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Collection: Environmental Change Institute

Collection of talks organised by or hosted by the Environmental Change Institute.

Tuesday 28 October 2025

13:30 - Enabling Opportunities for Forest Protection and Climate Action at COP30
TBA
17:00 - Oxford Energy Network Seminar - Week 3: Beyond the BMS: Leveraging predictive analytics for smarter energy storage
Elizabeth Oliphant (Accure)
Oxford Energy Network Seminars 2025-26

Thursday 30 October 2025

13:00 - The Food System as a Driver of Global Change
Dr John Ingram (University of Oxford)
ECM Brown Bag Seminar Series

Friday 31 October 2025

16:15 - Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation
Hugh Warwick (Ecologist and writer)
Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the Biodiversity Network seminar series

Tuesday 4 November 2025

17:00 - Energy Seminar – MT25 Week 4: Boosting energy system reslilience in the face of future weather extremes
This talk may not go ahead. Please check back here nearer the time.
Professor Sarah Sparrow (Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford)
Oxford Energy Network Seminars 2025-26

Thursday 6 November 2025

13:00 - Sustainable life skills, nature-based interventions for at-risk youth in Norway
Rebekka Louisa Drude Andersen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
ECM Brown Bag Seminar Series

Friday 7 November 2025

16:15 - How Story Creates Agency for the Nature and Climate Crises
Jules Pretty (University of Essex)
Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the Biodiversity Network seminar series

Tuesday 11 November 2025

17:00 - Oxford Energy Network Seminar – MT25 Week 5: Innovations for zero-carbon heating and cooling: the path to net-zero buildings by 2050
Professor Jesus Lizana (Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford)
Oxford Energy Network Seminars 2025-26

Thursday 13 November 2025

Friday 14 November 2025

09:00 - Oxford Water Day
More details will be provided.
Various Speakers
16:15 - What drives species sensitivity to deforestation? Clue: it’s not what you think.
Cristina Banks-Leite (Imperial College London)
Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the Biodiversity Network seminar series

Tuesday 18 November 2025

17:00 - Oxford Energy Network Seminar – MT25 Week 6: Exploring digitalisation’s footprint
Yee Van Fan (University of Oxford)
Oxford Energy Network Seminars 2025-26

Thursday 20 November 2025

13:00 - Land degradation – is it a cause for concern?
Professor John Boardman (University of Oxford)
ECM Brown Bag Seminar Series

Friday 21 November 2025

16:15 - The Natural Capital of Wasps
Seirian Sumner (University College London)
Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the Biodiversity Network seminar series

Tuesday 25 November 2025

17:00 - Oxford Energy Network Seminar - Week 7:
TBA
Oxford Energy Network Seminars 2025-26

Thursday 27 November 2025

13:00 - Just Urbanism; rethinking spatial practices in the city
Dr Mahsa Alami Fariman (University College London)
ECM Brown Bag Seminar Series

Friday 28 November 2025

16:15 - The Spirit of the Rainforest
Rosa Vásquez Espinoza PhD (Amazon Research Internacional)
Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the Biodiversity Network seminar series

Tuesday 2 December 2025

17:00 - Oxford Energy Network Seminar - Week 8:
TBC
Oxford Energy Network Seminars 2025-26

Thursday 4 December 2025

13:00 - From Greening to Wellbeing: Critical spatial data science for green infrastructure, mental health and wellbeing in the UK
Dr Wenjing (Wendee) Zhang (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)
ECM Brown Bag Seminar Series

Friday 5 December 2025

16:15 - Relational Values and Nature Recovery: Navigating the Politics of Environmental Decision-Making
Robert Fish (Imperial College London)
Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the Biodiversity Network seminar series

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Environmental Change Institute