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 21 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Turning the Tide: Government Action to Counter Ransomware
Date: 21 November 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Roxana Radu (SNSF Postdoctoral Researcher)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Organisers: Elisabeth Siegel (University of Oxford), Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 22 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Turning the tide: public measures to counter ransomware
Date: 22 November 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Roxana Radu (Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: 1 St Giles', 1 St Giles' OX1 3JS
Venue Details: 1 St Giles Seminar Room
Organiser: Ellen Mobbs (Oxford Internet Institute)
Host: Dr Victoria Nash (The Oxford Internet Institute,University of Oxford)

Understanding human-nature relationships: How can we foster more integrated, impactful, and collaborative action to tackle the climate and biodiversity crisis?
Date: 22 November 2024, 16:15 - 17:15 (Friday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
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 26 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2024: Poverty amid conflict
Date: 26 November 2024, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Sabina Alkire (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Meeting Room A
Organisers: Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), Institute for International Economic Policy at George Washington University
Hosts: TBA

Sexual Violence in India: The State of Legal Reforms
Date: 26 November 2024, 17:30 - 19:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Aradhana CV (University of Oxford), Mr Gopal Subramaniam (Former Indian Solicitor General and Foundation Fellow, Somerville College)
Venue: Margaret Thatcher Centre,
Venue Details: Accessible venue
Organiser: Neeraj Shetye (Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development)
Host: Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development

Wednesday 27 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

OPEN Conversation: International Policy Engagement (Online)
Date: 27 November 2024, 10:00 - 11:00 (Wednesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Isang Awah (University of Oxford), Professor Richard Maude (Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Bangkok, Thailand), Dr Jose Maria Valenzuela (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) (University of Oxford)

Brasenose women working for global and local change in the voluntary and public sectors
Date: 27 November 2024, 17:30 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Amersi Foundation Lecture Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 28 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Workshop: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning in Policy Engagement (Part 1)
Date: 28 November 2024, 10:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team)
Venue: Worcester College, Walton Street OX1 2HB
Venue Details: Nash Suite
Organiser: Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) (University of Oxford)

AI Governance & U.S.-China Track II Diplomacy
Date: 28 November 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Kayla Blomquist (The Oxford Internet Institute), Elisabeth Siegel (University of Oxford)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Organisers: Elisabeth Siegel (University of Oxford), Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Industrial Decarbonization Policies: What Does it Take?
Date: 28 November 2024, 16:00 - 17:30 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Meriem Ait Ali Slimane (World Bank), Dr Amir Lebdioui (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: Sara Torres Raisbeck (University of Oxford), Dr Amir Lebdioui (University of Oxford)

Remaking or repairing Britain? Keir Starmer and Labour’s challenge in government
Date: 28 November 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Marc Stears (UCL Policy Lab, UCL), Baronness Royall of Blaisdon (Somerville College, Oxford)
Organiser: Tim Soutphommasane (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Networking: Peer Mentoring Networking Event (Climate, Energy and the Environment)
Date: 3 December 2024, 13:00 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Ruth Deech Building
Organiser: Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Unidimensional Underpinnings of Multidimensional Counting Measures
Date: 3 December 2024, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Professor James Foster (GWU), Professor Sabina Alkire (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Meeting Room A
Organisers: Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), Institute for International Economic Policy at George Washington University
Hosts: TBA

Energy Seminar - Week 8: Gas in decline – what to do with the gas grid when we no longer need it?
Date: 3 December 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Jan Rosenow
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Diversity Room, School of Geography
Organisers: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Convenor Oxford Energy)
Hosts: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Convenor Oxford Energy)

Wednesday 4 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Why should we care about healthier homes?
Date: 4 December 2024, 17:30 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Susan J Smith (University of Cambridge), Professor Ken Gibb (University of Glasgow), Virginia Barbaro (ALER Milano), Sammy-Jo Hagan (Transition by Design)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub
Organisers: Dr Hannah Grove (Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation), Dr Astrid Krisch (Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation, Kellogg College), Professor Carl Heneghan (Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation, Kellogg College), Dr David Howard (Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation, Kellogg College), Dr Juliet Carpenter (Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation, Kellogg College)
Host: Dr Lidia Katia C. Manzo (GCHU Visiting Research Associate)

Thursday 5 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Workshop: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning in Policy Engagement (Part 2)
Date: 5 December 2024, 10:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team)
Venue: Worcester College, Walton Street OX1 2HB
Venue Details: Nash Suite
Organiser: Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) (University of Oxford)

Friday 6 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Cyber Incidents, Ethics, and Armed Conflict
Date: 6 December 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Friday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Brianna Rosen (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Organisers: Elisabeth Siegel (University of Oxford), Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 11 December 2024 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Action Plan for an Inclusive Education Policy for the State of Qatar
Date: 11 December 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Wednesday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr. Asmaa Al-Fadala (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)
Venue Details: Zoom, online
Organiser: Dr Maia Chankseliani (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Maia Chankseliani (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 19 February 2025 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

Judge Theodor Meron: Standing up for justice: one life, four careers
Date: 19 February 2025, 17:30 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 5th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Judge Theodor Meron (President, UNMICT)
Venue: Trinity College, Broad Street OX1 3BH
Venue Details: de Jager Auditorium, Levine Building
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 14 May 2025 (17th Week, Hilary Term)

The future of the NHS: balancing competing priorities for the benefit of patients and policy
Date: 14 May 2025, 17:30 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 17th week, Hilary 2025)
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

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
The Agile Initiative Research Planning workshop series (online)