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:

Monday 27 October 2025

Using systems thinking in environmental and societal challenges
Date: 27 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker : Professor Birgit Kopainsky (University of Bergen)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Saskia Nowicki (SSEE, SoGE, University of Oxford), Dr Peter Barbrook-Johnson (Agile Initiative, INET, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 28 October 2025

Enabling Opportunities for Forest Protection and Climate Action at COP30
Date: 28 October 2025, 13:30 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Oxford Energy Network Seminar - Week 3: Beyond the BMS: Leveraging predictive analytics for smarter energy storage
Date: 28 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker : Elizabeth Oliphant (Accure)
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)

Thursday 30 October 2025

The Food System as a Driver of Global Change
Date: 30 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr John Ingram (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)

Book talk - 'Roadkill : Unveiling The True Cost Of Our Toxic Relationship With Cars'
Date: 30 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker s: Professor Dame Henrietta L. Moore (Institute for Global Prosperity, UCL), Arthur Kay (Director, Innovo), Professor Tim Schwanen (Transport Studies Unit University of Oxford ), Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (and Online)
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

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)

Tuesday 4 November 2025

Energy Seminar – MT25 Week 4:
Date: 4 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker : Professor Sarah Sparrow (Department of Engineering Science, 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)

Wednesday 5 November 2025

The Oxford Ministry for the Future Presents: The Arctic at the Crossroads
Date: 5 November 2025, 14:00 - 16:00
Speaker s: Bathseba Demuth (of Floating Coast), Joanna Kavenna (of The Ice Museum), Laline Paull (of The Ice)
Venue: Trinity College, Broad Street OX1 3BH
Venue Details: The Auditorium
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

The Oxford Ministry For the Future Presents: The Arctic at the Crossroads
Date: 5 November 2025, 14:00 - 16:00
Speaker s: Professor Bathsheba Demuth (Brown University), Laline Paull (of The Ice), Joanna Kavenna (of The Ice Museum)
Venue: Trinity College, Broad Street OX1 3BH
Venue Details: The Levine Auditorium
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: Oxford Ministry for the Future, Smith School of Enterprise and Environment (University of Oxford)

The energy transition: too little/too late or a new hope?
Date: 5 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker : Alan Haywood (Visiting Fellow, Oxford Martin School)
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (and Online)
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 6 November 2025

FLAGSHIP LECTURE. "Are the Dogs Running Today?" by Bathsheba Demuth (Brown University)
Date: 6 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker : Professor Bathsheba Demuth (Brown University)
Venue Details: Seminar room 63
Organiser: Environmental Humanities Research Hub (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

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)

Tuesday 11 November 2025

Oxford Energy Network Seminar – MT25 Week 5: Innovations for zero-carbon heating and cooling: the path to net-zero buildings by 2050
Date: 11 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker : Professor Jesus Lizana (Department of Engineering Science, 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)

Wednesday 12 November 2025

James Martin Memorial Lecture: 'Environment, health, society and economics in the new era of geopolitics'
Date: 12 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Lord Hague (Chancellor, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street OX1 3AZ
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 November 2025

Measuring the environment: metrics that guide science, policy and resilience
Date: 13 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Anna Freeman (Humanities Division, 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)

Financing Forest Restoration: The Distribution and Role of Green Fintech in Nature-based Solutions to Climate Change
Date: 13 November 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Felicia Liu (University of York)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Village Room, ECI
Organiser: Andrey Levitskiy (University of Oxford)
Host: Environmental Change Institute (University of Oxford)

Friday 14 November 2025

Oxford Water Day
Date: 14 November 2025, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Saïd Business School, Park End Street OX1 1HP
Organiser: Oxford Water Network
Hosts: TBA

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)

Tuesday 18 November 2025

Oxford Energy Network Seminar – MT25 Week 6: Exploring digitalisation’s footprint
Date: 18 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker : Yee Van Fan (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)

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)

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Oxford Energy Network Seminar - Week 7:
Date: 25 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker
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)

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:
Date: 2 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker : TBC
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

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)

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