College London)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gilbert Room
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 21 February 2018

Performance based contracting in the water sector – managing risks and rewards
Date: 21 February 2018, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Christ Church, St Aldates OX1 1DP
Venue Details: Sir Michael Dummett (formerly Blue Boar) Lecture Theatre,
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 1 March 2018

Water quality: from source to tap.
Date: 1 March 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gilbert Rm
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 7 March 2018

New methods and challenges in flood and drought research
Date: 7 March 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Hans de Moel (VU Amsterdam)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Beckit Rm
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 26 April 2018

Water sensing - knowledge exchange evening
Date: 26 April 2018, 18:00 - 21:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Chemistry Research Laboratory, 12 Mansfield Road OX1 3TA
Venue Details: Wolfson Rm
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 13 June 2018

Social Sustainability, Climate Resilience and Community-Based Urban Development: What About the People?
Date: 13 June 2018, 18:30 - 22:00
Speaker s: Dr Cathy Baldwin (University of Oxford), Dr Robin King (World Resources Institute), Prof Steve Rayner (University of Oxford), Dr Vlad Mykhnenko (University of Oxford), Dr Bridget Durning (Oxford Brookes University), Ben Cave (Ben Cave Associates & Liverpool University), Prof Prof Marcus Banks (University of Oxford), Michael Keith
Venue: Institute of Human Sciences (The Pauling Centre), 58a Banbury Road OX2 6QS
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 July 2018

Legal Rights for Rivers: More Power, Less Protection?
Date: 3 July 2018, 16:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Dr Erin O’Donnell (University of Melbourne Law School)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gilbert Room
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 11 October 2018

Irrigation in India: building farms of the future
Date: 11 October 2018, 17:15 - 19:30
Speaker s: Dr Radhika Khosla (Centre for Policy Research, Delhi), Shri Radheshyam Julaniya (Water Resources Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh, India. ), Joop Stoutjesdijk (World Bank), Ranu Sinha (University of Oxford), Dr Simon Dadson (University of Oxford), Dr Robert Hope (University of Oxford), Dr Dustin Garrick (University of Oxford)
Venue: Somerville College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HD
Venue Details: Flora Anderson Hall
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 18 October 2018

Closing the gap: informal water markets in Kathmandu
Date: 18 October 2018, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Jane Zhao (Oxford Water Network seminar with Jane Zhao, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill)
Venue: Christ Church, St Aldates OX1 1DP
Venue Details: Sir Michael Dummett Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 1 November 2018

Groundwater replenishment in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from multi-decadal observations - W.M. Edmunds Memorial Lecture.
Date: 1 November 2018, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof Richard Taylor (University College London)
Venue: Christ Church, St Aldates OX1 1DP
Venue Details: Sir Michael Dummett Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 29 November 2018

Digital disruption and water management
Date: 29 November 2018, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr David Lloyd Owen (Envisager)
Venue: Christ Church, St Aldates OX1 1DP
Venue Details: Sir Michael Dummett Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Alastair Strickland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA