OxTalks is Changing
OxTalks will soon move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events.' There will be a need for an OxTalks freeze. This was previously planned for Friday 14th November – a new date will be shared as soon as it is available (full details will be available on the Staff Gateway).
In the meantime, the OxTalks site will remain active and events will continue to be published.
If staff have any questions about the Oxford Events launch, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
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Oxford Networks for the Environment
Description: The Oxford Networks for the Environment (ONE) mobilise the University’s expertise in science, technology, business and society. They enable the University to find solutions to the complex, converging challenges of energy, water, and food security, climate change and threats to biodiversity.
ONE contributes to humanity’s capacity to make sustainable use of our natural resources for the benefit of all people and for the natural world.
For further information on ONE, please visit www.ox.ac.uk/one-network
Talks:
Tuesday 25 November 2025
Adapting food systems to climate change: lessons from aquaculture in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta
Date: 25 November 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Dr Dao Minh Hai (College of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Can Tho University)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (and Online)
Organiser:
Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Oxford Energy Network Seminar - Week 7: Raising the standard: Can internatioanl standards help save energy and carbon?
Date: 25 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Ian Byrne (ibeccs)
Venue Details: Desert Room, School of Geography
Organisers:
Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford),
Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)
Hosts:
Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford),
Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)
Wednesday 26 November 2025
Seminar 1: Research on societal support for sustainability policies
Date: 26 November 2025, 13:45 - 15:00
Speaker
s:
Stefania Innocenti (Economics of Sustainability, INET Oxford),
Matthew Amengual (University of Oxford),
Mary Johnstone-Louise (Saïd Business School),
Juliane Reinecke (Saïd Business School, University of Oxford)
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 27 November 2025
Just Urbanism; rethinking spatial practices in the city
Date: 27 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Mahsa Alami Fariman (University College London)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Desert Room
Organiser:
Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, 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)
Tuesday 2 December 2025
Oxford Energy Network Seminar - Week 8: Chemistry at Oxford and the Energy Transition: research contributions past and present, and future plans
Date: 2 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker
s:
James Durrant (University of Oxford),
Professor Robert Hoye (University of Oxford),
Dr Daniel Congrave (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Diversity Room, School of Geography
Organisers:
Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford),
Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)
Hosts:
Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford),
Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)
Thursday 4 December 2025
Reclaiming Land for the Future: Coal, Environmentalism, and Population in Post-1945 Britain
Date: 4 December 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
s:
Dr Andrew Seaton (History, University College London),
Professor Danny Dorling (Geography, Oxford)
Venue Details: Seminar room 56
Organiser:
Environmental Humanities Research Hub (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
From Greening to Wellbeing: Critical spatial data science for green infrastructure, mental health and wellbeing in the UK
Date: 4 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Wenjing (Wendee) Zhang (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Desert Room
Organiser:
Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)
Friday 5 December 2025
Relational Values and Nature Recovery: Navigating the Politics of Environmental Decision-Making
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)
Relational Values and Nature Recovery: Navigating the Politics of Environmental Decision-Making
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
Organisers:
Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford),
Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host:
Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 20 January 2025
Title TBC
Date: 20 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Rebecca Collyer (PIE Climate)
Venue Details: Diversity Room, School of Geography
Organisers:
Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford),
Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)
Hosts:
Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford),
Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)
This list contains talks from the following series:
Biodiversity Institute talks
Biodiversity Network Coffee Seminar Series
Biodiversity Network Seminars, Michaelmas Term 2015
Climate Careers
Earth Sciences Seminars
ECI Big Ideas Seminar
Energy Colloquia
Energy Colloquia Series
Energy Events
Environmental Change Institute
Environmental Humanities Research Hub
Food Thinkers Lunches
Food Thinkers Lunches - Trinity Term 2018
Future of Food Lunchtime Talk Series
GOTO (Global Opportunities and Threats: Oxford)
Ideas Into Action: 10 years of ground-breaking research
IFSTAL
IFSTAL Lecture Series
InSIS seminar series: Ecologies of Expertise
Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the Biodiversity Network seminar series
Model Truths: modelling, evidence, and truth in science and policy?
NEST - New Energy Systems Thinkers
Net Zero Home School
ONE
Oxford Centre for Tropical Forests
Oxford Energy Network Seminars 2025-26
Oxford Interdisciplinary Microbiome Project
Oxford Water Network
Oxford Water Networks Water Quality Series (2019-2020)
Planning Seminar Series
School of Geography and the Environment
Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
SoGE Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation Cluster Events
SoGE Climate Systems and Policy Cluster Events
SoGE Economy and Society Cluster Events
SoGE Landscape Dynamics Cluster events
SoGE Political Worlds Cluster Events
SoGE Technological Life Cluster events
The Linacre Lectures