Talks of interest to Oxford Ethics and Humanities
Talks:

Monday 19 May 2025

Energy, Environment and Society: In conversation with Dr Matthew N Eisler
Date: 19 May 2025, 11:00 - 12:30
Speaker s: Dr Matthew N Eisler (University of Strathclyde), Chair: Dr Catherine M Jackson (OCHSMT, Oxford)
Venue: History Faculty, George Street OX1 2RL
Venue Details: Colin Matthew Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

The Inconsistencies of AI Futures
Date: 19 May 2025, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Minna Ruckenstein (University of Helsinki)
Venue: Rewley House, 1-7 Wellington Square OX1 2JA
Venue Details: Sadler Room
Organiser: Robin Beachy (University of oxford, Department for Continuing Education)
Hosts: TBA

Paths to ecological thinking: Reflections on situating social relations in energy and environmental context
Date: 19 May 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Matthew Eisler (Strathclyde)
Venue Details: Maison Française d’Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road, Oxford OX2 6SE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 20 May 2025

GLP-1RAs for cognitive and mental disorders
Date: 20 May 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Riccardo De Giorgi (University of Oxford)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Catherine Harmer (Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford)

Ethox Seminar: The Meaning and Dying of Death for Children: Addressing Pediatric Palliative Care Gaps
Date: 20 May 2025, 10:30 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Christina Lamb (Athabasca University and University of Toronto)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lower Ground Seminar Room 0 and on Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Universal access to infertility care: dream or reality?
Date: 20 May 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Willem Ombelet (University of Hasselt)
Venue: Institute of Human Sciences (The Pauling Centre), 58a Banbury Road OX2 6QS
Organisers: Avi Mikhaylov (University of Oxford), Dr Lys Alcayna-Stevens (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Philip Kreager (Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Philosophy, AI, and Innovation Seminar: Decentralization in Science & AI
Date: 20 May 2025, 16:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Vincent Weisser (Prime Intellect)
Venue: St Catherine's College, Manor Road OX1 3UJ
Venue Details: Top floor, Porter’s Lodge, St. Catherine’s College, Manor Rd, Oxford OX1 3UJ
Organiser: Professor Philipp Koralus (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Philipp Koralus (University of Oxford)

Caesarean Section and the Moral Discourse of Obstetric Surgery: 1830-1870
Date: 20 May 2025, 17:15 - 18:30
Speaker s: Sally Frampton (TORCH, University of Oxford), Dr Imogen Goold (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Dr Alberto Giubilini
Host: Dr Alberto Giubilini (The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics)

Wednesday 21 May 2025

CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks: CELS Group & CPM
Date: 21 May 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ad71fa3191ddd4beca3908573c7af2039%40thread.tacv2/1744207060876?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22f6409fd2-8c5f-4389-a674-2d6ac1d9ec3e%22%7d
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Gender and intersectional analysis in health systems research: Lessons for studies in African hospitals - Webinar
Date: 21 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Dr Bintu Mansaray (University of Bristol), Prof. Ivy Lynn Bourgeault (University of Ottawa), Evelyn Kabia (KEMRI-Wellcome Trust)
Organisers: Yingxi Zhao (Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford), Claire-Lise Kessler (University of Oxford)
Host: Yingxi Zhao (Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford)

Thursday 22 May 2025

Filmic Humanities and Film-Making-As-Research: A Medical Humanities and HSMTE Workshop
Date: 22 May 2025, 12:45 - 14:30
Speaker s: Dr Paul Craddock (Co-Founder, Common and UCL), Cal Murphy Barton (Co-Founder, Common)
Venue: Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

MIDD’s Growing Role in Global Health: A Case Study of Primaquine Exposures in Lactating Women and Breastfed Infants
Date: 22 May 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker s: Dr Karen Rowland-Yeo (Certara), Prof Joel Tarning (MORU), Dr Mellie Gilder (MORU), Dr Nada Abla Geiser (Medicines for Malaria Venture)
Organiser: Claire-Lise Kessler (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 27 May 2025

AI & Global Health
Date: 27 May 2025, 9:00 - 10:30
Speaker s: Dr Chris Paton (University of Oxford), Dr Pratap Kumar (UCL & Strathmore)
Organiser: Katherine Kalaris (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

"Wicked" problems in public health: epidemics, climate change, and migration
Date: 27 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Caroline Buckee (Harvard University)
Venue: Biology South Parks Road, South Parks Road OX1 3RB
Venue Details: Biology building South Parks Road (former Plants Sciences Building), Large Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Host: Prof Sunetra Gupta (Department of Biology)

Wednesday 28 May 2025

St Cross Uehiro Lecture - The Tyranny of Merit: Why are we so polarized, and what can be done about it?
Date: 28 May 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker : Professor Michael Sandel (Harvard University)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: St Cross Hall
Organiser: St Cross College
Host: St Cross College

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Ethox Seminar: Subgroups and equity in cost-effectiveness analysis
Date: 3 June 2025, 10:30 - 11:30
Speaker : Dr Leah Rand (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston MA)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Aileen Mooney (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 9 June 2025

Learning and practising astronomy and astrology in fourteenth-century Paris and Oxford
Date: 9 June 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Laure Miolo (Oxford)
Venue Details: Maison Française d’Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road, Oxford OX2 6SE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 June 2025

Internet-based cognitive therapy for social anxiety disorder (iCT-SAD): Evaluation and Dissemination
Date: 10 June 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Cathy Creswell (University of Oxford)

Cognitive therapy coaching for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depression in healthcare workers: Pilot development and evaluation
Date: 10 June 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Aimee McKinnon (University of Oxford)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Cathy Creswell (University of Oxford)

Ethox Seminar - Values Frameworks as Ideal Types: Navigating Ethics Conflicts with Normative Minorities
Date: 10 June 2025, 10:30 - 12:00
Speaker : Autumn Fiester (University of Pennsylvania)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lower Ground Seminar Room 1 and on Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 12 June 2025

Ideas to Action: Effective Public Engagement with Research (online)
Date: 12 June 2025, 13:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: online
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Monday 16 June 2025

From Skull Science to Biometrics: The Making of the Modern Statistical Identity (Hybrid)
Date: 16 June 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Iris Clever (Chicago)
Venue Details: Maison Française d’Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road, Oxford OX2 6SE, and online via Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 18 June 2025

CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks: iPSC & Cellular Imaging Facilities
Date: 18 June 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ad71fa3191ddd4beca3908573c7af2039%40thread.tacv2/1745403260622?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22f6409fd2-8c5f-4389-a674-2d6ac1d9ec3e%22%7d
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 24 June 2025

Ethox Seminar: The End of Family Authority? The Strange Case of Personalized Patient Preference Predictors in Healthcare (provisional title)
Date: 24 June 2025, 10:30 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Michiel De Proost (Ghent University)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Aileen Mooney (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 15 July 2025

Ethox Seminar: title tbc
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 15 July 2025, 10:30 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Farirai Mutenherwa (Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Rosemary Rue Rooms
Organiser: Aileen Mooney (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

This list contains talks from the following series:
2019- Grand Challenges in Science
AfOx insaka - a gathering for sharing ideas and knowledge about Africa-focused research
Annual Uehiro Lectures
Astor Lectureship in Science and Capitalism events
CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks
Covid Conversations
Data Debates: Talking about my generation
Ethox Centre Seminars
Governance of AI Seminar Series
Launch of the Ethics in AI seminar series
Ledingham Lectures
Methods and Work in Progress Seminar in Practical and Medical Ethics
New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar Series
Oral History Seminar
Our Mental Wellness Seminar Series
Oxford Centre for the History of Science Medicine & Technology (OCHSMT) Seminars and Events
Oxford SARS-CoV-2 Lecture Series
Population Health Seminars
Psychiatry Seminars
Psychiatry Seminar Series
Reuters Institute Business and Practice of Journalism seminar
The Ethics of Exercise During the Covid-19 pandemic – UK perspectives
The SOAS-Oxford Research For Development (R4D) Lunchtime Series
Tropical Medicine Seminars
Uncomfortable Oxford Project
Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities and Ethox Centre