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

Thursday 13 November 2025

Measuring the environment: metrics that guide science, policy and resilience
Date: 13 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Anna Freeman (Humanities Division, 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)

Financing Forest Restoration: The Distribution and Role of Green Fintech in Nature-based Solutions to Climate Change
Date: 13 November 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Felicia Liu (University of York)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Village Room, ECI
Organiser: Andrey Levitskiy (University of Oxford)
Host: Environmental Change Institute (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)

Tuesday 18 November 2025

Oxford Energy Network Seminar – MT25 Week 6: Exploring digitalisation’s footprint
Date: 18 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker : Yee Van Fan (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Diversity Room, School of Geography
Organisers: Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford), Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)
Hosts: Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford), Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)

Thursday 20 November 2025

Land degradation – is it a cause for concern?
Date: 20 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor John Boardman (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 21 November 2025

The Natural Capital of Wasps
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)

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Oxford Energy Network Seminar - Week 7: Raising the standard: Can internatioanl standards help save energy and carbon?
Date: 25 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker : Ian Byrne (ibeccs)
Venue Details: Desert Room, School of Geography
Organisers: Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford), Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)
Hosts: Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford), Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)

Thursday 27 November 2025

Just Urbanism; rethinking spatial practices in the city
Date: 27 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Mahsa Alami Fariman (University College London)
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 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)

Tuesday 2 December 2025

Oxford Energy Network Seminar - Week 8: Chemistry at Oxford and the Energy Transition: research contributions past and present, and future plans
Date: 2 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker s: TBC, James Durrant (University of Oxford), Professor Robert Hoye (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Diversity Room, School of Geography
Organisers: Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford), Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)
Hosts: Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford), Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)

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

Relational Values and Nature Recovery: Navigating the Politics of Environmental Decision-Making
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 Energy Network Seminars 2025-26
Oxford Water Network
Oxford Water Networks Water Quality Series (2019-2020)
Technology Empowered Conservation Series: Hilary Term 2018// Part one: Science