Geography and the Environment
Description: Collection of talks organised by or hosted in the School of Geography and the Environment.
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

Saturday 18 October 2025

Decolonial Pedagogies Through Dance: A Workshop with Tjimur Dance Theatre
Date: 18 October 2025, 14:00 - 16:30
Speaker : Tjimur Dance Theatre
Venue: Kendrew Quad,
Venue Details: B24 Events Room (basement, accessible by lift)
Organiser: Rachael Chan (School of Geography and the Environment)
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)

Monday 27 October 2025

Using systems thinking in environmental and societal challenges
Date: 27 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker : Professor Birgit Kopainsky (University of Bergen)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Saskia Nowicki (SSEE, SoGE, University of Oxford), Dr Peter Barbrook-Johnson (Agile Initiative, INET, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 29 October 2025

Sustainable Urban Planning for Urban Expansion/ Development in the West Bank, Palestine
Date: 29 October 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Zahraa Zawawi (An Najah National University)
Venue Details: Online only
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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)

Wednesday 12 November 2025

Understanding Palestinian University Students’ Attitudes Toward Cycling - a Machine Learning Approach
Date: 12 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Khaled Al-Sahili (An Najah National University)
Venue Details: Online only
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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)

Wednesday 3 December 2025

Mobility Under Occupation: Everyday Travel, Injustice, and Resilience in Palestine
Date: 3 December 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Huthaifa I. Ashqar (Arab American University)
Venue Details: Online only
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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)

Wednesday 15 April 2025

Geographies of Fascism & Authoritarianism in Global Africa
Date: 15 April 2026, 9:00 - 18:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Amber Murrey (SoGE), Dr Patricia Daley (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

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
Geographies of informal and precarious labour - Transformations & Technological Natures Seminars
IFSTAL
Life after the Anthropocene
NatureFinance@Oxford Seminar Series
NEST - New Energy Systems Thinkers
Net Zero Home School
Oxford Centre for Tropical Forests
Oxford Interdisciplinary Microbiome Project
Oxford Water Network
Oxford Water Networks Water Quality Series (2019-2020)
Sandscapes
School of Geography and the Environment
Smith School Business Fellows
Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
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
Technological Natures & Transformations Hilary 2017 Seminar Series
Technological Natures & Transformations Michaelmas 2016 Seminar Series
Transport Studies Seminar Series 2025
Transport Studies Unit (TSU) Lunchtime Seminar Series
TSU Seminar Series
TSU Seminar Series, Hilary Term 2017 : Transport & Mobilities Across the Life Course
TSU Seminar Series Trinity 2016