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Manor Road Building: Screen Events
Description: Events displayed on the screens in the Manor Road Building
Talks:
Saturday 11 October 2025
Reflections on American foreign and defence policy by Shashank Joshi
Date: 11 October 2025, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Shashank Joshi (The Economist)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 14 October 2025
How to survive a hostile world
Date: 14 October 2025, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Patrick Porter (Birmingham)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 15 October 2025
Politics and the General in Supreme Command
Date: 15 October 2025, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Richard Adams (Royal Australian Navy)
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 16 October 2025
The Political Unconscious of Global Polycrisis
Date: 16 October 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Kerem Nisancioglu (SOAS)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford),
Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford)
Friday 17 October 2025
Responsive to What? Explaining the Information Quality of Public Comments on Bureaucratic Policymaking Using a Text-as-Data Approach
Date: 17 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Adriana Bunea (University of Bergen)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Room TBD
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 21 October 2025
The Rise and Fall of the British Army, 1975–2025
Date: 21 October 2025, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Brigadier (rtd) Ben Barry (OBE (IISS))
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 23 October 2025
International Order(ing) as Complex Indebtedness: An Alternative Framework for World Politics
Date: 23 October 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Meera Sabaratnam (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford),
Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford),
Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Friday 24 October 2025
Racing through Election Cycles: The Political Consequences of the Tour de France
Date: 24 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Ala' Alrababah (Bocconi University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Russia's Hybrid War
Date: 28 October 2025, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Bob Seely MBE
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Strategic Leadership Seminar
Date: 29 October 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 30 October 2025
How Domestic Politics Shape the United States' Nuclear Credibility
Date: 30 October 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Lauren Sukin (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford),
Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford),
Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Friday 31 October 2025
Varieties of Authoritarian Policymaking
Date: 31 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Emilia Simison (Queen Mary University of London)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 6 November 2025
The Impacts of Globalization on Political Knowledge: Evidence from Climate Awareness in Africa
Date: 6 November 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Amanda Kennard (Stanford University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford),
Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford),
Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Friday 7 November 2025
Losers' Consent in Polarized Elections: Observational and Experimental Evidence
Date: 7 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Ignacio Jurado (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 12 November 2025
Composing a Defence Review on Tech by Richard Barrons
Date: 12 November 2025, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
General Sir Richard Barrons
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Lester B. Pearson Inaugural Lecture: Passions, Preferences, and the Politics of Self-Binding
Date: 12 November 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 14 November 2025
Title TBC
Date: 14 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Rikhil Bhavnani (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 20 November 2025
Norms, Practices, and Change in a Planetary Era
Date: 20 November 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Steven Bernstein (University of Toronto)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford),
Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford),
Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Friday 21 November 2025
Title TBC
Date: 21 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Tugba Bozcaga (King's College London)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 27 November 2025
The Politics of Deference by International Courts
Date: 27 November 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Theresa Squatrito (LSE)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford),
Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford),
Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Friday 28 November 2025
Title TBC
Date: 28 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Sascha Riaz (EUI)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 4 December 2025
Collective Reciprocity and the Failure of Climate Change Mitigation Treaties
Date: 4 December 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Sam Housekeeper (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford),
Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford),
Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Friday 5 December 2025
Title TBC
Date: 5 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Hye Young You (Princeton University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 23 January 2025
Title TBC
Date: 23 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Kristin Michelitch (Institute for Advanced Study - Toulouse)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 13 February 2025
Title TBC
Date: 13 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Andrew Eggers (University of Chicago)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 6 March 2025
Title TBC
Date: 6 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
s:
Ferdinand Eibl (KCL),
Steffen Hertog (LSE)
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 13 March 2025
Title TBC
Date: 13 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Jeremy Bowles (UCL)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
This list contains talks from the following series:
Changing Character of War Centre: Strategic Leadership
IR Research Colloquium
Politics Research Colloquium
Strategy, Statecraft, and Technology (Changing Character of War) Centre Seminar Series