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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the Biodiversity Network seminar series
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Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers:
Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment),
Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford)
Timing: Fridays
Web Address:
https://bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiversitynetwork
Organising department: Environmental Change Institute
Talks:
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Earth’s Biodiversity: Its Origins, Impacts and Potential Fate
Date: 21 October 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker
:
David Tilman (University of Minnesota)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre (1st floor, lift available)
Organisers:
Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford),
Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host:
Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)
Friday 24 October 2025
Nature's Genius: Evolution's Lessons for a Changing Planet
Date: 24 October 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker
:
David Farrier (The University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre (1st floor, lift available)
Organisers:
Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford),
Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host:
Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)
Friday 31 October 2025
Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation
Date: 31 October 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Hugh Warwick (Ecologist and writer)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre (1st floor, lift available)
Organisers:
Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford),
Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host:
Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)
Friday 7 November 2025
How Story Creates Agency for the Nature and Climate Crises
Date: 7 November 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Jules Pretty (University of Essex)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre (1st floor, lift available)
Organisers:
Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford),
Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host:
Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)
Friday 14 November 2025
What drives species sensitivity to deforestation? Clue: it’s not what you think.
Date: 14 November 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Cristina Banks-Leite (Imperial College London)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre (1st floor, lift available)
Organisers:
Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford),
Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host:
Dr Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez (University of Oxford)
Friday 21 November 2025
The Natural Capital of Wasps
Date: 21 November 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Seirian Sumner (University College London)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre (1st floor, lift available)
Organisers:
Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford),
Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host:
Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)
Friday 28 November 2025
The Spirit of the Rainforest
Date: 28 November 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Rosa Vásquez Espinoza PhD (Amazon Research Internacional)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre (1st floor, lift available)
Organisers:
Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford),
Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host:
Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)
Friday 5 December 2025
Title TBC
Date: 5 December 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Robert Fish (Imperial College London)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Place Suite, 1st floor (lift available)
Organisers:
Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford),
Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host:
Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)
Editors:
Jane Applegarth,
Carlyn Samuel
