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

Tuesday 14 October 2025

What makes working together work? Exploring effective international research partnerships in development.
Date: 14 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Dr. Christoph Lüthi (Eawag/ETH)
Venue: Reuben College,
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Oxford Water Network
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 October 2025

Earth’s Biodiversity: Its Origins, Impacts and Potential Fate
Date: 21 October 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : David Tilman (University of Minnesota)
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)

Friday 24 October 2025

Nature's Genius: Evolution's Lessons for a Changing Planet
Date: 24 October 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : David Farrier (The University of Edinburgh)
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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Friday 21 November 2025

Title TBC
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)

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)

Thursday 4 December 2025

From Greening to Wellbeing: Critical spatial data science for green infrastructure, mental health and wellbeing in the UK
Date: 4 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Wenjing (Wendee) Zhang (Environmental Change Institute, 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)

Friday 5 December 2025

Title TBC
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 Network Coffee Seminar Series
ECI Big Ideas Seminar
Energy Colloquia
Energy Colloquia Series
Energy Events
Environmental Change Institute
Food Thinkers Lunches
Food Thinkers Lunches - Trinity Term 2018
IFSTAL
IFSTAL Lecture Series
NatureFinance@Oxford Seminar Series
NEST - New Energy Systems Thinkers
Net Zero Home School
Oxford Centre for Tropical Forests
Oxford Water Network
Oxford Water Networks Water Quality Series (2019-2020)
Technology Empowered Conservation Series: Hilary Term 2018// Part one: Science