Talks
Talks:

Wednesday 15 October 2025

Book talk - 'How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, And The Fate Of Nations'
Date: 15 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Professor Carl Frey (Oxford Internet Institute)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (and Online)
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 16 October 2025

How 'place-based' are terroir products?: Reflections on scale, movement and change
Date: 16 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Harry West (University of Exeter)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organiser: Dr Lexi Earl (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 17 October 2025

Celebrating Women in Maths Biology
Date: 17 October 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Ruth Baker (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 22 October 2025

Uncovering utility functions from observational data
Date: 22 October 2025, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker : Marta Grzeskiewicz (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G and online via Zoom
Organisers: Dorothy Nicholas (INET Oxford), Francois Lafond (INET Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

'Feeding the world while preserving earth's livability: the biofuel barrier'
Date: 22 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker : Professor David Tilman (University of Minnesota)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (and Online)
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 October 2025

Evolutionary dynamics of extra-chromosomal DNA
Date: 24 October 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Weini Huang (Queen Mary University of London)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Giulia Celora (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 29 October 2025

Will mechanisation change research mathematics?
Date: 29 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Ursula Martin (University of Oxford)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L5
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 30 October 2025

Experiences of food provision in UK 'asylum hotels' and the implications for health
Date: 30 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr Claire Thompson (University of Hertfordshire)
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organiser: Dr Lexi Earl (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Book talk - 'Roadkill : Unveiling The True Cost Of Our Toxic Relationship With Cars'
Date: 30 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker s: Professor Dame Henrietta L. Moore (Institute for Global Prosperity, UCL), Arthur Kay (Director, Innovo), Professor Tim Schwanen (Transport Studies Unit University of Oxford ), Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (and Online)
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 31 October 2025

Approximations of systems of partial differential equations for nonlocal interactions
Date: 31 October 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Professor Yoshitaro Tanaka (Future University Hakodate)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Stephanie Abo (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 5 November 2025

The energy transition: too little/too late or a new hope?
Date: 5 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker : Alan Haywood (Visiting Fellow, Oxford Martin School)
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (and Online)
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 7 November 2025

Programming cells using feedback control and whole-cell models
Date: 7 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Lucia Marucci (University of Bristol)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Giulia Celora (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 12 November 2025

Cities for everyone
Date: 12 November 2025, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker : Rafael Prieto-Curiel (Complexity Science Hub, Vienna)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G and online via Zoom
Organisers: Dorothy Nicholas (INET Oxford), Francois Lafond (INET Oxford)
Host: Professor Doyne Farmer (INET Oxford)

James Martin Memorial Lecture: 'Environment, health, society and economics in the new era of geopolitics'
Date: 12 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Lord Hague (Chancellor, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street OX1 3AZ
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 November 2025

Alternative proteins: progress, pitfalls and possibilities
Date: 13 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Cleo Verkuijl (Stockholm Environment Institute)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organiser: Dr Lexi Earl (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 14 November 2025

Self-generated chemotaxis of heterogeneous cell populations
Date: 14 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Mehmet Can Uçar (University of Sheffield)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Carles Falco Gandia (University of Oxford)

Thursday 20 November 2025

Opportunities offered by a new food strategy
Date: 20 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Anna Taylor (The Food Foundation)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organiser: Dr Lexi Earl (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 21 November 2025

Bridging scales in biology: using mathematics to understand patterning and morphogenesis from molecular to tissue levels
Date: 21 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Professor Alex Fletcher (University of Sheffield)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Stephanie Abo (University of Oxford)

Friday 28 November 2025

Competition and warfare in bacteria and the human microbiome
Date: 28 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Kevin Foster (University of Oxford)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Philip Maini (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 3 December 2025

Mission analysis – how does the UK government model the transition to Clean Power 2030 and Accelerate to Net Zero by 2050, perspectives from the Chief Economist
Date: 3 December 2025, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker : Donna Leong (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G and online via Zoom
Organisers: Dorothy Nicholas (INET Oxford), Francois Lafond (INET Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 5 December 2025

Cell shapes, migration and mechanics determine pattern formation during development
Date: 5 December 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Lakshmi Balasubramaniam (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Carles Falco I Gandia (University of Oxford)

This list contains talks from the following series:
Ideas Into Action: 10 years of ground-breaking research
Machine Learning Lunches
Oxford Mindfulness Centre Seminar Series