Research and Public Policy
Description: Talks and other events hosted by Divisions, Departments, Faculties and Colleges that enable students or researchers at the University to understand the relevance of their education and research to local, regional, national and international public policy; work with policymakers and others to identify and explore mutual interests; and develop and leverage networks, and other resources to generate benefits to research, policy and the wider world.
Talks:

Thursday 8 May 2025

Emergent Prestige and Status-Seeking Dynamics in International AI Competition
Date: 8 May 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Kayla Blomquist (The Oxford Internet Institute)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Cyril Foster Lecture 2025: 'How to End Wars: Pragmatic Approaches to Peacebuilding'
Date: 8 May 2025, 17:00 - 19:30
Speaker s: Christine Ahn (Institute for Policy Studies), Lt Gen (Ret) Dan Leaf (US Air Force)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Venue Details: South School
Organiser: Neta Crawford
Host: David Doyle (University of Oxford)

Monday 12 May 2025

Financial growth and regulation in the age of populism: the Financial Conduct Authority’s challenge in getting regulation right.
Date: 12 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Nikhil Rathi (CEO of the FCA), Miles Celic (CEO City UK)
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), St Antony's College
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 14 May 2025

The future of the NHS: balancing competing priorities for the benefit of patients and policy
Date: 14 May 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker s: Jonathan Van-Tam, Professor Christopher Butler (Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford), Professor Kamila Hawthorne (RCGP)
Venue: Trinity College, Broad Street OX1 3BH
Venue Details: de Jager Auditorium, Levine Building
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 15 May 2025

AI Safety in Practice: Safeguarding Against Real-World Misuse and Near-Term Harms
Date: 15 May 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Broderick McDonald (Kings College London)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 19 May 2025

Political risk in an age of populism: How does business view politics and how do boardrooms find reliable ways of understanding political movements/risk?
Date: 19 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Charles Roxburgh (former Second Permanent Secretary of HM Treasury, non-executive director of Shell PLC), Malcolm Gooderham (Founder of Elgin Advisory, former Conservative Party Adviser)
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), St Antony's College
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 22 May 2025

Strategic Instability: A Practitioner’s Perspective on Narratives Fueling the Conventional and Emerging Tech
Date: 22 May 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Karuna Nandkumar (Oxford China Policy Lab)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 29 May 2025

Security Profile of Network Infrastructure in the High North and the Baltic Sea – Prospects for continued NATO-EU collaboration
Date: 29 May 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Anniki Mikelsaar (Oxford Internet Institute)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 5 June 2025

The Securitisation of AI Safety Institutes
Date: 5 June 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Renan Araujo (Institute for AI Policy and Strategy)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 12 June 2025

Budgeting for AI: Towards a Systematic Understanding of the Impact of Public Budgeting on Public Sector AI Adoption
Date: 12 June 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Chloe Chadwick (Oxford Internet Institute)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

This list contains talks from the following series:
Cooling for COP26
Engaging with Evidence series
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty
Oxford Inside Out
Oxford Martin School Series - African Governance: Economic, social and political governance challenges
Oxford Martin School Series: Levelling-up regional disparities, inequality and social inclusion
Oxford Martin School Series: Post COP26: successes, lessons learnt & what do we need to do now?
Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) Showcase 2022
Oxford Technology & Security Nexus
St Antony's Visiting Parliamentary Fellowship
The Agile Initiative Research Planning workshop series (online)