• Type: Seminar Series
• Timing: Hilary Term, Tuesdays, 5.00 - 6.30pm
• Organising department: St Antony's College

Tuesday 7 March 2023

• 17:00 - The Future of Development Assistance
  Andrew Mitchell (Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)), Baroness Arminka Helic (House of Lords), Lord Jonathan Oates (House of Lords)

Tuesday 2 May 2023

• 17:00 - The Good Friday Agreement 25 Years On' with The Rt Hon. Lord Murphy of Torfaen
  Professor Ian McBride, The Rt Hon. Lord (Paul) Murphy of Torfaen

Tuesday 6 June 2023

• 17:00 - The future of conservatism in the UK and in particular the future of the Conservative Party
  Lord Patrick Cormack (House of Lords), Professor Gillian Peele, Professor Tim Bale

Monday 4 December 2023

• 13:00 - A common climate? Can parties work together in an age of polarisation?
  Live stream link - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLUmQ0Mk0eJU6BY_Jvb8r7g/live
  Chris Skidmore (MP), Alex Sobel (MP), Professor Thomas Hale (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford), Melini Mehra (GLOBE CEO)

Tuesday 6 February 2024

• 17:30 - Building support for climate at the ballot box
  Livestream link: https://www.youtube.com/live/9ghemRgGXuU?si=qAC0H2-2weBUBUA0
  Professor Jane Green (Nuffield College), Mr Chris Skidmore (Visiting Parliamentary Fellow), Mr Alex Sobel (MP) (Visiting Parliamentary Fellow), Iván Duque (Former President of Colombia)

Tuesday 7 May 2024

• 17:30 - Moving and building: local government and the climate challenge
  Livestream link: https://www.youtube.com/@stantonyscollegeuniversity2705/streams
  Mr Alex Sobel (MP) (Visiting Parliamentary Fellow), Mr Chris Skidmore (Visiting Parliamentary Fellow), Dr Thomas Hale (Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford), Christopher Hammond (Chief Executive of UK100), Anna Railton (Oxford City Council), Pete Sudbury (Oxford County Council)

Tuesday 21 May 2024

• 17:30 - A green and pleasant land for nature, food, energy, and people
  Livestream available on the St Antony's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@stantonyscollegeuniversity2705/streams
  Mr Chris Skidmore (Visiting Parliamentary Fellow), Mr Alex Sobel (MP) (Visiting Parliamentary Fellow), Dr Thomas Hale (Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford), Mark Owen-Lloyd (Botley West Solar Farm), Minette Batters (Former President of the National Farmers' Union), Neil Kenward (Director of Strategy, Economics, Research and Net Zero (Ofgem)), Andy Egan (The Woodland Trust)

Monday 3 February 2025

• 17:00 - The world’s 2024 elections: what just happened? The rise of populism and its causes.
  Kelly Beaver CBE (Ipsos (Chief Executive)), Peter Kellner CBE (YouGov (Former President))

Monday 10 February 2025

• 17:00 - The US election: what happened there and what happens now?
  Peter Hyman ((Senior Advisor to Keir Starmer 2022 – 2024, Strategist to PM Tony Blair, Co-founder of School 21)), Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Jon Sopel ((former North America editor of BBC News, co-host of The News Agents))

Monday 24 February 2025

• 17:00 - Trump vs Putin: Security in the Age of Populism
  Rt Hon Lord Bates ((Minister of State at the Department for International Development, 2016 – 2019, and Minister of State at the Home Office, 2015 – 2016)), Professor Roy Allison (St Antony's College), Edward Stringer ((Formerly Director General of the Defence Academy, Director General of Joint Force Development – Strategic Command, and Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff))

Monday 3 March 2025

• 17:00 - Multilateralism in the age of populism: what future for the Bretton Woods Institutions. 
  Lord Malloch Brown ((Former Deputy Secretary-General of the UN)), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)

Monday 10 March 2025

• 17:00 - Communication in the age of populism.
  Alison Phillips ((Editor-in-Chief for the Daily Mirror, 2018 – 2024)), Tim Montgomerie ((Co-founder of the Centre for Social Justice)), Professor Helen Margetts (University of Oxford)