Thursday 15 October 2015 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Demographic change – the evolving health challenges
  Professor Sarah Harper (Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford), Professor Robyn Norton (Co-Director of The George Institute for Global Health)
  Ideas Into Action: 10 years of ground-breaking research

Wednesday 12 October 2016 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - How population change will transform our world
  Professor Sarah Harper (Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford)

Thursday 23 November 2017 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 14:00 - The Ageing of the Myanmar Farming population: awareness and expectations
  Professor Sarah Harper (Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford)
  The Geopolitical Implications of Global Population Change

Thursday 15 February 2018 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - Interdisciplinary Approaches to Knowledge Exchange and Migration
  Professor Sarah Harper (Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford), Sundeep Lidher (Project Researcher, ‘Our Migration Story’ Runnymede Trust)
  COMPAS seminar series: Beyond Impact? Using, Exchanging, and Communicating Migration Knowledge and Research
• 17:00 - The growing and ageing population: Implications and solutions
  Professor Sarah Harper (Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford)
  Health: fresh perspectives

Thursday 24 May 2018 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Putting science at the heart of society and culture - Panel Discussion
  Professor Sarah Harper (Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford), Emily Wilson (New Scientist), Katherine Mathieson (British Science Association)
  Science and populism: from evidence to narrative (Oxford Martin School, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and University College Joint Series)

Thursday 14 June 2018 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Creating opportunities to think deeply about science - Panel discussion
  Dr Roger Highfield (Science Museum Group), Professor Sarah Harper (Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford), Professor Paul Smith (Oxford University Museum of Natural History), Dr Xa Sturgis (Director of the Ashmolean Museum)
  Science and populism: from evidence to narrative (Oxford Martin School, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and University College Joint Series)

Friday 14 May 2021 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

• 09:00 - Living Longer: Healthy Ageing and the Opportunities of Longevity
  Associate Professor Lynne Cox (Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford), Professor Sarah Harper (Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford), Dr Iza Kavedžija (University of Exeter), Professor Mary Daly (University of Oxford), Sir Muir Gray (Green Templeton College, University of Oxford), Dr Hiroko Costantini, Dr Tamás Jozsa, Dr Ramon Luengo-Fernandez
  Human Welfare Conference

Thursday 11 June 2015 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:00 - Learning Hygiene: Mortality Patterns by Religion in the Don Army Territory (Southern Russia), 1867-1916
  Dr Noël Bonneuil (the French National Institute for Demographic Studies )
  Historical Demography – A Place in Modern Demography?

Tuesday 16 June 2015 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:00 - Generations Working Together: a Foresight Review Panel Discussion
  Mr Will Hutton (Hertford College, University of Oxford), Mr Mark Evans (Adaptix), Dr John Boyle (Oxford Computer Consultants), Mr Steve Burgess (The Oxford Trust), Ms Marie Brankin (Oxford Executive Coaching)

Thursday 22 October 2015 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 14:00 - ‘Childlessness, cohabitation and partnership history in Great Britain’
  John Haskey (Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford)
  ‘Narratives on Marriage and Co-Habitation’

Thursday 29 October 2015 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 14:00 - ‘Marrying out’ for love: women’s narratives of polygyny and alternative marriage choices in contemporary Senegal’
  Dr Hélène Neveu Kringelbach (Oxford Diaspora Programme Project Leader, University of Oxford and Lecturer in African Studies, University College London)
  ‘Narratives on Marriage and Co-Habitation’

Thursday 5 November 2015 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 14:00 - ‘Commitment and the changing sequence of cohabitation, childbearing, and marriage’
  Professor Ann Berrington (ESRC Centre for Population Change, University of Southampton)
  ‘Narratives on Marriage and Co-Habitation’

Thursday 12 November 2015 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 14:00 - ‘Divergences between the law of marriage and its social meaning: are same-sex marriages unique?
  Dr Scot Peterson (Department of Politics, University of Oxford)
  ‘Narratives on Marriage and Co-Habitation’

Thursday 19 November 2015 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 14:00 - CANCELLED 'Cohabitation, Bigamy and Irregular Marriage in Scotland, 1855-1939'
  Please be advised that this seminar has been cancelled due to illness. We apologise for any inconvenience and hope that you will join us next week for the next seminar as part of this series.
  TBA
  ‘Narratives on Marriage and Co-Habitation’

Thursday 26 November 2015 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 14:00 - ‘Focus on Partnerships: Discourses on cohabitation and marriage throughout Europe and Australia’
  Dr Brienna Perelli-Harris (Associate Professor in Demography, University of Southampton)
  ‘Narratives on Marriage and Co-Habitation’

Thursday 3 December 2015 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 14:00 - ‘Family context and marriageability: how one's parents, siblings and past family history affect one's attractiveness to marriage partners in Japan’
  Dr Ekaterina Hertog (Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford)
  ‘Narratives on Marriage and Co-Habitation’

Thursday 21 January 2016 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - ‘Class consciousness and disempowerment of Chinese migrant workers in transnational communities: Why does it matter for Chinese communities in the UK?’
  Dr Bin Wu (Centre for Chinese Migration Studies (CCMS) School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Nottingham)
  Family dynamics, health and ageing in contemporary China

Wednesday 3 February 2016 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - ‘Through a Design Lens: Exploring Eight Key Challenges of Ageing’
  Professor Jeremy Myerson (Helen Hamlyn Chair of Design, Royal College of Art)

Thursday 4 February 2016 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - A study of impacts of migration on health and well-being in later life in China - Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHALRS).
  Professor James Nazroo (Professor of Sociology and Director of Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity, University of Manchester), Mr Bo Hou (PhD student, University of Manchester)
  Family dynamics, health and ageing in contemporary China

Wednesday 10 February 2016 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Public Lecture - ‘The Process of Population Ageing and its Challenges in Asia’
  Dr Heather Booth (Associate Professor of Demography, Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute (ADSRI), ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australia.)

Thursday 11 February 2016 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - What is the future for women and caregiving in China?
  Dr Patricia O’Neill (Contemporary China Studies, School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, University of Oxford )
  Family dynamics, health and ageing in contemporary China

Thursday 18 February 2016 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - Migration, children, gender and healthcare in China
  Dr Charlotte Goodburn (Lecturer in Chinese Politics and Development, Lau China Institute, King’s College London)
  Family dynamics, health and ageing in contemporary China

Wednesday 24 February 2016 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - ‘Adult Children Providing Support to their Aging Parents: Mixed Motives over the Family Life Course’
  Professor Merril Silverstein (Aging Studies Institute, Syracuse University, USA)

Thursday 25 February 2016 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - 'Left-behind elders and their families in rural China: How they figure in China's recent 'leap forward'’
  Professor Merril Silverstein (Aging Studies Institute, Syracuse University, USA)
  Family dynamics, health and ageing in contemporary China

Thursday 3 March 2016 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - Reforming China’s Health Care System
  TBA
  Family dynamics, health and ageing in contemporary China

Thursday 10 March 2016 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - Ageing, migration and intergenerational relations in rural China
  Dr Jieyu Liu (SOAS China Institute, University of London)
  Family dynamics, health and ageing in contemporary China

Thursday 24 January 2019 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - Understanding, Beliefs and Treatment of Dementia in Pakistan: a case study of te disease in low- and middle-income countries
  Professor Asghar Zaidi (Seoul National University)
  Ageing Populations: from Cell to Society

Thursday 31 January 2019 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - Targeting cell senescence to treat organismal ageing and frailty
  Associate Professor Lynne Cox (Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford)
  Ageing Populations: from Cell to Society

Thursday 28 February 2019 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - The changing characteristics and circumstances of the elderly in Russia: capabilities of birth cohorts, inequalities in health, and morbidity icebergs
  Professor Chris Davis (University of Oxford)
  Ageing Populations: from Cell to Society

Thursday 7 March 2019 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - LitHits: an Oxford Humanities digital reading innovation to combat age-related isolation
  Professor Kirsten E Shepherd-Barr (University of Oxford)
  Ageing Populations: from Cell to Society

Thursday 29 October 2020 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 14:00 - Age Discrimination: do we need a Human Rights Charter for older people?
  This session will be conducted via Zoom. Joining instructions will be provided after registration.
  Nena Georgantzi (AGE Platform Europe), Ken Bluestone (Age International)
  Michaelmas Term 2020 Seminar Series

Thursday 12 November 2020 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 14:00 - Old age: views from philosophy and social science | Brown Bag Debate
  This session will be conducted via Zoom. Joining instructions will be provided after registration.
  Dr Ashley Moyse (McDonald Postdoctoral Fellow in Christian Ethics and Public Life, University of Oxford), Mr Kenneth Howse (Oxford Institute of Population Ageing)
  Michaelmas Term 2020 Seminar Series

Thursday 26 November 2020 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 14:00 - Debates from the South: COVID-19 and its Impact on the Inclusion of Older Persons: Lessons to Brazil
  Various Speakers
  Michaelmas Term 2020 Seminar Series

Thursday 27 May 2021 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:00 - Capacity, ability, frailty and geroscience – towards a cohesive paradigm for healthy longevity
  Dr John Beard (Global Centre for Modern Ageing)
  Trinity 2021 Seminar Series - Perspectives on Global Ageing

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

• 14:00 - Interdisciplinary approaches to healthy ageing
  Professor Lene Juel Rasmussen (University of Copenhagen)

Tuesday 7 February 2017 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 15:00 - Ageing population and health care needs of older people in Sri Lanka
  TBA

Tuesday 14 February 2017 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 15:00 - Sustainable Communities
  NB: Early start 2-3pm
  TBA

Tuesday 28 February 2017 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 15:00 - Intersections of Race and Age(ing) at the 21st century English seaside
  Dr Daniel Burdsey (University of Brighton)

Thursday 10 May 2018 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Government needs to get better at policy-making; more open and connected with people
  Dr Andrea Siodmok (Policy Lab, Cabinet Office)
  Science and populism: from evidence to narrative (Oxford Martin School, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and University College Joint Series)

Thursday 17 May 2018 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Science on the front line: getting good quality evidence into the news
  Fiona Fox (Science Media Centre)
  Science and populism: from evidence to narrative (Oxford Martin School, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and University College Joint Series)

Thursday 24 May 2018 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Putting science at the heart of society and culture - Panel Discussion
  Professor Sarah Harper (Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford), Emily Wilson (New Scientist), Katherine Mathieson (British Science Association)
  Science and populism: from evidence to narrative (Oxford Martin School, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and University College Joint Series)

Thursday 31 May 2018 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Stats and studies are not enough: how to gain people's trust in scientific authority
  Nicky Hawkins (FrameWorks Institute)
  Science and populism: from evidence to narrative (Oxford Martin School, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and University College Joint Series)

Tuesday 30 October 2018 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Conflicting truths. How does government listen to scientists?
  Dr Claire Craig (Director of Science Policy, Royal Society)
  Science and populism: from evidence to narrative (Oxford Martin School, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and University College Joint Series)

Tuesday 6 November 2018 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - What’s the point of engaging the public in science and health research?
  Imran Khan (Head of Public Engagement, Wellcome Trust)
  Science and populism: from evidence to narrative (Oxford Martin School, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and University College Joint Series)

Friday 16 November 2018 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Communicating robust science
  Clive Cookson (Science Editor, Financial Times)
  Science and populism: from evidence to narrative (Oxford Martin School, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and University College Joint Series)

Monday 19 November 2018 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Why science matters for policy
  Dr Patrick Vallance (Government Chief Scientific Adviser)
  Science and populism: from evidence to narrative (Oxford Martin School, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and University College Joint Series)

Wednesday 28 November 2018 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - People and the frontiers of science: social science for the 21st Century
  Prof Jennifer Rubin (Executive Chair, ESRC)
  Science and populism: from evidence to narrative (Oxford Martin School, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and University College Joint Series)

Thursday 17 January 2019 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - Health scenarios for an ageing population
  Mr Kenneth Howse (Oxford Institute of Population Ageing)
  Ageing Populations: from Cell to Society

Thursday 31 January 2019 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - Targeting cell senescence to treat organismal ageing and frailty
  Associate Professor Lynne Cox (Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford)
  Ageing Populations: from Cell to Society

Friday 8 February 2019 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - Understanding Population Ageing in Bangladesh and Nigeria: SITAKUND Model vs HEPIQ-C Model
  NB: on Friday 8 February!
  Professor Hafiz Khan (University of West London)
  Ageing Populations: from Cell to Society

Thursday 14 February 2019 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - Health inequalities in old age based on socio and economic disparities have become crucial for targeting health and social provision. Cross-sectional research has underlined that health inequalities diminish with age and, consequently, inequalities i
  Dr Sara Zella (University of Oxford)
  Ageing Populations: from Cell to Society

Thursday 28 February 2019 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - The changing characteristics and circumstances of the elderly in Russia: capabilities of birth cohorts, inequalities in health, and morbidity icebergs
  Professor Chris Davis (University of Oxford)
  Ageing Populations: from Cell to Society

Thursday 7 March 2019 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - LitHits: an Oxford Humanities digital reading innovation to combat age-related isolation
  Professor Kirsten E Shepherd-Barr (University of Oxford)
  Ageing Populations: from Cell to Society

Tuesday 21 January 2020 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:00 - Bearing the burdens we (don’t) bare: A theological reflection on carrying the weight of ageing
  Dr Ashley Moyse (McDonald Postdoctoral Fellow in Christian Ethics and Public Life, University of Oxford)
  The Construction of Ageing

Tuesday 28 January 2020 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:00 - Yes Yes No: Sculpture, Dance, Choreography and What Age Brings
  Melissa Pierce Murray, sculptor (UCL)
  The Construction of Ageing

Tuesday 4 February 2020 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:00 - Memory, Meaning and Human Identity: The place of theology in constructing the purpose of age in the light of dementia?
  Professor James Woodward (Sarum College)
  The Construction of Ageing

Tuesday 11 February 2020 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:00 - Viewing the body as an (almost) ageing thing
  Dr Chris Gilleard (University College London)
  The Construction of Ageing

Tuesday 18 February 2020 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:00 - Monkey Glands and Moisturisers: Anti-ageing in Modern Britain
  Dr James Stark (University of Leeds)
  The Construction of Ageing

Tuesday 25 February 2020 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:00 - What can History suggest about the ageing of contemporary society?
  Professor Patricia M. Thane (King's College London)
  The Construction of Ageing

Tuesday 3 March 2020 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:00 - Art and Science in Ageing Policy
  Stephen Bennett (Cabinet Office’s Policy Lab)
  The Construction of Ageing

Tuesday 10 March 2020 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:00 - On the Need to Stay Human: Simone de Beauvoir's Philosophy of Age
  Dr Kate Kirkpatrick (Lecturer in Religion, Philosophy and Culture, KCL)
  The Construction of Ageing

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

• 16:00 - The Precision Mental Health Project: A stakeholder-informed approach to healthy aging and resilience
  Dr Theodore D Cosco (University of Oxford/Simon Fraser University, Canada)
  Hilary Term 2021 Seminar Series - Perspectives on Global Ageing

Thursday 13 May 2021 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:00 - Intergenerational Contact Zones: A conceptual framework for generating novel ideas for developing intergenerationally enriched settings
  Professor Matt Kaplan (Penn State University, USA)
  Trinity 2021 Seminar Series - Perspectives on Global Ageing

Thursday 20 May 2021 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:00 - Inconvenient Truths About Human Longevity
  Professor S. Jay Olshansky, (University of Illinois at Chicago)
  Trinity 2021 Seminar Series - Perspectives on Global Ageing

Thursday 27 May 2021 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:00 - Capacity, ability, frailty and geroscience – towards a cohesive paradigm for healthy longevity
  Dr John Beard (Global Centre for Modern Ageing)
  Trinity 2021 Seminar Series - Perspectives on Global Ageing

Thursday 10 June 2021 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:00 - Preferences for Long-term Care Among Older Adults in China
  Professor Merril Silverstein (Aging Studies Institute, Syracuse University, USA)
  Trinity 2021 Seminar Series - Perspectives on Global Ageing

Thursday 17 June 2021 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:00 - Ageing in Africa
  Professor Isabella A G Aboderin (University of Bristol)
  Trinity 2021 Seminar Series - Perspectives on Global Ageing

Thursday 25 January 2024 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - The China Kadoorie Biobank: ageing, cardiovascular disease and lifestyle factors
  Dr Derrick Bennet (University of Oxford)
  Hilary 2024 Seminar Series: Health, Ageing and Longevity: Exploring Perspectives from across the University of Oxford

Thursday 1 February 2024 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - Biobank Imaging and Brain Health
  Dr Ludovica Griffanti (Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford)
  Hilary 2024 Seminar Series: Health, Ageing and Longevity: Exploring Perspectives from across the University of Oxford

Thursday 8 February 2024 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - Is hospital at home with Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment a cost-effective alternative to hospital admission?
  Status: This talk has been cancelled
  Professor Sasha Shepperd (Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford)
  Hilary 2024 Seminar Series: Health, Ageing and Longevity: Exploring Perspectives from across the University of Oxford

Thursday 15 February 2024 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - Subjective social status and healthy ageing
  Dr Lindsay Richards (University of Oxford)
  Hilary 2024 Seminar Series: Health, Ageing and Longevity: Exploring Perspectives from across the University of Oxford

Thursday 22 February 2024 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - The Biology of Ageing and Cell Senescence
  Professor Lynne Cox (University of Oxford)
  Hilary 2024 Seminar Series: Health, Ageing and Longevity: Exploring Perspectives from across the University of Oxford

Thursday 29 February 2024 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
  Dr Theodore D Cosco (University of Oxford/Simon Fraser University, Canada)
  Hilary 2024 Seminar Series: Health, Ageing and Longevity: Exploring Perspectives from across the University of Oxford