Events of interest to Social Sciences
Description: Events from the Social Sciences Division and of interest to the Social Sciences.
Talks:

Monday 16 June 2025

Narrative Entanglement: The Case of Climate Policy
Date: 16 June 2025, 11:30 - 12:45
Speaker : Luis Garicano (London School of Economics)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Skills Lab
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

The Blair black hole in global climate policy: international trade of zero-carbon goods
Date: 16 June 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Professor Ross Garnaut (University of Melbourne)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (and Online)
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Ethnicity, Care Experience and Criminalisation: Using Admin Data to Interrogate Youth (In)Justice in England
Date: 16 June 2025, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker : Katie Hunter (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room D and Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Is Taiwan Leading Asia in Women’s Political Representation?
Date: 16 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Chang-ling Huang (National Taiwan University)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford)

Is Taiwan Leading Asia in Women's Political Representation?
Date: 16 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Chang-ling Huang (National Taiwan University)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre, Dickson Poon Building, University of Oxford
Organiser: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Taiwan Studies Programme

Book talk - 'How To Think About AI: A Guide For The Perplexed'
Date: 16 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker : Professor Richard Susskind (Society for Computers and Law)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (and Online)
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 June 2025

No CSAE Workshop this week
Date: 17 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Room 3 (basement)
Organisers: Niccolo Meriggi (University of Oxford), Julien Labonne (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 17 June 2025, 13:15 - 14:30
Speaker
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

The Struggle for Liberation: A History of the Rwandan Civil War, 1990-1994
Date: 17 June 2025, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker : John Kegel (Netherlands Defence Academy)
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Venue Details: Eccles Room
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

A woman’s work is never done: Gender norms and Indian female labor force participation
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 17 June 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Rohini Pande (Yale University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Sequential College Admission Mechanisms and Off-Platform Options
Date: 17 June 2025, 16:00 - 17:15
Speaker : Arnaud Maurel (Duke University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Narratives from European-African Encounters
Date: 17 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker : Alexander Moradi (University of Bozen-Bolzano)
Venue: History Faculty, George Street OX1 2RL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 18 June 2025

From Research to Reach: How social media turned my work into policy influence
Date: 18 June 2025, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker : Dr Jan Rosenow
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

No seminar this week
Date: 18 June 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G (third floor)
Organisers: Niccolo Meriggi (University of Oxford), Dennis Egger (University of Oxford), Rocco Zizzamia (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Addressing equity challenges in the environmental governance of food supply chains: the case of deforestation-risk commodities in the tropics
Date: 18 June 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Rachael Garrett (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organiser: Dr Lexi Earl (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

A Bridge to the Sky: From ibn Firnas (d. 887) and the Cordoban Court to Imagining Baghdad in Assassin’s Creed Mirage
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 18 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Glaire Anderson (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Black Morocco: The Silenced Ancestry
Date: 18 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Chouki El Hamel (Arizona State University)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 19 June 2025

Addressing the Knowledge Divide: A Capability Approach to Digital Access Inequities in Graduate Education
Date: 19 June 2025, 12:50 - 14:00
Speaker : Priyanka Soni (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room E and online
Organiser: Dr Velda Elliott (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

iSkills: Managing research data and Data Management Planning (DMPs)
Date: 19 June 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: John Southall (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), John Pilbeam (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

The Ecosystem of Exile Politics: The Importance of Physical Location in Diaspora Mobilisation
Date: 19 June 2025, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker s: Susan Banki (University of Sydney), Anita Fabos (Clark University), Nicholas Van Hear (University of Oxford)
Venue: 58 Banbury Road, 58 Banbury Road OX2 6QS
Venue Details: COMPAS Boardroom (not wheelchair accessible; limited seating)
Organiser: Nicholas Van Hear (University of Oxford)
Host: Nicholas Van Hear (University of Oxford)

The Taiwan Test: Assessing Societal Resilience Using COVID Governance Experience
Date: 19 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Wei-ting Yen (Academia Sinica)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre, Dickson Poon Building, University of Oxford
Organiser: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Taiwan Studies Programme

Friday 20 June 2025

OXFORD ENERGY LUNCH, by the ZERO Institute & Oxford Energy Network
Date: 20 June 2025, 12:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Tina Fawcett (ECI, Oxford), Prof Paul Shearing (ZERO Institute)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: East Lab, School of Geography and the Environment, OX1 3QY
Organiser: Gian Melloni (ZERO Institute, Engineering Science, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 20 June 2025, 12:45 - 13:45
Speaker
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

How Electoral Fraud Facilitates Elite Rent-Sharing (joint with Liam Rose)
Date: 20 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Aliz Tóth (LSE)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 20 June 2025, 13:05 - 14:15
Speaker
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Screening With Tests
Date: 20 June 2025, 14:15 - 15:15
Speaker : Jeff Ely (Northwestern University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Date: 20 June 2025, 14:15 - 15:30
Speaker : Meena Jagadeesan (UC Berkeley (Computer Science))
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Date: 20 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
Venue: 1 Church Walk, 1 Church Walk OX2 6LY
Venue Details: Main Seminar Room, Latin American Centre, and online via Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 24 June 2025

From Carbon Funds to Carbon Markets: Mobilising Finance for Low-Carbon and Resilient Development
Date: 24 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Olivier Mahul (The World Bank)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Atmosphere Room, ECI
Organiser: Andrey Levitskiy (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

The informal support to migrants: thinking the interstices of multi-level governance
Date: 24 June 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker s: Thomas Lacroix (Maison Française d’Oxford), Louise Hombert (Université de Neuchâtel)
Venue Details: Online only
Organiser: Myriam Cherti (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Host: Myriam Cherti (COMPAS, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 25 June 2025

Choosing open access for books: An author journey
Date: 25 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Judith Fathallah (Lancaster University, Coventry University, Open Book Collective)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Jacqueline Thompson (Bodleian Libraries), Beth Saward (Bodleian Libraries), Sarah Humphreys (Open Scholarship Support, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts: Jacqueline Thompson (Bodleian Libraries), Sarah Humphreys (Open Scholarship Support, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)

Open Scholarship: Copyright the card game
Date: 25 June 2025, 14:00 - 17:00
Speaker s: Chris Morrison (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Georgina Kiddy (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Science Library, off Parks Road OX1 3QP
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 26 June 2025

Connected Life 2025: C³ – Connect. Create. Compute.
Date: 26 June 2025, 10:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Venue: Jesus College, Turl Street OX1 3DW
Venue Details: Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub, Jesus College, Turl Street, OX1 3DW
Organisers: Liam Bekirsky (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford), Kelly Portscher (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford), Safiyah Suleman (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford), Farah Nanji (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford), Anne Rollgen (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford), Lenka Rueda Molins (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford), Georgina Lubke (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford), Ellen Yang (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Making Sanctuary Cities: Migration, Citizenship, and Urban Governance
Date: 26 June 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Rachel Humphris (Queen Mary University, London)
Venue Details: Online only
Organiser: Myriam Cherti (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Host: Myriam Cherti (COMPAS, University of Oxford)

Title Beyond Preventing the Preventable: Health Economic Case for Cardiovascular Disease
Date: 26 June 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Zanfina Ademi Delane (Monash University)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Burnout Market Feminism: Urban Chinese Businesswomen in the Internet Age
Date: 26 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Ling Tang (University of Melbourne)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Ruoxi Liu (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 1 July 2025

Open Scholarship: Logistics of open scholarship
Date: 1 July 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker : Sarah Humphries (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 4 July 2025

Rethinking Human–Nature Relations Through Indigenous Epistemologies
Date: 4 July 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Helina Jolly (University of Vermont)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Atmosphere Room, 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)

Monday 7 July 2025

Open Scholarship: Forum of open scholarship
Date: 7 July 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 24 July 2025

Open Scholarship: Fundamentals of open access
Date: 24 July 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker s: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), David Phillips (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 23 October 2025

IX Workshop on Immigration, Health and Wellbeing
Date: 23 October 2025, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker s: Ian Preston (University College London), Hyejin Ku (University College London), Tamara Smith (Gov London)
Organiser: Catia Nicodemo (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

This list contains talks from the following series:
2022 - Oxford Festival of Open Scholarship
Advanced Quantitative Methods, TT 2023
AfOx insaka - a gathering for sharing ideas and knowledge about Africa-focused research
Africans and war in Vietnam: global protest, liberation politics and transnational soldiers
Anthropology Departmental Seminar Series: Trinity 2024
Applied Linguistics Lunchtime Seminar Series
Applied Microeconomics Seminar
Austerity and Beyond? Oxford Institute of Social Policy Hilary Term seminar series
Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
Centre for Evidence-Based Intervention Seminars
Centre for Socio-Legal Seminar Series
CESS Colloquium Series
Child Development and Learning Seminars
China Studies Seminar series
Climate and Health Forums
Climate Change and the Challenges of Development
C-MISE Research Exchange Webinars
Covid Conversations
CSAE Development Economics Webinar Series
CSAE Lunchtime Seminars
CSAE Research Workshops
Department of Economics Seminar
Department of Education Public Seminars
DSPI Seminar Series Michaelmas Term 2023
ECI Big Ideas Seminar
Economic and Social History Seminar
Energy Colloquia
Energy Colloquia Series
Energy Events
Environmental Change Institute
Environment and Resource Economics Seminar
European Studies Seminar
Extra-Legal Governance Seminar
Food Thinkers Lunches
Frontiers in Educational Technology
Geographies of informal and precarious labour - Transformations & Technological Natures Seminars
Health Economics Seminar
IFSTAL
INET Oxford Researcher Seminars
Institutions: Understanding and Evaluating Them
Integrating Renewable Energy: Hub Gatherings
Interdisciplinary Seminar on Empire
LAC Main Seminar Series
Latin American History Seminar
Learning, Games and Network Seminar
Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the Biodiversity Network seminar series
Life after the Anthropocene
Macroeconomics Seminar
Macroeconomics Working Group
Michaelmas Term Seminar Series 2022-23
Modern South Asian Studies Seminar Series
NEST - New Energy Systems Thinkers
Nuffield College Political Science Seminars
Nuffield College Sociology Seminars
Nuffield Econometrics Seminar
Nuffield Economic Theory Seminar
Nuffield Political Theory Workshop
Nuffield Postdoctoral Seminar in Economics
ODID Special Lectures & Seminars
Olof Palme Lectures
Open Scholarship
OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty
Our Mental Wellness Seminar Series
OxCGRT Seminar Series
Oxford Centre for Tropical Forests
Oxford Climate Research Network seminars
Oxford Development
Oxford Future of Finance and Technology Initiative
Oxford Intelligence Group Seminars
Oxford Interdisciplinary Microbiome Project
Oxford Martin School Events
Oxford Martin School Lecture Series: Evolving economic thought
Oxford Martin School Series: Levelling-up regional disparities, inequality and social inclusion
Oxford Martin School, Smith School & OxREP Virtual Series: The economics of the COVID-19 pandemic
Oxford Martin School Virtual Series: Building back better - lessons and opportunities from the COVID-19 pandemic
Oxford Minds from the Social Sciences Division
Oxford Political Thought Seminar
Oxford Taiwan Studies Seminar Series
Oxford Water Network
Perspectives on Social Policy in Oxford
Politics Research Colloquium
Politics Research in Progress Seminar Series
PPE Centenary Professorship Lectures
Primate Conversations
Primate Conversations Hilary 2022
Radical Histories of Anti-Racist Activism and Organizing
REES Authors Meet Critics Seminar Series
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series
Refugee Studies Centre Special Seminars & Lectures
Reproducible Research Oxford (RROx)
RESC Monday Seminar
Reuters Institute Business and Practice of Journalism seminar
REUTERS INSTITUTE GLOBAL JOURNALISM SEMINARS
Sandscapes
School of Geography and the Environment
Sidney Ball Memorial Lecture series
Smith School Business Fellows
Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
Social Life of Work Seminar Series
Social Policy and Intervention - Departmental Colloquium
Sociology Department Weekly Seminar
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
SSD Impact Café
St Antony's Visiting Parliamentary Fellowship
Strategy, Statecraft, and Technology (Changing Character of War) Centre Seminar Series
Student Research Workshop in Micro Theory
The Agile Initiative Research Planning workshop series (online)
The Art of Migration: artists, film & arts-based approaches to migration studies
The Economics of Post-Crisis Recoveries
TORCH: Climate Crisis Thinking in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Transformative Justice for the Post-COVID Transition: Insights from Leaders of Transitional Countries
Transport Studies Unit (TSU) Lunchtime Seminar Series
TSU Seminar Series
What Economists Really Do (W.E.R.D.)