Professor Sir Charles Godfray - Oxford Talks

Professor Sir Charles Godfray

Director, Oxford Martin School

Events this person is speaking at:

Thursday 5 November 2020 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

17:00 - Healthcare after the COVID-19 pandemic: the walls are coming down
Professor Chas Bountra (NDM), Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School)
Oxford Martin School Virtual Series: Building back better - lessons and opportunities from the COVID-19 pandemic

Thursday 19 November 2020 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

17:00 - Rethinking diet, weight and health in and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Professor Susan Jebb (Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences), Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School)
Oxford Martin School Virtual Series: Building back better - lessons and opportunities from the COVID-19 pandemic

Thursday 10 December 2020 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

17:00 - Prof Yvonne Jones, Prof Phil Biggins & Prof Charles Godfray in conversation: "Protein structure & AI: the excitement about the recent advance made by Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold Programme"
Prof Yvonne Jones (University of Oxford), Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School), Prof Phil Biggin (University of Oxford)
Oxford Martin School Virtual Series: Building back better - lessons and opportunities from the COVID-19 pandemic

Thursday 28 January 2021 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

17:00 - Thinking again about the future and prospects for humanity
Martin Rees, Lord Rees of Ludlow (University of Cambridge), Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School)
Oxford Martin School Virtual Series: Building back better - lessons and opportunities from the COVID-19 pandemic

Thursday 18 February 2021 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

17:00 - Science communication in times of emergency
Fiona Fox (Science Media Centre), Tom Feilden (Science & Environment Editor, Today Programme (BBC Radio 4)), Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School)
Oxford Martin School Virtual Series: Building back better - lessons and opportunities from the COVID-19 pandemic

Wednesday 2 June 2021 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

14:00 - Should the future of food be global or local?
Maryam Rahmanian (IPES-Food), Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School)

Thursday 3 June 2021 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

17:00 - Rethinking planetary prosperity: are we measuring what we value?
Professor Dame Henrietta L. Moore (Institute for Global Prosperity, UCL), Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School)
Oxford Martin School & Smith School Online Series: The economics of biodiversity

Friday 3 December 2021 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

17:00 - Panel discussion: 'Capitalism: what has gone wrong, what needs to change and how can it be fixed?'
In-person attendance is fully booked but online attendance is still open
Professor Sir Paul Collier (Blavatnik School of Government), Professor Colin Mayer (Oxford), Martin Wolf CBE (Financial Times), Prof Diane Coyle (University of Cambridge), Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School)
Oxford Martin School Series: Levelling-up regional disparities, inequality and social inclusion

Thursday 3 March 2022 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

17:00 - Modelling climate change: predicting the future
Professor Tim Palmer (University of Oxford), Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School)
Oxford Martin School Series: Post COP26: successes, lessons learnt & what do we need to do now?

Wednesday 25 May 2022 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

17:00 - 'P4 healthcare and precision population health - a transformation of healthcare' with Dr Leroy Hood
Dr Leroy Hood (CEO, Phenome Health), Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School)

Wednesday 8 June 2022 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

17:00 - Book talk: 'Storylistening: Narrative Evidence and Public Reasoning'
Dr Claire Craig (Provost, The Queen's College), Professor Sarah Dillon (Professor of Literature and the Public Humanities, University of Cambridge), Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School)

Tuesday 17 January 2023 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

Thursday 26 October 2023 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

17:00 - James Martin Memorial lecture: 'Time to look up – in conversation with Rt Hon Sir Alok Sharma about the climate crisis'
Right Honourable Sir Alok Sharma (MP & President for COP26), Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School)
Oxford Martin School Events

Friday 27 October 2023 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

17:30 - AfOx Insaka with Professor Sir Charles Godfray & Dr Habibat Chahul
Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School), Dr Habibat Chahul (Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi)
AfOx insaka - a gathering for sharing ideas and knowledge about Africa-focused research

Monday 26 February 2024 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

12:30 - Book talk: 'Not the end of the world: how we can be the first generation to build a sustainable planet'
In-person attendance fully booked. Online attendance still available.
Dr Hannah Ritchie (Head of Research, Our World in Data), Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School)
Oxford Martin School Events

Tuesday 10 September 2024 (21st Week, Trinity Term)

16:45 - Panel Discussion: ‘Climate overshoot: devastating risks and possible responses’
This event is now fully booked
Kim Campbell (Climate Overshoot Commission), Pascal Lamy (Climate Overshoot Commission), Dr Michael Obersteiner (Environmental Change Institute), Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School)
Oxford Martin School Events

Tuesday 15 October 2024 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

17:00 - Book talk: 'The Universal History of Us' with Tim Coulson in conversation with Charles Godfray
In-person attendance is now fully booked, but online attendance is still available
Professor Tim Coulson (Department of Biology), Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School)
Oxford Martin School Events

Monday 28 October 2024 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

17:00 - Book talk: 'Wicked Problems: How to Engineer a Better World' with Guru Madhavan (Online only)
Please note this event is now online only.
Guru Madhavan (US National Academy of Engineering), Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School)
Oxford Martin School Events

Thursday 7 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

14:00 - Masterclass: Navigating the Intersection of Science and Policy
Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School), Professor Robin May (Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government’s Food Standards Agency)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Tuesday 12 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

17:00 - Book talk: 'As If Human: Ethics and Artificial Intelligence' - Nigel Shadbolt in conversation with Charles Godfray
Fully Booked
Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School)
Oxford Martin School Events

Friday 15 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

17:00 - Lab-grown, real, or plant/fungi-based meat – which is best for the environment?
Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School), Dr Ivan Wall (Co-Founder and CEO at Quest), Rose Dale (Rose Dale’s Organic Farm, Chearsley), Jim Laird (Co-Founder and CEO at ENOUGH)
Conversations in Environmental Sustainability

Wednesday 20 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

17:00 - 'How innovation in the private sector can help address major 21st century challenges' Warren East in conversation with Charles Godfray
Warren East (Executive in Residence, Saïd Business School & former CEO Rolls-Royce & ARM), Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School)
Oxford Martin School Events